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krudmuphin

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About krudmuphin

  • Birthday 05/14/1993

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  • Location
    Lincoln, NE
  • Gender
    Male

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  • Zip Code
    68506
  • Model
    Conquest
  • Type
    TSI
  • Model Year
    1988
  • Transmission Type
    Manual
  • Factory Color
    Sophia White
  • Interior Color
    Dark Red
  • Status
    Restoring

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  1. I'm interested, but only if you're willing to negotiate price. I'm desperate for a good crank that's within good re-usable spec. I've seen good cranks trade hands recently around the $100 mark. Let me know if you're willing to be really flexible on price. I NEED a good crank ASAP! Thanks!
  2. Hmmm... why would I just talk about the Starions / Conquests I've seen in Lincoln and Omaha.... I actually have pictures of some of them, LOL Here ya go! Unfortunately no pics of the really excellent condition Gold, White, or Beige ones in town... those are the most evasive ones http://i.imgur.com/GkZhMN3.jpg http://i.imgur.com/WWvtRAt.jpg http://i.imgur.com/SCxXMKs.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rEjDdx2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/FXnqDne.jpg http://i.imgur.com/iicmwcW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AUsLdnA.jpg http://i.imgur.com/dlpuYbu.jpg
  3. Right! And that one you "Met at the Ice Cream Cruise" was me, LOL My car is not running however and probably won't be for another year or more
  4. I'm from Lincoln, name's Dylan. Bought an '88 Conquest for $2,000 with 120,000 miles, turned out to have a blown head gasket, numerous exhaust and boost leaks, probably bad injectors... Hard to get answers because the previous own is unfortunately deceased at a young age. I'm trying to keep his car alive and running! Currently the engine/tranny is pulled and getting rebuilt. This is my first ever engine rebuild so it's really nerve-wracking... hoping to get a 250-350 HP car on TBI when all is finished. Anyway, on the topic of Nebraska... if anyone is in Lincoln and might know any of the people that own these cars and if they're on SQC, speak up!!! I've seen all of these Starions/Conquest within a year of buying mine and it's driving me crazy how I can't find these people. Cars I've spotted: -87 Conquest - painted Fiji blue, white wheel centers (Omaha) -Gold Conquest - great condition (see it usually about 70th and Holdredge) -Black & Silver Conquests - few issues no air dams (Owned by a guy at Square-D where my dad works) -White Starion - really scary car, seems fast... very clean (see it on O street occasionally. I've heard rumors this might be "SuperDave?") -Black Conquest Technica flatty - being worked on (Adam's Automotive at 66th & Holdredge) -Palermo Grey Conquest - nice (seen at Lincoln Benefit Life where my mom works) Anybody know if these people are on the forums? Also anyone local who thinks they might be able to help me out with my project, I'd greatly appreciate it. I just know that putting my car back together is going to be a complete nightmare for me I'd really love to meet some more locals with hands-on knowledge and patience to help get my car back on the road
  5. I've read plenty of arguments over the 2.5" and 3" exhaust the conclusion I've reached is that there's practically no difference in power between the two. The difference is that the 3" is more capable of handling a higher power engine where the 2.5" is not. A 3" should not hurt a 200-300 HP motor.
  6. Pistons and rods are out now and I started cleaning the deck. I'm going to pull the block as soon as I can get the AC components out for good. Who needs 'em anyway. At this point I'm realizing that for 120,000, it's actually all in pretty good shape. I could've had this car running with a few new injectors, clips, and maybe a new MAF. But that's boring. It's gonna be rebuilt and put back together in a way that is much simpler, and much much more efficient. I'm keeping the TBI, rerouting some turbo hard-lines through a new IC, redoing the entire cooling system, relocating some things, and possibly upgrading the turbo and obviously a new exhaust. I want to get a GM MAF + Translator and AEM Wideband but I don't quite understand how they will work together? Is that something that can be plugged right into the '88 ECU? Is it better to get a Megasquirt ECU instead for tunability? Anyway, some pics It looks like some brackets of the timing assembly are madly bent out of shape.... hmmmmm http://i.imgur.com/o7rRa5L.jpg The Piston from Cylinder #4 has a manufacturing error I think. The oiler hole is not even drilled through.... http://i.imgur.com/01sBSVQ.jpg The Piston from Cylinder #2 has nasty scoring marks on the side and burred edges at the top. There are no matching marks in the cylinder, which is kinda surprising to me. Regardless, I don't want to keep the stock pistons anyway. The rods are still savable for sure If I drill that missing oiler hole. http://i.imgur.com/1xzHRJk.jpg
