Mr Peepers

Great site by the way with a HUGE range of turbo setups! I love the variety.

Matt from Wisconsin. Enjoy all makes and models of cars or anything with an engine but have a background in forced induction and mostly DSM's. Been messing with stock/bolt on parts for a while and finally got to try my hand at fabricating some parts for the setup I've wanted for a long time now.

Anyway, some history:

'91 Eagle Talon Tsi AWD 5 spd that I've had since '06. Drove it back and forth in college about 200 miles round trip on the weekends etc. Got it pretty much stock besides a 3" turbo back exhaust and manual boost controller at 15 psi. Some college friends invited me out to the track and it ran a 13.6@97.8mph.

I've been hooked with drag racing as a way to track my progress ever since. Drove it until the balance shaft bearing spun, then it sat for a good 2 years before I had the funds and ambition to start on it again.

Ended up doing a stock rebuild while it was out. .020" bore and hone, a set of NPR(OEM) pistons from Ebay for 90 bucks shipped, and a Partsdinosaur full gasket kit and bearings. Removed the balance shafts and did a little blending to the head while it was apart, along with some portwork on the stock cast exhaust bits. Budget build Got it down to 3050 with me in it and full interior.


By the time the track opened up in the spring it got an evo3 16g, larger side mount intercooler, 880cc injectors, 255 walbro, SAFC for tuning(still no wideband ), HKS 264/272 cams, and switched to e85. Swapped out the stock headbolts for some ARP studs after pushing some coolant. Ran an 11.8@119 with a slipping clutch.
Video:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eosperformance/3485336496/

I swapped to my friends 6 puck clutch and ran 12.004@115.6 on the stock 14b turbo with the same setup as the 16g. 1.69 60' on all season tires Didn't get it on video. Ended up breaking the 3-4 shift fork the next pass trying to eek out the last .005 seconds. Turns out the roll pin holding the fork was halfway backed out in the first place. Made little over 300whp and 315tq on a dynojet if I remember right.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eosperformance/4093334160/

Made more changes and went back to the evo3 16g. Went with an actual tuning program instead of a piggy back and got an LC-1 wideband. Jackal speed density with a 3 bar map sensor and 3/8" NPT IAT. Runs through an Ostrich. Set up no lift to shift and 2-step. Also finally ditched the sidemount intercooler to an old top to bottom core that I modified a bit to fit and ran some piping. Trans refreshed by Tim Zimmer while he walked me through the entire process. Awesome day! Ended up buying his old full face Kevlar clutch disc(south bend clutch) to replace the 6 puck.


Made ONE pass on my friends hoosiers(QTP's) and cut a high 1.5 60' on the original 3 bolt rear end! 11.2@123.5mph on an evo3 16g. I immediately drove back home in fear of getting greedy and breaking something.
Video:
I was a little excited


Got sick of the 16g power level and found a 7 blade hx35 at a local junkyard. I wanted to make my own manifold for a long time and decided to utilize the twin scroll turbine housing. Gathered up some mild steel weld els and got the MIG welder out.





Spools extremely well with the stock twin scroll 12cm^2 turbine housing for its size on a 7.8:1 compression 2 liter.
log in 4th:


Basic run down in each gear(psi vs rpm) rounded to the nearest .5psi and 50 rpm
3rd:
5---2500
10--2900
15--3150
20--3250
25--3400

4th
5---2350
10--2650
15--2800
20--3000
25--3100

Threw some 1000cc injectors in it and set the boost to 25 psi. Ran 11.2@129 on street tires on essentially the same setup as the 16g besides the manifold and downpipe obviously. Made 494whp and 471tq on a dynojet later that year with about 30 psi and 1200cc injectors. I have a feeling the 264 intake cam was holding it back a little:




This season I snagged a 272 regrind intake cam and threw it in along with some springs and retainers. Rev limit set at 8k for first gear. Drove to the local track last weekend on opening day and clicked off a 10.9@135.6 at 28psi on street tires with a horrid 1.83 60'
For some reason the boost wasn't at it's usual 30 psi but I'm not complaining. Maybe the warmer(vs winter) weather? *shrug*
Video:
http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/d...n.mp4&newest=1

Still my daily driver on the same stock rebuild from 2-1/2 years ago. Stock bottom end, stock headgasket, stock intake manifold, all season street tires, 3 bolt rear end, and an overworked single 255 fuel pump on e85

harryphotos

Nice job on the manifold! Do you have any pictures of when you were building it or any other info on building it?

Cheers

1slo1

Obviously it works, what a rush between 3k and 4k rpm. 10.9 in a 2L fwd 3000lb. car on street tires wow!

jgryz450

nice job!!!

trev0006

That is one awesome car.