ShelbyZD’s 1988 Chrysler Daytona

This is my 88 Daytona 'Shelby Z' that I picked up in 2004. It had been stored in a garage and rarely driven for about 8 years and only had 109,000kms on it when I got it. Now it has 144,000kms and I HATE seeing it go up, but can't resist driving it. ;) It's clean, very reliable and un-expectedly fast! I've been told this car sounds like a jet under WOT. :D

Mods:- .020 Wiseco Forged Pistons - Turbo's Unleashed Ported Exhaust Manifold- 1mm Oversized Valves Deshroud - Swapped to a 1990 A-568 Transmission from a VNT Shelby Daytona.   (Same gear ratio's. Stronger case). - Turbo's Unleashed Stage 2 six-puck Ceramic Clutch and Pressure Plate. - 180 Degree Thermostat- 2.5" stock downpipe into a stock cat, out to a peice of stock 2.25" pipe.- 15psi FWD Performance ECU - Graingered @ 14psi right now.- Powerstop Crossdrilled rotors- Hankook Ventus R-S2 225/50/15's 200 Treadware (An attempt to get traction)- Polyurethane engine mounts and anti-sway bar bushings.- Solid Bobble Strut- Koni Adjustable Shocks and Struts- Eibach Progressive rate springs- Fully stock parts otherwise.   Mods in Progress:- Devil's Own Dvc-30 Alcohol Injection kit (mostly installed)- Air Conditioning (mostly installed)  A 50/50 mix of Methanol or Alcohol and water is supposed to give this car a 25hp boost and will allow me to safely run 18-20 psi which will get me up to 300 hp and down in the low 13's...possibly high 12's.  The quarter mile time and stuff listed on the left there are really just a guest-a-mate but are very close. This car lost 2-3 car lengths a 1st gen 265hp LT1 Camaro when it was near stock (180hp) and put 4-5 car lengths on a 170hp V6 Hyundai Tiberon which are know to run 15.3 bone stock. The car handles like a dream with the new struts, springs and tires. Just sticks like glue around turns. Seems to hook up well when the tires are hot, but not so well when they are cold. Last November when I hammered on it it would break loose near the top of 1st and burn the tires so bad through 2nd that I could see smoke rolling off them.This rare vehicle features a 174hp intercooled turbo 2.2L engine with 200ft. ibs of torque from the factory. They went out of their way to make it reliable by installing heavy duty rods, a forged steel crank and heavy duty motor mounts. The 5-speed transmission was designed with a heat treated case and parts from Getrag. The differential case has a 4-pinion design which Chrysler claimed was good for 'Aggressive vehicle launches'. The tranny also has a FD ratio of 3.85:1.The suspension was done with high performance springs and struts/shocks as well as the heavy duty swaybar installed in the front.Torque steer was virtually eliminated with 2 small metal plates under the passenger side motor mount as well as the 2 peice axle (intermediate shaft regular axle) on the passengers side.According to the magazine article below (bottom of page - good read) the car ran between 14.9-15.1 in the quarter with a (gearing limited) top speed of 135mph and had a skidpad rating of .89g's. This was enough to compete with the 5.0 Mustang GT's of the late 80's & early 90's. With a few bolt on's (3" exhaust Bigger injectors an 18psi cal a chrome moly bearing plate to keep 3rd gear inside the tranny and better intercooler) these cars will make around 260hp and run mid 13's with slicks!! Who say's 4-cylinders are expensive to mod???? It doesn't get any cheaper than this!Here's what it looks like in the evening and after a nice wax job. ;)

My interior mods don't consist of much as I dislike that sorta thing for the mostpart. As you can see below I have a different steering wheel in from an 85 Daytona and you can see my crappy old Sony tape deck. I have a 120watt RMS Jenson sub in a custom built box that's powered by an old 120 watt Pioneer amp, also AC Delco Tweeters and the factory 'Infinity' speakers in the front and Pioneer 5x7 2-ways in the back. ...Not impressive on paper, but with the hatch in this car, the sound is BIG! More than enough for me. Right now I am using a Kenwood KDC-MP728 which is probably the nicest deck I've seen for under $300.