89 Spirit ES Turbo I (White) Michigan

[Kryp2nitE]

I need to get rid of a project, Selling or Parting.



See post below for updated info and price




Edit: More pics and stories at:
http://www.turbododge.com/forums/f1/...cs-issues.html


quick facts:

89 Spirit ES
2.5L Turbo 1 Engine with around 92k miles (same as body)
Runs/Drives

The bad:
The front of the passenger and driver floors have rusted through, its worse then i originally saw but in all honestly it could be patched while the new owner cut a new panel from a donar car. (ill post pics later im at work)

The rust does go partially into the wheel well (also will post pics later as well)

The good:

New Hall Effect Pickup
Fresh oil (Wix filter and mobil 1 fluid)
Trans Filter and Fluid (More mobil 1)
Teflon Rear main seal
RN9YC Plugs
180* T-Stat
Optima Red-Top
3" Downpipe (iirc was installed by last owner)
New Valve Cover gasket and Oil pan gasket
New PS pump
New Steering rack and moog tierod ends
Redid rotting vacuum lines but they need to be gone through again
The head on the car is newerer from last owner from a spark plug change gone wrong
Vac/Boost guage installed but its sitting there, was more to test out lines and never removed it.
Dawes gauge in car as well, not installed though

The newly rebuilt trans slips again after driving it for a while so i had bought parts to convert this to a 5-speed so those parts come as well.
Parts are:
89 a-555 trans
4-puck Ceramic clutch
Pressureplate and flywheel
Shifter and pedals out of a daytona iirc and clutch cable

Basically all you need are the bolts for the pressureplate and trans mount(s) to be all set to install it.


Would like a quick sale or ill start taking orders to see what parts people are interested in from it.

PM me here or on T-M, or email me at chris . kraydich @ gmail.com
or call/text me at 586 604 5135



flexable on price, with or without 5-speed stuff (have two trans's) and optima but ill start it at 1200 OBO

[bradp]

What's the price?a lot of us here can't or won't go to the other SITE.

[Kryp2nitE]

ah yea i forgot it on the other site too, o you mean for the story?

well if you have ?'s just post em ill include whatevers on there


price included on original post now sorry

[Kryp2nitE]

Bump, car is for sale still, if you wanna tire kick go ahead. Looking to have this gone by spring-ish if someone is looking for one or needs parts.

quoted from my thread:
Its been a year since the last update, for anyone who has been following the thread.

The newly rebuilt trans slipped after a week, before its got too bad to drive i started collecting the parts to swap to another trans. i found a seller nearby who had an A-555, a ceramic clutch, PP, Pedal and shifter setup for a very reasonable price so i picked it all up, not really knowing what i was getting myself into. A nearby TD'er hooked me up with a flywheel so i was all set for what i needed to get the job done.

So now the car is setup with an A-555 Trans and runs amazingly, i patched up the floors with sheetmetal to get me through the winter as it was getting cold and a full out replacement of the floor was not possible in the timeframe i had. While doing the patching i found out that the rockers were in pretty bad shape.

So as it sits now after many trips to the junkyard for odds and ends that i needed it runs and drives amazingly, i do not have a bobble strut as of yet but i have been going super easy on the car until i figure out what will happen to it.

So far it looks like ill be putting it up for sale in the spring and lookin for an R/T, or possible pulling the Drivetrain, accents, and wheels and maybe finding a donor car.

ill post some pics if/when it ever stops snowing

Cheers
Chris"

New info:
Quick Facts:

89 Spirit ES
2.5L Turbo 1 Engine with around 92k miles (same as body)
Runs/Drives

The bad:
The floors had rusted through, they have been patched with sheetmetal for the time being but the rust extends into the rockers, if the buyer intends to daily drive vehicle just know one day your door will not shut and the car will sit a little crooked =)

The car does not currently have a bobble strut installed and should have one before being driven daily or driven hard.

The radio (Infinity System) seems to work when it wants to, i usually just bring my ipod so this is minor.

The good:
With the newly swapped trans this car runs the way it should, i would not hesitate to drive the car long distances.

New Hall Effect Pickup
Fresh oil (Wix filter and mobil 1 fluid)
Trans Filter and Fluid (More mobil 1)
Teflon Rear main seal
RN9YC Plugs
180* T-Stat
Optima Red-Top
3" Downpipe (iirc was installed by last owner)
New Valve Cover gasket and Oil pan gasket
New PS pump
New Steering rack and moog tierod ends
Redid rotting vacuum lines but they need to be gone through again
The head on the car is newer from last owner from a spark plug change gone wrong
Vac/Boost guage installed but its sitting there, was more to test out lines and never removed it.
Dawes gauge in car as well, not installed though



Car is for sale as a whole, for parts to swap into a solid body without a drivetrain or could be used as a daily and eventually a parts car.

PM me here or on T-M, or email me at chris . kraydich @ gmail.com
or call/text me at 586 604 5135



Price: im definatly flexable on the price, i'd like to get out close to what ive put in (wouldnt we all) so its 800 OBO, but again flexable expically w/o the optima battery

[vxvxAndrewxvxv]

eew, you hotlinked us to Td.com

[ATaylorRacing]

I wish I wasn't so vroke...I'd buy it just to put the motor in ols Matchbox!

[Kryp2nitE]

bump, its almost spring and im lookin for something new. Price is the same 800obo.

Two weeks ago i did another oil change with a mobil one filter and amsoil oil.

Ive put about 2k miles on it since the swap and it still drives the way it should, i would not hesitate to drive this on whatever trip home it would need, its a great candidate for a donar swap.


I am currently looking at buying a 91,92 R/T or 89 CSX so i would also be open to trades, even if they need some work + cash or w/e.

[vxvxAndrewxvxv]

interested in a hemi orange rampage? info in my signature

[Kryp2nitE]

interested in a hemi orange rampage? info in my signature

Ya i'd consider it, a few questions tho.

Some of the pics in your photobucket are of odd corners, is this where bondo was used or were you showing that there is no rust/the shape of these usually rust spots? I read about the two softspots, but explain plx =)
Does the turbo still smoke?
Does the PS still leak?
How often has it been driven since you got it, sept of 06 right?
Are the pics on page 2 of your photobucket of it in the autoshop before the paint job?
How much oil does it leak from the engine?
How much you lookin for with the 16" pumpers if you still have em?

[Kryp2nitE]

car is sold ty