Operation Save'A'Quest

[Stormhammer]

so as some of you are aware, I had an accident in my 1989 Chrysler Conquest - the awesome thing is the entire drivetrain ( engine, tranny, suspension and all aftermarket components ) survived with little to no damage :) So I thought I'd entertain you guys on the progress of my car as we actually save it as well as another Starion ( Conquest + Starion = Starquest - for future reference - they're the same car ) - modifications on the black wrecked car are as follows:

.040 block - 8:1 Wiseco Forged Pistons - Shot peened rods - recut and hardened crank .010 - Full rotating assmb. balance - sealed power high volume oil pump - Multi layer steel head gasket - Marnal n/jv head, ported and polished with oem valves , schneider hd valve springs - mechanical rocker arms - Tim C. Screamin' Banshee cam INT: 292° Seat-To-Seat .454 Lift EXH: 280° Seat-To-Seat .454 Lift Lobe Center Separation 111.5° Intake lobe is degreed 107. 2500 - 6500rpm - EGR removed - Krank Vents - 52mm Throttle Body matched to intake - 800cc & 1080 cc injectors - Walbro 255l Fuel pump - Trilogy Turbos Big 16G - intercooler hard pipes - 1g dsm blow off valve - 1g dsm mas w/ k&n - 2.5" from turbo back with flex down pipe and dynomax ultra flow muffler - new starter alternator - battery in trunk - Tokiko Struts - Eibach springs - stedebani poly bushings , caster camber plates, strut tower connectors - FIS Short Throw shifter - Fidanza albumin flywheel - Center force dual friction clutch - New pads and rotors at all 4 - no abs - Bridgestone Poetnza tires 245/45R-16 on 9" Rears, 225/50R-16 on 8" fronts - Sony MP3 cd , 4 6x9s (two doors, two rear hatch) 8" subwoofer, two amps.


Stage 1 - get the wrecked car down to Macon to the "guru" a 59 y/o man who owns 3 of these. Labor charges are pretty much free, being that the costs are any left over parts from either cars after the swap ( such as stock suspension and tranny and such - not complaining for a free swap )

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTIzMzIxNjZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTIzMzIxMDZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTIzMzIwODZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTIzMzIwNjZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTIzMzIwNTZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTIzMzIwMzZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg

held up pretty good for flipping and hitting a tree :D

Stage 2 - nearly 2 months after the accident, I finally found an affordable shell of sorts in good condition for a VERY good price in the SE region - $1000, flat, including a spare block and a complete engine gasket kit :cool:

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9654/showletter8nr.jpg
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car has a overheating problem ( probably clogged radiator ) which resulted in a blown head gasket... head might be warped, but finding another head or fixing it is easy :) might just fix it to get it up and going for awhile before the swap ( use the head gasket in the kit, since the black one will actually need an aftermarket gasket because of the performance mods )

stay tuned for its arrival, and then for next weekend, when we plan on taking out the engines and tranny's and suspensions :idb:

Operation Save'A'Quest is officialy underway :D

[~The_Duke~]

This looks like an interesting project. Looking good so far :goodjob:

[Kelly_Rene]

Wow I can't beleave I've never heard of these cars till just recently, Man I like 'em

[green91]

I like the color of your new car... i dont think ive ever seen one that color.

[D.Choe]

Justin, our cars are both ghetto now.
oh wait- they've always been ghetto.
haha, can't wait until we hit the mountains.

[Stormhammer]

Wow I can't beleave I've never heard of these cars till just recently, Man I like 'em

haha dont worry, I never heard of them till about a year and a half ago - I actually saw one drive by while I was in the school bus lane, and it just slowly came down and I literally said to myself "what the hell is that..." -spots a mitsu emblem- "mitsubishi?!" -drives by and looks at name- "starion? the hell is that... " -gets home and googles it, 2 months later, test driving one.... 6 months later, purchases one, 5 months later, flips it, 2 months later, purchases another- :D


haha David, yea, both our cars are ghetto - the "new" one is missing its lower airdam ( which isnt surprising, those things get obliterated so easily lol )

[Crazy Asian]

2 months later blows it up and then buys another one. 3 months later drowns it. 3 days later fuck it buy a new car.

[Stormhammer]

2 months later blows it up and then buys another one. 3 months later drowns it. 3 days later fuck it buy a new car.

