She looks so damn good, even on jack stands

Thank you Jason!


As some of your may heard on the news Los Angeles is being pounded by severe rain and thunderstorms causing floods and water damages. So I decided to drive my Talon again into Angeles forest 7000 feet up into the mountains and have a little fun. I'll let pics do the talking...













This is what your boost gauge looks like at 7000feet with engine turned off where atmospheric pressure is low.


Enjoying winter like never before

It's all fun and games where there is no salt!

Jealous...

My DSM has seen enough winters and salt. Back in college days it was my daily driver until about 2009 ... but it was fun as hell to drive in snow


not for much longer...your AWD project is coming along nicely

Now you know why I drive mine in the snow

There have been a few changes...both good and bad.
The good:
Wife started new job since we moved here in Oct 2013; Therefore we added third commute car.
The bad:
We only have two parking spots assigned. With an addition of third car it becomes a bit of a problem.

My Talon has been relocated and put to sleep far away in the desert with all my toys. When my current lease expires in October i will try to find new home with enough parking spots and hopefully a garage. Until than my Talon needs to hibernate and all projects are currently on hold.





Last pic of my engine bay. Showing off some amazing paint work Jason D did with radiator brackets plus few others. Thanks to Terry for spare parts.






I will miss you red dragon

Looking nice!

With the weather you have there, why not DD the thing?

Just gotta convert over to SD to get rid of the MAF and long recirc piping.

Thanks!
I tried but its just hard to enjoy Talon in hot bumper to bumper over an hour traffic with 6 puck clutch and no AC. Plus i dont want to kill her and put into un-drivable state. No garage and i trust no one to wrench her! 260K on factory motor

Ah, I hear ya.

How long is she going to be sitting for at a time?

Looks good Alex!

A sad day indeed, but this is the absolute best choice in a bad situation. Here's to a sunny future

When did this happen! You were always so proud that you still had AC

Until end of October hopefully. If I can't find next home with enough parking spots than possibly even longer.


Thanks Lucian


haha thanks! Here is short list of achivemnets
- she made all way from Toronto to Los Angeles
- passed smog and inspection
- used as DD when wife needed Outlander
- long Sunday road trips around Cali
- attended first LA DSM meet
- made it all the way to desert storage garage
All on the factory 245-260k motor



Right before i left to Cali. My compressor started making weird noises so i just cut AC belt before i left.

Today was a DSM day. After local mitsu changed Outlander oil I headed north to meet with my DSM that is currently in storage...about 1.3 hour drive.



scary car fire on the way




My goal was to replace AC slim fan with SPAL 12" Paddle Blade High Performance Fan 12V Puller. At 1687 CFM it significantly outflows slim fans which are averaged at around 500 CFM. My passenger fan is OEM btw.


before and after


My storage comes with 110v outlet so i am slowly turning it into my man cave







Hopefully i can test it in a few weeks.

I've melted a fan where you installed yours and it was slightly further away. Can you mount it on the other side? Switch polarity?

It's doable to have that fan mounted there. I have a large one mounted there as well, no issues. BUT I also have a heat shield covering that whole area so that heat stays near the engine and not the front. Alex should be good.

It wont melt as long as you wrap your exhaust parts and it's a good quality fan.

It's usually not an issue with heat shields in place. Just keep the fan running and it'll keep the heat away.

Thanks for the input guys. Switching fans is not an option since i still have AC condenser behind. I also worry about melting it esp near waste gate arm and flapper side since that area is not shielded. The fan quality is high and electrical motor is shielded with metal bracket. Keeping fingers crossed.

AC Fan will be wired to switch on when ever passenger is on. Stock down-pipe is heat wrapped.

I got a FAL fan with about an inch of space between it and my wastegate and no meltage.

The cheap eBay slim fan that I had on at first though is a different story. Lol

Sounds good to me.

Does Mishimoto count as eBay?

To be fair about it, my dump tube was maybe an inch away.

Nah. EBay like, made in a basement in China.

The fan, housing and centre piece melted. The fan wouldn't spin, because it was held on by a plastic piece that was connected to the motors shaft and that melted too.

FWIW, my ebay "Godspeed" rad in my 2g fit FAR better than the Mishimoto in the Evo.

Did i miss the announcement & introduction?

You heard nothing.

Why who's Evo did you work on?

He's been avoiding all questions about 'his' Evo.

Installed Defi boost gauge...





Completely removed old wiring...redid it from scratch.




As i applied power for the first time Defi gauge self calibrated and arrow stopped precisely at zero Engine was not yet started...still need to put more time to finish installation. Next visit it should be all done.

Clicking on this page of your thread and seeing the white s-word in the pics up top makes me super depressed

Nice gauge though!

please elaborate

Snow

Stored.

No one wants to be friends who store a mint condition dsm.

What? Snow?

Where the eff do you get snow in California?

My bad, I'm really behind on this thread. Holy cow Alex, awesome pics.

Thank you Mike. You didnt miss much...my DSM is in storage


oh i missed that
Can't wait to book my flight for January

That gauge "defi-nitely" ( sorry..I had to ) looks like a very nice piece.

Nice work