not of the rebuilding and build up of the Talon. I will try and post
whenever I have made progress.
1st Cylinder. Will not shift into 2nd gear. Various bits missing or broken. The fun
begins... Determined the crankshaft would either need resurfacing or replaced, the
bearing that came out of the 1st cylinder was quite beat up, near foil like.
Transmission condition unknown. Reassembled the interior.
real work on the Talon. After some serious searching on the Internet and phone book I
finally decided that rebuilding the engine was the best choice for my money. I looked at
buying a used JDM engine some places offered very competitive prices that included
transmissions and some even with transfer cases and turbos. However I want the Talon
to run as long as possible with the fewest problems and running higher than stock boost
levels, the plan is for a super daily driver (perhaps super car beating someday :-) ) I
also searched for already rebuilt long blocks but some slick salesman type, tried to work
there magic on me unknowing that I was once a salesman myself, ( a few bait and switch
types), a few had no idea even what I was talking about when I said "4G63" this lead me
to believe that perhaps they weren't as knowledgeable as I would hope about the engine
they were charging alot of money for rebuilding ($1100-2500). From there I decided
perhaps I would look to some experts on 4g63 engines, I called several of the usual
supsects, however it was obvious many of them would either A) not mess around with a
simple rebuild when they could charge more for upgraded engines (which I couldn't
afford) or B) were looking to finance a racecar by the looks of the prices I got for quotes
($3500-5000) I then stumbled across Shepherd Racing on the web. Shepherd
campaigns the fastest full bodied/ full interior DSM that I am aware of at this time (8.71@
166.25MPH) pretty impressive for a four-cylinder :-) Shepherd Racing seemed to have
very reasonable prices on rebuilds for transmission and they claimed to do other work on
their website. What really pleased me was that they are located very near to my house
in North Lawrence, Ohio (about 30 mins from my home in Alliance) One trip to Shepherd
convinced me that these are the kind of guys I don't mind dumping money on an engine
for and their prices were very very affordable. Currently they have my block and head
and are machining and reconditioning both.
pieces left on it: (water pump, AC
compressor bracket, some oil lines,
cooling lines, Idlers for the timing belt)
the side of the front
of the engine.
the engine. If you click on the picture
to the left, I have a picture that
highlights some of the strong points of
the 4g63 bottom end that allow it to
handle lots of boost and several
hundred horsepower without
modification.
and hot tanking at Shepherd Racing.
on Friday, both look incredible, almost brand new, compared to the condition then went out in. I also picked up
the new lifters they ordered me with bigger diameter holes to help prevent that clacking that the lifters making
on so many early DSM's. I will be ordering Shepherds Balance shaft eliminator kit here... Which surprise,
surprise is not a rip off like a lot of places try to do. They straight told me that they could either give me the
Mitsubishi part numbers to take to a Mitsubishi dealer, or they could order it from a local Mitsu dealer.. Not
sure which route I will go but will be cheaper than most Balance Shaft elim. kits I have priced I am sure. I will be
taking the transmission to Shepherd here in the next week or so. I am ordering the other engine parts I need
tomorrow, basically gaskets, belts, rings, pistons, etc. Check out the pictures of the refinished parts.
the winter, I have been spraying down the block with
WD40 once a day, until i get the engine assembled
and sealed up. The freshly machined surface of the
block would rust in like 2 seconds if left unprotected, it
is unnecessary to spray off the head because it is
aluminum and won't rust. Shepherd Racing
recommends this treatment as well.
red-white-blue boxes are new
lifters.