LIRL! :lmfao:

so true too lol

[Stormhammer]

the Wonderously Golden Wedge of Doom has arrived... as of 0500 hours, Eastern standard time, on the date of 05-14-06 :D

[Buford®]

I didn't know you rolled it. What happened?

[EP3sAreFun]

awsome. i still wanna actualy see tis thnig in person.

[Stormhammer]

rolling - eh, gravel road, came around a corner, BIG box in the my path, ended up snapping the steering wheel to the left to swerve and got the car sideways and went into a soft dirt embankment and started to roll and hit a tree and landed upside

as for seeing it - hmm, let me get the head gasket replaced and that, tagged and such and you can see it in person :D

[Marta Mike]

looks like its coming along. Nice looking new shell too, definately is clean. Keep it up mang!!

[EP3sAreFun]

rolling - eh, gravel road, came around a corner, BIG box in the my path, ended up snapping the steering wheel to the left to swerve and got the car sideways and went into a soft dirt embankment and started to roll and hit a tree and landed upside

as for seeing it - hmm, let me get the head gasket replaced and that, tagged and such and you can see it in person :D
but... i wanna see it while i'm still faster haha

[3kgtdrvr]

lookin good justin...when u buying me one? :goodjob:

[Stormhammer]

but... i wanna see it while i'm still faster haha

lol - it still has the engine in it from 1987 - meaning it stil has the wee little 12a turbo in a 3300lb car... granted I can boost that turbo to 20psi... lol

[Stormhammer]

lookin good justin...when u buying me one? :goodjob:

there are two for sale in Suwannee for $1200 firm

one drives but needs a paintjob and a dent pulled, the other doesnt drive but could very well with a tune up - has a hole in the gas tank - go buy one of your own :eye: lol

[3kgtdrvr]

hmm interesting...i still think u should buy me one lol they on autotrader or something. how can i look at them?

[RandomGuy]

GREAT TO HEAR MANNNNN :)

let me know if you need anything

PS: i might buy the stock motor after you do the swap, just to have a spare.

in related news mines will make its debut soon!! :) (just got the motor back from machining)

[Stormhammer]

hmm interesting...i still think u should buy me one lol they on autotrader or something. how can i look at them?

nope, not on autotrader - I was in my local Kaufmann tire when my usual mechanic tipped me off - send me a PM or IM me and I'll give your their location

and Hasan, eh, I actually wanna keep the original engine, and keep it as my spare :lmfao:

[Kalifornia087]

there are two for sale in Suwannee for $1200 firm

one drives but needs a paintjob and a dent pulled, the other doesnt drive but could very well with a tune up - has a hole in the gas tank - go buy one of your own :eye: lol

the black one runs wierd under hard boost, and they have both been sitting for about two years now... I almost bought them in 04 and 05, i wanted to so bad, i just am sure that by now even the black one that runs is going to need a good run through to be right again. Not that they wouldn't be good project cars, but you better have time on your side!

Oh and nice shell man, im glad to see that after the wreck you kept your car and made another one, starions and conquests are the shit!

[1439/2000]

You should be the only guy in the world to not use a starion intercooler still.

I swear to god there will be a 500 hp rwd mighty max 4g63 converted quest with a stock intercooler. I know it fits into the bumper nice, but crap they're not that big.

Obscure Mitsubishi turbo rally cars are fucking amazing.

[HiPSI]

You should be the only guy in the world to not use a starion intercooler still.


i didn't run a stock IC on mine.

[1439/2000]

i didn't run a stock IC on mine.


Aha then you get that award first!

[Stormhammer]

^^ haha, I know a few who don't, but to a point I don't want to get like ungodly huge if I dont need too - waste of money and will take longer to pressurize

Stage 2 is done, got in at 5am

Stage 3 is underway :D

I pulled the radiator tonight to get rodded, next up the head to be checked

[Stormhammer]

head's off to be checked :D people you should pray that it isn't cracked ( its the 3rd freakin head! )

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1674/image0011qy.jpg
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not bad for a 3/4 socket wrench and a crow bar at disassembling the engine ( btw thats a spare engine in the garage )

[3kgtdrvr]

i saw a sexy ass white one when i pulled into my neighborhood tonight man!

