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1989 Plymouth colt BUILD thread...with pics!!!

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As far as the updates go...

Since the motor has gotten back, the oil pump/front case ordered for me was the wrong one, so I'm waiting right now for the new oil pump to get back than I'll put the motor back together... I need to pick up a lower and upper gasket set for this motor along with a brand new BS eliminator kit....

I've really been contemplating strongly on makind the driver side mount, and transmission ount solid ( out of steel, to keep some of the wheel hop down)

on top of that I'm going to take my time now, pick up a sheet metal intake, along with cams/ timing belt/ tensioner, etc etc...

I still need another 2000 worth of parts so it will be a while, but I have tons to do in the meantime!
 
Picked up some gold 15" rims for the car...

its gonna be badass... if it ever gets done.
 
I know that he has made some progress from the last post. The motor and tranny is in the car now! he is still taking his time, and trying to do it the right way instead of just throwing it together.
Put some teaser picks up!
 
i believe he has his turbo bolted up and it should be pretty much ready for break in, cant wait to see this beast on the street :thumb:
 
Andrew, what do you say to experimenting with a custom SMIM? I've got to get my design down and make any tweaks or changes that might be needed so i can get a jig going. I have the intake plates going to water jet here in another week for production. We could do something up for a really light budget if things are getting tight.
 
forklifts are great, especially when the engine hoist at work wont clear the f super duty nose. we used propane powered forklifts to life engines, this case a ford 7.5liter out of a bucket truck. so much easier than pumping the handles. ....


if you aint scrapin you aint riding . saying i ride by. sweet bike. guy up here in jersey did a 4g63t colt, thing from what i hear, is bad, like really bad. and i think it is still the stock turbo. 2 words: wheel hop.
 
The car has been started...

Now I have to get all the interior back in...

build an exhaust, along with getting some drivetrain issues figured out, I would enjoy to see the car out within the next couple weeks out driving.
Andrew.
 
yea i demand more. Just made me think to start another project. But which means i will have to get rid of my beloved gsx, which wont happen, at least anytime soon.
 
Its been a good bit of time since I last posted here on this build thread... I ended up getting the car running on that 50 trim setup to get everything broken in and find all my bugs! My wiring was flawless! the plug and play harness went off without any issues...

I ran the 50 trim setup for a little less than a month while working out the bugs and put the car back down for the Gt42 setup since winter was right around the corner...

I have been working pretty hard to get this thing in the right direction which is a pile of turd shell ( its actually pretty clean ) with an amazingly beatiful motor setup ( which is turning out better than I had expected )

I am doing quite well with staying in budget, saving money everywhere I can, and believe it or not I actually have alot less into the car than expected...

Once the motor was pulled I threw in the BC 280's and purchased a Forrester Intake manifold ( both for great deals I couldnt turn down ) and began to do my work.

Somewhere along the line of " saving " my money I decided I needed to go out and buy a Oven off Craigslist for 50 Bucks, a powder coater, and a bead blast cabinet, along with probably close to a thousand dollars in random tools I thought I had to have ( like every other car guy right?)

here is what hundreds of hours of powder coating turned in to.

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those are just randoms as going along... the finished product has looked something like this ( which I am extremely pleased with )

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Money has been a little tight so I've been working with what I have...

During all the Powder coating, the car was tucked away at a local shop here in town called Outlaw Chassis. Sam does great work on most the FAST pro mod cars in the area... For right now Its just a 6pt that once I run either a 9.99 or trap 150MPH will be upgraded to a full ten point, I chose the six point to save a little bit of cash. I than brushed the cage with Rust O leum Hammered finish, and it turned out quite well...

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Keep in mind that the car is going to be a full interior, street driven car.

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not a huge fan of the Maroon interior but Its something I can deal with :)

I picked up a set of 15 x 6.5 inch rims that I liked a while back and had been waiting to see what kind of deal I could find on some tires, I was interested in finding a set of DR's 225 x 50 x 15 was my pref. but I couldnt find anything...

while talking to a friend on the phone about tires he said he hada set of 15 x 8 x 24.5 slicks. The slicks fell into my lap brand new for dirt cheap so I had to pick them up.

They are a little bigger than I was looking for, but they will manage.

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A couple weeks back I started on a quest to find a cheap/reliable way to do my cooling system. Because of the turbo size I had no choice other than to either run a honda half size radiator, which from what I'm seeing is either hit or miss with over heating issues. Or I could run a Audi or Vw Radiator... I havent heard of any problems with these over heating so I picked up a Scirroco Radiator NIB for a good price on ebay and made an adapter for my coolant sensor to turn my fans on and off.

