ICS2021 Entry - 1989 Dodge Daytona ES
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- This is my 1989 Dodge Daytona ES. For those who do not know, these cars are the decedents of the K car platform that Chrysler designed in the 80's. The K car platform
and it's siblings were eventually what the SRT-4 and PT GT would become.
The backstory on this car is I bought it for $600 back in 2015. It was so cheap because the previous owner basically left it to die in the parking lot of his apartment building because the transmission
was leaking and they wanted it gone. The main purpose of the car was for me to have a vehicle I could learn the basics of maintenance from and drive around as my fun little 100HP car. With the help of my
friend DJ we got the entire suspension rebuilt, new bearings all the way around, new brakes and goodies all around, and fixed minor issues on the vehicle that previous owners never got around to fixing.
Like the headlights going up and down, the cooling system, and odds and ends.
Eventually the car would become DJ's daily driver for a couple of years where he drove it everyday without much trouble.
Though it did finally have an issue that a simple few minutes couldn't fix - The head gasket straight up decided cylinders 2 and 3 should share their duties.
So I got to replacing the head gasket and while I was at it, I installed some Chrysler minivan V6 valve springs and PT Cruiser lifters in the head. All done underneath a walnut tree on a 2x8 on two saw horses
Ironically right as I was tightening the head bolts on the Daytona - My now wife calls me telling me her PT Cruiser GT is overheating and blowing coolant all over the ground.
So long story short, you fix one head gasket and another one gives out. So it became she drove it around for about 6 months or so.
Over those six months we started to realize the car was drinking or at least dumping oil out of the engine almost as fast as you could pour it in. The last trip it took was a 60 mile journey where it
started with 7qts of oil and ended with none. The engine never knocked or anything but it was definitely time to retire it. Which it sat in a yard for about two years or more.
Then comes the end of 2019 and my wife needs a car that gets really good fuel economy. Being as I already had the car and it got 34mpg easy, I figured it was time to put it back into the fleet.
But here came the complications
1. The wife and DJ some how talked me into turbo charging it.
and
2. COVID locked the world down
So between the two the project has taken a lot longer than I like to admit
Here it is today. Completely made up of hand made parts, trash, and Chinese garbage.
To give a quick run down on the whole car:
For the power train it is using the original throttle body injected crank. It has a 2.2 common block given to me from a friend in St. Louis, it was very rusty and I had to use electrolysis to get it back
to life. The rods are two sets of 2.2L T2 rods put together to make one nice set, one set was from the rusty block that also got the electro treatment, and the other was a 500HP stock bottom end car that
decided one rod needed to be shorter than the others. The pistons I got a super lucky deal on eBay for $30 shipped, factory original Mahle pistons for a 2.5L turbo that were for a .030" over bored engine.
The head was from some one on the Turbo Dodge forums, the cam is the original TBI cam, the lifters are from a 2005 PT Cruiser, the valve springs are from 1998 Caravan, the retainers are from an LS motor
The valve cover is from the original 2.5 engine. The head studs were a used set I got online for $50. The head, intake manifold, injectors, distributor, and a few odds and ends were bought from the forums as well.
The exhaust manifold was modified to fit a T3 manifold instead of the Ford/Chrysler flange. It seems to also be ported. The turbo is a $100 shipped eBay T04e. The throttle body is from a 3.8L caravan.
For the transmission it's using the original 3-speed auto I got it with, which is very disgusting inside and most likely going to explode after one good hit.
The harness is from an unknown car spliced together with the original TBI harness and repaired by my buddy DJ.
The radiator is the good ol' $40 eBay Honda rad, with a Chrysler Sebring fan and shrowd cut in half bolted to it.
The inter cooler is an MR2 style inter cooler mounted with home made brackets. The pipes are made from a $70 shipped kit, tig welded together by a friend of mine.
The wheels are my PT Cruisers original wheels with 3D printed wheel inserts.
The hood was bought from a friend for $20.
The exhaust was made from stainless steel from Amazon, a Ford F150 3" exhaust, and the factory exhaust from an LM7 powered GM truck.
Now you can vote!
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That is one of the coolest Frankendodge budget rebuilds I have ever seen, and that is saying something! Nice job! LOVE the old Daytona!
Great Job brother!!! Thats the way!!! Love your stable i have a house of turbo chryslers myself!!
i think it is just cool to have one of these cars i actually have one my self exact same color and engine is a 2.2 i believe this is one of my first cars my first one would have been a 1997 dodge ram 1500 so this is just cool to see that a year ago some thing like this is still around
Hey there! Great video! Had an 84 Shelby Daytona back in the day. Loved that car! Thinking about buying one a neighbor has down the street. Would like to engine swap a motor from a Neon Srt4 into a Daytona just to see how it performs. You helped to make my decision easier. Thanks and keep up the good work!
I have the identical car . Paid $400. Twins my plan is identical. Should be easier mines turbo. Thank You for showing me the way!
The whole history of this car is on my channel, so feel free to sub and check out the other videos! Plenty of learning from watching those!
I like how you were able to still use one of the original brackets on the top of the radiator. 😂
ohhh man! that was my first car. 1989 ES Turbo in blue. Loved it!
I have a blue one too! Such a better color, but the body is in rough rough shape. So after a good stripping of parts it's probably going to the scrapper.
Awesome
I had a 1989 Dodge Daytona Shelby 2.2L turbo 5 speed. It was same color as yours. I only had it 2 months. Sitting at a red light someone behind me didn't want to stop. I miss that car so much. Just my opinion ( and every one has them and they all stink ), I like the factory wheels better.
Crazy to see that old clip from 2015! I have been subscribed and watching that long? Crazy keep it up
Thanks! Can't believe this car has been around this long! Still no rust!