[Stormhammer]

i saw a sexy ass white one when i pulled into my neighborhood tonight man!

did it have a hoodscoop on it? or was a chick driving it?

and why the fuckd idnt you call me or pull them over you asshole :eye: lol

[3kgtdrvr]

it was parked when i came in, its probably still on the side of the road now

[Stormhammer]

it was parked when i came in, its probably still on the side of the road now

well GO LOOK

[Crazy Asian]

BLAHAHAHAHA...hes going to look at it. BLAHAHAH

[Stormhammer]

hey - I know of only two in the area - one is owned by a friend of HiPsi, the other is a bangin 50 year old blonde (milf)

[Stormhammer]

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/5917/image0065nw.jpg

:D

oooh toniigght toonight

[Stormhammer]

annnd as of now

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7272/image0082zi.jpg

:D

this sucks though. I've never done any of this shit before :lmfao:

[EP3sAreFun]

i'm not 100% sure, cause its a DSM, but I think you forgot the valve cover

[1439/2000]

i'm not 100% sure, cause its a DSM, but I think you forgot the valve cover

I'm sorry but did you just call that a DSM?

[EP3sAreFun]

I'm sorry but did you just call that a DSM?
... it was a joke...

[Stormhammer]

eh, minor setback - was torquing down the rocket assembly bolts and on one, I heard the torque click CRACK!... motherFUCKER - bolt snapped :mad:

[1439/2000]

... it was a joke...

...it was hard to tell...


Anyway does this shit run yet?????

[Stormhammer]

hm, well I didn't finish it up, but it will - I can run with that broken rocker bolt (or if I have the time replace it ) - you comin down?

[Kalifornia087]

Nice to see progress. Starions and Conquests are awesome, i just can't afford to keep one!

[Kalifornia087]

Oh by the way... Do you have any spare sets of starion/conquest wheels kicking around?... Same bolt pattern as my car and the wheels are pretty badass!

[RUFFIAN]

all of you are wet behind the ears. those conquest's and starions ruled the highways back in the day:burnout: 5.0's had to bow down and step aside. they are the original O.G. DSM boosted pimp sh!t.

[EP3sAreFun]

i like the wing

[Stormhammer]

all of you are wet behind the ears. those conquest's and starions ruled the highways back in the day:burnout: 5.0's had to bow down and step aside. they are the original O.G. DSM boosted pimp sh!t.


ah, the arch enemy - the Ford Cosworth RS - or in the USA - Merkur XR4Ti

We used to have one ( we being my mom ) about 6 years ago - I miss that thing :(

[1439/2000]

all of you are wet behind the ears. those conquest's and starions ruled the highways back in the day:burnout: 5.0's had to bow down and step aside. they are the original O.G. DSM boosted pimp sh!t.

Once again. 89-94 Eagle Talon, Mitsubishi Eclipse, Plymouth Laser. What is this everything is a DSM shit?

[Stormhammer]

all of you are wet behind the ears. those conquest's and starions ruled the highways back in the day:burnout: 5.0's had to bow down and step aside. they are the original O.G. DSM boosted pimp sh!t.

btw just FYI you posted a pic of a Ford lol

and yea, I'm not a DSM - I even created my own little story

Once upon a time, back before when Mr. Mitsubishi and Mother Mopar were married and had their last names switched to DSM, they were dating. Being young and in love, well, they just fucked the brains out of each other. One day the condom broke on Mr. Mitsubishi, and some messed up semen spooled their way into Mother Mopar. 9 months later, she gave birth to her bastard twins, the Starion and the Conquest. Years later, when they got married, the decided to disown their bastard children, leaving them to fend on their own. And so today you have them silently roaming the streets, stalking and killing their prey :D

or some shit like that :lmfao:

[1439/2000]

Conquests are just Starions though. They were just brought here for Chrysler. Like Dodge Colt GT is just a turbo mirage. It says IMPORTED FOR DODGE on the back. Like on Conquests it says IMPORTED FOR CHRYSLER.

[1439/2000]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.stacey1/images/gull-1-1.jpg

Have you seen the gullwing starions? They made 5 of them. Pretty hot. They made 5 gullwing 1g eclipse gsx's too. Jackie Chan has one.

