Just wanted to do a quick formal introduction. My name is Brandon. I live up in the Twin Cities in Minnesota. I just picked up Beaner's old nightmare project 89 Colt GT. She is in rough shape that's for sure. Hope to get her running, and just have it be my ugly sleeper. Maybe in a few years if I'm sick of the ugliness, I'll get a clean shell to swap it all into. But for now it's just my ugly junkyard side project/toy.
Anywho, my background is mainly DSM's. I've owned only 3 (91 laser, 95 eclipse, 91 talon). I still currently have the Talon. It's my real pride and joy. The colt is just something fun on the side, and will be getting whatever comes off the Talon basically.
Hopefully I can be of at least a little help on here. I've already been trolling the site, learning as much as I can. I hate stupid questions, and I will search until I'm blue in the face before asking something usually. Lots of good info on here though. Great FAQ section also!
One other thing I'll add, is I'm a DIY kind of guy. I built as much on my talon myself as I could. 3" turbo back, intake, charge piping, and powder coated it all in my garage. I'm using a PTE bolt on turbo, but my next turbo I plan on having a Garrett T3 exhaust housing. I will be building my own T3 exhaust manifold for that as well! My stuff may not turn out as nice as something coming out of a performance shop, but it saves me money, it works, and I built it my damn self, so it's that much better in my eyes.
Here's just a couple snap shots and quick vids, enjoy!
My old Eclipse (sold approximately 3 1/2 years ago)
Mods
T3/T4 Garrett 50 trim setup.
fmic
safc2
660 inj.
gm maf
typical supporting mods.
My current DSM, 91 Talon AWD (don't mind the dirty wheels!)
MODS
2.0 built with Eagle Rods, Mahle Pistons, BS Elim
FFWD stg.1 head, crower Ti retainters/springs, 272's
PTE SCM50
fmic w/ homemade piping
3" turbo back (homemade)
650 FIC inj.
Aeromotive FPR
DSMLink
92 Rear Bumper swap with Maaco paint job!
trypical supporting mods to go with it all.
Future
This winter, the only things I have planned is to get my tranny rebuilt, and upgrade to 1000-1600cc injectors so I can start running E85.
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The exhaust I built for the Talon. It's all been painted black now with BBQ grill black paint. I also just bought a Hooker muffler to replace the shiney coffee can with
And a couple little quickies we made. Just practicing with the new camera we picked up.
Pump gas dyno tune at LSE Performace's Dyno Dynamics dyno in Maple Grove, MN
Skooting around my neighborhood
Look forward to hanging around a little on here!