Loved my 86 Daytona!!!! My brother had 89 shelby daytona-
Really fun cars!
Keep it going .I have a 90 Daytona es v6 3.0 same color as yours
1995 my buddy had this car with black and silver lower...he drove it like an ass and it broke down while his folks were away. Leaking power steering and needed new half shafts.
He bought a nice 1991 Eclipse with cash, he was a weed dealer...point is, he needed the ES gone by the time the parents got back so he could justify the Eclipse purchase lol. I remember my dad telling him since it wouldn't run or drive and had to be towed it wasn't worth shit 🤣 he took $400...I repaired with my dad ❤️ awesome learning how to do all of it. Sold it years later for a huge profit and we built a 85 Mustang with a 351w. Wish I kept that ES 😪
That's about how I got this car! It was sitting in a parking lot leaking transfluid out of the axle seals and the landlord wanted this car off the property ASAP, so I got it for $500. Replaced the $2 seals and drove it for about 3 or 4 years.
Hope things work out for you If you find some OE Dodge Daytona ES or Lebaron Factory Upgrade seats they will make it Even Better !
I have a set of SRT-4 seats I'm thinking of using!
Yay, I'm the friend from St. Louis! Well really, those parts are from The St. Louis Turbo Mopar Club.
Dude I have to say I totally love you that Dodge Daytona es with my very first car only difference was is I had a moonroof I bought it when I lived in Hollywood in 1989 and I can't tell you how many hair band guys rode around in the car with me when we were cruising the Hollywood and Sunset Boulevard I would do anything to have that car back great job
Every one of these cars has an awesome story behind them!
car sounds good, just a quick detailing trick oh, on that peeling clear coat what I've done is spray on some mineral oil it works real good gives the car a nice shine of course when it's time to repaint it going to have to strip mineral oil. but I'm sure that's way further down the road good luck keeping those old Dodges alive I was in love with a 1989 Plymouth Sundance with an original 2.5 ran it until I couldn't anymore up until the point it ran on three cylinders only, and then I had a guy want to buy it to use for demolition derbies because it had five stud wheels not for and they held up better in demolition derbies peace to you
Очень хороший автомобиль, тоже хочу себе в коллекцию приобрести
Nice 👍. I still have my 89 ES turbo 5 speed Daytona that I got in 1995 with 81,000 miles. It still has 81,000 miles. Need’s paint and debating on replacing the 2.5 TI with a 2.4 srt
Awesome! A 2.4 turbo from a PT would be a worth while upgrade! More power, cheaper parts, and even sounds better!
I love when youtube recommends your videos to me. Its obvious you're making shit happen. Wish I were your equal. I'm rocking a stock pacifica at the moment and some TII lebarons. Nice work!
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An hour a day goes a long way. Sometimes that hour is spent cleaning up the mess from the day before, but it's an hour you don't have to do later!
It's cool seeing these cars, my dad has an 89 ES same one as yours but turboed and manual, and I have a 90 ES 3.0 4-speed automatic and it has the same problem with the pop-ups being stuck open. How do you get the pop-ups fixed.
If you check my channel I actually made a video showing how to fix the head lights! Pretty easy to do. :)
Been looking for a Daytona for a couple years now, I’m always a day late and a dollar short
I find them all the time on Facebook Marketplace and Craiglist. I've purchased two so far for about $500 each.
I have one of these! it also had a 2.5
Torquey little motors!
That’s what mine has
Hey, did my other '89 turbo II G body harness go into your car? I remember giving it to someone.
You did give me one, but DJ and I had to repair it with the TBI harness we pulled from the car. Looks like a mouse got to most of it before we did. 😂
It's in the car, though?
@@marklucas3140 Yup! I'm not sure it was actually from an '89 car though - As a lot of the plugs are different so I've had to adapt or splice in mine. None of the air bag sensors are the same, the fog light wires are different, and a few other things are different. Seems to work though!
Crap. It may have been an '88! I wish Karl had told me that instead of telling me it was an '89.
Does the turbo bolt up to a stock turbo exhaust manifold? I thought the Mopar turbo flange is a little oddball
The manifold was adapted to T3 and ported before it was given to me. So normally no, but could be easily done with a 3D printed or wooden jig.
Hey where get that computer done at mine v6 I want same thing you got done on tge ecu
OMG. I used to own one of those things. Parts were easy to find; not expensive. somewhat easy to fix but oh man, what a piece of junk that thing was. I had to fix so much on that car that I never wanted to buy another Chrysler again.
Haha, it seems everyone either has a really bad experience with these or nothing at all. I've pretty much removed anything that could have a problem from the factory system to prevent issues.
What did you have to do for the ecu?
Got an EPROM socket soldered to the board so I could attach an Ostrich 2.0 EPROM emulator. Alternatively you can either burn chips for it, or get a reprogramable flashed chip for it. 👍
How do you convert the manifold to t3? And I’m having trouble finding a turbo manifold. I have a 91 Shelby 2.5 that someone tried to turn into a non turbo car and took a bunch of parts off and left it to die. Now I got it for $100 and trying to revive it. Parts are just scarce lol. Any help would be much appreciated!!!
You can use a T3 turbo to use as a guide to drill and tap the last hole. 3 out of the 4 should line up. 👍
What parts you need ?
@@derekreinhardt7818 none now. I ended up selling it for $1400.
@@derekreinhardt7818 thanks though!!
how much do you want for it?
Please please please please please. Tell me you have a social media we can talk on I have no clue how to work on these motors and would love to get some help.
Look up my name on Facebook, I'll be able to help.
34 mpg isn’t the goal anymore
Probably still will, with a little tuning. 😉
What ever happened to this project?
Still playing with it here and there. Due to a job change, I haven't had much interest. But I've been messing with it more lately, so hopefully more updates soon™.