Calgary Sun mod squad } mod squad profiles a local tuner and his/her sweet ride and highlights the method behind their madness. words / jenna mcmurray photos / robin kuniski tuner: Kristopher Rozon ride: 1991 Eagle Talon   Kristopher Rozon has a love/hate relationship with his 1991 Eagle Talon TSi AWD. "Once I latched onto it I could never bring myself to sell it," says Rozon, 30. "But at the same time, I hate how everyone always puts [the model] down." He says the Talon may not be the trendiest car for modifications, but he is a big fan of the older cars. "It's an old-school muscle car from the '90s," says Rozon. "Talons were completely destroying Mustangs and Camaros back then." He bought the car at an auction in 1997 for $9,000 after researching the Talon.   "I needed something that was cheap on fuel, good in winter and would get me to and from college," says Rozon, a realtor. "And someone told me the Talon was an easy car to modify, too." He has spent an additional $13,000 modifying the car from roof to tire. "The whole thing has been reworked entirely."   Rozon did most of the modifications himself over the last year. It would be impossible to list all of them, but he installed a 4G63 DOHC engine, four 1,000-cc RC engineering injectors, a 255lph fuel pump, an aeromotive adjustable fuel pressure regulator, a F5M33 transmission, an ACT 2600 clutch with street disc, FP 2.5 in. O2 housing, 2.5 in. exhaust with straight through muffler and soon-to-be 2.5-in. catalytic converter, 18-in. Rota SubZero rims, Koni adjustable shocks and struts, and dual piston front calipers. Despite the impressive list of modifications, Rozon says working on the car is only a hobby. "There's a reason I'm a realtor and not a mechanic," he says, laughing.   He says when he started driving different vehicles for work, the Talon became more of a weekend car for him and, when he took it out less he began to realize it drove like an older car. "My goal is to have it drive like new again," says Rozon. "Even though so far it's been a flawless car."

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