Dodge Daytona

[jking29]

^^^Nope, that is a Dodge Daytona. The Superbird was made by Plymouth and was based on a Roadrunner body. The Daytona was based on a Charger body.

 

[DSM1G90]

Now, an assripping 426Hemi under the hood of these thing is worth all the money in the world.

To hear the name tossed onto another vehicle boils the blood of some of us who've been around a while.

True. Remember when Dodge stuck the Charger name on a Omni hatchback body vehicle in the early
80's?

Or, like when GM took the GTO name and stuck it on a NOVA body with a wimpy smogged as crap 350 motor in the late 70's..and when GM and Toyota made a subcompact car in the late 80's and gave it the NOVA name?

At least FORD was smart not to do any of this name/vehicle crossing - Mustang remains the Mustang even though they fubared this car up in the early 70's to mid 80's using a Pinto chassis and called it the Mustang II.

Same as goes with the Charger: Why did Chrysler make a 4dr Charger, I'll never know.

It would be the total embarrassment if Ford made a 4dr Mustang, or Chev made a 4Dr Camaro.

 

[JayRolla]

Chevy had a 4 door corvette that was never released, but they did build one. Now that was ugly!!

 

[Masterjacko96]

its actually easy to get the shelby turbo II models into the 13's with some slicks, and turbing the boost up and adding more fuel. all that can be done fore cheap

 

[Benshooter]

This, and only this is a Dodge Daytona. It's not an import, it's not a trim level on a goddamned pickup, it was only this. To hear the name tossed onto another vehicle boils the blood of some of us who've been around a while.
And this kind of crap is why some of us would not only allow Detroit's (and, many other) makers to sink into the swamp, but would be jumping up-and-down on the roof until out feet got wet. Think up some new names, you lazy, worthless sacks of shit.

I can't believe it just now dawned on me but, holy crap, is this where park bench wings came from?

 

[Hubbard 0]

I can't believe it just now dawned on me but, holy crap, is this where park bench wings came from?

You need to do a little more reading. That wing is fully functional. It is that high so that the trunk could be opened and that wing generated either 200 lbs or 500 lbs of downforce when it would hit top speeds.

 

[mainerdsm]

Not even close, they are based on the Chrysler EEK platform. Aka the K car platform (think plymouth reliant), the only thing they share in common with any Mitsubishi is that latter models use a SOHC version of the 6G72 that puts out 141hp. They also can have 2.2 or 2.5 liter 4 cylinder engines based on the Chysler slant 6 ranging from 93hp to 224hp in the 2.2 Turbo III engine. While most are slow as shit, certain models like the Shelby Z, the Pacifica, the ES, and the R/T (especially the R/T) have the potential to be extremely fast.

My friend has a 1992 daytona shelby iroc. It's the turboed 2.5l From the factory these car's were no faster than civic's. Let m tell you what He traded a 92 integra with a blown head gasket a 87 supra that needed alot of work and $1000 for it. And the car has A 1g Crushed dsm bov. Supra Side mount intercooler mount next to the radiator(looks clean tho). 1g dsm 450cc injectors, A rebuilt motor with im not sure but its cammed and i forgot the name of the computer that came with it but its a nice one haha and a fuel pressure regulator. He right now is running 12psi its alot faster than my brother accord haha but no where near as close to keeping up to my car. haha nice car tho for how much he bought it for.

 

[350war]

What about the Omni GLH? I remember them as kinda being a sleeper.

 

[badabing33a]

Wow. I remember this thread . I didnt see anything after the first 3 replys though. Guess I wasnt on much?

 

[Hubbard 0]

What about the Omni GLH? I remember them as kinda being a sleeper.

Most of the Turbo Dodges were pretty sleeperish. I don't think any of them were more so than the Shelby Lancer though, maybe the Spirit R/T.

The Shelby Lancer was a numbered car. Like this one.

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I used to have a White Dodge Lancer Shelby, which was just as rare but never got a numbered plaque. Mine was one of 276 in 1988. Cool car, just rusted to all hell.

 

[Benshooter]

You need to do a little more reading. That wing is fully functional. It is that high so that the trunk could be opened and that wing generated either 200 lbs or 500 lbs of downforce when it would hit top speeds.

It was a joke. I'm aware of what the wing does, the testing they did in the lockheed wind tunnels, the scaled down cars and all of that, but thanks for the history lesson

Either way, that wing and front bumper made that car ugly as sin.

 

[Hubbard 0]

It was a joke. I'm aware of what the wing does, the testing they did in the lockheed wind tunnels, the scaled down cars and all of that, but thanks for the history lesson

Either way, that wing and front bumper made that car ugly as sin.

Alright buddy.

Cause your post made it look like you were all knowing. If you're going to be sarcastic, try making it look that way.

 

[IROCavenger]

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1969 DODGE Daytona Charger Owned in 1985

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1970 PLYMOUTH Road Runner Superbird Owned in 1984 4000 lbs ran 14.51 bone stock 440 4bbl 4 speed 3.54 dana.

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1989 Dodge SHELBY Z Daytona 2.2 Turbo Intercooled. 891 built in Black. Still Own runs 14.80s all day long.

The fastest of the Late model Daytona's were the IROC R/T's(it had to be an IROC R/T as the IROC editions were nothing more than decals) with the Lotus 16V Head 2.2 Turbo 4 bangers and were the rarest and also the most problems with the head!

 

[Rex2342]

I can't believe it just now dawned on me but, holy crap, is this where park bench wings came from?

The wings on these cars were actually served a purpose though. If I remember correctly these cars were used in Nascar back in the days when the race cars had to be available to the public or they weren't aloud to enter the races.

 

[ZiggysDSM]

It was a joke. I'm aware of what the wing does, the testing they did in the lockheed wind tunnels, the scaled down cars and all of that, but thanks for the history lesson

Either way, that wing and front bumper made that car ugly as sin.

To each his own, I absolutely love the looks of the original daytona's. The nose and wing are fully functional for aerodynamic purposes. Comparing that to a park bench wing is just plain insulting.

 

[Turbo_Power92]

yea they had to be made publicly available to run em nd those cars are what got the hemi banned from nascar hahah the were ripping at almost 210mph back in the late 60's early 70's gong around in a circle nothing could even come close to them

 

[IROCavenger]

To each his own, I absolutely love the looks of the original daytona's. The nose and wing are fully functional for aerodynamic purposes. Comparing that to a park bench wing is just plain insulting.

The scoops on the front fenders serve multifunctions, On race versions of Superbird it was opened to allow for tire clearance, on Daytonas both street and race version were opened underneath, the scoops also directed the air flow to the rear wing uprights for more stability at speed, on the front windshield posts was a smooth WIDE chrome trim mldgs again for smooth air flow, and the rear windows of the Daytonas was laid flush with sail panels making a more true fastback with 1/4 size deck lid. and on Superbirds there was a fiberglass plug installed with a smaller more bubbled rear window glass area which is why all street Birds had Vinyl tops to cover the smoothed over body work of the plug. On race versions they were fine finished and painted body trim color. approx 1920 Superbirds built, approx 504 Daytona Chargers built. and 25 years later along came fiberglass "body kits" & Aero wings for the 2g's and of course the 1 of the ultimate(my opinion) Supercars Lamborghini Countach with pointy nose and huge deck wings

 

[mainerdsm]

Yup 1200whp DD back in the day

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