My 1992 Dodge Colt with a 4g63
I need advice. I accept all criticism. I am a dsmer true to heart. I have 3 dsm. I have more parts laying around than I know what to do with. I don’t have time to work on much as something is always breaking right. Anyway, I have always wanted a colt with a 4g63t. I recently bought one locally for $1600. The car was slapped together somewhat for my taste. I brought it home and by best friend (female) thought it was the ugliest car she had seen and she fell in love with it. She took it apond herself to make this her project.
So here is what I bought. It is a 92 colt gt with a fwd turbo welded trans, stock 6bolt 4g63t, junk t25 2g turbo, slapped together 1g side mount intercooler, 2g injectors, apexi AFC, 1g stock Maf, 2g exhaust manifold, Broke shift cable, 3in downpipe flex coupler and 7in of pipe, refresh head, questionable cams, questionable fuel pump, Stock 165/50/r14 tires, 1g harness have not looked for knock sensor, and I am sure I am forgetting something now.
Cars Purpose: A.Street/ Drag, B. Fun, C. Female beat v8 guys cause ROFL D. To shut some people up We all know our reactions when a woman gets out of the driver seat at a cruise in.
Being streetable is very important cause she will want to take this on cruises and so on. Which brings me to my first point. It doesn’t have power steering, but a manual rack. She did muscle my fwd dsm without power steering once but it was scary and no fun. Will she be able to drive this with a manual rack? I know the 1.8L eclipse was not bad at all with a manual rack.
Well that is nice and all but I have some toys laying around that the (female) talking me into putting on the car aka she smiled. Lol
I NEED A TRANS CABLE PLEASE HELP FOUND AND PURCHASED
MOTOR
Upgrades: 20g, 660cc injectors, evo 8 intercooler placed where condenser goes, 2g manifold with hks standard external wastegate, 2in Honda 24x14 alum radiator, dsmlink maybe, and I am sure I am forgetting something now also.
The evo 8 intercooler is being fab by a friend to have the ports rear facing and believe it or not fits like a dream where the condenser would go. I want this car to be sleeper and no one to know it is turbo. I am recirculating the 1g bov and using a 1g air filter can. The intercooler will have a slim line fan in front and the radiator will have a slim line fan on it also.
Now for the issues. Keep in mind I have a lot of options and I am looking for a solution.
I plan on running 10psi daily, 16psi track, and 20psi in pissed off mode. The 20g is from a 90s drag car. It has had a long hard life and I don’t want to push it. I have been told that it has a old Buschur racing compressor housing ???? It doesn’t use a internal wastegate. The compressor housing does have a tap pad for tapping and using a internal wastegate, which I might. The turbine housing has a welded close wastegate flap, but I have another turbine housing. The turbo used a 2g manifold with a welded flange that has a HKS Standard Wastegate bolted to it. The Wastegate then runs to a open header under the alternator. The problem, I am having is the wastegate piping is in the way of the intercooler piping I need to run for the 20g and Evo 8 intercooler. So I have been looking for o2 housing that can use a external wastegate that is also recirculated back to the o2 exhaust. The open header doesn’t work for me anyway, as the (female) hates getting pulled over and she does a lot in my other toys. My wastegate options are the HKS standard External Wastegate, turbosmart or xs external wastegate, or a 16g internal wastegate. The problem with the internal wastegate is that it will be touching the radiator fan. Any advice is welcome and please let me know if you know of some cheaper o2 that take one of these external wastegates.
SUSPENSION
I have read too many non conclusion non detailed post about suspension and for you guys out there that don’t want to weld a 2in bracket on there rear axle (aka me) then you are looking for another solution. I do have a set of awd front and rear struts and springs, but sounds like a pain more than just buying the following.
From my understanding, correct me if I am wrong, to lower my car 1.6 in to 2.0 in I can buy the following and bolt together like legos?
89 colt gt struts:
KYB GR2 235033
KYB GR2 341084
89-92 Colt GT Lowering Springs:
B&G Lowering Springs 1.6 drop ($170)
Total for suspension using Rockauto and ??? was $319
TRACTION
Wheels: Redline 144 15x8 Gold
Tires:
Front: 225/45/r15 Nitto NT-01
Rear: 225/45/r15 Cheapest
I run AWD cars mostly and not use to traction issues. I want to hook. Will this hook? I don’t plan on using the NT-01 but on the track and if someone pisses me off then on the street. Correct me if I am wrong but the NT-01 are street legal?
EXHAUST
Like I said I have a short amount of exhaust.
Has anyone ran the 1g DSM FWD Megan Racing downpipe?
Has anyone ran the FWD MR downpipe and then bents a 90 to expel the exhaust out in front of the rear tire?
I will this weekend see if one of my many mufflers will fit in front of the rear tire.
Has anyone tried using parts of the 1g DSM FWD Punishment Racing catback?
Please help and all advice is accepted
I will write more tomorrow as I am tired of writing this twice.