1987 CSX for SDAC 2015

[mopar-tech]

CSX is back in its natural environment, on jackstands. Going to leave it in the "long term" work bay till issues with the intercooler and struts are worked out.

[mopar-tech]

FYI- I have totally decamped off "social media" as of this weekend and have started updating the Dodge Garage again.

Two new pages are up, whats new has been updated and the 1999-2006 news archives are back!

Lots of info there from race events that are not available on other pages.

Gary

[going4speed]

I do enjoy that webpage.

Also we have the same barber.

[mopar-tech]

I do enjoy that webpage.

Also we have the same barber.

1) Look for more updates in the near future, I hope to go over each page and fine tune. What I need is a few people in the community to help edit several pages as there have been some advances in a few areas while I was off doing other things. Intake manifolds, electronics and tuning, etc. Not to mention several pieces are not available anymore as parts have been dropped the last several years by mamopar.

It will be yuuuuggge!

2) It does make grooming lot easier.

[jonnymopar]

FYI- I have totally decamped off "social media" as of this weekend and have started updating the Dodge Garage again.

Awesome! Most of my college classes that required hours of computer lab use were spent memorizing the technical areas of your website. I wish I could help with updating information, but I've been away from the 2.5's for a little while.

[mopar-tech]

Welcome to 1997

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/1997_idt/index_idt.html

And 1998

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/1998_5...dex_50meg.html

[mopar-tech]

Cool! Scored a rad-intercooler assembly and a set of slicks. One step closer to Cecil!

[mopar-tech]

http://www.dragway.com/

Saturday, September 26

MOPARS @ The Valley plus NETO and Open Test & Tune

A great day of side by side Mopar Action; Gates open at 8am, racing begins at 9am; tech/gate open for racer entry until 11:45am.

Racer Entry $35; Spectators: $10; Children 6-12 $2

Going to try and make it!

[wheming]

Go Gary!
Good luck brother!

[mopar-tech]

Back on the road today with a stock intercooler and radiator!

Has a random ignition skip, going to try and change out the coil and plugs. Otherwise runs good.

[mopar-tech]

One of the projects I had on the back burner was a slightly tweaked frame rail on the CSX on the passenger side. The car aligned fine and tracked fine down the road but I had noticed a ripple in the sheet metal of the radiator support between the front motor mount and the passenger side frame rail. Setting the car up blocks of the same size showed that the rail was off 3/8" compared to the drivers side. I think the car hit or was run into at the passenger side bumper area and it pushed the rail downwards. There is no other evidence of damage aside from the ripple. After giving it some thought for a few weeks this is the solution I came up with and it worked out rather well.

First the car was blocked on the trailer so the front rails were secure from moving. You can see the 4 x 4 post under the car which had a few blocks to make up the difference. Then the rails were chained down to the trailer to keep them from moving, the front motor mount was also chained to limit the area we wanted to move to the passenger front corner. I had made up a steel beam which was secured to the bumper shock mounting. From there it was a matter of sliding the jack in and going up very slowly as I was paranoid about cracking the new windshield.

After a few tries (you can see the tape measure in the picture) everything was where it was suppose to be. While the front end was under tension I got in the radiator support with a body hammer and you can't even tell where the ripple is now, its totally gone. For good measure we added two steel plates on the passenger side of the radiator support making a "sandwich' front and back since we are going to be beating on the car and wanted the area to be stronger than new. Turbo II Daytona's actually have a reinforcement plate across the front as they are expected to be taking some abuse.

After that we pulled the intercooler and radiator and installed a factory unit picked up a few weekends ago and stiffened up the front motor mount to limit engine travel (wheel hop insurance)

Gary

[mopar-tech]

Car still not right.

Has a random skip that comes and goes. Will just hicup time to time when beating on the car.

Tonight I'll try gapping down the plugs.

[jonnymopar]

Car still not right.

Has a random skip that comes and goes. Will just hicup time to time when beating on the car.

Tonight I'll try gapping down the plugs.

You haven't cranked up the boost much, have you?

[mopar-tech]

You haven't cranked up the boost much, have you?

Nope. boost has been limited to 15-16 psi.

[mopar-tech]

Decided to take Duster to track this weekend, take a break on the CSX. I get the car out of storage and it breaks down a 1/4 mile from my house.

Just peachy.

[wheming]

Yeah, ok.... BUT how fast did it do that first 1/4 mile in? ? ?

[2.216VTurbo]

Don't you see how *lucky* you are?? You coulda been 10 miles from home Also lucky your boys are into wrenching with you, I'm considering selling my sons GTC, he just don't give a sh!t about it

[BadAssPerformance]

Car still not right.

Has a random skip that comes and goes. Will just hicup time to time when beating on the car.

Tonight I'll try gapping down the plugs.

My first 87 CSX did this, was years ago, IIR I think it was a fusible link

[mopar-tech]

My first 87 CSX did this, was years ago, IIR I think it was a fusible link

Those have all been replaced with fuses.

It does seem boost sensitive, at lower levels it doesn't seem to do it at all. It acts like it is too rich if I had to hazard a guess but didn't change with the double core cooler or going back to the single core.

Coil is NOS, 8.5 mm wires, Blue Streak cap and rotor.

[GLHNSLHT2]

Turbo II Daytona's actually have a reinforcement plate across the front as they are expected to be taking some abuse.
Gary

Not just the daytonas. True T2 Hbodies got that brace as well. The Shelby Lancer's did not assuming because they started life as a T1 car.



Also if everyone looks at Pat's car above and takes note of where the wiring is running through the core support area next to the bumper support mounts in the 3rd picture. Those holes can be opened up to accept a 3" OD size pipe very easily and it doesn't affect the structure of the car. Done with a knockout punch and repainted it could look like it was done from the factory.