Neutrino & I are back from picking up the GTC: Pictures!

[Zodiac]

Hey, very nice LeBaron. Reminds me alot of my old Shadow.

[losingxposer]

Nice rack i mean ride Polygon

[kittedb18bt]

we missed you. he he...
great deal, hope everything works out.

[97Tsi]

You can't beat $600, nice ride man, congrats!

[landyacht]

I thought you had the 2nd one up and running already??

Oh well, i look forward to the updates, congrats my man!!

[Polygon]

Originally Posted by turbo2nr

i taught you were doing like 13's in your red lebron.. wow i should be there soon im at low 15's now .. well keep us posted and btw what do you have instore for this one?
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Oh, I wish. I had plans to have that car is the 12s, but it was totaled in a car accident before I could do the work on it. Before it was totaled the car was completely stock except for a Centerforce, which I hated, a K&N filter, and NGK Iridium spark plugs. Hardly what I would call mods. For this one I plan to replace the exhaust, GT series turbo, head work, upgraded fuel system, and better cooling just to name a few.

Originally Posted by Fully_Sick

nice car, never really heard of it..

what sort of engine is in it, and what does it redline to?

cheers

Not many people have. A lot of people know about the LeBaron, but the GTC was rare. This one came with the Turbo II which is a 2.2L I4 with a Garrett T03 intercooled turbo and it redlines at 6,000 - 7,000 RPM.

Originally Posted by NSX-R-SSJ20K

the engine looks damn clean. Damn Good find.

Yeah, no kidding, except for all the yellow silicone hoses which he only really covered up the stock hoses with rater than really replacing them so I'm tearing all that out and replacing the vacuum lines with black silicone hoses.

Originally Posted by fatninja19

What a deal??!! 600 bucks! Man.. good job!

Tell me about it. When he sent me pictures and told me the price I told him that he just sold the car. It books at about $1,000 for the loan value.

Originally Posted by landyacht

I thought you had the 2nd one up and running already??

Oh well, i look forward to the updates, congrats my man!!

Nah, the 90 GTC project never got off the ground. I have a lot of parts for it in my basement but I had to sell the 90 GTC to make room for this one.

[209 neon]

just had a quik question, is that a sohc turbo?

[Polygon]

Whoops, I left that out. Yeah, it's a SOHC.

[209 neon]

wow turbo sohc intresting

[Polygon]

Pretty much all of the Turbo Dodges and Chrysler used the 8 valve head. Only some of the Chrysler TCs got a DOHC Cosworth head and some cars got the Turbo III with a DOHC Lotus head that liked to snap timing belts. There are some people that swap out the 8 valve head for a DOHC head from a Neon. Don't know how well that works though. All I know is that we make pretty good numbers for being only SOHC.



That is a 1989 Turbo II GTC @ 26PSI bored .020" over. Forward Motion E-2 turbo with .63 exhaust housing. F.M. 3" mandrel bent stainless exhaust system. No cat. Muffler in place of cat. No muffler out back. :o) Slightly ported one-piece intake.

Owner ported head and exhaust manifold, Mack truck intercooler.

He also had a slipping clutch. There are guys that have made up to 500HP on the stock internals, after that the rods have a pesky problem of busting through the block.

[PunkAlex]

whats the displacement on those engines?? they got some crazy torque. Reminds me a lot of those 2.3T's in old ford thunderbirds

[-The Stig-]

Originally Posted by PunkAlex

whats the displacement on those engines?? they got some crazy torque. Reminds me a lot of those 2.3T's in old ford thunderbirds

Several times in the thread Polygon mentions it's a 2.2L.

[PunkAlex]

I shall look next time. Thanks for making an idiot outa me redneck!

[landyacht]

Sold the '90 to make room for this one...that explains it!!



Those are some insane numbers! Out of that little car? Yikes!

There are guys that have made up to 500HP on the stock internals, after that the rods have a pesky problem of busting through the block.

Yeah, rods can be a problem, LOL