[Stormhammer]

Conquests are just Starions though. They were just brought here for Chrysler. Like Dodge Colt GT is just a turbo mirage. It says IMPORTED FOR DODGE on the back. Like on Conquests it says IMPORTED FOR CHRYSLER.

SHUT UP YOUR RUINING MY STORY :mad:

haha yea I've seen the gullwing ones - didn't know Jackie Chan owned one though! Some ppl have been looking in how to make a door kit for them

[1439/2000]

Jackie Chan has a gullwing eclipse.

[Stormhammer]

close enough

[~The_Duke~]

How is the build coming...

[Stormhammer]

I'm at the point to where I've been a little busy with the new job, BUT all I need to do is pull a broken bolt, replace it, lube up the cam, put and make sure my timing is set, put back the radiator and air intake assembly, a battery and turn the key and hope that being a n00b I've managed to doing a head swap :D - the engine swap comes later on ( haha yea, all this work to get a daily driver, only to have the engine taken out in a month and replaced in a weekend :lmao: )

[~The_Duke~]

You are nuts dude...lol I am going to show up atleast at the meeting place for the mountain run on the 18th if they dont reschedule...cas I live like 5 mins from there it would be stupid not to. My daughter can say vroom vroom at the cars lol

[Stormhammer]

bah - attempted to drill out the broken bolt - got to the point to where I was iffy ( it wasnt breaking loose ) so my head is BACK off and off to the machine shop it goes ( this way if they mess up I get a new head :) )

[EP3sAreFun]

bah - attempted to drill out the broken bolt - got to the point to where I was iffy ( it wasnt breaking loose ) so my head is BACK off and off to the machine shop it goes ( this way if they mess up I get a new head :) )
PBFT... get it fixed already...

[Stormhammer]

12 hours later... she RUNS! Albeit a bit rough ( replacing cheesy plug wires, cap and rotor - engine kinda runs and idles rough like as if a plug isnt firing )

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6108/image0267gl.jpg

:D

[3kgtdrvr]

awesome justin. congrats man, u gotta take me for a rice sometime

[Stormhammer]

:D I'm so freaking STOKED! Just need to replace the headgasket ( plane the head as well ) and then drop it, the tranny, and swap out the suspension into the Palermo Grey Starion :D

meet my "bluetop" G54B :bump:

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/998/picture0279uz.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4794/picture0251vt.jpg

more pics to come soon - and I owe a VERY big thanks to EP3sAreFun and one of the mods of StarQuestClub

[EP3sAreFun]

:)

i like the 2nd pic.

"Built by Mitsubishi, Imported by Chrsyler, Powered by Ford" hahaha

[Stormhammer]

haha - and yet another

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTI3MTg2OTZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg

[EP3sAreFun]

WOOT a pic where you can see i actualy helped!

[SPEED RACER]

what make is the conquest? never heard of it...

[EP3sAreFun]

depends on who you ask.

Chrysler, Dodge mostly

[Stormhammer]

^^^ Chrysler, but you'll also find some Dodge and Plymouth names before them

Conquests and Starions are the same for future reference

[1439/2000]

what make is the conquest? never heard of it...

Mitsubishi MAKES it, Chyrsler imported it.

[Stormhammer]

hmm, very true.

[EP3sAreFun]

The way this is heading.... when you get yours up and running i'll take over and post my car in this topic :(

[Stormhammer]

make your own topic :mad: lol

once I get an airdam on mine, PHOTOSHOOT! Morningview Bridge? I think so

[EP3sAreFun]

soudns good.

i redid my vacuum lines for the.... 4th time and everything is hooked up correctly. how am i sure? it idles like shit again haha

[EP3sAreFun]

yeah and good cuz you need a new sig. mofo

[GTScoob]

Mitsubishi MAKES it, Chyrsler imported it.

Damn, getting a little defensive? You're acting like Chrysler is a 4 letter word.

Those cars seem really cool but I dont know much about them.

[Stormhammer]

Damn, getting a little defensive? You're acting like Chrysler is a 4 letter word.

