Project: The TSI AWD that could. Options

[awd4kicks]

Yeah I'm in Washburn. I'll be around this weekend if you want to get together, but I'll be out of town for the next week. PM me and I can send you directions and a phone number.

I've never sent Jon a core so I don't know how that shipping works. All the new EVOIII parts in my transmission are from Jon and he just added shipping to the total bill. I've been patient with Jon when he didn't always have time to communicate and he has taken care of me every time. Tell him your from DSMCentral and that we recommended you go there.

The Bat signal...

[93dsmowner]

Will do mate.


Going to start removing things to get the tranny out. Batt and intake are already out. Exhaust is to come off next.

[93dsmowner]

I have the $$$ for the Stage 2 trans for $1550. My dad's buddy is going to help me pull the tranny and reinstall the new one. I'm pumped. Should have the FMIC and trans and everything in by the time school starts. Gotta get the passenger side window motor in (or buy a new one.. bleh) as well.

[Dakota_DSM]

Good to hear! I can't wait until I have all the goodies for mine

[93dsmowner]

UPDATE!!


I got in touch with Jon and got the trans tagged for me. I should be meeting him in Joliet to pick it up next weekend.

Gotta get started on dropping the old trans I guess.

Need to find a ACT 2600 clutch though.

[treydawgs4g63T]

sounds like your gonna turn that car into a nice lil ride. and only have a few G's in it.

Good luck on the removal and install of the old and new tranny. Its not to bad and your better off learning to do it instead of having someone else do it. ( NOt saying your gonna have to do it over and over or anything ).

[93dsmowner]

Over and over? Lol depends on how many Talons I buy!


So far I have a pretty rough plan.

11-12 second 1/4 car

350-450hp
Evo III 16G
3" turboback w/ open dump
Punishment Racing FMIC (Have it already)
Aluminum rad and slim fan
Remove AC


Plenty of other things. i'll be keeping it mostly stock until I can pull it and rebuild the motor. Remove balance shafts and all that. She won't be moving for a while I reckon. How hard is it to remove balance shafts?

[SCCA Stang]

I'd probably do the balance shaft removal if I was going in for a timing belt anyway, but if not I would wait on it.

[93dsmowner]

Well it's got like 90k on it so I should probably do the timing belt anyways.

Man, I wish E85 would drop back down. Couple months ago it was like $2/gallon at Thornton's. It's like $3.50 now...

[SCCA Stang]

Mitsu recommends 60K on timing belts.... if yours is at 90k then you are running on borrowed time... change that thing or you will find out what belt valves are all about.

[93dsmowner]

Haha.


You mean it's not good for piston-valve contact?


I should say that it looks like an old belt but I really don't know. I'd have to inspect it more closely...

[ncgalant]

The belt won't look bad until its about 100 miles from snaping. Replace it before its to late!

[SCCA Stang]

I used and really liked the Greddy Kevlar belt I got from Buschur Racing, they gave me a great price too... and while you are there get a new tensioner (I prefer the one from the Mitsu dealer) and swap in a new water pump...

Napa has a good pump that is a positive displacement pump that flows much more than the stock type impeller pump... the only thing is with that you gotta make sure you check out every inch of your cooling system... the extra volume will definately show you the weak points of your old 90K mile system... but on the plus side you will not have to worry about not having enough to keep that thing cool.

[93dsmowner]

My eyes and desires are bigger than my wallet.


The car is going to sit for quite a while.

I'm looking to get:
Aluminum Rad
All new high pressure coolant hoses, replace the thermostat with a lower temp one as well.
Aftermarket fan.
Ditch the A/C.
Greddy Timing belt.
I get a discount on the NAPA pump because I work there!


I'm going to remove ABS. Drop some weight, stainless brake lines at the same time, good stuff. Going to do a nice set of brakes front and rear as well.

I figure the order of operation will be:
Free Weight reduction and maintenance.
Little things to open up engine bay (ABS, batt relocation, ditch A/C)
Brakes.
Suspension
Power.



We'll have to wait and see. I have a rusted out passenger rear quarter. it's at the edge above the wheel well and is missing some metal as well. How would I go about fixing this correctly? I'll probably just primer it and get some nice white paint to paint it.

[A Bearcat's GS-T]

Sometimes it's past the point of fixing cheaply and you'll have to either: A) Replace the whole thing (Not the car, the panel) Cut the rusted area off so it won't spread and re-attach some new metal or what-have-you in it's place. But then again I dont know what kinda shape it's in. Or if your cheap, like me, just remove as much as the rust as possible and paint over it. That Greddy belt is a good one BTW.

[93dsmowner]

Yeah. I'm considering just removing metal and rounding it out to make it look alright. Just gotta go fast.

I already got a SRT 4 talkin smack!

[SCCA Stang]

really think removing the A/C all the way through....

you will really only lose about 15lbs of total weight, you can do like I did and remove the belt at the track, but I loved how cold my A/C was and really made the car a versitile driver.
I especially miss the A/C now that I have the Stang that does not have A/C...

[93dsmowner]

Well, my buddy and I took a stab at it all day today. Started at around 11:00 AM and worked and made part runs and stuff all day today.

At around 6:30 it started with all vacuum hooked up, except wastegate solenoid (D'oh!) and we gave her some revs to hear the BOV to atmosphere. Lots of laughs from that.


Got my trans from Jon Ripple Friday. Sat and shot the bird with him for a couple hours and left to return home.

Anyways, we were going to do the trans but instead we put the intercooler in and hooked her all up. Fuel cut is nasty at around 5k RPM. I need to get my intake sealed up but it's easier to ask questions with pictures.

Making runs up and down my buddy's road to get the ECU used to the IC, the car died.

Like, 4k RPM launch (New clutch and trans going in, slipped nice on launch and was nice to it) and ran it through 1st, caught 2nd and all of a sudden I heard PSSSHHHh and no power. At all.


Crank crank crank... all belts turn. Timing is good. Marks line up.

So we pull the valve cover. Oh dear.


I have pics but my buddy has to post them. He has the cam. All I can say is that all 8 rocker arms on the intake side popped. I hear a clacking on the last run and a little less power so this must have been a slow occurance. Slight scoring on a couple cam lobes which can be wetsanded out I assume? Good time for new plugs and wires, especially wires which started coming apart on me...


Well, that's the end of my dilemmas for this post. Gotta start saving for my top end. 272 cams, 2G lifters, couple other things.

[93dsmowner]

Pics worth a thousand words?

[SCCA Stang]

not sure why your "rockers" (properly called followers on a DSM) popped off, but if you need a head and cams, I have a '93 head with '93 cams from a AWD here at the house... PM me if you need it.