Turbo Mopar's Car of the Month - November 2008
Brian Slowe's (turbo2point2) 1987 Dodge Shadow "BSX"!
It's one of the quickest Turbo Mopars out there! The original Neon-headed "hybrid" has evolved in this extreme extended wheelbase, wide-bodied monster! Since Nov. 06' the car has been decommissioned for upgrades to the safety and performance of the car. The last 2 times out with the car were an absolute dream, the car was straight as an arrow from the launch to shutdown. This was after I lowered it, extended the wheelbase and had a wicked wheel alignment on it. 60's improved over a tenth and probably had more to gain if I had more seat time.
I made the decision to use all of the Neon DOHC timing pieces on this motor. The crank gear, cam gears, idlers and even the belt were a combo of 2.0/2.4 parts. I made a custom spacer to use the crank gear and the available aftermarket damper for the 2.4. The electronics were removed in favor of a Bigstuff3 system. Capable of individual cylinder timing and fuel control, coil-on-plug and many other features should help this combo run great.
Fast forward to today. I think every aspect of the car has changed since that last time it went down the track. The safety aspect, a parachute now sits out back just in case I need some help slowing it down. The roll cage is now certified to 8.50 The rest of the factory window were swapped for MR-10 lexan pieces. The car will still use a 2.2 hybrid, but will have a set of upgraded billet main caps (Thanks, Aaron!) to hold the crank in place. Choice of turbo went to a S300 Borg-Warner unit with a 72mm inducer. This sucker is large! I welded up a stainless header for it, also using a dual wastegate setup, one for each pair of runners. I fabbed up a new intake as well, it consists of a 5" plenum and a 75mm mustang TB. Outback I decided to fab up a new roll pan, after stretching the wheelbase, the rear bumper looked weird. And underneath the car, used some sheet aluminum to keep the air flowing nicely under the car.
This car is truly a beast and totally revamped with a 1 piece front clip from a mold he made himself. It laid down 162whp on 0psi and made 473whp at 11.5psi!
Brian's car is very unique and is guaranteed to tear it up at the strip.
More info on the car is available here:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=23007