Vehicle Owner

Member ID: mpbiv

Location: Orlando, FL

Vehicle Info

1988 Dodge Aries

Bought: Jul, 1999

Sold: Dec, 2008

Bragging Rights

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

Major Upgrades

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

Modifications

Performance Parts

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    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Jul 15, 2009

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Maurice’s Dodge Aries
“Turbo K”

  • Currently 3.9333333333333 /5 Stars.
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The Turbo K-car: a wolf in sheep's clothing

UPDATE: This car has been sold. The new owner has informed me he plans to compete with it in the Grassroots Motorsports $2009 Challenge

mpbiv's 1988 Dodge Aries


This is my 1988 Dodge Aries. It served me well as a first car, and provided reliable transportation through high school and into my first year of college. At the end of my first year of college it spun a rod bearing due to excessive oil leakage. Being the dummy that I was I didn't check the engine oil frequent enough and it slowly leaked. By the time the oil pressure light came on it was too late. The situation required a full engine rebuild. A stock rebuild would have been fine, but given the opportunity I could not leave "good enough" alone.

mpbiv's 1988 Dodge AriesThe car originally came with a Chrysler 2.5L naturally aspirated four cylinder. The NA 2.5L has great torque and low rpm response for a NA four cylinder motor but still leaves a lot to be desired in the performance department. For this reason, Chrysler produced a turbocharged variant of the 2.2/2.5L motors. The picture to the left shows the new 2.2L Turbo II which will be replacing the stock 2.5L in my Aries. This engine has slightly less displacement than the stock engine but makes 74 more hp and about 64 ft-lbs more torque than the NA 2.5L. Mechanically, this engine is a bolt in modification, with wiring being the only remotely tricky part as the turbo engines benefit from Multi Point Fuel Injection and better electronic controls than the NA engines.

mpbiv's 1988 Dodge AriesTo the left is a Photoshop rendering of what I plan to make the car look like when it is done. Most changes will be fairly subtle and many of the parts will come from other Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouths. This car should make a great sleeper when it is done.

THE UPDATE EVERYONE DEMANDED!!!

Video taken right before its maiden voyage with the new transmission.

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droptopmopar85  

Posted by: droptopmopar85

09/12/2009 06:03AM

SICK! check out my collection of k cars. later.

REdVENGER96  

Posted by: REdVENGER96

08/27/2009 09:40AM

Looks good bro! How about an update?

jt1911  

Posted by: jt1911

06/04/2009 06:31PM

Thats a go good looking motor.Do you know of a good source to get a header or complete exhaust for my 2.2 Aries?

Sentra00mx  

Posted by: Sentra00mx

04/03/2009 02:36PM

wish good luck to the new ower :P

Sentra00mx  

Posted by: Sentra00mx

04/03/2009 02:35PM

LoL! awesome job u've donde there 5*s!

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: mpbiv

Location: Orlando, FL