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My name is Matt, I have a 1989 Dodge Spirit that I have been working on for some time it was a 2.5 SOHC Turbo car but it is almost a 2.4 Dohc Turbo now. I wanted to build a beast of a sleeper, but still look good. This car has no radio, wipers, heat or a/c because I dont need that garbage in MI. It will have functioning pwr steering. I have big plans for the car and it should be running soon(well as soon as it gets warm again)

This project has been labor intensive as well as info intensive. I have learned many things about older TD's, neons, 2.4's, and SRT4's. Well I found most of my info for my setup on these sites:
http://forums.neons.org/
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/index.php?
http://www.turbododge.com/forums/
http://www.srtforums.com/forums/index.php

I have modified almost everything on the car
Check it out!(I know that the camera/pics suck)

Test fitting the motor in car
http://www.turbododge.com/forums/showth ... p?t=114648
This is the basic update w/ pics
http://www.turbododge.com/forums/showth ... p?t=120578
Here is the Motor half done pics w/ modified Srt oiling setup
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6642
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6060









Engine:
96 Caravan 2.4,Pauter Rods and Weisco pistons(~9:1CR)
Scraper/windage tray, balanced
Lonewolf Ported head and 2.0 cams
Modified Srt oiling

Turbo+ Exhaust:
Custom 3" stainless exhaust
SC6152E turbo and Tial 38mm waste-gate.
Homemade Header



Electronics:
SDS Em4-4F,75lb injectors
MSD Dis 2
Innovate Motorsports LC-1 and LMA-3
E-Boost2 boost controller
Progressive Meth injection(10g/hr nozzle)
Custom swaped digital dash
Sony VIO laptop to datalog

Trans:
96 3spd auto
RMVB, 4000rpm Stall Converter
OBX/custom spacer
3.22 final for now looking for 1.22 transfers to get 3.72


Suspension + Brakes+ Tires:
All poly bushings(control arms, sway bar,trailing arm)
Front: Koni coilovers w/ 350lb springs
11" vented brakes w/ Hawk pads and braided lines
Rear:Koni adj shocks, 450lb springs, custom adj top perches
11" vented rotors stock pads(because of prop valve)and braided lines
Adj Solid Panhard bar, solid rear axle
D150 truck Master cylinder w/ Super Blue fluid

Longer wheel studs
Front: Nitto 555R 245/45/17 DR's for street, then M&H 24.5x8.5" slicks on kosei K1's
Rear:Nitto 555 235/45/17
Wheels 17x7.5" +35mm offset


Custom Stuff:
Rear suspension and new rear frame brace and shock tower brace
Fuel tank modified for 3/8 line into the tank and Walbro External fuel pump
Custom rear trans/engine brace
Custom center counsel for hand brake also gauge cluster mounting
Weight reductions all around
Welded and gusseted K frame
Cut the spare tire well and welded in a flat piece
All new brake lines
Custom firewall that is moved back ~8" from factory
Custom turbo manifold
Adapter for oil filter to fit huge Mustang oil filter

Finally got it in!, but still waiting to finish the exhaust, then take the temporary VC off and put this one on



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At this point I am almost done for the year, just a few things on nice Days.
Things left to do:
finish the wiring, finish installling and plumbing things, repaint the hood(got scratched bad), put the front clip on and hit the road, break it it and tune it
Then hit the track and buy some slicks

lmk what you think

I also want to Thank Kevin, Jeff, Erik, Jeff B,Ken, My dad, and others that help me along the way

Sounds like a hell of a setup. Talk about a sleeper.

nice,sounds like it should be a hell of a fun car when done 8O

Thats what I'm going for. Its a sleeper except for the exhaustand blow off valve

why dont you post pictures in this thread so we dont have to join the dodge forum to see them.

^^^Agreed.

where do I find out how to do that?

you can go to imageshack.net (i think), then host them. take the "Direct link to image" and post it on here surounding the link with [img]paste%20your%20link%20here[/img].

photobucket works great also

thanks now it looks better

awesome...keep us updated.

I put some new pics up of the trans because I got the diff ready and painted the case, nice and clean. I also finally got the Koni's coilover ready on the front and the big tires that barely clear the frame/fender, but they look to hit the trans when turned all the way to the right(spacers needed)

Sweet deal man!

VERY IMPRESSIVE WORK! Keep it up and US updated.

What I want to know is when is it going to be doing this. [/img]

I love that pic, I haven't seen it w/ the DODGE on the grill till last week

I have a lot of wiring/plumbing to do, but the Engine/Trans should be in this weekend

Soon enough we will have some comparison info to share

Very cool car!
I like it all except the atx, but that's just personal preference. Can't wait to see it running.

sweet build up dude... looks like fun.

Great job so far!

I'll put some more pics up here in a bit. I droped it in and had a few minor things to modify, like the Caravan front mount bracket didn't clear the SRT oil pan so I had to cut a notch in it. Also I had to flip the turbo 180* to have room for an air filter and have a better shot for the oil drain and exhaust.

Just have to finish the down pipe(need to get a tighter 3" bend to clear) and put the accessories on and such)

This is awesome. The wife and I were just talking about doing a 2.4L swap into our 87 Turbo Omni.

wow this i sweet.

shhhhh people will think i'm kewl

I really like your spirit, we have the "custom digital dash" in our omni, ppl look at it and go WTF?

Nice car man.. and I lol'ed at the last post.

HAHA!

SpeedEuphoria: Is it me or did you recess part of the firewall?