There is a pinch weld on the front bumper support that I cut with my saw zaw every two inches or so, pounded it flat with a rubber mallet, and painted black to keep clean looking, in order to fit the radiator in...

I made two brackets from flat bar.

I dont see the point of making a shroud for the car because it fills the mouth of the radiator surprisingly well ... Looks like it was meant to be there from the factory

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...Update...

This weekend went pretty quickly, Went snowboarding on sunday so I didnt really get a ton of work pumped out on the car...

I did quite a bit of cleaning, and the women cleaned the **** out of the engine bay :)... it looks great.

This weekend I made a gauge cluster that goes in place of my stock radio ( I dont need one ) It holds my oil pressure gauge along with boost gauge and air/water intercooler switch.

I mounted the Tach down by the passenger side feet with the shift like pointed towards me so I will still be able to see it, I may not be able to see the rpms but I dont really need too.

on top of that the rest of the interior was put back in and it turned out pretty well.

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I also decided that It would be a good idea to crack the oil pan to check how to see how the bottom end is holding together, The Engine only has 238 miles on it and it seems that the break in went pretty well.

Cleaned the **** out of the oil pan and slapped it back together using Permatex silver RTV high torque... I have never had a problem leaking oil while using it.

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Their are gasket reliefs on the oil pan for excess RTV on the oil pan itself, I always fill these with RTV first and than add a nice thick bead around the hole oil pan after.

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And thats about all that got done this weekend.
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Coming along really nicely.... I think you're going to have to take me for a ride in this thing soon :D

HOpefully ti all keeps going well... also...call me... i need some parts you might have andmaybe the moeny can get you finished faster (win/win thing)
 
The motor is getting Closer to going in the car, if all goes well the motor will be in the car this weekend ( fingers are crossed)

I have decided to throw the stock trans back in the car to get it running and tuned. Run the stock trans with a unsprung 4 puck, to get it tuned and than if all goes well I've been debating building a slush box and seeing how the car would like a built auto.

After talking with IPT I'm thinking this will probably be the way to go. its just gonna be a little pricey. That and I'm worried about driving around the street with a 6k stall.

With my goal of puting the motor in the car this weekend I started to put the little Shit on the motor, Starting with the polished and powder coated CAS.

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Powdercoated and slapped together the thermostat housing :) and bolted it up... I'm pretty excited with how well everything is looking

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I have spent so much time doing everything right, I figured I might as well powder coat the two metal timing covers that go behind the cam gears.

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I also powdercoated the cam gears, and the cam gear bolts.

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to make the engine bay look a little cleaner, I cut re welded and powder coated the drivers side motor mount.

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Powdercoated the throttle body elbow/ polished the TB bolts, and threw the TB on. I'm going to try using grey RTV.

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Its getting close to ready to be thrown in :)

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I realized after doing a lot of reading that I wasnt going to be able to do my fuel setup the way I wanted for a cheap price, instead of half my fuel setup to just barely be able to make 700 on gas, I took the alternate route of being able that and than some on E85. Instead of running an inline 044 I have opted to run 2 in take 255LPH fuel pumps. and to maximize efficency, run -6 out of the tank, and Y it into -8 after the pumps are out of the tank.

I ordered 2 -6 bulkheads, along with 2 straight -6 pushlock fittings to go INSIDE the tank, the 255's take 5/16's line, but i will boil the line in some hot water to get it to slip over the -6 straight fittings( just to get the fuel line to work with the 255's)

Coming up out of the tank I am going to run 2 -6 90 pushlock fittings and run a couple feet of the -6 line where I will Y it into the -8 Line.

Here is a picture of the 2 bulkheads with the 2 straight/ 2 90 fittings connected.

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and a picture of the fitting taking the 2-6 lines and running them to a single -8... the dual -6 to single -8 wasn't cheap.

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From their I will take the Single -8 Line and run it to a -8 inline fuel filter, I havent purchased the filter yet but I did purchase the 2 -8 straight fittings.

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and from the fuel filter to the rail I am going to weld a -8 weld fitting to the Fuel rail on the feed side, connected with 45 degree -8 pushlock fitting

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I'm going to run a -6 weld fitting off the other side of the rail that is going to go to my Fuel pressure regulator, and from there I'm going to return the fuel to the tank via the stock return line.

thats about it for my fuel setup.
 

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GofaST4life said:
Ive seen a few people do the AWD colt conversion, have you thought going that route at all?

Keep up the good work. :thumb:
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I dont care to ever make the car AWD, to many drivetrain issues to worrry about... I'll stick with the FWD.
 
Yup that's the same gf I talked about in the other thread LOL j/k. You my friend are a lucky guy to have one that many friends that know what a wrench is no less how to use one and two a place inside to work on your car:thumb:

You taking this thing to the shootout?
 
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