Project WDE Talon

[BigTyla]

Going to work on the car a little this weekend.

I haven't looked into what it will take to remove the water pipe yet. Wondering how difficult/time-consuming it will be. Really want to try to start it by Sunday but won't rush to make it happen.

[19Eclipse90]

The water pipe on a 1G is a piece of cake. There is one bolt holding it to the block, an o-ring keeping it snug at the water pump, the turbo coolant return line (which you have off already), and a hose for the oil cooler return line on water-cooled applications (which it appears you will have).

[11secondFWD]

It is also attached to the heater core hose and it has a loop that a tranny bell housing bolt goes through. But still it is very easy to remove.

[19Eclipse90]

True. And the throttle body.

[BigTyla]

True. And the throttle body.

Previous owner did coolant delete on throttle body.

Thanks for the info.

[BigTyla]

Well I wasn't able to find time to work on the car this weekend. Probably won't be able to do much next weekend either since my in-laws will be visiting. Bummer.

[BigTyla]

Apparently my SS braided hose at my old place decided to grow legs and walk out because they are nowhere to be found. Guess I'll have to shell out some money to get about 10 feet of -6 AN hose. I'm going to use regular hose for now though. I want to get the measurements perfect before I buy the SS hoses so I don't end up with a lot of extra material.

I did aquire some aluminum intake pipes I had lying around my old place. Those might come in handy.

I've also been keeping a list of parts I buy and their costs so the build cost remains transparent. If I remember correctly, I'm currently just under $300 spent.

[BigTyla]

I was able to work on the car for a couple of hours today. My in-laws were over this weekend so I wasn't able to do much, but I hope to get a lot done next weekend.

I couldn't find my point-and-shoot to take pictures so I used my Droid instead. TBH the picture quality is probably better from my Droid.

When I last left my car, I had put everything together except the coolant lines. The intake pipes were all installed as a mock-up to make sure everything was in its proper place. I discovered that the BOV pipe I had made was a little too tall and was rubbing right on the water outlet so I cut a small piece off for clearance.



Everything looked good, so I took the intake pipes and turbos back off again to take off the water pipe on the block.

I was able to pull off the water pipe. Didn't take too long, but the rubber hoses connected to it were pretty stubborn. The inside of it is nasty. I'm going to try to clean that up a little. Upon inspection of the outlet for the turbo coolant return line, it appears I'll be able to tap it with a 3/8" NPT tap. I still don't see why the Earl's fitting I ordered didn't work. The threads look to be the same compared to the old bolt. Oh well.



Since I had a little bit of extra time, I decided to get started with something else I had on my mind.



I hate ABS. It is a terrible contraption, especially on the early 90s vehicles. Plus, on the DSM it takes up a large amount of space in the engine bay. Time for it to come out.

The non-banjo lines would not come out, so I cut them. They were no match for my shears. I'll be replacing them with compression fittings and I'll connect the lines with union tees to maintain functionality without having to get a non-ABS proportioning valve.



So much more room now!



I took out the extra brackets used to hold the ABS as well. Saved even more room doing that. I'd say the entire assembly weighed about 15 pounds so the weight savings isn't huge, but the gain in space is awesome and I won't have to worry about the ABS negatively affecting my braking performance.

[BigTyla]

Well needless to say I won't be working on the car this weekend. We won't have power for at least a week so my wife and I had to travel south so she can take her final exam online in a couple of days.

I got in late last night. Hit a lot of traffic on the way and also had to wait 1.5 hrs to get gas due to the huge wait line. But I did get home and I'm going to look around my parents' garage for various parts. My dad said he knows my old 3S n/a rotors are still lying around in there somewhere. That's a popular upgrade for 1G DSMs. Hopefully he overlooked those SS Braided lines and I end up finding those too!

[BigTyla]

Well I did not find the SS braided lines but I did find the n/a 3S brakes! They were really rusty so I cleaned off the bad rust with rust remover and will get them resurfaced. I'm considering painting the rotor hats black now that they've been cleaned off. I just need some n/a 3S front calipers to go along with these rotors.