I'm coming to the end of a DSM build that I have been doing over the winter. The car is a black 97 Eagle Talon TSi AWD. 5 speed with rare black leather out of a 99 Eclipse GSX. It's in excellent shape and was brought up north from southern Maryland. ZERO rust. This car is probably the cleanest 2nd generation DSM you will set your eyes on. I completely re-did everything including the interior, enginebay, undercarriage, etc. It has a brand new black carpet and a ton of mods. This particular setup should make 450awhp "conservatively" once finished. I've seen other DSM's make upwards of 600whp with the turbo I have on this car if you'd want to push it that far.
Anyways the car is not finished yet, but it will be in a couple of weeks. I figured I would throw this on here to see if I would get any interest because deep down I really would like another Mustang. I've spent a ton of money and hours worth of working on this project. If I had to throw out a cash price it would take $12,000 for me to sell this car but I would like to trade for another Mustang. Preferably a supercharged 96-98 Cobra, a nice new edge GT, or a new edge Cobra.
If I don't get any offers I'll probably end up keeping this car and enjoy it until I grab another Mustang and attempt to keep both cars at that point but we'll see what happens.
Anyhow onto the mods:
Engine
6 bolt block
Decked and cleaned head
ARP Mains
ARP L19 Head studs
Mitsu OEM 4 layer metal Head gasket
HKS 272 Cams
Revised 3g lifters
New OEM Timing belt
New OEM Water pump
New OEM Tensioner
Balance shafts eliminated
Mighty Max forward facing OFH
Avid Billet aluminum polished motor mounts with poly urethane inserts
NGK plugs & wires
JM Fabrications coil pack relocation bracket
Exhaust
Tubular T3 manifold
3'' Vband downpipe
3'' Turboback with Magnaflow
Tial MVS 44mm external waste gate
Intake/Turbo
JM Fabrications Race Sheet metal Intake Manifold
Holset HX40 "Super40" turbo in Bullseye Performance .70ar T3 Housing
Stainless braided feedline
-12AN stainless braided return line
Victory Performance FMIC
2.5'' Aluminum FMIC piping
Tial Q Blowoff valve
4'' custom aluminum intake pipe
K&N 4'' filter
Dual -8AN stainless braided lines to catch can and intake pipe
Fuel/Management
Fuel Lab AFPR with gauge
Fuel Lab Filter
-8an Stainless braided fuel feed line
Walboro 255lph pump rewired
FIC 1050cc injectors
DSMlink V3
95 Eprom ECU
4 bar MAP sensor
GM IAT Sensor
Direct connect Speed Density adaptor cable
Cooling
Mishimoto Aluminum radiator
Mishimoto Upper and lower radiator hoses
10'' Slimline fans
Driveline/Suspension
ACT 2600 clutch
ACT Aluminum flywheel
Stainless full clutch line (Master cyl to slave)
New clutch slave cylinder
B&M Short throw shifter
Tokico Struts
Eibach Pro Kit Springs
Slotted/drilled rear rotors
ARP rear wheel studs
Rear subframe and LSD diff out of a North Carolina car
Torque Solutions poly urethane rear subframe bushings
Torque Solutions shift cable bushings
New Red Line Fluids in trans, transfer case, and rear diff
Here are some pictures. Keep in mind that these have been taken during the build process and don't reflect finished product. Will update with final pictures later.
Thanks for looking!
This last pic I will throw up here just for reference. This is of one of the 15 of these I owned. Coincidentally the same color and year. The car will look a lot like my last black 97 TSi AWD once finished.
Anyways the car is not finished yet, but it will be in a couple of weeks. I figured I would throw this on here to see if I would get any interest because deep down I really would like another Mustang. I've spent a ton of money and hours worth of working on this project. If I had to throw out a cash price it would take $12,000 for me to sell this car but I would like to trade for another Mustang. Preferably a supercharged 96-98 Cobra, a nice new edge GT, or a new edge Cobra.
If I don't get any offers I'll probably end up keeping this car and enjoy it until I grab another Mustang and attempt to keep both cars at that point but we'll see what happens.
Anyhow onto the mods:
Engine
6 bolt block
Decked and cleaned head
ARP Mains
ARP L19 Head studs
Mitsu OEM 4 layer metal Head gasket
HKS 272 Cams
Revised 3g lifters
New OEM Timing belt
New OEM Water pump
New OEM Tensioner
Balance shafts eliminated
Mighty Max forward facing OFH
Avid Billet aluminum polished motor mounts with poly urethane inserts
NGK plugs & wires
JM Fabrications coil pack relocation bracket
Exhaust
Tubular T3 manifold
3'' Vband downpipe
3'' Turboback with Magnaflow
Tial MVS 44mm external waste gate
Intake/Turbo
JM Fabrications Race Sheet metal Intake Manifold
Holset HX40 "Super40" turbo in Bullseye Performance .70ar T3 Housing
Stainless braided feedline
-12AN stainless braided return line
Victory Performance FMIC
2.5'' Aluminum FMIC piping
Tial Q Blowoff valve
4'' custom aluminum intake pipe
K&N 4'' filter
Dual -8AN stainless braided lines to catch can and intake pipe
Fuel/Management
Fuel Lab AFPR with gauge
Fuel Lab Filter
-8an Stainless braided fuel feed line
Walboro 255lph pump rewired
FIC 1050cc injectors
DSMlink V3
95 Eprom ECU
4 bar MAP sensor
GM IAT Sensor
Direct connect Speed Density adaptor cable
Cooling
Mishimoto Aluminum radiator
Mishimoto Upper and lower radiator hoses
10'' Slimline fans
Driveline/Suspension
ACT 2600 clutch
ACT Aluminum flywheel
Stainless full clutch line (Master cyl to slave)
New clutch slave cylinder
B&M Short throw shifter
Tokico Struts
Eibach Pro Kit Springs
Slotted/drilled rear rotors
ARP rear wheel studs
Rear subframe and LSD diff out of a North Carolina car
Torque Solutions poly urethane rear subframe bushings
Torque Solutions shift cable bushings
New Red Line Fluids in trans, transfer case, and rear diff
Here are some pictures. Keep in mind that these have been taken during the build process and don't reflect finished product. Will update with final pictures later.
Thanks for looking!
This last pic I will throw up here just for reference. This is of one of the 15 of these I owned. Coincidentally the same color and year. The car will look a lot like my last black 97 TSi AWD once finished.
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