Vehicle Owner

Member ID: csoehn

Location: Red Deer, AB

Vehicle Info

1991 Ford Probe

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed150mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Ratings

    • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Oct 30, 2009

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Carlin’s Ford Probe

  • Currently 3.6 /5 Stars.
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Purchased off of original owner in Calgary with 140K km (90K miles) in summer '04. I had the cylinder-head rebuilt due to stripped plug thread when purchased. Currently has 180K km (110K miles)...just broken in!

csoehn's 1991 Ford Probecsoehn's 1991 Ford Probe

csoehn's 1991 Ford Probecsoehn's 1991 Ford Probe

 

Engine:
- rebuilt cylinder head
- Ractive cone filter
- NGK V-power plugs (1 step colder) @ .035
- Magnecore 8.5mm wires
- custom 2.5" downpipe/O2 housing,
- 2.5" Pacesetter exhaust w/ SS Magnaflow muffler, no cat
- MSD Blaster 2 coil
- Greddy Profec BII electronic boost controller @ 17psi HI
- Optima Red-top battery
- complete A/C delete w/ tensioner pulley
- Injecttech.com Eprom chip
- PP lightweight crankshaft pulley
- HKS 2.25" intercooler hardpipe kit
- Greddy Type RS BOV 
- custom 2.25" upper charge pipe
- custom Spearco intercooler w/ 2.25" inlet/outlet
- engine grounding kit
- Clutchmasters Stage 3 clutch
- Fidanza 10.5 lbs. flywheel
- breather/PVC filter mod
- Walbro 190lph fuel pump
- 300ZX fuel filter
- AWR poly motor mounts (soon to be replaced with stock filled mounts)
- Autometer wideband O2

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Maintenance:
- new disty-cap/rotor
- new dual-stage Mazda OEM thermostat
- synthetic oil (Mobil 1 5W30) w/ K&N oil filter
- synthetic tranny fluid (Mobil 1 ATF)
- new hoses and belts
- new 80A alternator
- new EGR valve
- new NTK O2 sensor

 

Brakes/Suspension:
- "Dutch" FSTB
- Mazda MX6 GT OEM RSTB
- new LCA's w/ balljoints
- KVR cross-drilled rotors w/ KVR carbon pads
- Goodridge SS brake lines
- Eibach lowering springs (1.5" drop front, 1" rear drop)
- Tokico Blue HP struts and KYB mounts
- AWR rear trailing arms
- new Moog inner and outter tie-rods
- Addco rear sway bar

csoehn's 1991 Ford Probe

 

 

Interior:
- custom black interior
- new black carpet (soon to be redone with dynomatting)
- black GT floor mats
- Greddy full auto turbo timer
- custom white face indiglo guages (from a guy in Germany who sold them on ebay...no longer available)
- Civic short-throw shifter
- tinting
- Sony Explode cd/mp3 deck
- Sony Explode 6.5" speakers (front)
- 6x9" speakers (rear) (custom on hatch cover)
- triple a-piller guage pod w/ Autometer boost/vac and A/F guage
- custom black vynl door panels

csoehn's 1991 Ford Probecsoehn's 1991 Ford Probe

csoehn's 1991 Ford Probecsoehn's 1991 Ford Probecsoehn's 1991 Ford Probe

 

 

Exterior:
- Ford NOS fog lights
- custom quad sleepy eyes
- 18" RX8 rims with Nitto Neo Gen 215/40R18 rubber
- Turbo emblem
- smoked front corner lenses

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Awaiting Install:
- ported intake manifold w/ EGR delete
- ported ATX throttle body
- PerformanceProbe.com intake thermal spacer kit
- new water pump
- new timing belt kit
- Thunder Racing electronic SS exhaust cut-out @ downpipe
- Garrett GT28RS turbo
- stage 3 camshaft (414/411 lift) (or might go with Colt Triflow regrind)
- heavily ported & polished rebuilt head w/ exhaust springs all around for higher tension on intake side to handle 300+ hp
- 550cc RX7 injectors
- Aeromotive rising rate FPR w/ fuel pressure guage
- DXD Southbend OFE Stage 4 clutch
- rebuilt cryo-treated transmission with custom Limited Slip Differential!
- Xenon spoiler
- '96 Subaru Legacy dual-piston brake calipers
- EBC Redstuff brake pads
- MegaSquirt V3.0 Standalone ECU
- ARP headstuds

 

 

Upcoming Mods:
- Yonkana black leather racing seats
- complete engine rebuild with forged 8.5:1 Weisco pistons
- custom tubular ram-horn exhaust manifold and 3" downpipe
- custom 2.5" polished stainless steel intercooler piping
- lower tie bar from Mazda MX6
- Euro-spec taillights and mirrors
- Ground Control coil-over springs
- new carpet (again) w/ dyno-matting
- filled tranny mounts
- new front wheel bearings
- Walbro 255 HP fuel pump
- big brake setup
- repaint car

 

 

 

PAGE 1:  Overview / Mods

PAGE 2:  Pics of different rims on car,

PAGE 3:  Sleepy Eye Quad Headlight HOW TO (89-92 Ford Probe)

PAGE 4:  Interior build pics

...much more to come

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blckprobegt  

Posted by: blckprobegt

10/26/2009 06:56PM

love the car. very clean when you get that how to on the quad sleepy eye to work again let me know on PP.com charder!~

MNgrownPGT  

Posted by: MNgrownPGT

10/25/2009 01:54AM

Hey man, The car looks great! I've been searching every where and with no results... Where did you find the custom gauges?!? 5 stars though, Very clean ride! Check out my 90 PGT sometime

lowstlo  

Posted by: lowstlo

09/27/2009 09:31PM

5 STARS!!! I GOT ONE 9 MONTHS AGO IN SUPER BAD CONDITION AND IM DONE WITH THE RESTORATION CHECK IT OUT.

TR51CKY  

Posted by: TR51CKY

09/03/2009 04:27AM

very nice clean car i love it 5* all the way

PROBED-OUT  

Posted by: PROBED-OUT

09/02/2009 02:16PM

hey guess who lol i love that probe i will trade you lx and gt for that thing anyday *5

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Member ID: csoehn

Location: Red Deer, AB