So here I thought I was on a role. Had most of this done in about 3 days. Man I?m rolling now. After 3 hours of measureing and scratching our heads. We got it all squared up. Perfect. I couldn?t ask for it to be better. Less then a 1/16th off from side to side. Wooo So I went to town welding and what not. Got the front sub frame mounts all boxed in. and there now in place. So I started on the rear ?boomerang? as some call it. I used the stock one. Just did some reinforcement to it.
I don?t have many pictures from this point tilll now. But I?ll still explain. I put the rear diff in the car. Bolted the axles up. Bolted the diff to the sub assembly. Everything is titties so far. We put the wheels on, and it sits back in the wheel wells about 1/2inch to and inch to far. Its not really noticeable. But hell I?ll take what I can.
As for a gas tank. Others have used fuel cells and what not. I tried spending as LEAST amount of money I could. So I just wedged the stock AWD tank in, and make a few mounting points. Heres some pictures
From the rear. It looks just like a stock AWD talon, the tank hangs about 2inchs below the rear bumper. Its looks good though . I do not have pictures of this. But I?ll work on them in the near future.
When you do the AWD conversion. You have to make your own front and rear motor mounts. The stock mounts are on a cross member that Is in the way of the t case. YAY another fun task.
I don?t have any good pictures of the rear mount. I?ll get those as well and update down the road. Here are some pictures of what I have now..
Tcase/reardiff
As of now its 90% done. The rear is finished. The tank is also. Oh yeah, and the motor mounts. All I need is to get the driveshaft shortened. And then get some -6 fuel line because the tank sits 3ft back then the factory did.
While it was apart I figured I?d upgrade..
The fmic I had was a bit small.. (22x7x3) So I upgraded to something a bit bigger
( 24x12x4.5) ?
the 16g just wasn?t cutting it either.. the turbo in the picture is a Garrett GT3076R, I also decided that wasn?t big enough, and sold it. I bought a GT35R. should make decent power.
Well there you have it. What I have been working on the past month now. I will update THIS thread as time and progress goes on.
Thanks for the time and space.. Comments and cash donations are always welcome. I accept paypal. Hahaha