Hey everyone, figured id make a page about my daily driver. It's a 88 Chrysler Lebaron Turbo Vert. I bought it off ebay a few years ago in St. Pete for 500 bucks. It was hit down the drivers side. so i did the body work and painted it Chrysler Deep Slate. It only had 66k on it when i bought it. after that i pulled the head and put on a MP headgasket did some mild port work on the head and manifolds and installed a TII garrett turbo with SS braided turbo lines. Then i installed a full 2.5" exhaust system with a Thrush Turbo muffler (yeah i know its restrictive but i wanted it quiet because its my DD and a sleeper) after that i installed a TU 3 bar calibration, +40% injectors, 3 bar map, NPR intercooler, 2.5" intercooler pipes, and a Greddy Type S bov. Soon after the stock auto finnally gave up, and i installed a used trans out of a 12 second shadow that was a "built" a413 with high stall converter and turbo action RMVB. that trans lasted about 3k miles then that one went. so finnally fed up with autos i decided to swap the trans with an A520 5 speed and a Turbos Unleashed 6 puck street/strip clutch with yellow pressure plate. Currently its at 25psi and runs great.
And yeah i know the pictures show it without the FMIC and 5 Speed. ill take some pics tommorow. These pics were taken about a month or so ago.
Check Out My Other Lebaron Here: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/253828
*Update 5/24/09*
Just got finished with installing a fully ported 782 casting swirl head with +1mm valves. fully ported exhaust manifold, and custom intake manifold as you can see by the pics, and a fidanza adjustable cam gear. also installed a greddy turbo timer and greddy profec b spec 2 boost controller, got them for basically nothing. currently im running 26.4psi according to the profec b. picked up major power from the ported top end. infact i just blew up the a520 i installed about three weeks after the head swap so i know im making some serious power now... a555 with moly plate here i come! after that i need to get to the track. also got a new cloth black top with glass window with deforst. just gotta get around to installing it. also take a look at the sweet shift pattern instert i installed on the shift knob, its from a 04 VW GTI, correct pattern and all i had to do is dremel out the top just a tad and it fits like a glove and looks like its factory. until next time... OneFastBaron
Updated Pics: (5/24/09)
Some New Pictures: (1/26/09)
Now for the "Before" pics:
Thanks for looking ill get more pictures up soon. and ill get around to writing a how to on the trans swap one of these days.
any questions email me at onefastbaron@aol.com
