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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: TranTla

Location: San Diego, California

Vehicle Info

1998 Eagle Talon

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile12.1 sec @ 119.5 mph
  • 0-603.98 sec
  • Top Speed160 mph
  • HP400
  • Weight3500 lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo

Ratings

    • Currently 4/5 Stars.
    • Currently 4/5 Stars.
    • Currently 4/5 Stars.
    • Currently 4/5 Stars.
    • Currently 4/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Apr 28, 2008

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Steve’s Eagle Talon:
“Tran2la”

  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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>>>>>Update: Spun a rod bearing. Sold the Evo 16G turbo and swapping in a spare block. New engine look coming soon! Page 4 has peeks.<<<<<<

My "Lover" At least thats what my wife calls it. I have taken great pride in this ride. This is my baby. Let me know what you think of my ride and give opinions or suggestions. Also please rate my ride


It is beauty and the beast. Beauty when parked and beast on the roads. When I first got her, she was bland, dirty, and in much needed of attention. With a toothbrush and some oil eater degreaser I gave her some love. It took a couple of days to give her a bath in the engine bay and a month for the full detailing but well worth it. A few shots of matching Red and VHT silver caliper paint and with a lil polishing here and there and she was born again. Along with the cosmetic engine details, I added a few goodies to spice it up. A lot of love was given to this ride and therefore I am happy to say that this is one lover that always puts a big grin on my face without me feeling guilty! (or getting in trouble with my wife!!)

Engine Mods:
- Forced Performace Monster 4" Intake
- K&N Filter
- FP3052 TurboCharger (GT30)
- Custom SS Recirculated 3" O2 housing with V-band
- Stainless Steel Turbo oil supply line
- Stainless Steel Oil return line
- Stainless Steel Turbo water lines
- Joe P Pro Z manual boost controller ~24PSI~
- EVO Exhaust manifold with my porting (Dremel)
- Custom home made intercooler pipes
- Vertical Flow Bar and Plate Front Mount Intercooler
- 1G BOV with High boost sealing mod
- 1G 60mm Throttle body
- Ported Stock 2G TB elbow to match 60mm (Dremel)
- Ported 2G Intake manifold to match 60mm (Dremel)
- FIC 1060cc Fuel injectors
- Full Throttle Speed Adjustable 1:1 FPR with Fuel pressure guage
- Walbro High Pressure 255 lph Fuel pump rewired for maximum voltage
- Polyurethane engine mounts (Front, Back, timing belt side)
- 3" V-band Stainless Steel downpipe
- 3" Custom Cat back exhaust pipes
- 3" Magnaflow #14221 Polished SS muffler (Dual 2.5" outlet)
- Custom Oil Catch can
- Red Vacuum silicone hoses
- Spal 11" 1300 cfm Fan (Replaced AC fan)
- Custom Fan switch Mod (Turns on at 200F off at 192F)
- Custom Stock high speed fan mod
- Evo 3 External oil cooler with -8AN SS lines
- B & M Oil cooler (Part # 70273) with 7" slim fan
- Derale Adjustable Fan controller for Oil cooler Slim fan
- Oil temp, A/F Wideband, Voltage and Boost guages
- Dual full pillar guage pods
- Dual guage cluster bezel pods
- NGK 7mm Spark plug wires
- BPR7ES NGK spark plugs (one range cooler)
- Apexi Turbo timer
- Polished Valve cover, Polished Intake manifold, Polished turbo, Polished heat shield
- Front and Rear Strut tower brace bar polished
- Balance shafts removed

Engine Electronics
- OBDII Pocketlogger
- Apexi SAFC 2
- 95 Stock Eprom ECU with Stage 3 Keydiver chip
- Innovate Motorsports LC-1 Standalone Wideband
- Beltronics Vector FX2

Keydiver Chip Features: (DSMChips.com)
Special Thanks to Jeff Oberholtzer

- 1060cc Injector and deadtime compensation
- A/C Cutout
- Rev limit 7500rpms
- Knock sum on boost guage
- CEL Shift light @ 7000rpms
- Fuel cut eliminated
- Increased Idle speed to 800rpms
- Octane reset
- No-Lift-To-Shift 6000rpms
- Adjustable stutterbox launch rpm for AWD (4500/4750/5000/5250/5500)
- Enhanced Closed-Loop
- Airflow cap removal
- Cam/Cas Inversion
- Random Misfire MIL Fix
- OBD2 Mil Bug Fix

Transmission Mods
- TRE Performance Transmission w/ Steel shift rails (1/2 and 3/4), HD TRE Spec Intermediate shaft
- Speed design 4 spider differential
- 4140 Billet Steel Clutch Release Fork
- SS Clutch slave cylinder line
- Extended slave cylinder rod
- ACT 2100 Pressure plate
- Dual Friction Custom Organic/Ceremetallic Clutch disk
- Brass tranny shift linkage bushings
- Polyurethane Shifter base bushings
- Greddy Shift knob

Wheels
- BSA 243 Silver 17" x 7 Rims
- Nankang tires

Body Mods
- Projector Headlamps
- 7" Black Chrome Antenna
- White LED Hood lights

Fuel
5-6 Gallons E85 mix with the rest 91 Octane


This is the "Before" engine bay pic. Very dirty and bland.

In love!! This is the "After" engine bay pics. Dedicated lots of time.

This is the Magnaflow muffler. Looks like a stock muffler which is what I was after. Does not sound as quiet as stock. Ferrocious Sound! I shine it once a week so that the insides of the twin tips stay shiny chrome.

Another shot of my baby. Also I replaced the long 33" stock antenna with this 7" one. I have no lost in reception though it being so short. It Solid metal and the color is Black Chrome. I wanted something better than the S2000 antenna most people get.
I bought some Halo Projector headlamps. Many say that light output sucks but boy were they wrong. These things really shine some light.

Page 2 Audio System and Interior
Page 3 Turbo and Transmission
Page 4 Sneek peek of new setup

Vehicle Owner

Member ID: TranTla

Location: San Diego, California