Anyone here running a late 80's turboII 2.2 dodge engine? Im picking up a 89 daytona shelby on saturday. Im wanting to start the modding soon.

 

Why? Are you like 39 years old who lives in the basement of your parents house. Just because it's turbo'd doesn't make a Daytona any cooler. I'd say save your money for something actually worth modding.

 

Horrible horrible cars. Super slow.

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/the_89_daytona.html\

I had a 89 last summer. Stock turbo, JY ford injectors, cheap 3 inch side exit exhaust, and a SRT IC, the car would have went mid to low 13's easy. Never got it to the track thou, the 155k oil pump and rod bearings didnt like the added power and I destroyed the bottom end.

you want to go FAST for cheap? Buy a TD. Im currently building a minty 86 Chrysler NY. babied its whole life untill I got it. Car should run low 14's/high 13's depending on tires once its done (next week). Nothing better to surprise the honda boys in!

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Sorry guys... Td cars are my obbesion... lol. Had to add this link too... http://www.------------.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=25313

BTW, my old shadow was a ton of fun at the street races back in the day... Id always just offer to race my POS dodge shadow.. hehe. 20 psi, total JY setup you HMT guys would love... would run 14.0@100 all day long in FULL street trim!

 

everyone here at HMT had be respect MOPAR for getting the ball rolling.

Simple GLHS + HMT bolt ons = 10 second (on stickys) daily driver.

I runs perfect enough to bracket race..........

 

Nope, Im 20 years old, and live on my own as a matter of fact. Thank you for the useless E-Thug post.

 

Welcome to HMT, get used to it, if you don't like, perhaps this isn't the place for you......

 

And you know this from being here so long... ------- retard,

 

I recall on the bimmerforums, some guy has an old Dodge that looks like an El Camino, it's run low 10s, if not high 9's so far.

The 2.2's aren't bad, its just that Dodge had some weird methods to their madness. Balance shafts all over, cams that are lift-limited because of the bearings they slip through, etc. There's also the heavy chassis to consider. If you really want to go fast in an old 2.2 Dodge, you'll get the Omni/GLH chassis. I recall Superstreet featured one, and did low 11's or high 10's with slicks. Not rusty, but the -----brown paint and plain styling made it a total sleeper.

IMO their not bad for the money, but its not hard to turbo an EF and make them look like they're standing still for the same price. There's also the wrong way to mod them, I once found some 'blog' with a Shadow guy pushing 26psi - and only getting 13's with slicks. :1