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Hey there i had a question and i was wondering are Talons easy to work with? The reason for my question is because my co-worker has a 92 Talon and he is pushing about 450 hp (he says), but it seems he is have too much transmission problems. I'm thinking he didnt build it right or something cause of the way his tranny can't support the power. And i was also thinking of trading my DD for this 93 talon on craiglist i found. and another question i have is, is there any problems i should worry about if i get this Talon?




Thanks,
Jim

Don't buy a dsm if you aren't prepared to get your hands dirty. Their transmissions are knows to always have problems, but luckily performance built ones are too too expensive.

I kinda figured it wouldnt be worth it, considering this is the 4th time my buddy fixed his tranny in the past 2 months.LOL

the headlights went out on mine so we had to rig them, added some nice fog lights too ha

$1200 to $1500 should solve your transmission woes, pending you don't frag the center diff...whoops


The cars are as reliable as you make them....they've been my daily rides for about 7rs now. Only failures I've found common is old coolant hoses, which should be replaced anyhow and the ignorance of me reusing a belt tensioner.

good luck!

RSbeast wrote:$1200 to $1500 should solve your transmission woes, pending you don't frag the center diff...whoops

HELLA CHEAP.

I cant do an OEM rebuild to stock for either of my cars for that price.

and 1500 is expensive in my terminology.... domestics ftw!

Well $1500 is a rebuild using your old case, while I've picked up a BRAND NEW world class t5 for $1200... So I guess your point


However the t-56 setup I wish to use eventually is over $2300...so that kinda moots that point

RSbeast wrote:Well $1500 is a rebuild using your old case, while I've picked up a BRAND NEW world class t5 for $1200... So I guess your point


However the t-56 setup I wish to use eventually is over $2300...so that kinda moots that point

$2300 is still cheap. Built gears for my subie alone are $3200. My 240's trans don't even go there....

RSbeast wrote:Well $1500 is a rebuild using your old case, while I've picked up a BRAND NEW world class t5 for $1200... So I guess your point


However the t-56 setup I wish to use eventually is over $2300...so that kinda moots that point

currently sporting that t-56 in my car right now, put it in last winter $2,395 ftl...

if u wanna upgrade it to handle more than 660ft/lbs, add another $2,800 and bump it up to 1200ft/lbs. $6,000 trans :'(

Stock STi tranny would run me between 2500-3000

I dont even want to talk about upgrading the gears

My buddy Bill has gone through so many DSM trannies he taught himself how to rebuild his current one out of all the old broken trannies....its held up for like 6 months now with who knows how much whp...his dsm link was showing 580 the last time i saw him log a pull but hes done much since then and has a way better tune now. no doubt logging over 600 running FP3065 turbo and 1000cc injectors magnus manifold and the list goes on and on....fuckin sick car but hes got more power to ground issues then I do so my slips are faster

I have a 1990 eagle talon tsi. I wouldn't i buy another one because once you fix something. Something else breaks and its starting to be hard to find put for some of the old ones. They are very nice cars though other then that.

runDSM wrote:My buddy Bill has gone through so many DSM trannies he taught himself how to rebuild his current one out of all the old broken trannies....its held up for like 6 months now with who knows how much whp...his dsm link was showing 580 the last time i saw him log a pull but hes done much since then and has a way better tune now. no doubt logging over 600 running FP3065 turbo and 1000cc injectors magnus manifold and the list goes on and on....fuckin sick car but hes got more power to ground issues then I do so my slips are faster

Sounds like he's FWD

Tell him to try and keep a dead stock AWD trans working great forever on stock parts....hello breakage!

Corsell wrote:I have a 1990 eagle talon tsi. I wouldn't i buy another one because once you fix something. Something else breaks and its starting to be hard to find put for some of the old ones. They are very nice cars though other then that.

Your first mistake was building a 1990 model. Been there, done that NEVER AGAIN.

91-92 FTMFW!

Sounds like he's FWD

Tell him to try and keep a dead stock AWD trans working great forever on stock parts....hello breakage! [/quote]

yes it is FWD

he has built 2 AWD's too though...the one was an Auto 2g and the other is a 1g he's currentlly using just for a winter beater (with 680 injectors and 20g turbo )

wow thanks.. all tho im not all that great im just up for trying anything i think might work

i had to re-read twice on the awd trans coment i see that you did say dead stock . yea might as well toss that idea out the door.. Hint my user name JUNK