'89 Lebaron Turbo GTC: General overhaul + 2.5 TIII swap

[wheming]

It's nice when you hit a milestone like that in such a project!
Now it is just all that little stuff to chip away at.
Way to go!

[Force Fed Mopar]

Thanks guys! It definitely has little bugs to chip away at. Trip nav decided to smolder itself to death, right side headlights are super dim (guessing ground issue), headlight doors stopped working again, still needs alignment. But, it was nice to drive it again before the passing of another year.

[iTurbo]

Any updates? It sounds like you are using the stock TIII SBEC?

I have a 2.5L TIII I built for my '91 Spirit R/T. I plan to get it running this summer and break-in on the stock SBEC....but after that I would love to get a properly calibrated TIII SBEC for the 2.5L. Not sure where to go for that these days.

[turbovanman²]

Awesome, glad to see someone is working on their stuff, mine is still sitting. Good news is, Pantina is getting really good now, lol.

Very happy to hear it rob. I’m hoping you have more success than most people with the 2.5 tiii

What??????

[cordes]

How many people have put together a 2.5 TIII which improves it over a 2.2?

[turbovanman²]

How many people have put together a 2.5 TIII which improves it over a 2.2?

Only a few have built them, I'd call mine a success, if I would stop meddling with it,

[Wastelands Warrior]

I want to build one, I really do!

[Force Fed Mopar]

Been a minute since I updated this I got most of the bugs worked out, drilled my hybrid trans with the posi for the crank sensor, which then still didn't work because for some reason the pad was 7mm thicker than normal found an SRT4 sensor was long enough and could be made to work, so got all that reinstalled with a TU black plate clutch. New tires and brakes, and drove it 11 hrs each way to SDAC 30 and back. Ran 14.1@101 at Maple Grove Dragway. Head gasket started seeping a bit, replaced that, installed a new aluminum rad. DD'ed for a year or so, and then an injector driver died on me. Currently working on repairing that.

[Shadow]

Appreciate the update 😎

Going to be lurking around again after all these years and would be nice to see the forums come Back to Life as l have always found it easier to negotiate than FB

[Wastelands Warrior]

Appreciate the update 😎

Going to be lurking around again after all these years and would be nice to see the forums come Back to Life as l have always found it easier to negotiate than FB

Always great to see you post but it seems like the forums are pretty dead. Facebook is where the action is.

[Shadow]

Always great to see you post but it seems like the forums are pretty dead. Facebook is where the action is.

Agreed, and when I'm looking for fast responses to things I do post there myself. But I think the format Sucks! I can find anything on the forums from years gone past in a heartbeat. On FB I can't find anything a month old if no one is posting in it anymore.

So for simple communication FB is fine, but for more in depth stuff I think the forums Will come back. As I Know I'm not the only one who feels this way

Sorry for the Jack!