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redpunk101
08-02-2007, 10:20 PM
'88 2.2L turbo 5-speed for sale. I went over the bottom end of the motor and replaced the seals and HG and it has less than 200 miles on it. It has 85 larger rods and 88 T1 pistons. I reused the 85 Rod bolts. the rings are still from the 88 but I did a light hone and they seem to seat well. there are new Clevite rod and main bearings. I installed a stock T2 intercooler but it needs to be mounted better. There is a grainger controlling the boost set at 5psi right now. This car was originally an automatic, but I dropped the 5-speed into it from another 88 shadow. There is a new clutch and the flywheel has been resurfaced. it also has the updated chrome moly plate in the 520 trans.

paint is crap. typical faded 80's paint. car is black with a red turbo bulge hood and a primer roof. the floorpans are solid even at the e-brake hole.

car is on 15x6" Crab wheels. Tires arent bad.

the turbo is a mitsu from a 89 lebaron GTC. it had a 2.5" outlet and the shadow has a 2.25" downpipe so I stacked some donuts to get it to seal and used some longer bolts and springs. it works ok and seals up fine.

the work that still needs to be done on the car:
- both front cv boots need replacing.
- I began re-locating the battery to the rear of the car due to the limited space after installing intercooler (I have most of the hardware already)
- bobble-stut mounting bracket needs to be re-alligned (I welded the bracket on when I put in the 5-speed. It's an inch off)
- the wiring harness is from an 88 T1 but the ECU is a 88 T2 so there is a CEL for the lack of the wiring for the Charge Temp Sensor.
- power window switches. I think Aries_Turbo has them at his house.

I will post pics as soon as I get them...

If anyone is interested, please pm me, or post here. Aries_turbo helped me toss the car together two summers ago to get it running and it runs decent.

Jesse

Aries_Turbo
08-04-2007, 09:40 AM
bump for a good base for a project. the body is solid and the floorpans are solid.

it needs some better intercooler mounts and about a day of tinkering to get some of the small needs taken care of. i drove it around after we got it together and it ran well.

I admit, i was the one who welded the bobble strut in the wrong place. if you welded a heim joint sleeve on in place of the big rubber thing at the bottom it would work just fine with some spacers to take up the empty space.

Brian

Frank
08-04-2007, 09:44 AM
I thought this car sounded familiar.... I sold it to Jesse. :D

Aries_Turbo
08-04-2007, 10:46 AM
minus a motor. :) the original auto trans is in my lebaron GTC.

Brian

Big_P
08-04-2007, 02:59 PM
I'm interested. What are you asking for it?

redpunk101
08-05-2007, 01:55 PM
Originally I was thinking $1000, but I'm open to any offer. My wife is due with our first child in less than 3 weeks and I need to buy a more reliable car for her and the baby!:partywoot: Things are tight right now with her not working. That's the reason I am being forced to sell the car. I would love to keep it and finish what Aries_Turbo and I started, but I can't. Once again responsability wins out over fun.... :(

firebaron90
08-05-2007, 11:04 PM
picts???

Big_P
08-06-2007, 03:18 AM
need pics

redpunk101
08-06-2007, 09:41 AM
I'm waiting on pics and will get them up as soon as they're in my hands... stay tuned...

redpunk101
08-17-2007, 10:47 PM
Okay, so I now have some pictures of the monster.... if you guys are still interested in seeing them, pm me your email address and I'll send you a 2.4Mb zip file with about 25 pictures.:thumb:

Aries_Turbo
08-18-2007, 12:44 AM
jesse you can host them for free on places like photobucket or even your myspace page.

i would host them for you but i forgot that I still have slow upload speeds (dialup) though my download is decent (one way satellite)

Brian

redpunk101
08-22-2007, 01:30 PM
baby Julia Lee was born on Aug 20 @ 7:48pm. 7lb.7oz. 21 1/4in. wooooooohoooooooo!!!!!!!! I'm a daddy now!!:bounce2: :partywoot: :dancingbana:

Big_P
08-22-2007, 02:49 PM
Congrats man!!!!!


(could still use pics, though!)

Aries_Turbo
08-22-2007, 03:47 PM
nice jesse, congrats. how was the delivery? pics?

jesse, i dont have the upload speed to post all those pics. you are going to have to either:

email them to Frank and have him post them

or sign up for a photobucket accnt or something and host them through there.

Brian

redpunk101
08-27-2007, 12:44 AM
Alright, I have decided to post the pics of the Shadow on myspace.
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=118674833&albumId=1112969