  7. UPDATE! YAY! But first, @ Patrick_Starion, my wheels are 17" Konig Deception, powder-coated white. Finally got my car moved to my own house because I had a driveway space cleared! The car at that point was running, but very poorly. Lots of black smoke poured out the tailpipe and some from behind the turbo as well. The car stayed running but got hot after about 10 minutes. Also there was a slight knock upon start-up for about 30 seconds... not sure which cylinder. The "old" head is off. I say "old" because it doesn't look very used... it has the EGR delete and Jet Valve elimination kit. The "new" head that the previous owner gave me is indeed a lot cleaner, but in actuality, it doesn't seem much better. I'm actually torn between which head to use in my rebuild, both seem to do the job and not have any sort of noticeable damage to the deck. But now I will go into much more detail about my findings of each head... I'll need as much help as I can get to decide which is better to work with... OLD HEAD -Not sure the mileage, but it was perfectly clean when I got the car, apart from the massive carbon buildup on the combustion chambers and manifolds. Lots of black crud! -Apart from loose gasket material, the deck looks perfectly flat, not scratched, and not warped. -Jet valves and EGR eliminated, it looks properly done. -Cam has two markings on it, one GREEN and one PURPLE. Not sure the meaning. Has "F011" and "C1 CWC" stamped on it -Number "18" cast on the side of the head, above the intake side. -Number "7" cast in the coolant port. PICTURES: http://i.imgur.com/7eNO0Pv.jpg http://i.imgur.com/GUUKONF.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tloYTpP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fZcBM4X.jpg http://i.imgur.com/g7QsL7e.jpg http://i.imgur.com/5Oklumr.jpg http://i.imgur.com/idLpQzp.jpg NEW HEAD -Deck surface is machined, no scratches. -There are numerous chips on the outer edges of the combustion chambers. -Combustion chambers have a blue paint-like coating? -2 of the Valves look pitted and chunky. -Valve seals are blue colored. -Paint on the head is new, but flaking off. -Has Jet Valves. -Looks like a re-manufactured unit. -Number "4" cast on the head. -Number "8" cast in the coolant point. -Camshaft marking: "92X" PICTURES: http://i.imgur.com/6VmyJqo.jpg http://i.imgur.com/GGN5IXf.jpg http://i.imgur.com/blsCZru.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qcmaCsH.jpg http://i.imgur.com/dYpLIu6.jpg http://i.imgur.com/g2hTqjI.jpg Right now. I'm at a loss for which head to use or if it's best to combine the best of both into one great head. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm going to have a friend look at them who's rebuilt a few engines in his day, and another Starquest owner for specific advice. Better start prepping my wallet :/ NOW, HERE'S THE BLOCK Not as bad as I thought, just lots of carbon buildup and gasket material everywhere! I've included pictures of each cylinder. The deck is okay, but I need to scrape the gasket stuff off. 3 of the 4 pistons have a semi-circular chip mark in them. It looks like they may have been striking the valves. You can clearly see the marks toward the outside of pistons 2-4 from the pictures. http://i.imgur.com/MXB61uH.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6zKhTCC.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AQcvifM.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xvldF8v.jpg http://i.imgur.com/37nyuAY.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uE5aDal.jpg http://i.imgur.com/XsbKhQL.jpg So.....? To me, it looks like the engine isn't all that bad, and now that's it totally torn apart, I may have made a big mistake. Seems like the bigger issue here is injection or air intake related. However, the gaskets are all shot. Luckily I got a complete gasket set for free. That gives me the excuse to rebuild everything I suppose... From here it's just going to be decision after decision after decision. I want to rebuild the engine to be running perfectly. I'd also like to build it to anywhere between 250-300 HP using the TBI. So far i only have plans to reroute the intercooler tubing and remove the AC, but I'm open to suggestions for what I could do. I'm looking into ARP Head Studs, new pistons and rings, new exhaust manifold, slightly bigger turbo maybe, 3" exhaust, crankshaft bearings, and whatever else you guys think would be a good move when building from scratch. I bought a 1G MAF which is apparently better, but I'll save the details for another post where I also have some questions about injectors... Thanks for being patient with me, this is all new stuff to me, so any and all help, ideas, criticisms are encouraged. Have a nice day
  8. Wow, I'd love to have those if I had the money. So beautiful! It's too bad those wheels cost more than my entire car though, lol
  9. I figured... Is the Stock '88 ECU capable enough then? I hear the '89 is the one to go for but I can't imagine that being a very simple or cheap process to change it...
  10. Final goal is a good running car (I could care less about gas mileage... haha) and I'm aiming for 250 - 350 HP range on mostly stock components with necessary upgrades here and there. If I can, I'd love to reroute some of the Turbo piping, but that would require a different intake manifold. A couple friends told me to swap out for an MPI instead of TBI because it's "easier to manage", but I haven't noticed any downsides to TBI really... Pics of the cylinder heads will come as soon as I tear them out of the car. I'm in a kinda crappy situation right now with storage and I'm relying on friends to rent me some space to work on it. I have to move it again within the next week.
