Cool, if you do it, invest in a Mustang II front suspension. It will fit right in as the Mustang II was built from the Pinto chassis.
My father in law has one, a 1974 wagon with a 2.3turbo/T5 from a 1987 Thunderbird. NO modifications are needed--the 1974-later Pinto used the 2.3 engine. (Older 1.6 or 2.0 cars will need later 2.3 mounts.) Hot Rod featured one a back in 1999...owned by a dude named "Turbo Joe" Morgan & called the "Poisonous Pinto". LINK to story. Turbo Joe's PART LIST here. A 1974-78 Mustang II will also work. For that matter, so will a 1979-88 Fox-body Mustang.
My father in law's 74 runs high 12's in the 1/4 mile and will touch 30MPG on the highway. (He'd do better with taller gears...I think he has 4.10's) As for what the 2.3 turbo can do...just ask Jim Huber... [video=youtube;YhR_IiTIiLI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=YhR_IiTIiLI&feature=endscreen[/video] Camera car in this one is a blower Cobra. Note comment at 30 seconds: [video=youtube;QyncDceRkmo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyncDceRkmo[/video]
thats just plain ridiculous, id like to see the specs on that monster. Of course im not sure if i want to spend that much time on it, but as a reference. Im looking more into what your father inlaw has going on, maybe touch high 11's though as i would like this build to be a daily driver.
Thank's for the info Jarlaxle. I have seen a Pinto wagon turned into a baby Ranchero with a 2.3 turbo in it. A guy that owns a salvage yard built it for a fishing vehicle.
performance parts may be expensive for the german wheels but they are out there, and if you check performance stats they also do very well in 0-60 times and on the strip but that's not generally what appeals to german owners they prefer sporty handling to straight line racing...
oh trust me i know the parts are out there, i have invested quite a bit of money into them as it is lol. put it this way, with my STI i spent a total of about $2500 on performance parts and gained over 130hp/130tq to the wheels. When i hit the $2500 mark for my M3 I gained maybe 50hp/30tq to the wheels lol. But i lost a total of about 80lbs. in weight. but still that was cheap compared to what others spend and buying used might have saved me about $200. but i really cant complain, there arent many cars that could go head to head with me without doing some significant suspension work while i was still stock. when im done, most people will need a prayer to dare keep up with me on a road course. as far as drag racing??? she will be in the mid 11's so it will be a force to be reckoned with all the way around. but ill be damned if i build up another car like this, im gonna stick with something more practical from now on lol.
if you were to spend the cash on a new german car some of the 4 door family versions available are scary fast right of the showroom floor no modification needed...Audi S7 family luxury 0-60 4.5sec two months back I briefly toyed with the idea of buying a factory supercharger for my Tundra which Toyota assures me is a simple plug and play, about $5K would give me 0-60 in 4.4seconds, impressive for any vehicle, for a pickup incredible...but then I came to my senses, it was a fun but a stupid idea...
Ive owned alot of cars all different brands. The most unreliable car ive ever owned was a 1999 Dodge Intrepid, bought new and broke regularly. Power windows, AC, Starter went with 4,000 miles on it. The most reliable car ive ever had was a 1968 caddy. Lately I lease my cars so I dont keep them long enough to make a determination if their reliable or not. I can say Ive leased 2 honda Crvs and absolutely nothing has ever broken within the 3 yrs of the lease.
yeah but i dont have $60k-$80k+ to spend on something like that lol. ill just stick with what i can afford and dump my own money into it and make it the car i want it to be lol. and as far as boosting your tundra, why not??? and why pay $5k when you can have it for $3k http://www.toyotaparts4u.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=327342 ????? it doesnt cost $2k for someone to slap it on, its quite easy actually. hell i wish i could do that, the cheapest S/C setup is $8k alone for a good one lol.
my bro-in-law works at Honda Service, he tells me the CRV's are good as long as they're serviced faithfully, be wary of buying one used if you can not verify the service records...
