1989 Dodge Daytona Shelby

anyone know anything about these cars. I have an offer to trade the 17's i had for the maverick for one but its two hours away. i know it has the 2.5 turbo with a 5 speed but thats about it. i like my 17's but the little cavalier daily is dying. wondering whether it would be worth it or not. i mean i think it would be but having never heard of them till today. it needs two tires and has fuel issues. needs body work. also if anyone is up near liberal, ks hit me up before thursday. i wouldnt mind seeing another mav or comet driving around besides mine.

 

If the turbo isn't whipped, they are super super fast!!

 

I had one, and like Dave said, they run like stink! Mine was an auto, I changed it over to a 5 speed. They like head gaskets if the boost gets too high.

 

cool. if things go right im going after it thursday.

 

I just happened to see one in my local junkyard, so if you need something from it let me know, and maybe I can grab parts. It looked pretty solid and not too picked over yet. Im pretty sure it was NOT a turbo, but fairly clean and complete overall.

 

fenders is gonna be what i need

 

IF its a Shelby its intercooled and they were fun. Make sure the turbo isnt worn out and leaking oil into the exhaust. If it blows blue smoke stay away from it. Used to work on them when they were new under warranty. HAd 7/115 powertrain warranty and we hated working on them up here. Everything would rust and seize up. Oil and coolant lines that feed the turbo failed a lot and we all had our share of cylinder head and gasket failures.
Pretty easy to pull the head and turbo on but probably not worth it at this age. Any 20 year old car with a turbo is a big gamble.

 

Theres a local guy running high 12's with his. It has a stock long block..never even been open, no gasket swaps nothing. It has a custom made header and the turbo was rebuilt and it was totally stripped down to just a drivers seat.

 

holy wow man

 

at least he said it was a stock long block
it was the cleanest stock long block that i've seen.

 

How about a Shelby Charger instead? I think thats what they called them these were taken at Peach Days the end of Summer last year.

 

kinda looks like a fox body...i like it.

 

dude. that things a cross between a fox body and a delorian. too funny

 

so is there any reason i should feel guilty for trading a set of rims i paid $100 for for an entire car thats in fair condition?

 

No......

But you should feel guilty for not posting pics!