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bmw88rider
bmw88rider GRM+ Memberand UberDork
4/9/24 3:04 p.m.

In reply to HaveBlue83 :

Yeah. Those are pretty slick. They have a lot of fun stuff there. I miss my trips to the KL breaker yards and auto salons.

I'm probable going to go with these: https://www.verus-engineering.com/shop/jc6-hood-louver-kit-1884?category=68#attr=89

Just need to measure it out and see if that is a good size for the hood. 

HaveBlue83
HaveBlue83 Reader
4/9/24 5:37 p.m.

Front end alignment and wheel balancing to correct some lil issues :)

 

HaveBlue83
HaveBlue83 Reader
6/30/24 12:59 p.m.

Took it out for C&C. Now home in the new garage 

wheelsmithy (Joe-with-an-L)
wheelsmithy (Joe-with-an-L) GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
6/30/24 5:46 p.m.

You are winning at life. Impressive in every way.

HaveBlue83
HaveBlue83 Reader
9/15/24 12:39 p.m.

Buffed the whole car and took it to a car show and c&c.

wink

 

former520
former520 HalfDork
9/15/24 6:18 p.m.

Impressive project, great work and looks fantastic!  

HaveBlue83
HaveBlue83 Reader
10/1/24 10:48 p.m.

Heard a noise 2 weeks ago, got it home fine and parked it. Its a clanging noise when pushing clutch all the way in. 

 

I got the Talon on the road, swapped cars, and pulled the trans out :). This is trans #7 and its lasted about 3 years now. It now appears toast inside LOL.

The clutch was all new in 2016. It survived a bad clutch fork finger explosion and im happy to report that it didnt trash everything inside on this time either. 

 

Im now in winter build mode, and this car will be going auto and paddles (as long as i dont give up and i do it correctly 😆)

 

bmw88rider
bmw88rider GRM+ Memberand UberDork
10/2/24 10:19 a.m.

I guess I should knock on wood or add more power as I've ran my Mirage on the track a ton over the last 2 years and my transmission has looked great.

Just pulled it apart to refresh the LSD plates and was very happy with how it looked inside. 

I've thought more than once on Auto and flappy paddles for consistency. What controller setup are you using? 

HaveBlue83
HaveBlue83 Reader
10/2/24 12:14 p.m.

In reply to bmw88rider :

Over 300whp level they just dont hold long, and they were all 100-150-200k miles on them. And totally stock. The trans blows before the clutch does lol. My turbo makes a LOT of midrange Tq. Before the redo i dynoed @ 371whp,353wtq. Its just fun and the trans were $125-250 for a long long time.  

I will be using a forced four shift box and either evo x or a maxima style paddle setup

 

HaveBlue83
HaveBlue83 Reader
10/2/24 10:21 p.m.

Ok so.......i have to do waht I normally do.....put things in this car that aint neva been in there before. There is no manual for this feature. Theres no how-to. Imma just do it, somehow. 

6 bolt motor, 2g AUTO trans, in a 4g Mirage. 

Letuce began:

 

 

And i need to use a tq arm to the rear roll stop mount since the 2g is way above the mirage.....

 

GOOGLE-FU! I actually found one! Old blue drag car was redone to auto awd.

 

https://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/93-mirage-evo-clone-drag-build.451813/

 

 

HaveBlue83
HaveBlue83 Reader
11/14/24 7:13 a.m.

Auto swap didnt go as planned. It wouldnt really fit. Might fit all assembled to the motor but for now i gave up

 

Car is prepped for winter storage mode, garage isnt heatedyet

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bmw88rider
bmw88rider GRM+ Memberand UberDork
11/18/24 9:03 p.m.

Too bad about the transmission not working. I just found a mostly rust free 95 Eagle DL myself. Don't know what the engine plans will be for sure but I do have everything to build a forged 4G93T in the basement so leaning that way. Adding to the Eagle family of cool cars. 

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