BadAss 87 CSX #751 Clone - Farewell Tour!?

[BadAssPerformance]

Kinda late for a Project Log since I have been driving this car for almost a decade... so I figured I'd write up a Project Log as a tribute

It has been a consistent driver that has a 100% stock longblock with a couple bolt-ons. Current specs as follows:

DRIVETRAIN
'87 2.2L Turbo I Long Block out of Shelby Lancer (stock)
A-555 Transaxle (3.50:1) with OBX Torque Biasing Differential
Clutch - Clutchnet +40% Plate with solid hub 4-puck Disk
Flywheel - Stock
FM Al Underdrive Pulley
BadAssPerformance Solid Front Motor Mount
DSS L5 Axles (added August 2010)
INDUCTION & EXHAUST
'87 2.2L 782 Swirl Head, slider cam, 2-pc intake, exhaust manifold (stock)
'87 2.2L Turbo II Garret T03 Turbo (stock)
52mm Throttle Body (1/8" plastic intake spacer added so intake is NOT machined to match)
BadAssPerformance Smooth Pipe Kit
FM Powerstack Air Filter
'87 Daytona Shelby Z Intercooler (Stock)
BadAssPerformance (Grainger style) Boost Controller
Turbonetics (Bosch) Street Blow Off Valve (REMOVED cuz it broke )
Stock 2.25" swingvalve into stock 2.25" downpipe
3" muffler shop bent system from downpipe to rear
3" Dynomax Race Magnum Oval Muffler - stock location
FUEL INJECTION
Mopar Performance 42#/hr Injectors
Dale Motorsports Adjustable Fuel pressure Regulator
Stock Fuel Pump and fuel filter that came with the car
Sunoco 100 uneladed
ELECTRONICS & IGNITION
Mopar Performance CSX Stage II Computer (boost cut removed)
Magnecor KV100 10mm Spiral Core Race Ignition Wires
MSD 6-AL Box
MSD Blaster 3 Coil
Autometer Boost Gauge
Autometer Shift Light
Halmeter AF 30 A/F Gauge
Chassis & Suspension
Koni Struts & Shocks
Mopar Performance Road Race Springs
Rollers
BFGoodrich Comp TA ZR3 225-50-15
Stock 6.5" wide Shelby Z "crab" rims
***Slicks & Skinnies used for the dragstrip
WEIGHT REDUCTION
Remove Power Steering Pump / Belt / Hoses looped together
Removed A/C components under the hood
BadAssPerformance Modified Alternator Bracket
Removed Spare Tire

Check out the "CSX Clone" T2 Shadow Page for more pics

Consistent 13.00's all day long... best time out of it is 12.89 @ 104mph FULL Interior & FULL Exhaust on Slicks/Skinnies & 100 octane

National Event History:

SDAC-12 Show/Drag
2002 Mopar Nats FWD Shootout (Runner Up*)
SDAC-13 Show/Drag
2003 Mopar Nats FWD Bracket (Semi-Finals*)
SDAC-14 Road Course
2004 Mopar Nats FWD Shootout (Semi-Finals*)
2006 Mopar Nats FWD Shootout
2007 Mopar Nats FWD Shootout

*I remember one R/U and 2 Semi's might have the years wrong?

And 2010 its ready to go back to Columbus for the 6th time! This year racing "Pro" for the first time, hoping for 13.00's all weekend long!

As the thread title says... this might be the farewell tour year for the car Don't get me wrong, it has been my favorite car for the last decade, old reliable! BUT I have a few other '87 P-bodies that need more attention and space and this one unfortunately has some cancer and some dents and needs a lot of TLC that I'd rather put into another car... So this one might A) become parts to save another B) Quick floor patch and turn into winter duty? C) Sold to someone who really, really wants a project? Who, knows...

[Dodge Aries K]

Bring it up here. We can see what the good cheap body shop can do about the rot.

[BadAssPerformance]

Not a fan of cheap bondo shops...

