Does anyone here remember when direct connection offered a conversion kit for putting a small block mopar into one of these cars? I think that would be more fun than a 4 banger in a glh any day.
Dodge shadow, Plymouth sundance
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vntned
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They made a kit specifically for Daytonas, the Gbody. The Shadow/Sundance platform is the Pbody.
The real hang up is room for a cooling system! The Daytona had a longer nose so it was just easier to do. People have recently put new Hemis in Daytonas.
It can be done in the smaller Shadow and even smaller Omni, but you got to get pretty creative and it’s no where near a bolt in.
The real hang up is room for a cooling system! The Daytona had a longer nose so it was just easier to do. People have recently put new Hemis in Daytonas.
It can be done in the smaller Shadow and even smaller Omni, but you got to get pretty creative and it’s no where near a bolt in.
Good idea in theory. They were short and small. Shoehorning a V8 under the hood would be one thing. Modifying the rest of the car for a Torqueflite and a narrowed rear and tires would be another. You will need a cage to make the car strong enough to hold it all.
counter-point: no
what made the GLH special was power to weight ratio and precise handling that was sorted out by Shelby. dropping a 360 in one would be akin to putting a 16 valve into a ferrari.
the conversion kits were more geared toward conversions for drag cars.
Mattax
Just the facts, ma'am
The GLH and the Shadows both did pretty well in Solo II back in their day - that was just at the beginning of the return to the factory performance cars.
This guy built the headers for my car, but he's better known in the Mini-mopar world.
This guy built the headers for my car, but he's better known in the Mini-mopar world.
Damn, that thing was quick!!
gunbunny
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Whaaaattttt?????
I had three of them and they were great cars.
Hell one of them survived me, and then 4 years of my son at college.
Another lasted my step son thru high school, and he finally sold it when he was in the Army.
I had a turbo Sundance Duster and the guy I sold it to still has it.
That 2.2l was an awesome little engine.
This is My '93, with the 15" version of the 'pumper' wheels I bought off of John/pittsburghracer(RIP), when I was up there picking up a rad for My Duster.....been driving it a bunch the last few weeks, running awesome
Back in the day, the C-P dealer I worked at had a 3.0l 5 speed Duster arrive for inventory stock. I got to prep it. One of the most fun test rides I ever had. That thing was a rocket ship!
And it was GREEN (metallic)!
And it was GREEN (metallic)!
It was a rare one. Aluminum wheels with gold. Goldish interior. How I wish I had a cellphone with camera back then.
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Personally,
at my age,
and on the street,
I wouldn't want a V8 car much shorter or narrower than say a Duster/Demon/2nd Gen Barracuda, coupled to a rowdy 360. These cars can already be a handful, even with typical modifications made for street handling.
and it's not just the wheelbase/track, it's also fitting tires on it that won't burn up in mere weeks.
Ima thinking, station-wagon ............
But then, there's the FMJs, which are already RWD-V8 friendly. and you can get a Mexican Town-n-Country with Leather, A/C, and a solid body..
at my age,
and on the street,
I wouldn't want a V8 car much shorter or narrower than say a Duster/Demon/2nd Gen Barracuda, coupled to a rowdy 360. These cars can already be a handful, even with typical modifications made for street handling.
and it's not just the wheelbase/track, it's also fitting tires on it that won't burn up in mere weeks.
Ima thinking, station-wagon ............
But then, there's the FMJs, which are already RWD-V8 friendly. and you can get a Mexican Town-n-Country with Leather, A/C, and a solid body..
65TerrorCuda
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Putting the Z rearend in a Laser, that is wild! So cool
I was 19, was trying to do a mopar version of 90’s Mustang/Iroc.
65TerrorCuda
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That's damn cool man. Would've liked to see it
Cause of certain circumstances had to sale it as a rolling chassis, don’t know if it was ever finished or just made into a drag car.
65TerrorCuda
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Some of those 300Z's had rear wheel steering. You definitely have some cajones brother. At that age I was motor swapping RC cars lol
72Duster440
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There's a shadow running around by me with a 440 in it!
65TerrorCuda
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Minor upgrade lol! Gawd
Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
NEVER. Ever. Underestimate the 2.2/2.5 four bangers. The turbo motors were shockingly fast, and with a few tweeks were leaving V8s so far back in the dust that they couldn't even read your license plate anymore. Reached their pinnacle in the early '90s with the Turbo III, a 2.2L that put out 224 HP and 217 ft./lb. of torque- dead stock and with a warranty. That CI to HP equates to a 600 horse 360 (or a 373 HP slant 6!).
And DC/MP had the goods to squeeze even more out of them!
I was running a Turbo II 2.5 for many years in my Dakota (obviously not a factory offering)- back during my 4 cylinder phase- and was regularly embarrassing 5.0 Mustangs. Great fun, but back then it was an issue keeping head gaskets in the darn thing- cranked up boost and bigger turbos were hard on them. Cometics would have been the ticket if they had existed at the time, but they didn't. So let's just say I got pretty darn good at swapping head gaskets.
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