Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
That looks really cool. Did he do that for class rules, or to be different?
Hopefully it's 13.5:1 CR right?
AJ (no More Alan) 84 Rampage RT TIII/568 Quaife 87 GLHS dealer optioned Red 16V Masi/568/Quaife
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Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
I saw on FB this is a mock up at the moment. Are power goals and such known? I'd like to know how much they goal is and how hard they intend to spin it.
Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
OK boys, I just popped wood over these pictures. Car porn at its best...
I've thought about going this route with my Scamp on several occasions.
Can't wait to see updates on this thing. Hopefully he has it up and running and brings it to SDAC-26... Would love to see this thing is person...
Very nice.
Hey guys. Thanks for your interest in my engine build and thanks to Mike for posting since I rarely visit forums these days.
This build was more of a "can I make this work" idea rather than a "how much power can I make" build. I wanted something that was relatively uncomplicated to work on (limited electronics, no fuel injection....) and something that was very different from what everyone else was doing. I already had these carbs on an 8V and I have no interest in converting my 84 SC to FI, so keeping the carbs was not a difficult decision. How to mate them to a 2.4 head was the real issue, so there was a bunch of fabrication involved in the intake. There are still many hurdles to overcome before this thing makes noise, but i'm shooting to have it up and running for Carlisle in July.
Curtis
I was thinking of doing this to Matchbox, but making a 450 4 barrel work instead, for even easier tuning. At present I have about 109 hp, and even if I got the motor from a Fiat 500 it would be a big improvement, not to mention SRT4 stage 3 set up...but $$$ talks and nearly done with a divorce...geeze....I never learn. Married to the first one for 27 years, 2 kids...them marry again...one kid, he is 9...I am 65...looks like I will NEVER get through with child support! BUT now I am dating a, gulp, grandma!
[SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]47 Time NHRA/IHRA drag race champ-----84 Plymouth Horizon/1 of 84 HO equipped from the factory/1910 lbs, 2.5 with carb, nearly 315,000 miles-----04 SRT4/S2 with S3 turbo/12.17 @ 119/DOTs/93 Octane/SOLD-----2003 PT Cruiser GT, won a True Street class at the 2017 National Muscle Car Association World Street Finals-----2010 Toyota Prius/my delivery truck, 77.9 mpg best and NOT A PLUG IN, nearly 230,000 miles and way over 5600 miles per month! [/COLOR][/SIZE]
How the car looked when it was finally street legal again after being rescued from behind a barn in West Virginia. Circa 1998
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The DCOE 8V setup.
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A current pic.
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Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
Whats the deal with that distributor?
Dont push the red button.You hear me?
Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
Very cool!! I have a friend who does oval racing with a carbed daytona 2.5 8 valve. I think he used some kind of VW distributer with full mechanical internals. He whips it up near 7000 rpms
Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
I have one of those 1.7VW distributors i'll eventually sell. Seems like it could be adapted to the end of a DOHC head the same way as the standard 2.2/2.5 one.
Dont push the red button.You hear me?
It might make noise by this weekend.
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Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
Here is the finished product. It really runs great!