[Dodge Aries K]

These guys weld in new metal. THey do kick --- work. Figure it would be better to patch it up than send it down sh-t creek without a paddle, ya know?

[turbokid]

I would love to see the car patched up and driven... if only to keep it on the road. Looks like a sweet car and I would hate to see it leave cause of cancer.
Find a boiler worker. Found they do awesome weld work and really cheap too LMAO!
No bondo for this baby I hope..

[BadAssPerformance]

Yeah, I hate to do it... but if I can use parts off it to repair a numbered car, it will happen. If I dont need those parts, it will be for sale.

[rich tideswell]

Yeah, I hate to do it... but if I can use parts off it to repair a numbered car, it will happen. If I dont need those parts, it will be for sale.

be the only reason to dismantle it, otherwise, fix the floor and beat it some more

[ShadowFromHell]

Are you going to look for a clean shell to swap it all into?

[BadAssPerformance]

be the only reason to dismantle it, otherwise, fix the floor and beat it some more

Are you going to look for a clean shell to swap it all into?

I have a half dozen 87 p-bodiesin better condition or with a dash plaque that make them more desireable to save... this one has the shortest straw

..it did go 13.04 @ 104 in ~100°F today tho

[ShadowFromHell]

Ya, but can you get youself to cut up a numbered car? I can't and it will be the reason I end up selling my CSX. But, I guess this setup is pretty stock...

[OnLooker]

Read the title this car is just a shadow with a couple csx parts on it. Clone

[raccoon]

lets see a current picture.

[22shelby]

KEEP ON THAT BISH JT!!!! as consistant as that car is!!!! 13.0x ALL day long!!

good luck and keep us posted

[ShadowFromHell]

Read the title this car is just a shadow with a couple csx parts on it. Clone

Read the post...

Yeah, I hate to do it... but if I can use parts off it to repair a numbered car, it will happen. If I dont need those parts, it will be for sale.

I have a half dozen 87 p-bodiesin better condition or with a dash plaque that make them more desireable to save... this one has the shortest straw

I read the title and the post

[OnLooker]

Read the post...





I read the title and the post

Ya, but can you get youself to cut up a numbered car? I can't and it will be the reason I end up selling my CSX. But, I guess this setup is pretty stock...

How would he be cutting up a numbered car if this car is a clone and he would use this car to fix the numbered cars?

[ShadowFromHell]

He wouldn't be, but if he decided to go to a large FMIC, or any mods that couldn't be easily reversed on a numbered car. Then he would be cutting up a numbered car. I have a 89 CSX and cant really get myself do any mods to it, because I don't want to cut up a numbered car when a non-numbered car can be found very easily. Thats whats I was talking about. I even went as far on my CSX to drop the back axle out and pull the stock exhaust out in one piece when I went to a 3inch system.

On the same note, I wouldn't think twice about cutting up a 88 CSX-T because they made alot more of them.

*Edit* this is assuming he swapped the drivetrain from this into one of the numbered cars he already said he had, and planned on swapping it all into.

[Juggy]

cut them up.....who cares....

[contraption22]

You mean all the crap you did to your ShelbyZ and you'd give up on this car because of some floor pan rust?

Is your history with this car less valuable than a dash plaque?

[BadAssPerformance]

Ya, but can you get youself to cut up a numbered car? I can't and it will be the reason I end up selling my CSX. But, I guess this setup is pretty stock...

Read the title this car is just a shadow with a couple csx parts on it. Clone

Correct, thi sis not a numbered car... I call it #751 cuz they only made 750. IF it gets cut up it will be to help save #252

lets see a current picture.

This was from last Wednesday:

[BadAssPerformance]

You mean all the crap you did to your ShelbyZ and you'd give up on this car because of some floor pan rust?

Is your history with this car less valuable than a dash plaque?

I wouldnt say give up as much as just wanting to start with a cleaner canvas... I want to build a road course shadow and yes, I could use this one, but would rather use another ES I have to make another CSX clone with. I could use a CSX for that duty but would use a non-numbered car for that...

History? If Only I had a barn big enough to store all the cars I've had history with...