Part 1: http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/sh...4l-DOHC-Shadow - Minus pictures now. Thanks Photosuckit
Well it's been a while and though rather quiet on the forum the voices in my head have never stopped. This will be the continuation of my 1993 2.4l Shadow swap. As you will see the transformation will be big enough that I feel it should be dubbed Part 2 : Project Shadicorn and have its own build thread.
The back story: This car began as a 3.0l shadow that I changed to be 2.4 turbo running a best of 10.79@135.9. Late in the 2012 season I performed a spectacular 1-2-1 shift going down the track which left the car dead on the sidelines. Getting home I couldn't find any mechanical damage except for all the flywheel bolts had come loose. I also lost the crank signal but since I had plans to upgrade the turbo and header I just pulled the engine instead of troubleshooting it at the time. A new acreage, a second kid and a whole bunch of life later and I am finally able to start on things again. What I did find is that when you have 4 years to think about things a simple turbo change has the capability to really explode. The worst part of that time is going to SDAC (Shelby Dodge Auto Club national convention) and taking about possibilities which really make your imagination sore. As a result of discussions at SDAC 25 I made the choice to go RWD and really try to challenge my design and fabrication skills.
In July of 2015 I began the design process and modelling which gets me to where I'm at now. Many, many.......many iterations later I have what I feel is very close to a final design. As you can see there are still missing components but I thought I would start the thread now to allow others to follow in some final stages of the design and FEA as I check off components as complete and ready for fabrication. This will not be as fast as my other build, which still took 2 years, but I hope to come out with something I'm really proud of. My current goal is in the 4-5 year mark so hopefully I can keep everyone interested that long.
For now here are some screen shots. I'll come back and post my current design specs and hopefully be able to answer any questions that may arise. I'm looking forward to the whole process and I hope my mom will be proud.