Omlet’s 1985 Dodge Omni America

Omlet and I met in May of '99 she had her flaws, yet so did I. Namely my desire to own a Dodge Omni with the factory equipped GLH-Turbo package. Friends and family thought I had gone insane or at the very least, perhaps slightly crazy. Omlet, myself and a close circle of friends knew differently however. Sitting under her shiny red hood and fenders resided the ultimate Dodge Omni engine a person could factory order back in 1985. It was none other than the 2.2L Turbo-I four-cylinder. Factory rated at 146 hp and 168 ft-lbs of torque, oddly though things were different with this Red and Shady lady named Omlet. For you see she was already gifted with a heart much stronger than any ordinary GLH-Turbo. She, much like CHER, had recieved a great deal of surgery in all the right places.

Fitted with an Intercooler, long runner Turbo-II intake, TB, fuel rail, injectors and '86 Electronics, Omlet knew and still knows the quickest way to put a V8 on the trailer. Using tried and proven military techniques of stealth and deception, Omlet has shown her tight rear to many larger, more expen$ive, higher powered vehicles. You see, much like Al Pacino said in the movie Devil's Advocate: "Never let them see you coming!" With a Dodge Omni, even sitting on Fat 205/50/15 tires wrapped around cast aluminum 15x6 wheels, they never do see it coming. Never indeed, almost like an exacting science.

Interior appointments are appropriate for Omlet, the queen of grocery-getters. Originally equipped with a red interior, Omlet complained one day about contrast and how she'd look so much better with a different color interior. At that point, I began the process of tracking down and installing a slick looking grey interior. Seats came from a '87 Dodge Shelby Charger offering support like no other, the majority of the rest of the interior was carefully salvaged from numerous different Omni and Horizon donors in Pick your Part. During my many trips to PYP, I noticed a trip navigator sitting handily in a K-body Lebaron. Thinking ahead, I figured it would make a nice addition to Omlet's center console and put down the lofty sum of $14 for it.

A few hours of research later, I assembled a 'plug-n-play' wiring harness and did a test trial of the trip navigator in Omlet herself. As you can see in the right hand picture above, it looks good and works even better! Other modifications to Omlet include a much-beefier dropped suspension from Mopar performance, a 3" exhaust system from turbo to tailpipe, and very soon a way stronger A523 transaxle assembly for more reliable shifting and dependability.