B1G_M4K Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hello everyone. I believe the first thing I should probably do is introduce myself. My name is Makenzie and I am currently a student attending Clarkson University. Before I go posting the pictures of my newly acquired car, I should probably give a small backstory on why I chose a a Starquest. Well, about a week before school, I had a deer accident that totaled my car (2002 Subaru Impreza WRX), thus putting me in the market for another vehicle. Well, I looked for quite a while for something similar to my previous car for the price I payed for it (I got the car for a steal) but turned up empty. After a while, I was just searching around for just any sort of car, because I really needed something to drive. Well, we were off for fall break last week, and I was determined to get a car while I was back at home. The night before leaving for break, this ad on Craigslist caught my eye, a 1987 Chrysler Conquest TSi, and I decided the pictures and the price looked good enough to warrant a closer look. I went to look at the car, and it was absolutely beautiful, almost no rust present anywhere (actually less rusty than the WRX that I had owned before). and the interior was also in great shape. Even though I knew it wouldn't be something that would fair too well in the winter, I just couldn't pass up on such a great example of such a great car for such a low price. So I made the guy a deal, he accepted it and I managed to get the car for $2000. Everywhere I go, I get looks from people, and everyone in my car club loves the car, as do I. The only thing that needs fixed really is the play in the steering wheel, which I will ask about in the proper forum. So, enough talk and more pictures! Here she is:http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs689.snc4/62926_163014770381290_100000183055960_571133_1440200_n.jpghttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs689.snc4/62926_163014773714623_100000183055960_571134_3846163_n.jpghttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs335.ash2/61501_163014833714617_100000183055960_571136_3721589_n.jpghttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs655.snc4/61501_163014837047950_100000183055960_571137_3694433_n.jpghttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs675.snc4/61501_163014843714616_100000183055960_571139_5177236_n.jpghttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs718.snc4/63879_163256823690418_100000183055960_572588_7248760_n.jpghttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs007.snc4/33716_163257360357031_100000183055960_572589_5437613_n.jpghttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs701.snc4/62162_163354857013948_100000183055960_573522_7478938_n.jpghttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs350.ash2/62987_163354913680609_100000183055960_573523_479068_n.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StallionProject86 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Clean Quest. Welcome to the addiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostdquest89 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Welcome to the club Makenzie.......Nice car Chad- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1G_M4K Posted October 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Thanks for the welcomes and kind words. I will try to get better quality and possibly more "artsy" pictures up (at least ones without these stupid timestamps that are incorrect anyways) when I have access to a better camera, which I left at my house... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minagera Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 The play in the steering could be a loose gear box, which you can tighten a bit. Probably work tie rod and center link though. Great looking car man. Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooljs78 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMeyerhoff Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Welcome and that looks like a nice unmolested car. Good find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FijiPhil Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Ahh! You have the twin to my first conquest (cept yours has a sunroof..) Beautiful car! Id love another clean silver car. Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1G_M4K Posted October 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Once again, thanks for the kind words. So far since I have had the car, I have:* Changed the oil in the car (10w30 synthetic)* Changed the brake pads on all four wheels and checked the rotors in the process to find they still were fine* Fixed the play in the steering wheel, it was in fact the steering box, all of the tie rods and various other linkages were absolutely fine* Put new rear tires on it (the rears that I got with it were dry-rotted from sitting in a garage for five years), Goodyear Eagle GTs (what was somewhat affordable to me. The fronts had zero dry rotting on them and new tread, leading me to believe they were taken care of recently.* Flushed the coolant system, and changed it with a 33% anti-freeze to 67% distilled water mix per instructions on this forum* Currently in the process of tracking down the cause to a nasty whistle sound that is being made somewhere in the intake system (checked the turbo and the turbo was solid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealthy Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Welcome. thats a nice lookin car you've got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScooterDude92 Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 check your manifold for cracks i have a crack in mine and i whistles like hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1G_M4K Posted October 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I will check for cracks in the manifold, but for the most part, the sound has disappeared with the addition of new gaskets (gasket between the precat and turbo was blown to pieces, that little adventure can be read here: http://www.starquestclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=111760]). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanta Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Nice! Do us a favor and remove that bra though. They tend to trap moisture it turns out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1G_M4K Posted November 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Yeah, no problem. It was on it when I got the car, and it was hiding a couple of large spots on the front where the paint was chipping, so I just sort of left it on. I got some of the history on the car from the previous owner. Supposedly, the first owner managed to get into an accident where they had to replace some of the panels on the front, which they sourced off of a red vehicle. They painted those panels the proper color, but after a little bit of time, it peeled away in two very specific spots to the primer. Also, the front air dam is cracked slightly in one of the corners. The second owner blew a head gasket, and just had it sitting in his garage for five years, then the owner who I bought it from replaced the head gasket and drove it very rarely. I knew all of this while I was buying the vehicle mind you, but I didn't really care about the chipped paint on the front becasue I was getting a great deal on a great car that had low mileage and was completely rust free. But I will take off the bra soon, since I don't really like it on the car anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1G_M4K Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Well, it definitely has been a while since I've posted in any forum...so updates... Well, first thing to update is during the spring, the Clarkson Sports Car Club sponsored a track day (which actually turned out to be a track weekend) with some guys from the Sports Car Club of Vermont for $100. This took place at Saint Lawrence Motorsport Park, a 3/4 mile over sized go-kart track (layout which can be viewed here: http://www.slmpkarting.com/). The first day was beautiful weather, to which we all took full advantage of. I think I ran around the track about five or six times the first day, all with one warm up lap, 5 or 6 hot laps, and one cool down lap.The second day was torrential downpour from the morning until the evening, however. Even with the crappy weather, it was still tons of fun, especially since it provided conditions that made drifting much simpler. So basically, the second day was a full day of hooning around with my friends. Over just these two days, I put 75 miles on the Quest, which I found to be quite impressive. The third day the track dried out, and I set a time of 1:05.3 seconds. For comparison, my friend in an E36 BMW M3 set a course time of 1:03.5 seconds, and a friend in a highly modified new Volkswagen Golf GTI with Dunlop Star Specs set a time of 56.5 seconds.Here is a picture from that event...http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/227217_220246341324799_100000183055960_1050026_6557277_n.jpg After that, I ended up buying new front and rear tires since that one track weekend pretty much completely destroyed them. I also ended up replacing the clutch with an OEM spec one about two weeks after the event as well. Since this pretty much blew my budget altogether, I didn't do much for awhile. I however did a couple of months back take my car to a dyno day. Unfortunately the night before the dyno day, my car developed a rather wierd little "stutter" at around 3000rpms. This persisted through the dyno day, and this "stuttter" can be seen on the dyno graph that I received. However, for stock, I think that the numbers that this car made (on a mustang dyno) weren't all too bad. Here is a picture of the graph:http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/393489_338880522794713_100000183055960_1580244_2114471378_n.jpg To fix the hiccup, I replaced the secondary injector clip, since, I figured, the secondary injector wasn't opening when it should have been due to a weak connection. However, this did not solve the issue, and the "stutter" still persists. According to the dyno graph, which had an external o2 sensor hooked up via the exhaust pipe, the largest AFR recorded was 13.4:1 at the "stutter", still making me think that it is a fueling issue. However, I could be (and probably am) wrong... So that is what I have been up to so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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