I run manual boost control on all my turbos now, with a ball-and-spring valve from Grainger supply. $7.95 for 75 horsepower!
I still have my factory turbo van. Not a stick...but I'm working on collecting conversion parts. I have the trans, and shifter. Need pedals, cables, and console & framework...
Had a friend that owned a dodge dealership. When the SRT-4 Neon was coming out Chrysler invited all his salesmen to their local dragstrip to test drive them. They sent out a car carrier full of SRT-4's and a truck load of extra wheels and tires. The salesmen were allowed to try and destroy them. After talking to the salesmen involved, they told me they never had as much fun just out and out driving any car. They burned the wheel completely off them. The first thing they noticed was this car had almost nothing to do with a standard Neon, which was a total piece of ****. Chrysler lost 3 or 4 hundred dollars a unit on a standard Neon just to get their CAFE standards up corporate wide so they could sell more HEMI's. 0 to 60 mph in 5.7 , 1/4 mile in the high 13's.
We had one Canadian factory in Windsor, Ontario that built everything from Valiants to Imperials. Canada only has 1/10 the population of U.S. (something like the state of California), so certain things had to be commonized to turn a profit. For most of the '40's and '50's, our Dodges were Plymouth body shells and interiors with a Dodge front clip on it. We also did not get Lancers or Darts here until 1965. At that time, our Valiants were Darts with a Plymouth nose on them. We never got the C-body 880's in Canada either. In 1962, both our Dodges and Plymouths got Dodge interiors along with their dashes. This changed for 1963 and 1964, when both Dodge and Plymouth got Plymouth interiors with their instrument panels. Some of the series levels and exterior trim was different in these years from U.S. production, as well. In 1965, the regular Dodge and Plymouth lines went to the larger C-body shell. Chrysler Canada likely realized the restyled B-bodies, as Coronet and Belvedere were going to be a one-year-only abberation before a complete restyle in 1966. I think, in the name of economy, Chrysler Canada just decided to sit this one out, and wait a year for the new Coronet and Belvedere. Although both these series names were recognisable to Americans from older models of Dodge and Plymouth, they had no history here. Might as well learn new car names with a new line of B-bodies. This is all my opinion; the real reason may be different.
That happened to me the other day. In all my life I have never seen so my sparrows sitting on both the north and the south outer roads on the power lines. I was on the highway going to pick up the shell sign I bought. They were sitting side by side for a 1/4 mile on those power lines. They were even on the power lines that ran back to the stores. Coming back I laid on the horn and so many birds took off the sky was black, full of birds. Then it started, they pooped like there was no tomorrow and I got hit hard. No secret what happened next, I got off at the next exit and went straight to the car wash. I was driving my Durango, thank God.
Thanks, I bought it to drive and I drive it all over the place. It's a nice driver quality car. It's sitting a little low in the back right now, it has all my garage signs and decorations in the truck. This spring I'll finish my garage, painting the walls and the ceiling and then hang all my stuff.
In Mexico, they got the second generation Ram truck front end on a ram charger platform and we didn't. I always thought that was a mistake, I would have bought one.