Those cars seem really cool but I dont know much about them.

haha, nah he's not - I'm with him - we just like to make sure that people know what these cars are. They're not Supra's or Celica's or Camaro's. And they're not DSM's :screwy:

and dont worry, about a month ago EP3sAreFun knew diddly squat about them. He now owns a like 500piece toolkit and a 500watt floodlight stand - these aren't a car that you bring to a shop ( they'll usually turn them away :( )

bah, everything better be peachy for the august varsity

[EP3sAreFun]

haha, nah he's not - I'm with him - we just like to make sure that people know what these cars are. They're not Supra's or Celica's or Camaro's. And they're not DSM's :screwy:

and dont worry, about a month ago EP3sAreFun knew diddly squat about them. He now owns a like 500piece toolkit and a 500watt floodlight stand - these aren't a car that you bring to a shop ( they'll usually turn them away :( )

bah, everything better be peachy for the august varsity
or the shop will claim to have plenty of knowledge about the car and then know jack shit while your out a car for a day and it sits at the shop untouched...:screwy:

[Stormhammer]

^^ lol, I still can't believe that the guy that looked @ your car couldnt find where the injectors were :lmfao:

[EP3sAreFun]

the mech at "the performance shop"?

nah this was a guy at the dealership that said that

[halfshaft5]

very clean project

[Stormhammer]

small little update - discovered why the headgasket blew....

you guys seriosuly will not fucking believe this - see if you can spot what is wrong with this picture ( this was how it was when the head was taken off, and apparently was put together this way - done by previous owner )

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/6404/picture047hz6.jpg

+1 to the first person who gets it, and KYLE YOU DO NOT COUNT! :taun:

[EP3sAreFun]

your gay

[Tank]

dammit i figured it out ...................it aint got no Vtak soleniod wheres my plus one dammit lol j/p


sneaky nigga out:ninja:

[EP3sAreFun]

HINT: look at the gasket

[BTLFED]

HINT: look at the gasket

WTF is going on with the gasket around the timing chain? It looks like it is inside the block instead of on top of it.

[EP3sAreFun]

correct!

[Stormhammer]

WTF is going on with the gasket around the timing chain? It looks like it is inside the block instead of on top of it.

+1

anyways, thats how it was when the head was pulled off :thinking: apparently the previous owner broke it or something and crammed it down in there and sealed the rest of the head up with RTV silicon stuff - which slowly started to fail

[3kgtdrvr]

damn, i was sure it was bc its a mitsubishi, hardy har har har :D

[Stormhammer]

this mitsubishi will rip you a new one :)

[3kgtdrvr]

a 12 speed bicycle can with a basket in the front and a horn on the handle bars...not that i know that from experience or anything :doh:

[BTLFED]

+1

anyways, thats how it was when the head was pulled off :thinking: apparently the previous owner broke it or something and crammed it down in there and sealed the rest of the head up with RTV silicon stuff - which slowly started to fail

Consider yourself repaid. :D :goodjob:

[Stormhammer]

gracias senor

next up? ACT Xtreme Stage 2 clutch kit for the setup before it gets dropped back in :D

[speedminded]

i would have put the power & drive train in a 2002, 510, or 240z ;)

[EP3sAreFun]

gracias senor

next up? ACT Xtreme Stage 2 clutch kit for the setup before it gets dropped back in :D
pussy

[Stormhammer]

i would have put the power & drive train in a 2002, 510, or 240z ;)

there'd be NO way those cars would hold traction - this car weighs 3200lbs w/o the driver and breaks loose easy enough - I've spun the tires pinning the tach @ 6k up into 3rd gear - its a crazy sonuvabitch engine :screwy:


and kyle, :taun: pussy or not, my car is still faster :D

[EP3sAreFun]

and kyle, :taun: pussy or not, my car is still faster :D
not till the end of the month. loser. haha

[speedminded]

there'd be NO way those cars would hold traction - this car weighs 3200lbs w/o the driver and breaks loose easy enough - I've spun the tires pinning the tach @ 6k up into 3rd gear - its a crazy sonuvabitch engine :screwy:


and kyle, :taun: pussy or not, my car is still faster :Dthe shop next to Tiger Racing (Puerto Rican guys) had a 510 with a stock conquest engine....ran 11.2 on slicks ;) The right suspension and tires can help with wheel spin :2cents:

[Stormhammer]

^^ have any pics?

[EP3sAreFun]

the shop next to Tiger Racing (Puerto Rican guys) had a 510 with a stock conquest engine....ran 11.2 on slicks ;) The right suspension and tires can help with wheel spin :2cents:
i bet it at least had a boost controller and bigger turbo

[1439/2000]

i would have put the power & drive train in a 2002, 510, or 240z ;)

No thanks.

