Got my winter beater...turbo..(pics)
 

So i picked up this 86 Lebaron Turbo Convertable for the winter...its pretty pimp, white leather, power everything...and the turbo spools really loud. The only problem is it pisses the power steering fluid out of the press fitting and the shifter is stuck and i guess the shift lock release is broken because you can shift without applying the brake. The tranny also slips...or takes a few seconds to engage...sometimes while stopped and sometimes while driving..but yeah pretty pimpin...

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I just need it to pass safety and e-test then shes on the road.. and the honda can go to sleep.

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is that the car from Planes Trains and Automobilies?

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try adding some trans fluid, pimp ride though

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i have no clue...anyone know??


and yeah im going to check the tranny fluid...maybe throw in some syncromesh...as far as the pressfitting on the power steering line...anyone know if i can just ghetto caulk it with silcone or anything...its high pressure i think so that might not work..

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i saw the other day an 80's corvette with a gnarly wing and it said turbo... did they ever make a turbo vette in the 80's?

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you might be able to go to napa and get a new fitting or o-ring for the ps leak.that almost as pimp as the 2.5 turbo spirit i just picked up for 400. long live the turbo dodge , you will have fun if you decide to turn it up.

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Yeah, my buddies brother has a Dodge Shelby Lancer T2 turbo/intercooled...its got custom wound springs, granger valve (maxed out boost on comp at 14.7 psi) and 1G DSM bov. Such a nice car.

seen on left...i love turbo dodges...

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crank the boost, turbo dodges take a beating O0

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Yeah im going to hook up a granger valve and maybe open that box up and put a better filter on...and throw on my 1G DSM BOV...

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the turbo 1 is draw thru , the tb is mounted before the turbo. u dont use a blow off valve on them. :y

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eh, 86's dont have the strongest bottom ends, i have an 89 Plemoth horizon (4 door dodge omni) with an 89 turbo motor in it. and the 88-89 is supposed to be the stronger of the turbo motors.


alot of good info here
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/

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---- i hope its the ------- car from ------- planes ------- trains and ------- automo-------biles because that would be ------- fuckn great.
whata good movie, badass fat actors always die :(

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turbododge i like.... :y

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i'm guessing since you need saftey and etest....you are from ontario. PM me and i might be able too hook you up with them

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ahahaha convertible for a winter car. Thats crackaliscous. :1 Those cars are like invisible to cops if your out drinking cause they expect old farts to be driving them.

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He works for a stealership, he's got all the hookups he needs. :P

Needs to be flat black, bitch.

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Yeah i get hookups for safeties....and i am the emissions inspector at my work..so it should pass hahaha

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anybody know any good sites/forums for shelby dodges? or shelby motors?

edit:
http://www.turbododge.com/forums/

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fwdperformance.com and use trans-X for the tranny actually works .. i hear lucas isn't as good

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that thing is gonna end up in the junkyard just like the rest of them.. with a blown headgasket ;)

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I learn something new everyday :6

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yep, that's teh planes trains and automobiles car...funniest movie ever.......

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classic movie. When the car caught on fire and they were driving around it was funny as hell...my family watch that movie every thanksgiving..

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That made me chuckle, so does mine, my son (7) thinks it's the funniest movie ever....

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I was going to jump in and say the HG thing but Abaz beat me to it!!!

Def. Need Flat Black!!!!

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head gaskets on those are easy fixs . just make sure you use a mopar head gasket($26) not some felpro junk they wont even hold stock boost. im using a stock mopar gasket with stock head bolts and it holds out to 25psi no problem. :)

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I got it into work today and there was absolutely no tranny fluid...i topped it up and she runs perfectly...i didn't want to deal with replacing the 80 dollar power steering pressure line so i just clipped the belt...a little heavy but its all good...im happy...nothing beats the look from people when they hear that thing spool.

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Oh and they catch on fire really easy too, ask cadracer haha ;)

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I bet I have done 100 head gaskets on 2.2's and 2.5 dodges, really :-\

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with another factory HG or a mopar one?

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not the same car, at work silly :P

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so I take it no. they were all stock HG?

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---- some of these cars have 300,000 km's on them. Some have factory steel, some have fiber felpro style. I usally use victor steel, same as factory on the turbo cars with new head bolts. They all have craked heads to, in between the valve seats :P

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i had a 2.2
the radiator emptying valve popped off, the hg blew BIGTIME on the highway and finally before i can get home the engine sounded like a xylophone ;D

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yeah they do, i blew 2 headgaskets, finally had the head milled and then over torqed the head studs by 25ft lbs.. it hasn't blown since.. lol

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Ive been looking at them tonight....looks like its very cheap to make a fast car.
looks really easy to.

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I ran it on the dyno in training mode this morning and it keeps failing the e-tests...i tried hot....hot with airbox open and heat on with dyno fan...and cold....its not failing by big numbers so im going to clean the injectors and try putting in some of that methane or methanol crap....see how it goes..

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I see a ton of turbo dodge's fail for nox on the e-test at my shop, if it's fairly close run it warm, but toss a big fan at the front, then take a garden hose and run it on the rad while doing the test, makes a huge difference on nox and will drop it up to 200-300 pnts...older accords suffer the same problem, usually do to clogged egr ports so they always fail nox as well....

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Spray the hose on the rad???

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yes cools her down to lower emissions ;)