Well I have decided to sell me Talon and the few parts that I have for it. It have mixed feelings about it. I have owned this car for so many years that it almost feels like getting rid of a pet that has become part of the family. A stubborn pain in the ass pet but one that you love it anyway. I will be quite sad when and if it goes but on the flip side I am excited about what that will bring. Instead of saving the money to fix it again and having it nickel and dime me to death (like most DSM's ), I will be saving the money to buy and fix up my daughters 16th b-day present.

She is a big fan of the Camaro. Specifically the new one but luckily she also likes the rest of them too since a 4 year old one (she turns 16 in Jan 2014) would probably still be a little too much for a present. The plan is within the next 1 - 1 1/2 years to be able to pick up a 1st Gen and spend the next year and a half or so fixing it up and modernizing it a bit then drive it myself for a couple of months to make sure all the bugs are worked out then surprise her by giving it to her.

That's the plan anyway. We'll see how it works out.

Well anyway, check out the classified section for my post.

What a shame..

Sucks about selling, but the father/daughter project is a good reason.

My ad has not shown up yet in the classified section so I will put a copy of it here until it gets posted then I will delete this post. I want to try to sell it as soon as I can but I wanted to give everybody here a few days to see it first before I put it anywhere else. I hope to "keep it in the family" so to speak in hopes that someone would pick it up that would give her the care that she needs.




I have decided to sell my car. It is a 5 spd 1996 Talon TSI AWD. The bad news is that it is not currently running. It will start and run but there is something wrong with the motor. I though it might have been a broken cam or valve but when I pulled the valve cover the cams were fine. I have not pulled the head to check the valves. Whatever it ends up being, a valve, a piston, or a rod, I'm sure it would be a relatively easy fix for any of you DSM mechanics out there.

When it was running it ran strong. The last time I checked the compression I believe it was 180+ across the board. I will try to check it again soon and see how many cylinders are affected by what is wrong. Along with the engine problem it also sounds like a rear wheel bearing is going out, I cut off one of the rear brake calipers, and it had an erratic idle. The sunroof leaks when in an automatic car wash. It should just need a new seal. Where the passenger side strut mounts under the hood is also rusty but I had a body man look at it and it said it was still structurally sound and would be perfectly fine with some rust converter.

The body is in good condition. The roof has oxidized around the sunroof but the rest of the paint is good minus a couple rock chips in the hood.

Here is what it has:

leather interior
premium Infinity stereo (deck needs replaced)
power sunroof
power locks and windows
power drivers seat
17" 2G Eclipse wheels wrapped in 225/45
6 bolt
mbc
1G intake
14b
2G ex man
2G tb elbow
1G side mount
EPROM ECU
HKS Turbo Timer
boost gauge

If I think of any more I will update. I will also post pics when I get a chance.

As far as the price goes, here is the thing. I have been pretty much out of the scene for a while so I don't really know what things are going for now. I did a quick search on DSM Trader and based on what I saw there for 2G's in similar shape and based on what the car books at stock if it was running (which is 2695) and what has been done, I was thinking $2200.00. If anybody thinks that is too far out of line please let me know.


I also have, but not installed:

550 injectors
walbro 255
EVO FMIC (bought from Kazz)
A/F gauge
3" maf (no translator)
4 additional stock 16" Talon turbo wheels (one is bent and would need fixed to hold air)

I will include all this for and extra 300.00

Again if anybody thinks this is too much let me know. Either here or in a PM.

Here is the only pic I have at the moment. It is an old pic but she still looks pretty much the same when cleaned up.
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Good luck with the sale, too bad you gotta get outta the game for awhile but the family always comes first. Plus there will always be a dsm for sale due to the fact that they are a PAIN IN THE ASS and everyone puts them up for sale at some point or another.

Well there is a chance that it will be gone this weekend. There is a guy looking for a parts car that is interested in it. I would really rather have it go to someone from here though. So with that being said I will lower the price to $2000.00 for everything.

thats a very decent price... and very tempting but im a 1g guy personally... someone pick this thing up and start a project thread......

It's a sad day. I am now officially DSM-less. As I type my car is on its way up to Plainfield to be used as a parts car. He bought just the car so I still have all of the other parts listed plus a boost gauge.

On a side note I did tell him about the site and he is wanting to join. His name is Terry and he runs an N/A with a tubo kit. He will be sending one of the admins an email asking to join. He seems like a nice guy and is really looking forward to a community like ours that is more mature in nature and shares info and gives good/technical advice.

Damn man that sucks for sure... maybe someday you canget back in the game.

Looked like a decent car but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Shoot me a PM for a price on the FMIC.

sad day in the neighborhood, but Congrats on the sale. Hopefully you can get back in the game sooner then later...