  11. No updates recently because I will be moving my car to a different garage soon. I decided I'm going to do a full engine rebuild once I get situated. I know there's lots of threads about engine rebuilding, but what are some quick recommendations from you guys? I've already read through the "Basic Rebuild" thread and a few others about the intake manifold which is a bit confusing to me... Like what are some MUST do things when rebuilding. What are some recommended replacemtn parts or upgrades to make it as good as or better than stock? And for future notice, is there a way to move this thread to a different category? I don't think it's appropriate to have a build thread in the Newbie's seciton once I get started on the project, hahaha.
  12. Wow that's loud. But I probably want to get the same setup for mine! Loud is good I would get a different muffler though. I like the looks of the stock dual-tip muffler.
  13. Cool, so neither of them have that then. Is there anything else necessary to "eliminate" the jet valve system? Or is not having those holes the only thing I need to worry about? Haha
  14. You mean the head I posted in my original post? I agree, that one definitely looks new to me.... But here's the catch... I just picked this up yesterday. I got this from the previous owner and he said this is a brand new head. He insists that the car needs a new head, but since the actual previous owner is deceased, I'm wondering if there was a miscommunication and this is actually the old one(?) It looks a little dirtier than the one on there (but still immaculately clean...) so I'm not really sure what to make of this situation. By the way, does this look like the same type of head or is it an aftermarket one? It came with a yellow slip hinting that it is a refurbished head, but I'm not sure. There is no company name on the slip. --Again, this picture is of the "new" head I got yesterday. I haven't taken off the nice looking one in the engine bay yet to compare why it would even need this one in its place... http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/3518/00wx.jpg I really don't know what to do next until I pull the other head and compare them side to side. But that might be over a month away because I need to find a new storage / work place for my car by the end of the month.
  15. Okay, after today I have a looooonnng list of updates. If you have the patience and curiosity to read on, please do! If not, just sit back and enjoy your Starquest which is probably a lot healthier than mine... K, so lots happened today: Ran a Compression Test and the results are eehhhhh not horrible, but obviously there's leakage. RESULTS (Cylinders numbered front-to-back) #1 - 120 psi #2 - 101 psi #3 - 90 psi #4 - 90 psi Most signs lead to a bad head or head gasket for sure. Good thing this car came with a new head and gasket set, seen below~ The car started right up so we gassed it, put a small bit of oil in temporarily to counteract the sludgy crap we haven't changed yet (don't worry, will do that soon!), and changed the coolant. Unfortunately we could only fit about 6 quarts of the 33-67 mix even after bleeding the air from the lines, which is really really odd... no leaks though! Next, we tried taking her around the block. Being highly inexperienced with driving a manual made the drive a lot rougher than it should've been, but it putted right along. We made it about 80% around the block but it plainly overheated to so we rolled it back home. Temp gauge read slightly hot, but it was evident with steam pouring from the grille. The overheating is definitely a major setback in this ordeal. Because the engine idles almost perfectly. It just sounds very slightly off-timing. I'm thinking of either pulling or replacing the thermostat to see if maybe it's blocking coolant, and gonna test the water pump too. Just some other random things we found: -There is a definite exhaust leak in a weld behind the catalytic converter. Not only did we spit some black smoke from the tailpipe, but it poured out from underneath as well. Also a bit of black smoke on the hood -Blowoff valve worked and the turbo gauge read 9 lbs. with a heavier foot. Then again, who trusts the OEM boost gauge?! -Transmission and clutch felt good, but I'm not an expert on manuals... -The power steering is absolutely not working. And the previous owner used PS fluid instead of the stuff meant for our cars... it's probably ruined!! -We found a little mouse in the interior. I named him Herbert and let him run free into the wild again! -And lastly, there is a thing next to the coolant reservoir that we're having trouble identifying. It looks like a pump of some kind? Having trouble finding it in the FSM. On my car, it is plugged into the electric system, but it has two hoses which are not connected to anything. This concerns me! So yeah... I found this $150 gasket set in the trunk under the floor bed... Merry Christmas!!! http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3430/lg1l.jpg And I picked up the new head from the PO today. (sorry, forgot a picture!) The head on the car actually appears to be brand new and the one he gave me looks a bit used...strange... As for the condition of the head on there, we're not sure until we dig more, but I want to get a local experienced Starquester to come inspect my car first to see if this hunk is even worth keeping at this point. I'm remaining positive so far!
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