david-b's 95 Eagle Talon ESi-T Motor Build

[david-b]

Worked on the coolant leak today. Did some sanding down on the T-Stat housing... did a little too much so going to order a spare just incase it still decides to leak.

Finished up the wastegate dump. Dropped right under the tranny. May end up dumping closer to the fender/bumper still, but this is good enough for now.


Just need to make a bracket for the WG still.

[ned032002]

What are you thinking your going to connect a bracket to in order to secure the WG? Looking at the dump tube, can you just weld a piece of steel near the bottom of it and secure it to the frame somewhere, like with an L bracket or something. IDK just a thought.

[david-b]

I was going to extend the air filter out and then add a mount to hold up the WG tube off that. I want to connect to something on the motor so that little bit of play will not break the tube. I have a feeling that even with the prothane motor mounts, there'd be enough play to brake it off. Not sure where I'm going to mount yet. Thinking a mount off the tranny might work... but still working out some plans.

[ned032002]

Now that you mention that, your going to want to mount it to the tranny. Mounting it to the frame will just risk breaking it off.

[david-b]

Yup. I mean the whole thing is solid, but when the heat starts warming it up at full boost, it's not worth risking it. I want the bracket to come up right underneath it about where the sticker is still (should probably take that off and polish it up one day) so that's why I was hoping for it to sit on the intake pipe. But now I can't really fit one in there.

Actually now that I'm thinking about it, I may end up buying some longer pipe for the intake and making a full CAI. I'll have to find a place to mount the filter properly though. But if that happens, then I can mount the bracket on that pipe for the WG, and it'll be long enough to put the brace right at the WG itself to give optimal support. I'll have to play around with that this weekend.

But now since I have the dump tube on, I can pull the spring from the WG so the turbo won't build boost during breakin. I aimed it for last week to be driveable... will be trying again this weekend. Have to work on my fuel maps tonight and tomorrow.

[vanilla gorilla]

keep up the good work dude. Cant wait to see some nasty videos

[SilvrEclipse]

I'm really curious ab your manifold fitting. Have you tried to put the hood down to see how much it hits? I'm planning on bracing my wg off the compressor housing. The internal wg bolts are perfect for that. I wouldn't worry ab it breakin of right away. You could break in the motor now and do that later. It should hold.

Did you get the wb set up in ms? Log your break in runs I would like to check them out. Also what map are you running. is it a gm one? I set you up for a 2.5 bar one but I thought you were using the stock ms one. Is yours 3 bar or 2.5

[david-b]

Originally Posted by SilvrEclipse

I'm really curious ab your manifold fitting. Have you tried to put the hood down to see how much it hits?

Did you get the wb set up in ms? Log your break in runs I would like to check them out. Also what map are you running. is it a gm one? I set you up for a 2.5 bar one but I thought you were using the stock ms one. Is yours 3 bar or 2.5

I have no idea on what you said in any of this. Not ready for breakin runs yet. When I hit the gas at idle the rpms shoot up and stay there for a while. Still way to rich, still working on the idle... but havne't done that since Sunday.

Ya the hood hits. Haven't worked on that yet. Not important at the moment.

[Blackcrow64]

Originally Posted by david-b

Ya the hood hits. Haven't worked on that yet. Not important at the moment.

Who needs a hood anyways? lol

[SilvrEclipse]

I was talkin ab your map sensor. If its set to the wrong one it could be affecting your fuel

[david-b]

I didn't play with any settings for that.

[SilvrEclipse]

What was the map sensor you bought? 2 bar, 2.5bar, or 3 bar?

[david-b]

Originally Posted by SilvrEclipse

What was the map sensor you bought? 2 bar, 2.5bar, or 3 bar?

Stock OEM replacement from Duralast

[ned032002]

Pardon my ignorance but what does the map sensor do?

[SilvrEclipse]

Manifold absolute pressure Sensor