1987 Dodge Shelby Charger

[Tbird232ci]

So I'm bored tonight, and have been frequenting this forum a bit more often lately. I've been spending more time over at some Turbo Dodge forums, mostly for tech and parts deals, so the F-body forums get a bit less time.

This car is my third turbo Dodge, and my second Shelby Charger. I picked it up a couple years ago, and really haven't done much work to it other than fix the brakes, tune it up, shifter linkages, and a couple other minor odds and ends. I've been just driving it and loving the 30mpg fuel mileage right now. Anyways, here are some pics of the heap:

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The pictures hide how much of a POS the car really is, but it is complete, which is the biggest draw.

As of right now, I've been hunting and gathering parts to do various aspects of building the thing.

So for engine work, I'm actually looking to build a 2.4L out of a Stratus and swap it in. They share the very similar to the SRT4 engine, share their internals, and almost all of the external components swap between the Stratus and SRT4, so it makes it an easy build. To actually get it in the car, It's a matter of custom mounts. I have a lead on a guy who built mounts, so that is the easy part. I have a Megasquirt sitting on the shelf, big injectors, fuel rail, and some other odds and ends waiting for when I grab a motor to build. As far as building it, I'll just get stock SRT4 internals, ported head, cams, ported intake, 50-trim hybrid turbo (also on the shelf), a few other odds and ends. That setup is good for 400ish hp to the wheels, which is plenty in a 2500lbs car.

Transmission is pretty easy. I have two transmissions I need to disassemble and basically combine to be able to put a LSD in it. I have bronze shift fork pads, and will be throwing a bearing plate in it. Only thing that will suck will be axles if I ever plan on running slicks. I already put in a Heim jointed shifter linkage.

Suspension will be fairly easy too. I have some Koni rear shocks from a circle track guy that I just need to make up some upper mounts for in the rear. Up front, I'm using Neon spindles, konis, coil overs and camber/caster plates. Doesn't require much work to adapt the Neon parts in the front. The rear brakes will also be Neon, which only require boring out the center of the backing plates and making new lines.

The only thing that will suck will be body work. These cars have no aftermarket support at all. There is a slight chance I could find someone who has fenders sitting on a shelf from the 80's or 90's, but that is a slim chance. The floor boards are shot, the rear 1/4's are rusty, and the front bumper is a bit beat.

As the car sits, I ran a 15.4 at 95mph with a 2.5 60ft. The left front caliper was sticking so it was unloading the power to the right side and spinning into 3rd gear. Was running stock boost, a half ass exhaust and a K&N filter. It's a fun little car.

[popo8]

Ive always liked those... is it a GLH or GLHS?

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[Tbird232ci]

Neither actually. In 86, Shelby America about 500 Omnis, took them to the plant, worked his magic on those and named them the GLHS. In 87 they did the same thing with 1000 Chargers. Those were painted solid black, had Shelby specific wheels, Shelby specific intercooler, intake manifold, Konis, a few other odds and ends, and were numbered from the factory.

The GLH and the Shelby Charger are just "Shelby influenced". Shelby came up with the paint scheme, the bumper, hood, ground effects, interior and a few other odds and ends, and Dodge built em. In all reality, the GLH and Shelby Charger aren't really Shelby cars, just cars with Shelby designed parts.

[popo8]

"yes or no" woulda been good as well . thaknu.

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[JCzNova]

My Aunt had a blue and white one when I was little. One was super cool to a young kid back then.

[MeanTA]

I had a Blue Shelby Daytona in high school. It was a fun little car but I absolutely destroyed it. lol

[Jason_C]

Sweet! These are fun little cars. I had a 86 Shelby Charger and 86 Daytona turbo Z C/S. Both where TII swapped. Also had a 92 IROC Daytona, but it was just a 3.0 V6 5speed car.

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No pictures of the IROC, that's my sisters ES in the background.

Here's the specs on the engine in both of them. (Parted the Daytona when I got the Charger)

89 TII
.030 over Venola pistons
2 piece intake
58mm tb
p&p head and intake
ported exhaust manifold
Mopar perf. valve springs
Stage.3 roller cam from FWD Perfomance
+40 inj
TU fuel rail,AFPR,
Nitrous Oxide Systems high pressure fuel pump, 3/8 fuel lines,
21x9x3 FMIC,
Turbo xs rfl bov,
Turbonetnics t3/t4 hybrid turbo stg 2 wheel 50 trim iirc,
FWD Perf. stg.3 GLH logic
stainless braided turbo oil&coolent lines
Greedy electronic boost controler
525 trans with gritle,hd pp/ceramic 4 puck clutch kit from FWD Perf

Had the boost at 17psi. When I sold it a new owner got ahold of me a few years later and asked the backstory on the car. He got it and it had melted pistons in it! But he has restored the car back to new condition.

[blkchevyz]

my first ever race when i got my camaro was against a modified one of those... yeah it didnt end pretty for me lol

[popo8]

man... I still love the look of these cars... The pics in this thread make me wanna look for one.... Lol. just never had much faith in old Mopar stuff.

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[Tbird232ci]

Jason, sounds like it was a pretty fun little car you had. I have about 90% of the stuff to do a T2 swap on mine, but I decided to shift directions and not deal with the 2.2L anymore.

Popo, these cars are just like anything else kinda old and out cast. They are pretty durable, but with age, the wiring sucks, and parts are getting hard to find. I had one of these before I got my T/A and parts were abundant. 5 or so years later and the supplies are drying up. It's a matter of who you know now. With the Charger and Omni, unless you are a contortionist, I don't suggest getting one. The engine bays are more cramped than a 4th gen.

[popo8]

I can imagine... Im just an impulse buyer. lol

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[Tbird232ci]

I'm the same way. I decided I wanted another one of these, and I justified it by saying it was for fuel economy. I bought the first one I found. Woops.

[popo8]

dyno day????

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[blkchevyz]

this was my first car, except in black. i was a bad ass, v6, 5 speed. lol

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[Tbird232ci]

dyno day????

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Not this year unfortunately. I've just got too much going on. Since I wont be doing any power mods for the T/A for a long while, I might try to get the Dodge on the rollers net year, after the engine swap and everything.

[popo8]

u should do a baseline this year then...

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[popo8]

Not this year unfortunately. I've just got too much going on. Since I wont be doing any power mods for the T/A for a long while, I might try to get the Dodge on the rollers net year, after the engine swap and everything.


Its 2moro if u changed ur mind...