3k, then add the new exhaust system and various other parts, plus being in Canada I have the gouge/tariff taxes...I was told if you're handy with tools it's a fairly simple dyi project...then there was the practical aspect of controlling 500hp and 400lbs of torque on icy winter roads, endless potential for unintended excitement/terror...one test report described the SC equipped Tundra as "ballistic building"...
some are worse than others...60's chev's fords and chrysler ran forever on next to no maintenance, I never did any...
U dont need a new exhaust system, the supercharger does all the work on its own.Besides id love to keep my stock exhaust system if i could make that kind of power without it for that price,there is nothing i love more than a nice sleeper. As far as the taxes just dont tell them lol, or is this a tax on your gas? and yes it is a very simple project to do on your own, its just nuts and bolts and nothing what i would cal tedious work, its all very straight forward and not fabricating necessary. and if your Tundra is 4x4 i wouldnt worry much about the ice and snow, nothing some good winter tires cant take care of. hell in memphis we dont get nothing but ice in the winter times, when i had the STI which is awd i had no problem going balls to the wall and keeping straight. One time the ice was so bad me and a budy with twin turbo audi a4 were the only ones on the road and we were doing 115mph on the empty ass freeway lol. so with 4x4 and your weight the ice and snow wont be something your truck cant handle with some good winter tires. now if you are simply rwd,yeah id tread carefully and throw on some good chains on top of some nice winter tires. hell id do it either way, but thats just me lol.
(*)(*)(*)(*) ,ive seen a honda civic hatch go 90,000 miles without an oil change before it finally blew up lol.
I'll pay a tax on anything coming over the border, plus there is fuel tax ...and I've read that the SC actually slightly improves gas mileage but keeping your foot out of it becomes addictive irresistible fun reducing mileage considerably... I have a 4x4 but rarely use it even on ice because the traction control works great, going into 4x4 mode really reduces fuel mileage...road tests I've read also mention they think the Tundra is to light on the back end for the amount of power generated, that it affects handling and that it would be better suited to a Sequoia... I noticed that I'm trying to talk myself out of an SC and you're doing a good job of convincing me to do it...my Tundra is an 07 with only 50K miles on it, the toyota parts guys say with my low mileage it's a much cheaper upgrade than a new truck, and I've just installed a OEM backup camera and monitor and ordering new leather seat covers so adding a SC wouldn't be a huge jump....mrs wyly wouldn't be impressed, but then she won't let me have an Audi S7, S6 or S anything...hmmm, I could claim it as a business expense...
I knew a guy that would only paid $400-500 for used cars and do nothing not even add oil, he would drive them until they simple stopped then go buy another...his reasoning was that the $4-500 he'd pay was equal to one months new car payment so if it went even 2 or 3 months he saved money and his insurance rates were very low...when the cars died he'd recoup some of his cash selling the cars to salvage...
Honestly...I would bet a new Boss 302 Laguna Seca Mustang would dust you on a roadcourse! - - - Updated - - - CRV's have A/C problems...engine heat cooks the compressor. The repair bill is rarely less than $2500.
Yea I must admit that is a bad ass mustang, it actually beat the v8 m3 on a road course before. But then again , I think the drivers made the difference.
75 Gran Fury $40, spray paint $80, three weekends of absolute total fun, priceless. At one point the distributor cap broke into 7 pieces. You don't buy one on a Sunday afternoon in a small town during the county fair. But using the ultimate tool. duct tape, and a few zip ties, we had it running again.
Toyota and Honda, American cars are pitiful although Chevy since Obama saved them and their union. But Ford? Found On Road side Dead. A good Japanese import will give you near 300,000 miles with the same transmission and engine. Automatic transmission for imports up to 200,000 miles. America cars, 100,000 if you're lucky and transmission and engine dies.
Really? If you bought a Pontiac Vibe, you bought a Toyota Matrix with different sheetmetal. Until the late 90's, if you bought a Ford Ranger, you bought a Mazda, until the Ford driveline became more dependable and Mazda switched to Ford drivelines. If you bought a Mazda 626, you bought a Taurus. If you bought a Mopar in the late 80's to mid 90's with a 4 banger, you bought a Mitsubishi driveline with Mopar sheetmetal. From the late 70's on the mix and match of Japanese and American vehicles is hodgepodge.
