The "AKA: my new winter vehicle" caught my eye. I don't know that the roads are
like in your neck of the woods or what your plans are for this car but I felt I
need to give some input.
I have owned at least one turbo mopar continusouly since I took delivery of a
85 Daytona Turbo in May 85. The list also includes an 86 Turbo Z C/S, 89
Daytona Shelby TII and currently an 03 Turbo PT Cruiser GT.
With the exception of the PT Cruiser (which has traction control) these cars
were the worest vehicles I have ever owned for driving in snow and slop, even
worse than a 2wd pick-up with an empty bed. The reason being is the power
characterisitics of the turbo motor make it nearly impossible to maintain
traction in snow and slop. And, when a FWD vehicle looses traction with the
front wheels you loose all control of the vehicle. I can't even count the
number of times I would go into a turn and the front end would break loose and
I would hang on hopping it would gather itself up before hitting something.
After trying all sorts of different tires to help the situation I gave up and
bought my first 4x4 Dakota to drive on the bad days in the winter. My
recomnedation is if you have to drive in snow and slop don't do it with a turbo
FWD drive car.
Dave Clement
99 SLT+ CC 4x4
In article <36694.67.149.50.224.1135209249.squirrel@webmail.omg-stfu.com>,
josh.lists@omg-stfu.com ("Josh Battles") writes:
>
>
> On Wed, December 21, 2005 3:24 pm, Michael Maskalans wrote:
> >>
> >> I bought it from Tim Pindell on Sunday. It's the 2.5 NA but I just
> >> purchased
> >> a TII head with the intake (2-piece) and exhaust manifolds, along with a
> >> TE04
> >> turbo, for $50..... You never know what'll happen.
> >
> > impressive. I like scores like that.
>
> Yeah, that's what I said. It came off of a running vehicle so it's all good,
> but apparently the turbo could be "better." The only bummer is that the 87
> TBI 2.5L is pre common-block so it's got a 12mm taller deck height. If I
> were to turbo this block I'd have to reuse the stock rods which are 6mm
> longer and not quite as beefy as the turbo units. I'm researching what would
> happen if I carved the 12mm off of it, and if it's all bad things I'll
> probably just source a CB and go from there. It's not like parts for these
> cars are expensive...
>
> > also impressively good for-sale pics from Tim.
>
> Indeed! The pics accurately depict the condition of the vehicle, which is a
> first for me. Usually everyone takes pics that make it look good when
> they're trying to sell it, not spend many messages going back and forth
> talking about flaws and such. Tim made it easy on me for sure. Thanks Tim!
>
> --
> - Josh
> www.omg-stfu.com
>
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