Hopped up M10, or E30 M3.

With the 510 and 240z you just throw a v8 in it and your good to go. Honestly I wouldnt put that motor/drivetrain in anything but another starion.

[Stormhammer]

^^ hmm, never hurts to do swaps - like how ppl are putting v8s and 4g63's into our cars

[BTLFED]

No thanks.

Hopped up M10, or E30 M3.

With the 510 and 240z you just throw a v8 in it and your good to go. Honestly I wouldnt put that motor/drivetrain in anything but another starion.

You won't catch me putting a Starion engine or a V8 in mine.

V8 = nose heavy
Starion engine = blasphemy

My Nissan will have a Nissan engine in it. Still not sure which one, but one of them lol!

[Stormhammer]

^^ you know, its rumored that a starquest has an sr20det in it. if its true, the guy keeps a very low profile

[BTLFED]

^^ you know, its rumored that a starquest has an sr20det in it. if its true, the guy keeps a very low profile

That would be crazy.....but if it was true I would think that you or someone you know would have been able to confirm it. Starquest owners are a niche group of people, and something like that would get around fast I would think.

People have swapped damn near everything into a 510. I have seen rotary's (duh), a shit ton of different Nissan engines (including one guy that put a VG30dett out of a Z32 300ZX Twin Turbo in his :eek: ), a 4.3litre Chevy V6 with twin turbos, and even one with an F20C out of an S2000. People are nuts LOL!

[Stormhammer]

hmm, rumors are true - at least in Australia someone has been sucessful (since at least 2004!!! ). I know there was a member ont he board who was going to attempt it back a few years back, then the drift craze hit, sr20's went up in price, and he dropped in a 4g64. Still tho.. hmm

[1439/2000]

That would be crazy.....but if it was true I would think that you or someone you know would have been able to confirm it. Starquest owners are a niche group of people, and something like that would get around fast I would think.

People have swapped damn near everything into a 510. I have seen rotary's (duh), a shit ton of different Nissan engines (including one guy that put a VG30dett out of a Z32 300ZX Twin Turbo in his :eek: ), a 4.3litre Chevy V6 with twin turbos, and even one with an F20C out of an S2000. People are nuts LOL!

I shot the video!!!!

[Stormhammer]

^^ was that the one that I ended up finding and posting with the one that did the burnout at a redlight and the police car just kinda pulled right up behind it... lol

[1439/2000]

^^ was that the one that I ended up finding and posting with the one that did the burnout at a redlight and the police car just kinda pulled right up behind it... lol

Yeah that was christmas day like 4 years ago. The car was stupid fast and didnt have a hood because the turbos were pertruding a little bit.

[BTLFED]

Yeah that was christmas day like 4 years ago. The car was stupid fast and didnt have a hood because the turbos were pertruding a little bit.

That thing was awesome, but here is his daddy. :eek:

http://www.datsuns.com/red/red-jul-2k5.jpg

http://www.datsuns.com/red/2k5view4.jpg

[Stormhammer]

did they HAVE to put Z rims on it? lol

i like wher ethe IC's are

[BTLFED]

did they HAVE to put Z rims on it? lol

i like wher ethe IC's are

Considering 510s come 4 lug stock, I think those wheels were manditory. ;) :D

[Stormhammer]

admit it, they went broke and decided to be cheap asses :lmao:

[BTLFED]

admit it, they went broke and decided to be cheap asses :lmao:

Hahaha...no. :tongue1:

http://www.datsuns.com/projects/510-TwinTurbo/brakes/frontbrake2.jpg

http://www.datsuns.com/projects/510-TwinTurbo/brakes/rearbrake2.jpg

When he did the swap, the engine and drivetrain wasn't the only thing he swapped from a 300ZX. :D

[Stormhammer]

still doesn't mean he couldnt have put some kickass 5lug rims....

on a side note, today was an ultimate failure - me and 2 starquest buddies all planned to going to tunerfest... they all ended up in my driveway along with my car cause of various problems and we took the a/c'd 4Runner instead :lmao:

STOP HIJACKING MY THREAD! lirl - hmm, I'll eventually wil have to just make a new thread just for a timeline purpose

[Stormhammer]

:D :D :D!!!!!

