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BraveBlueMice
06-15-2004, 10:22 PM
Okay, so I know nobody's going to belive me. I've got one of the twenty 1990 model year prototypes. It's a standard Sundance frame and body-wise, but it has a hodgepodge of engine components that just don't add up. It has a larger turbocharger than offered at the retail level, and has an EMC that just doesn't quit. It also has the Duster transmission and the larger of the 2.5L heads.

The guy who sold it to me was the guy who bought it from the executive auction in 1991. He swears up and down that he's had no work done on the car. I don't have a reason to not trust him. All of the parts register as Chrysler, but none of them are supposed to go together on that model.

I'm in the process of rebuilding the motor, and when I'm done would love to bring it out, but wouldn't neccesarily feel comfortable dropping it in the GS category. (I did remember that right?) I suppose a few SI runs would be in order, but would the fact that it has a larger than normal turbocharger put me in SM?

Just wondering, because if it does place me in SM, then I may as well add my own stuff to it...

THX, Brave Blue Mice

MNbiker
06-16-2004, 12:00 AM
Sounds like an SM car to me....

-Steve

pinhead
06-16-2004, 08:18 AM
Sometimes those prototypes do get out to the public. I had a friend that worked at VW of America who had a VW-built, vin-numbered-etc 86 GTI 16V (the 16V engine wasn't sold in the GTI until 87 I think). It had a few things different than the production version, such as no power steering.

I don't think these cars are legal for stock classes, and are probably really only safe from protest in SM or a class like that.

Interesting stuff :dancin:

BraveBlueMice
06-16-2004, 06:29 PM
Thanks guys! I had this gut feeling it would be SM... Well, now it's time to order more parts... [EVILGRIN]