I can't wait

[speedyshelby16]

My new project all setup and ready to get going. I mention early about a 77 plymouth arrow my friend pick up. Well it now mine. I posting this in here because of my plan to do with this car. Car wieghs 2100 lbs in fully option out with it being a rwd drive car. I plan on striping some of it and install a 360 4 barrel into it. Also got a turbo that going in also. Plan is to get this car to hit 10's and be street driveable. Wish me luck as start to get it together. I will post my progress if someone cares.

Car pics. Looks better in person.


Look at all the room.



My plan is kill my friend in his 302 powered ford ranger.

[speedyshelby16]

Update.

Got home now and started to do a little work. I gutted the rear out and got about 70 lbs out. There is about 30 pounds of a sound deading. So that make up for some of a extra wieght of the 360. Stock rear end is no good for the power. I plan on cutting the bumper mounts down about 3 inchs in the front and sheet metal bumper for the rear.

[Abkshelby]

These things can be fun with a V8 in them. A guy here in VA I did a turbo 2.2 in one several years back and it was very fast. I actually think he just got another one with a V8 already in it I"m not sure. Good luck. And please post pics up with your progress.

[speedyshelby16]

Update got the donor van home. 84 d250 van runs great shifts wonderful. It a smoger so it good for a turbo setup. trying to part the van out as soon as possible since I can have it sit here long.

[speedyshelby16]

Update got the motor out and started to cut the van into little chunks. Odd thing it doesn't have a frame as it is unibody also has a small bolt pattern. It the same as my friends ranger which is 5x114.3

[blhlfam]

My good friend here started to put a 340 in one, then he changed his mind he put a 2.6 Turbo TSI motor in it. Its an 80 Fire Arrow, and his son now drives the car. It runs awesome and not nose heavy I always wanted to race him in my GLHS but never did, he has a lot more torque but I think the GLHS is quicker overall.

Have fun maybe in a few years you can upgade to a Hemi Arrow its the ultimate way to go and I don't mean 2.6 or Turbo III I mean 426

[Csx254]

Yeah keep us posted. I would like to see your turbo setup, and carb selection. I Might be doing a turbo V8 sometime in the future. Its becoming really popular now. Good Luck!

[speedyshelby16]

Thanks for the support guys. I thinking of getting a demon carb that made for boost but don't know which one to get. When I got the car I had to ways of doing it. One was the 360 turbo or 2.0 dsm turbo. The dsm would of been nice to do but there a large group up here central wisconsin that buy just about any parts they can so it would been more expensive to go dsm. The 360 I got from the van for 200 bucks for the whole thing. After I get done scraping it out I will get back about half of what I paid for. So I couldn't go wrong with a good running 360 and good trans for 100 bucks.

I haven't been able to finish off the van since it been raining for last 3 days.

[speedyshelby16]

Update.
Got a cardomain page for it.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2442167

Here some pics from there.
The motor

What left of a full size van in my driveway.

The view inside.


So I got the power steering pump off, air pump is off, A/c compressor been removed, and the altnator has been relocated where the air pump was with a modify bracket.

[speedyshelby16]

Update
Got the old motor out drop the front suspension and steering. Modify the orignal crossmember to get rid of the 4 cly mounts. Simplify the wiring on the 360 and got dash taken out mostly for the firewall clearance.