88 Chrysler T&C wagon (Woody)

[85boostbox]

Well i have currently moved back to FL and i told myself that the wagon would be torn down once i got here. So it will be going down in about a month. My plans on this car is too make the 350 HP mark and still be a daily. IT will become a CB. Most likely a 2.5. I am thinkin on running a holset on it. It will have T2 rods and forged pistons in it. Right now the car has a Ghead on it so i will most likely keep that. Obviously have it ported and put "big valves" in it. Will be keeping the car auto. That is about the start will get pics up once i get my computer out from unpacking. Then it starts from there.

[Vigo]

If you want to make 350hp a lot easier, get a good intake manifold for it. Buy or build, whatever.


Also this VVVVVV

[Bardo]

I Want to see how this turns out cause Im building the same thing for the most part

[Vigo]

Man, everybody but me... Ive NEVER seen a woody wagon for sale locally and i just missed out on a $200 aries wagon 2 days ago.

[85boostbox]

Got pics of the cell phone. Will be adding them later. Vigo thanks for the pointers on the hitch. Worked well even though the end didnt end up so nice. Details will be later on that ordeal when i get the pics up. Yea i have one of the hardest cars to find. I know of about only for "88" woody wagon turbo's. Mostly were 87. So this one is definelty a keeper for sure. And Vigo i have a couple different intake ideas. I will mostly likely try to find a 2 piece but i want this car to be a daily so i dont want to sacrifice reliabilty. Keep you guys posted.

[Vigo]

Well most intake manifolds dont have moving parts so reliability usually isnt a problem. A ported 2pc with a custom plenum can pretty much take you to the moon, just depends on how much time you want to spend porting it. Check out these pics of Warren Stramer's 2pc lower..




Yeh the 88s are definitely a rare find. The only ones with SMEC electronics and later style intake, etc.

[85boostbox]

exactly. I have even pondered a Masi swap into this car but finding a masi motor is next to impossible and i am not about to spend 2500 dollars on just a head.

[Vigo]

Yeh, no ----. It seems like the cheapest way to get masi stuff is to buy an entire TC and part it out.

[85boostbox]

True but then even finding a Masi is next to impossible. Most of them were 3.0. shitty. well trying to get time to get pics up.

[85boostbox]

has anyone tried a cold air intake by removing the Drivers side high beam headlight out. Just pondering more ideas of what i could do and this idea has popped into my head more than once.

[BIGBRUDDA]

Ask R/T about the "wood scoop" on seriouswood-1.

[85boostbox]

will do. i couldnt remember the s/n of the guy that has built the wagons. Thanks.

[85boostbox]

pic of the car by the way. I know ,I know the pass. side mirror is dangling. Part of the "accident" it was in towing my honda from TN. Yea about that my fiance' was towing my 91 Honda Civic hatch from Nashville, TN to Fort Myers FL. The trip went well until about 15 miles out from our destination. My honda was being flat towed with a tow bar. It hit the rumble strips and then the small ledge of the freeway on I75 when it got squirrelly and my girlfriend lost control. she ended in the median in about 2 feet of mud and water and ran over a beehive. She was doing about 60 when this happened. The wagon had all of my animals and everything of importance in my life in it. I think this was the scariest moment of my life watching my fiance" swerve and 180 off the side of the road. Everybody was fine and got out of the car safe. The wagon faired ok but the honda not so much. It took out a tree. It took the tow truck driver 3 hours to pull it out of the ditch and about 4 cans of Raid to kill of the bees. as was said though everyone faired ok. So please excuse the mirror LOL.

[Vigo]

Dang man, sorry to hear it but glad everyone got out ok..

Any pics of the honda?

[5sp. mini]

ya there another turbo car i miss mine was 86 with the cool hood /had the bannana lether seats/tan in color i t2 it with a csx lm.have to hunt for pic,s then i had more kid,s and got the van. i could always say i had wood.lol

[wallace]

I just got most of the kinks worked out of my 87' woody wagon, should be titled/tagged this week or the next. Yours looks to be in pretty good shape the paint on mine is faded pretty bad. Do you still have the air suspension in the back?

[R/T]

Nothing cooler....

Mine is an 87, intercooled, exhaust, injectors + G valve.

Hijacker air shocks in back, with spring clamps in the front.

Down in the basement on the engine stand is a new motor - 2.5 CB with a DOHC 16V Neon head and SRT4 turbo, waiting to be finished....

[85boostbox]

Dang man, sorry to hear it but glad everyone got out ok..

Any pics of the honda?

Yea i got pics of the honda. It took the right front wheel and moved it about a foot into the wheel well. Amazingly nothing broke. Just bent really bad. Actually when i got here i went to my old work (buy here pay here lot) and low and behold he had a 91 Honda Civic Sedan that is extremely clean (only 113,000 miles) that had slipped timing and chunked the motor. So i bought the car for 400 bucks and right now i am swapping my motor out of the hatch into the sedan. Should be running tomorrow. I miss my honda funny enough. That car has been stupid reliable even with 400,000 miles on it LOL. It doesnt even leak or use or burn any oil. That is why i am putting the effort into it.

[85boostbox]

no i undid the air suspension and installed shelby z springs in the back. Hence why it sits so low in the back and so high in the front. I am going to be getting the eibach kit for the daytona just for the front springs so the car will be low and sitting even.

And R/T i thought that you were going T3. I debated it but decided not too cause i didn't want to hack the harness. I want to try and keep this car to be able to possibly go back to original. Doubt that i will but always the possibility in the far future. Mine is obviously and 88 but i have a vacuum block with a G-valve set to 12. Everything else is stock. My old boss from firestone had a 94 acclaim that he installed aftermarket wheels on and he gave his old tires and wheels. I thought it would look good with the gold accents. And i think it did. but those are not staying on i am actually going to the lace wheels like you.

[5sp. mini]

i remember R/T first SW had the ford intercooler with the log intake saw you at mopar nats the one year,i drove mine but didnot pay to get in the show.