RIP Talon

[devinwebb907]

this afternoon/evening my engine decided to catch on fire. it's pretty much fucked, maybe a few random parts are salvagable.

what happened was i was riding down the road, hear a loud bang and i see huge flames coming out of my exhaust. so i pulled over, just to notice lots of smoke coming out from my engine bay. fire truck came and put it out, engine is fried...i have a shitty pic here:
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8662/fire40gj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

and here are some pics i took while watching my shit on fire:
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4946/fire19bp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/5545/fire20ml.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/843/fire31vf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
^^ u can actually see the fire truck

anyways, my back bumper is trashed, exhaust im assuming is trashed. interior/gauges are perfectly fine/dry. some of the parts in the engine are fine, the bov is fine, i BELIEVE the fmic is fine, but i havent gotten it up on a jack yet because it was dark and i was/am not in the mood to look at it.

the car is a 97 eagle talon tsi awd with alot of mods on it, if anyone needs some parts let me know. the rims are perfectly fine(17" enkei 5 spoke) with 4 BRAND NEW TIRES, about a month old. appreciate you NOT FLAMING ME. thanks.

oh and grant, sorry i ruined your project.

[Rican219]

THAT SUX!! At least no one made a video of it like that one car that caught fire

[devinwebb907]

actually the person in the car with me has a camera and i told him to bring it(i do that sometimes because u never know what will happen...) but he said the batteries were low. ahh damn.

[D16Civic]

damn dude, that sucks
at least u can salvage some stuff tho

[HeLLo iM iZzY]

damn that sucks dude...

[3kgtdrvr]

sorry bout that man, thats gotta hurt to see her like that

[devinwebb907]

what hurts the most was i was seriously thinking about selling it, and well my downpayment from from ~7-8k to 0.

[YokotaS13]

for some reason GSX and TSI AWDs, catch on fire. It happened to 3 people i know personally, and a few others on dsmtuners. Thats fucking crazy man.

[devinwebb907]

yeah well now i have no car, or no down payment on a truck i was thinking about getting. i gotta downgrade from 04 f150 supercrew to 02-03 f150 supercrew! whole different body style godddd. oh well i really hope something works out for me because as of now i have NO CAR and NOT MUCH MONEY. my dad told me he would split payments with me around 50:50, dun dun dun.

[YokotaS13]

hey devin though, on the real though, i need to buy your wideband, and boost and egt guage from you. i need it for the FD

insurance will cover it
as long as you have colateral on your shit, insurance covers fires. you will get KBB plus the additional parts up to 2 or 3 grand, whatever your insurance cap is without paying extra

[3kgtdrvr]

u know what happened?

[YokotaS13]

im thinking something in the rear end, thats what is the cause most of the time. It burns the fuck up

[devinwebb907]

too bad i have liability only. already called geico. what happened? well an hour or so before i put on my maf translator, and everything seemed to be...well...perfect? i was done testing it out, within a mile from my house and BAM. the way everything burned, i think it's some type of electrical failure. and insurance wont give me shit. the wideband and the gauges, sure thing. how do i go about taking out the o2 wideband from the inside, and do you want the gauge?

[devinwebb907]

im thinking something in the rear end, thats what is the cause most of the time. It burns the fuck up

the fire came out of the exhaust first(as far as i saw), but i dunno

[YokotaS13]

yeah i need the whole thing,with the guage on that unit trace hte wires from teh box behind your radio, i can walk you through removing it and stuff

But disconnect the plugs from the box, and under the car is the wideband o2 sensor, remove that, and then the guage. Its real easy you can do it....and hte egt is just hte prove on teh manifold, and then the wireing all teh way back to the guage. call brent he will help you, and prolly buy almost eveyrthign from you left over as well

if need be ill pay you for em let me know

[devinwebb907]

not trying to be an ass since you did everything for free, but i have no money and any parts i can get out of my car im probably going to need at least some money. im not going to ask for anything near retail, but any type of money will help. im broke with no car ATM.

[3kgtdrvr]

damn, this is just like a shitty week. my buddies car just blew up too. he doesnt know much about cars but he told me something like one of his injectors blew and now his ride is toast now too

[YokotaS13]

thtas cool, when you get them out lets talk, 150 sound good for it. thats all i have left over after my insurance and shit

[YokotaS13]

adn dont forget, part the whole damn thing out man, you will make a few grand on the interior, seats, rims, suspension parts (evem oem) engine parts dash, radio, etc

[devinwebb907]

ill let you know i dont see why id price gouge the person who spent hours upon hours for free for me :) and to the person who pm'd me and everyone else. YES I WILL PART ANYTHING OUT :) i dunno about a few grand, but im thinking somewhere in the 1000-2000 range. if the FMIC is good, that's definitely a plus.

[YokotaS13]

500 for the turbo, 200 for hte manifold, 100 for hte intake, you can salvaeg a metal exhaust for 150 or so, 150 for seats, 75 for the dash, power steering pump, 40 bucks, ac stuff, 50 bucks, waterpump, 75 bucks. i can go on and on
interior plastics! tranny, etc etc, engine you can go on and on man
then injectors



post your story on dsmtuners.com man, you will have sooo many bites on parts

[devinwebb907]

this is assuming the turbo and manifold are still good. i havent had a chance to look.

[YokotaS13]

shit sell the doors, hood, fenders, bumpers!!! and sideskirt!!!you can get 200 for hte front bumper and 150- for hte skirts, i did lol, the guy on base with the green talon will buy most of your shit body wise, he wants a 97 front BAD, call brent its his old car

[devinwebb907]

ill get around to calling him. as for the 97, he wanted the bumpers the most. if my FMIC is good i could probably sell him the bumper and intercooler two in one. i HIGHLY doubt he wants the rear bumper anymore. ill be calling lloyd too. u have travis's number? or anyone else with a talon.

[YokotaS13]

nah but remember i have that rear bumper in storage brent can go get im sure

[YokotaS13]

but nevertheless, hurry up with my shit and ill paypal you the cash

[devinwebb907]

ill let you know. someone JUST called me and said he wants to come by and look at it, he may buy the whole car...? haha so i MAY do that, save ALOT of hassle.

what should i ask?

[YokotaS13]

4 grand without the guages lol. I need them!!!!

[devinwebb907]

i hope you're kidding. seriously how much should i ask? the hood=gone, headlight = gone, probably needs a whole paintjob. rear bumper=gone. exhaust = probably gone. engine = pretty much trashed. lots of internals = trashed. what do u think a reasonable price would be?

[YokotaS13]

id say 2500 or so, mainly becuase most of the stuff is salvageable to someone who knows what they are doing

alot of wiring can be redone etc etc, it wont cost alot to get it back up and gonig, just ALOT of time

[devinwebb907]

this guy i believe knows a bit about cars. he drives a car that everyday i wonder how it runs. ill talk to my dad about it, but by him buying that, it would save me alot of time and effort trying to take out and sell parts. id have to see if he was interested first anyways.

[YokotaS13]

yeha, but my FD is more important lol, if you can pull the egt guage out at least and the boost guage while your at it, the Wideband will take about 45 minutes to remove with you doing it

[YokotaS13]

but either way, let me know, im gonna go get some pics of parts for people ttyl man

[IronEagle]

Jesus Christ. Sorry to see that man!!

[devinwebb907]

turbo, intercooler, lot of other things are still in good shape, believe it or not!

[YokotaS13]

i do how about my wideband

[devinwebb907]

depends if someone buys my car as a whole or not. what are the odds like the minute my drunk ass gets home you update my page? well im about to cash i think, i gotta wake up in 4 1/2 hours. good night.