Thanks Jason!



Thanks Bryan!
Haha I trust my US spell checker too much lol. Fixed!

Yep, sat in her a few days ago, it brought back memories of my spyder leather seats. The way the black interior flows with the two tone Black/Red paint job is super clean and adds a modern look/color to a much needed update.

Today would of been a perfect day to do a Brampton Crew Cruze.....I'm almost ready, its so close I can taste it..and it tastes sweet!

Yummy! It will be nice to have a comparison!

Thanks Terry,
Weather should be nice and dry this weekend. I always have one seat available

Sweet!

Are you keeping the carpet grey? (or is it black already.... I can't tell)

Thanks. I'll keep it grey. I dont think DSM had black OEM carpet. I stick with OEM look and feel.

I should also mention that I installed Terry's coolant overflow tank (from hyundai). Now i have a proper coolant overflow setup. I made custom brasket and sits solid now. Big thanks to Terry for research and pulling one out for me

WOOO!!! I got a shoutout

Looks great man. I'm in <3 <3 <3 with my black interior. BUT! She needs to be tinted because holy cow does it ever get hot in there.

Looks excellent, Alex! I'm impressed with how clean you've made her!

If you're going to take Johnny's advice, I have a tint guy who will do the car for $200 even. Catch is, he's in the Quinte area

Thanks Eric, yours look also very clean especially your engine bay. Tint is defiantly a thing I want to do. Thinking about 3 on the back and 2 on the sides.

Somewhat a bad day for me. My DSM died on 401 east near Kipling. I lost power while driving. Nothing happens when key is on. Hazard lights work but no stereo, no power windows, no lights on the cluster gauge. I have feeling its my ECU. Waiting for tow truck

Hopefully it's just your battery/alternator

When my ECU went bad, my speedometer / rpm gauge went NUTS. The needles bounced around all over the place, I heard a loud squeal from my speakers as the radio shut off, and the car bogged so bad right before it died.

Battery and alternator are solid. Power is on but nothing works when I turn the key. Tried pulling ground off for 10 secs but no luck.

Sorry to hear bud! Hope you get home at a reasonable hour. Let us know what you find.

Shitty deal! Are all your fuses good?

If I lived closer.. Id be there with a flat bed! Sorry. Sounds like your ignition switch.

I am with Stephan, sounds like a fuse.

I had a similar issue, the main fuse was blowing, I traced it to the bundle of wires that came from the engine bay fuse box to the rad area, could be a dead short or maybe a lose battery terminal?

I have to swing by tomorrow anyway to drop some stuff off...I'd be more then happy to help figure out whats up.

She is on the flat bed going home. Answers are coming and so as pics

I'm waiting for an update. I have a couple spare ECUs if you need.

he messaged me last night, said he is back on the road. Still waiting to hear what it was though

July 17th on 401 and Kipling east bound.













You guys were right. It was a fuse!

And Jay guide me even closer....it was a 30 amp fuse for ignition switch. After I replaced it it blew again 10 seconds later after ignition key was on with a bit of a smoke coming out of the engine bay. After tracing it further I found myself to be responsible for the issue. It was my stainless fuel line rubbing against the wire on the IM. It was always a ticking bump and finally it blew. I should have used 90-degree hose end coming out of my FR instead of straight end. It was long enough to make contact with the black wire and slowly eating insulation away and causing a short. This could end-up in engine fire. Glad fuse did it's job.






It was a 180$ dollars tow for me. Brayden from J.A towing babied my DSM while trying to pull her on/off the flat bed. He was impressed about the work done underneath while looking for place to hook her up. He knows DSMs and Club DSM Canada. There should be members that he knows from 5-7 years back. for great tow truck driver.

This is her first time being towed and if not me messing with her she could made it further without it. DSM reliability is still high in my book. She is all bright and alive....thanks for your support guys

That's more expensive than CAA, you should have bought CAA and then got the tow!

Glad to see she is back on the road though! What does that thing do, I have seen it in the bay before but never knew.

Need to have it for a certain number of days/weeks before you can use a tow. Been there before

Some sort of condenser? I looked into it a while back and never found a solid answer.
Good eye Alex. I thing a 45* hose end would work perfectly there. That, or lift and secure that wire to the lines above it.
Engine bay fires are anything but shitty pants scary....
And true. Do yourself a favor and get CAA. Even if you don't need it, you do. Why? Because you drive a DSM and they can be unpredictable. Or you're out treking around in your friends beater and it breaks down. They don't have CAA but as long as you're with the car, it doesn't matter. Tow his car and charge him $100. Gravy on both sides of the equation!

Thanks Johnny, CAA is defiantly a good idea. The company I work for did IVR (interactive voice response) for CAA north east Ontario. I did all the work making artificual agent taking road side assistance calls from caa members. Maybe I should ask them for membership discount

If you call CAA Saskatchewan, north east Ontario, Alberta, and place your CAA call through AI agent than you know the engineer who made it work

CAA for the win, I used mine for the first time when I blew my tranny, but I used it twice for other people and charged them like $50, more or less paying for it It's also great for getting the CAA/AAA discounted hotel rates, I saved $40 on my SO reservation!

That little condenser, if that is the proper term it, is supposed to cancel out radio interference.

To counter alt whine or engine noise I assume.

Thats right it is a noise filter. Helps with all kinds of noisey electricals. Glad she was an easy fix for you Alex.

Thanks Stephen.



Finally

Very nice find!!

Nice indeed!

Lucky bastard

Very nice buy!

Just don't put that caliper on that side when you put them on the car

DSMers,
As some of you may know I sold my home in Brampton and half of my stuff. The other half is in storage and tiny bit is in trunk of my red Talon.
I am moving back to California (LA) with my family. My last day in Brampton is Saturday October 12th.
On Sunday Oct 13th aprx 7 AM I will drive my Talon from Brampton to Los Angeles. It should take 4-5 days to get there and according to GPS its 4230 km away. I will be driving alone, my family will fly later.


I have done this trip before in my white Spyder but this time my old Talon will take me there.
241000 on original motor and drivetrain that saw 22-25 psi of boost. Running 18psi on recently downgraded stock exhaust. Thanks to Deep Man for saving it for me.

Pics from last trip.








This week I need to decide on limited list of spare parts I should take with me. Already spoke with Terry S, Johnny, Nick G and received some good advice. If anyone have something to add please post here. I will be updating you guys daily about my trip with some nice DSM pics. Good luck to my DSM

Good luck man!! Make sure I see you before you go!!

Good luck on your trip Alex, safe travels!

If you run into trouble, social media is your friend, there are a lot of friendly dsm'ers out there that will be glad to help out!

Have a safe trip buddy, and good luck! With the amount of detail and time you spent on your car, you'll be just fine.

That's definitely one hell of a drive! Hope you enjoy the trip just as much as the destination

Exactly what Jason said! Throw it up on the Tuners FB page and people will be all over it in no time. But what does all of this even matter because your car will make it! No problem Spare fluids is the only other thing I'd recommend. Can't remember whether or not we talking about that.

Cheers dude, you're going to be missed.