is the talon any good

is my little 2m4 in trouble???

the talon is a no turbo 5spd

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Someone else had the same question about a month ago. I think the decision was the talon was underbuilt (weak tranny...). I think if it is a 95+ go for it, I love the look of those cars

Who knows... I think we need more info.

DSM's don't have the best reliability records, but it also depends on which car/model it is too, and the year.

To really say, we need more info about the Talon. Is your Fiero dying on you?

Yeah, Talons can be good, but with used cars the conditionis as important as brand reputation... maybe more so.

More details, and maybe we can help

more details eh ok

im not buying it but my friend is

I think its a 92 or 93 non turbo 16valve 5spd 200k km on it rebuilt tranny

my fiero is in a little trouble
but the question is does my fiero have a chance againts my friend???

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Nope, you won't have a chance unless your friend doesn't know how to drive. If you had a 6 it would be a different story. We had a 91 Laser non-turbo doing 14.5 at the track with only free mods and some weight lightening. The engine is actually quite reliable, it's the timing belt and balance shaft belt that isn't. The tranny on the NT can take a beating, it's built as strong as the turbo model but it paired up to an engine putting out 60 less hp.

I dont know about 14.5 on a stock talon non turbo. Its been my experiance that the turbos are awesome but the non turbos are dog slow and not very fun to drive. BTW what kind of free mods can take a second or more of a cars ET??

im not sure which engine it is, but one of them has a really ***** timing belt job that has to be done after 60,000 sum miles.

someone wanted me to do their car. And its not like shopclass where the engine is out of the car.

theres a purple talon around the corner from me its lowerd and stuff but iv never seen it move it was forsale last summer i should have checked it out oh well

free mods eh what kind would give you a 14.5 et??????

I could use some of them myself

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I'm talking about the 4G63 2.0L Mitsubishi motor, not the 1.8 that some of them came with.

Balance shaft removal, underdrive pulley, manual steering, removed A/C, lightweight wheels. Then we removed a load of weight off the car. Ran consistant times between 14.6-14.9

yea this one doesnt have the mitsu motor no turbo and no wieght reduction

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I raced a talon at the drag strip the other day (i was in a 67 fiarlane 289 2 bbl),eh had a 92 talon with a 1000stickers and i still beat him.he ran an 11.36 1/8 I got a 10.80 heh heh oh,yeah i wasn't planning on racing but i had prove a point about ricers.

Right on with the engines. The stock 1.8 had under 100 HP. A 2m4 had similar power, but a lot more torque and should be able to take it. The 2.0 N/A was around 130 or so. That should be enough to take a 2m4 in an early 90's Talon.

That kind of milage sounds like a fair amount, but if its taken care if it should be ok. The 2.0 probably would hold up better than the 1.8 too, since the smaller motor would have to work harder.

yea the transmission was rebuilt so im not sure on the engine condition tho

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