DSM Potential, After thinking about it for a while... Options

[awd4kicks]

Recently Natedogg66 made some nice comments about my Talon and DSM's in general. I followed it up with the follwing reflections.

...Almost every mod to my car is set-up to support a bigger turbo in the future while at the same time providing better air flow for my current 14b DSM air pump. Keep in mind I've spent less than $2000 to-date in straight line go-fast mods. You can barely buy a full exhaust and FMIC kit for that money, much less a larger turbo.

What most people don't see in the DSM is performance potential, because they are looking for flash or a good pegboard for rice rash.

There is ABSOLUTELY no other car I have EVER tuned or worked on that has the potential performance gains on stock equipment comparable to the turbo charged AWD DSM.

For instance my old school 1992 Talon ran a 15.46 when I bought it as a stock daily driver and now it's running almost 3 full seconds faster on the stock issued components for the most part!!! That's Freakin crazy!

Sure I have a large exhaust and a manual boost controller, but the fact is the stock DSM engine and turbo setup, including injectors, ECU, side mount intercooler and intake have the potential to run 12's with the correct tuning. That is SWEET!

DSM haters...their real...they just don't have an excuse! haha

We're not done with this 14b turbo yet. We'll see if we can get her in the low 12's this year.

Marcus

[AWD DSM 1]

To add insult to injury David... I'm looking at investing around $3000 into my car when all is said and done. This includes buying 3 cars, rebuilt motor, head work, misc minor upgraded parts (clutch, Blaha, ARP head studs, etc...) but also includes the money put back from selling parts form the now parts car. If the original plan had flown, it would have been closer to $1000-1500....

Setup is good for mid 13 sec, definatly will need some tuning to get there....

Getting a little closer every day boys...