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5943/image012qp3.jpg
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3320/sunp00011vs5.jpg

:D :D!!!

took us damn near 3-4 hours to get the tranny out. Bolts that havent moved in 20 years are a fucking BITCH to get to break loose ( without stripping - hell, one of the bolts stripped out a socket!!!!!!!!! )

I drive her home tomorrow night :yes:

[Stormhammer]

hellacious update


been daily driving the thing lately to and from GPC ( actually I've almost clocked 2k miles on the swap so far ) just working kinks here and there since its being damn stubborn as hell on hitting 18lbs of boost

[Stormhammer]

hm... yea, I blew the engine up back at the end of thanksgiving break

stay tuned folks!

[speedminded]

hm... yea, I blew the engine up back at the end of thanksgiving break

stay tuned folks!ha, back from the dead

[Jehu]

You finally talk to someone on the blue one? Ready to make moves on it?

Also, anything on that black one too? I know, I'm inpatient! lol Someone give me some money! ;)

[Jehu]

the black one runs wierd under hard boost, and they have both been sitting for about two years now... I almost bought them in 04 and 05, i wanted to so bad, i just am sure that by now even the black one that runs is going to need a good run through to be right again. Not that they wouldn't be good project cars, but you better have time on your side!

Oh and nice shell man, im glad to see that after the wreck you kept your car and made another one, starions and conquests are the shit!
I tried to send a PM but apparently your box is full!

Kalifornia087 has exceeded their stored private messages quota and can not accept further messages until they clear some space.


Can you describe how the black one ran in more detail? Did it buck? Did it act like it wasn't getting gas or maybe too much gas?

More detail please! I'm looking into getting them both here soon and want to get an idea of what I'm getting myself into with them! ;)

Thanks!

[Stormhammer]

ha, so tahts where that post was about him test driving it - hm - he's also on SEDA - he lives in the area ( up Braselton Hwy )

[Stormhammer]

oh yea folks - stage 3 is coming up... that engine is being yanked out, turbo is being put on another engine that just needs a timing chain tensioner and oil pump, built engine gets torn down and rebuilt, with the MPI ( I have most of the setup already - EP3sAreFun also has the same setup ) and the non-built engine will be put back into this car and soon followed up by the MPI switch out :D

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2059/2002da0.jpg

[HachiDori]

I'm good friends with thomas and all the puerto ricans at the shop. ill see if i can get some spec along with pics. Don't get your hope up, i havent seen or heard of anything like that with them.

^ did it make sense? it better have. Cause im sick.

[Jehu]

oh yea folks - stage 3 is coming up... that engine is being yanked out, turbo is being put on another engine that just needs a timing chain tensioner and oil pump, built engine gets torn down and rebuilt, with the MPI ( I have most of the setup already - EP3sAreFun also has the same setup ) and the non-built engine will be put back into this car and soon followed up by the MPI switch out :D

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2059/2002da0.jpg
So you got it?!? Cool!

You got any black interior parts (or anything other than burgundy!)? 88-89 front seats maybe (if they fit an 86-87)?

[Stormhammer]

^^ not yet - only me and another member know where its at though :D - I actually sold my old 89 seats the other day :(

( I still say keep looking for something with a black interior )

[Jehu]

( I still say keep looking for something with a black interior )
Well, I can deal w/ the maroon interior so I'm not too worried about it. If I find black for cheap and I have the dough, I'll pick it up.

[EP3sAreFun]

hey Daily, I'm jahjah on SQC. let me know if you got any questions.

[Jehu]

Know anyone that might want an SQ? I'm probably only going to keep one but I haven't decided which one I want for myself (seeing as I haven't even looked at them yet!).

But I will be selling it quickly to reimburse for the purchase. Just get one running and cleaned up...

Just keep it in mind!

[RandomGuy]

lol justin... :no:

haha you figured he'd wanna do it right haha... just do it all at once man... that way u wont have shit happen out the blue.

