my turbo stratus coupe
 

Been wanting to put some pics of my car up lately. '01 Stratus coupe, 2.4L SOHC (4g64). This motor is slow as balls stock. Turbo made it alittle better to drive.
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oil return w/ homemade bead tool
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beads from tool, works decent for aluminum
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JB weld ;)
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sexy welds :y
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Running a shitty FMU (12:1) but only on 3.6 psi, Car is going away for the winter and tactrix getting ordered this winter to reflash the ecu. Cold side intercooler piping is being redone in mild steel, Also changing the blow through to suck through w/ recirc bypass valve.
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have more pics when IC pipe is redone, also installed oil catch, and vacuum manifold that made everything much better

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you should see how many head gaskets I have done on those ------- 2.4l's :1

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I hate to say it but....that aint bad.

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Huh, well it's original. :-\

Flux cored madness. HMT at its finest. :6
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Talk about bird ---- welds ;D

Nice work. I take it the person who welded the manifold is different than the person who welded the downpipe?

Any numbers?

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I love how you bothered to paint the downpipe but didnt grind down the welds ;D

Awesome setup, I like it.

Wasnt there a guy on here with a 4g64 (Galant) who had a rather mean setup?

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---- ya that looks great :y

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---- i never noticed how a blacked out stratus could look so sexy

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nice looking car, post up when you get it tunned. i like the down pipe. :6

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Ya, there was a guy on here with a galant with all that done. I really liked it. I think he just used a DSM Exhaust manifold though instead of building one. I have a 2.4 galant that I'd love to do this too also. But it's my DD so it wouldn't be too smart I think. But anywho, looks awesome man!

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Same here,,, but nice setup man

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Very nicely done.

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not bad

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Thanks guys,

The downpipe was a major pain in the ass. I had a friend who works for the railroad that is a more experienced welder do most of the welding, as you can see he was having alot of problems. Turned out he had it on the wrong heat setting and way to much wire speed. Ive been practicing and my welds look a hell of alot better, so I may redo that eventually.

I was going to grind down the welds but I decided I just wanted it done. The 1200 deg. paint is more for rust/corrosion resistance than looks.

The only numbers I have right now are from a G-tech, (very unaccurate im sure) but will give me a better idea of what kinda gain I got. Before turbo it was "120 hp" and after its now "160 hp". So a very rough estimate is 40 hp gain. Ill definately get legitimate #s and tuned next season. :6

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I like it, it's good to see somthing different. But that down pipe is a little scary.

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big bird welds ftw

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Good stuff. You should get a vid of that in action.

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As much as we all hate Dodges... this one looks badass and is actually very nice. Props!

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get some numbers