Date: 22nd August 2011
Username: jory
Full Name: Jory
City, State, Zip: Utica, NY
Contact: (315) 941-7924 3:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Selling or Wanted Price: $900 USD
Description: I'm selling my 89 daytona turbo 2 because I've lost interest. I spent 2 years making it a nice daily driver and I'm done with it.
I rebuilt a 2.2 with an 8-bolt cast crank and 84 Turbo rods/pistons, 89 fast burn turbo head, rebuilt turbo from TU which cost me $900, Fidanza aluminum flywheel, T2/T3 clutch, and I had the tranny gone through professionally. New stock fuel pump and an 89 Lebaron engine harness round out the electronics.
This car is rock solid. No rust through anywhere and I even went so far as to strip the engine bay bare and repaint it down to the floor pan. I put in nice leather seats and a leather steering wheel, basically I took all the best parts from several cars at the junkyard to make this into somewhat of a Shelby clone.
It has new shocks/struts with polybushings control arm bushings, 11" disc brakes all around, Shelby sway bar, IROC Daytona 16" Ninja wheels with new 205/55/16 tires.
The bad part: the car leaks oil from the turbo drain tube and smokes out of the exhaust. There is most likely an obstruction in the tube and when I contacted TU they told me the same thing. Fix the obstruction and run it for a bit and the oil seal in the turbo will re-seat itself.
Next problem is electricals, driving it one day the gauges went crazy and the car lost electrical power. More than likely a ground got knocked loose.
The driver side control arm is rounded out where the ball joint presses in, so the ball joint is loose in it's bore. It can be fixed with a small amount of welding or just replaced with a 89/90 control arm.
For the amount of time/money I spent on this car and the parts on it, I could ask for more, but I know it wouldn't sell very fast. So I'm asking $900. Come tow it with a dolly or arrange something with me and i may be able to deliver it for the cost of fuel and a u-haul dolly rental. Thanks for looking.