Also what kind of cam were you running again, i dont think its the same, dont u have the freakin banshee or something that fuckers like u gotta get it dialed in, did you do that yet?

oh yeah thats gonna be sick if we're all MPI... i'm like 80% there got the TB (Q45), the injectors (4x1000cc), and the turbo ... all i need now is the intake and tubular exhaust mani) the intake mani = turbo dave, been waiting for like 2 months now.... and the exhaust mani... i might just make... Get some mandrel bends from the muffler shop, MIG weld tack it up... then take it back to the muffler shop for them to nicely super duper legit weld

[Stormhammer]

^^ Chad has a full tubular exhaust lol

I just dont like doing shit all at once anyways

[speedminded]

Any of you know a guy with 6 of them, 2 or 3 of them being wides? Think he's on the DTM boards and talked to him the other day, the one he was driving had Starquest on a windshield banner...

[Stormhammer]

^^ I think I know who your taking about - lives out in power springs/marietta area? like 6'7, long blonde hair? If so, thats Mike Massey - he has the first Starion I ever drove :D

oh... crummy news, the guy decided to keep it after informing others he had a buyer andthey talked him out of it - ah well, at least we can help him fix it so he can chill with us :D

[speedminded]

^^ I think I know who your taking about - lives out in power springs/marietta area? like 6'7, long blonde hair? If so, thats Mike Massey - he has the first Starion I ever drove :DThink it was dark hair but is long. He has 3 and his gf owns the other 3. i have his e-mail...we should organize a shoot with everyone's starions/conquests. Any meets coming up?

[Stormhammer]

is his email a mindspring one? and he's like into his 50s/60s ( his gf has blonde hair as well ) - Mike Massey?

Hmm, there IS a cookout coming up at my place - thinking March 3rd, altho we do randomly get together on a spur of the moment basis.

A shoot would be freakin great - if we plan far enough in advanced, I can promise you you will have literally a full spectrum from black to white to red to maroon to fiji blues to yellows to palermo's gold and atlantic blues :D

[speedminded]

is his email a mindspring one? and he's like into his 50s/60s ( his gf has blonde hair as well ) - Mike Massey?

Hmm, there IS a cookout coming up at my place - thinking March 3rd, altho we do randomly get together on a spur of the moment basis.

A shoot would be freakin great - if we plan far enough in advanced, I can promise you you will have literally a full spectrum from black to white to red to maroon to fiji blues to yellows to palermo's gold and atlantic blues :Dyep, that sounds right. Don't think he's quite that old though! :-p I'm up for a shoot, hopefully have the new lenses in the next month or so!

[Stormhammer]

^^ oh you'd be surprised at how old he is - or at some other members ( which btw, at the shoot, we should DEFINITELY get some MPI cars taken pictures of )

[HachiDori]

the shop next to Tiger Racing (Puerto Rican guys) had a 510 with a stock conquest engine....ran 11.2 on slicks ;) The right suspension and tires can help with wheel spin :2cents:


I talked to Thomas jr, he knows nothing about that. Maybe some guys that were just there?

[speedminded]

I talked to Thomas jr, he knows nothing about that. Maybe some guys that were just there?Has the old corolla or celica or something too. He was there nearly everytime i had stopped over at Tigers shop....really old white one on the side of the building and a blue one up front.

[Stormhammer]

so this weekend I'm yanking out that engine and rebuilding it, yanking the tranny, and a guy from Illinois is picking up the palermo for $1000 and its going to end up getting an LS1/6spd... tiem to look for #3 :D

man that one engine is going to be in a lot of cars :lmao:

[Jehu]

So what's wrong with the Palermo again?

[EP3sAreFun]

Justin drove it ^_^

[Stormhammer]

^^ screw you!

Aside from the engine knocking (pretty sure the main bearings went ), its plagued with electrical gremlins ( lets try the alternator wiring kept melting of the bolt kept being cut through, fusible links going through meltdown, the alarm system never deactivating - which was a bitch and a half because everytime i opened the car door - EVERYTIME - the alarm would go off, and the headlights would set off, so I had to d/c the horn and headlight relays for the alarm, and for some reaosn of another if the batt was left connected it would drain it in a matter of hours, although we coundt find any light or anything that was on ) - just something I do NOT want to deal with

[Stormhammer]

Pleast Stand By: rebuilt 5000 mile engine will be picked up on 4/22/2007 - Thank You For Your Patience, Have A Good Day :)

[Stormhammer]

so it was a bit later than expected BUT

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5634/image156oo4.jpg

:D - low compression on #4 but oil is leaking out so we believe we just need to retorque the head bolts