I Started With a red 88 Dodge Daytona Shelby
Z with T-tops, TII, power everything, including the drivers seat.
Not my Favorite Color, but a paint job wasn't a priority at the time. Click
on it for more Pictures.
VIN# 1B3BA64A1JG315220
The first thing I did was Give it a tune up.
My spark plugs were way over gaped, the wires were in poor shape, and it
just seemed to need someone's caring touch. After these minor tune
ups the car started to be truly fast. Well, it was almost back up
to it's original performance, and I can only guess it was doing mid 15
E.T.'s at about 85-90MPH. I actually had an unoffical timeing done
with the help of a few friends and the St. George race way drag strip.
It was totally unaccurate with around 1.5 - 2 seconds of reaction time
between all of us. I was timed with a low 17, but with the estimated
reaction times that would really be mid to low 15's.
After driving/racing it for couple of weeks I
removed the power Steering Pump. Why? We'll it kind of blew
up on me and I actually liked the way it steered without it better then
with it. Plus it helped with a temporary
fix for the steering problem I was haveing.
The Next Step was to upgrade the Stereo System,
and since it had an Infinity System in it I had to remove the entire old
system, but I was able to use the stock wiring thanks to some nifty little
wiring harnesses from Crutchfield.
I replaced the stereo with what I pulled out of my
long gone Honda. It's certainly not the best system in the world,
but it's fairly light weight, and does the job. Click
here for more details.
I did some major tuning
up on the car somewhere in there, but the next most important thing
I did was to get a customized 3" exhaust
setup that ran up a tab of $313.00. More to come once I get into
customizing the intake/inter-cooler setup, and the ND performance computer
((602) 434-0848). I've also got a few ideas of my own that I hope
will help, and then if I feel I need that little extra power I might
consider nitrous. I was hoping to hit high 13's on my E.T. without
nitrous in a full interior (minus some weight here and there) daily driver
without compromising the 30+MPG I get while taking the freeway to work,
but as for now I traided it in for a Toyota
Pickup that I'm haveing fun will as well. Hopefully in the next
year I'll pick up another daytona and do a real project with it.
Check out the Shelby
dodge Mailing list, and my first E-mail
to the list. Pluse some other links.
Here's my Cam Specs. that go with my roller rockers:
1988 Turbo I/II PN: 4387850 .430 Lift 236/232 Duration
Injectors and compairisions (I'm going to use the +20%
ones)
P4529495
Mopar Performance +20%
42 lbs/hr at 55psi
5277895
2.5L/Turbo II (current stock replacement)
34.85 lb/hr at 55psi
4418258
Stock Turbo II (89 vintage) 32 lbs/hr at 55psi