Hopefully you have nothing bad to say about flat blue

salted sea california

Not my block but I did all the machine work on it. (I feel a sense of ownership after so many hours invested into it )

Property of Brightside Customs. (Mike Degli Angeli), blocks turned out amazing. frack paint. Powder is the sh!t.

A few last shots of my bottom end in there as well before I take it up to the car to begin the transplant.

Stupid photo bucket

VERY SEXY ROB!!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to get you to do my next rebuild.

Im not a business, I sneak in my own sh!t on my own time on company equipment.

Too bad. Still very nice.

Nice pics of the blocks Rob!

The wrinkle red one which is mine is going to be a 8:1 2.3L. Not going for max power but rather a nice wide powerband that can take a 30min road race session without causing harm.

Assembly to follow as soon as I decide on the set of rods i want to buy!

The powder looks awesome on the blocks and really does put painted blocks to shame in comparison and hte durability is unmatched.

So whats the completetion ETA on the build Mike, 2015?

Looking good, but why such low compression? I would think 9:1 would be a better option? My bottom is ~8.8:1 & on straight 94 (meth off), I can run 23-24psi, no problem. Thats still with 15deg or so of timing up top.

Mike, your Talon will never be finished!! Ha!!

Lol, now that he's got a motor I'll be on his ass to get it at least running this year;)

Good luck Rob, its not happening

At some point the shell will start to appreciate in value just sitting there.

I'm not helpng him make all his parts for nothin, the deal is he gets his ass in gear

Believe you have abit of an uphill battle Rob, think Mike's origional ETA on the Talon was 2.5 years ago now

Mikes just trying to be origional, by the time his Talon is up & running, it will be the only one left on the road

Edit: In Mikes defense, he does have one of the cleanest 1G shells around

I "think" since we have been collaborating, his inspiration is back, he's spent a good chunk of money in the last few months, and more work has been accomplished in the last few months than over the past few years,

I have faith

This august wil be 5yrs since it ran.........i'll take the cristism lol. I want it to run soon

Now i just need Reza to chime in with a smart a$$ remark

Same excuse. Life is busy, Brightside is growing, career is going well and the car took the back seat.

I want a track car to beat the crap out of at the track as I'm starting feel bad for the Mini after a track day.

Mark, I even deleted the column out of my spreadsheet that shows how much i could part it out for!

Rob got me motivated again to get it done and also got me motivated to create even more projects for it. Even though the motor will be pretty it can only sit on the engine stand for so long....

Reason for 8:1. Couple reasons, room for error in tune, take a beating for longer at elevated temps on the road course and because i got BNIB Magnus spec stroker pistons for $250.

I feel you Mike, DSM's are getting boring now. Atleast for me.

Your not missing out, and atleast you have the mini to race.
Much more things to do in life, than stupid DSM's, lol !

It wouldn't even surprise me if you finally decided to sell it.

Lol!!!! Your such an ass

All depends on product. I can name some pretty amazing fluid coatings Good preparation is key for either.

The Mini is a blast and has spoiled me. Its getting a custom aquamist meth injection system in it this spring....once the warranty is up of course. Can't wait to install it! CSCS Street class is summer!

Well stop bolting on parts and take on a real project!

Bolting on bought parts does get boring. Creating something yourself and it working out is what excites me.

Who would of thought there is more to life than cars...huh i must be growing up. Thank God a Mint 1g Shell is only worth like $1500 tops... haha

Look who decided to wake up:





My friend made me this, quite a neat piece for a 1Gb owner!

patiently waiting for spring.......poor car had to sit outside for two weeks as the nest was getting drywalled.

Had it out for a bit this past weekend.

I want yer faking wheels!

They run about $400 a set in the USA, stock Evo 8 Enkei's. Perfect size for a 2G being 17x8

Really? Im gonna troll Tuners/evo.net till I find a set. So nice.

Better off checking EvoM, most of the Evo owners hate these and love to get rid of them.

I'm with Rob, those are really nice rims. I love 6 spokers. Can't look at 5 spokes the same anymore (except the stock GSX rims), I just see starfish...

I want evo wheels too

Doing the dirty:

You gotta love Enkei wheels

Hey my 92 auto has that too,

Both my turbo 4x4 vehicles

I got some video too.

Jason, your car looks beautiful as always.

Are you still running summer tires, 'cause doesn't look like too much grip or handling for an AWD. I remember my first snow fall last winter I had no grip on the worn out summers I had.

Ya, it has summer tires, and there is a sheet of ice under the snow from all the freeze/thaw/rain we've had this winter.

Progress......

Made some tophats for a koni coilover setup




A little engine assembly, but just a little.







Project Rad support/strut towers

Jason your cars does look awsome. You can hear the ice under the snow as you are trying to grab traction.

Who runs snows on a AWD anyways? Especially since yours should be in the garage.