It started life as a regular Laser RS. Had a 2.0 DOHC 4-cyl. non-turbo, 5-speed, FWD. I decided it needed a little fixing. The car is and has been driven daily and hard. Snow, rain,and tornadoes. A few street races to. Day and night. Also lots of road kill. Thats why it's been constantly undergoing changes. Exterior mods are;
Eclipse drift bod kit thats been moulded in,
Z-3 front fender inserts as well as in the rear quarters,
R-1 racing wing,
underbody light kit/purple,
fiberglass 4" cowl induction scoop
that I modified to my taste,
American racing wheels,also installed rear 2" spacers to give the rear the width needed to match the front and give it better cornering by doing so, vinyl graphics on quarter/rear/front windows, tinted windows, clear corner lights, 100 watt driving/fog lights, electric antenna,
The side windows have smoked vent visors, rear hatch has scoop style smoked visor,
removed front bumper and used tubing for front bracing. Interior mods are custom seat covers, back seat removed, vinyl dash pieces, B&M shifter/short throw style, gauge pod/gauges,under dash led lights/purple, red leds in overhead,
Volo custom steering wheel,
MOMO steering wheel adapter,
custom aluminum diamond plate mats, carbon fiber pedals,
custom speedo/gauge bezel, and other items.
Stereo system is a Kenwood cassette player with a Kenwood 10 cd remote changer,
MTX tweeters in dash,
MTX 2-ways in doors,
MTX 3-ways in sail panels, all with custom covers, 2 MTX 12" sub-woofers in a custom enclosure, driven by a 1600 watt amplifier, 2 1000 watt capacitors, and all heavy gauge wire.
Suspension mods have been 2 1/2" drop with Drop Zone springs(red of course), KYB G-2 struts, Russell stainless brake lines, ceramic brake pads, front/rear strut tower braces, custom sway bars front/rear, and other items I'm forgetting.
Motor mods have been HKS cams, ported head, custom paint work, ceramic header/down pipe, big bore stainless catalytic converter, Megan racing stainless muffler, large bore exhaust, RC Engineering injectors, MSD coil, Accel 8.8mm wires, ZRD billet aluminum spark cover,
custom air intake with a 97 Monte Carlo 3000 V-6 MAFS unit, 120 amp alternator, stainless braided hoses/vacumn lines,stainless braided throttle/cruise control cables, steel head gasket, blocked off egr valve, speed limiter removed in ecm, NOS, and quite a few other items. I have done a lot and still quite a bit to go. I've recently installed,
along with new topend kit,
Polyurethane tranny and motor mounts. Also had the thermostat housing and bottom piece powder-coated bright red. New oxygen sensor to. Also had to pull the tranny and it's being rebuilt.
Tore all the synchros up, shredded the slider for the shifter, and some other stuff. Cost for pushing to hard-$1,250.00.
Also had to replace the clutch, pressure plate & throw-out bearing with Exedy.
**Note** Just to let you know, the reason for the cowl induction(which I know is for other applications)is it does help to keep operating temps down, but mainly it was installed to view the motor without raising the hood, and it gives it a different look from the regular run of the mill cars out there. And that is exactly what it does. As for the wing, I do notice at 140+mph without it and hitting curves, the back end felt a little loose. With it, I have noticed an improved difference at high speeds because it does help with down force. But then I don't have my ride sitting in a garage. It is daily used and driven hard. And I run anything to just run and have fun. Paint wise, that will be done this spring with a Vader style nose. Some of us just don't have the bucks to jump to the shop and have someone else do it all. But I have more fun with doing what I can by myself and getting the rest done when I can afford it. Like I said, just a note to ones who don't understand, "Different strokes for different folks".
