Mike7447 Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 (edited) Hello I’m Mike. ( I’m not an alcoholic). 20 years have passed since I was last here. At that time, I had a 1987 Conquest that I had completely converted to a twin turbocharged 700 hp 363 c.i. Ford motor/Powerglide drag car. In the cars previous iteration, it was a N/A 347/Tremec 3550 street driver. Before that, it was a dead engine’d stocker sitting under a Spruce tree with a pretty serious Hornets nest under the hood. A few years before that project, I had a 1987 Starion that also ended up as a ford engined drag car. In between Starquest ownership, the last car I had was a 1978 Ford Fairmont street driver. With a 617hp 2jz GTE/CD 009. When a complete JDM 2jz could be bought for 2700.00 Now, present day, I just bought a 1989 Buckskin Conquest off auction that I’ve had for about a week now. A declaration to the purists: My drag racing days are over. This car will not get hacked up and ford engine swapped. It’s a 72k mile fairly nice, mostly unmodified stock car. Save for squeezing it to make more power, I intend to leave the drivetrain alone. The Transmission shift linkage is worn out, the front seats have been in the Arizona sun too long, and the tires are flat spotted so bad the car drives like it’s on square tires. But other than those “ fixes”, it will make a nice driver. ill be asking for HP mod help, Suspension and braking upgrade advice, and what others have done to make the seat accommodate a 6’ driver. And put it all in a build thread. And desperately try to avoid putting any other engine in the car. Thanks for reading. ( I’m “ wordy”) Edited April 24 by Mike7447 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu_Crash Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 (edited) Welcome back! Sounds like a nice find! My opinions HP mod: Go MPI with a standalone. Decent T3 flange exhaust manifold and a ball bearing turbo. Suspension: D2 all the way. Although there are some other coil over options out there now that are probably fine. As for the trans linkage, a short throw shifter and new fulcrum bushing will be night and day difference. Sounds like your fulcrum bushing is gone. I bought a couple of them of a member here years ago. Might be a little tricky finding one now. I'm not really sure. P.S. I'm also Mike, and I may be an alcoholic 😊 Edited April 24 by psu_Crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc_beagle Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 Congratulations and I think I followed this auction. Looking forward to watching your project progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7447 Posted April 27 Author Report Share Posted April 27 Ok. 69 views…I hope someone can help me Rather than just go all newb, and ask a bunch of dumb --------------- questions that have been asked since the dawn of eternity, I tried to do some forum surfing first. The site crashes almost 85-90% between every topic change and makes me reload the page. ( tells me something like too many of something is happening, and to try again….then I have to wait about a minute for it to work) No pictures from any other sub forum is/are viewable. I cannot glean any useful info from any previous how to..anywhere. wt.... is happening here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 I've been having trouble with the site lately too, and I recently started getting an ad between every click which o never got any ads before at all - not sure what's going on. Car looks awesome. I'd love to see some pics of that buckskin interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preludedude Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 6 hours ago, techboy said: I've been having trouble with the site lately too, and I recently started getting an ad between every click which o never got any ads before at all - not sure what's going on. Car looks awesome. I'd love to see some pics of that buckskin interior. We’ve determined buckskin is the paint code. The interior in that car is regular black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu_Crash Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 Site has been acting up for me too this week. Seems ok today though so far. Go ahead and ask all the questions you like. We are kinda bored around here these days 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Are you sure the Paint Code on that car is "Buckskin"? I'm 99% sure that was available interior color name, not an exterior paint code. I don't even see a paint color called Buckskin here: All Factory Colors List Car looks like Palermo Grey to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7447 Posted April 29 Author Report Share Posted April 29 10 hours ago, techboy said: Are you sure the Paint Code on that car is "Buckskin"? I'm 99% sure that was available interior color name, not an exterior paint code. I don't even see a paint color called Buckskin here: All Factory Colors List Car looks like Palermo Grey to me. As long as I can trust the original window sticker, the color appears to be buckskin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Interesting. I'll have to take a look at that window sticker when I have a chance and I can download into an app I zoom-in on. Super cool you have the window sticker. I'm jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preludedude Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 14 hours ago, techboy said: Are you sure the Paint Code on that car is "Buckskin"? I'm 99% sure that was available interior color name, not an exterior paint code. I don't even see a paint color called Buckskin here: All Factory Colors List Car looks like Palermo Grey to me. Window sticker says “PV2 buckskin” Google it and it gives 2 references: ”Chrysler Light Buckskin PV2” ”Palermo Grey Metallic L83” So what we call Palermo, the window sticker calls it “PV2 Buckskin” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preludedude Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 He bought it here: look at photos https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3OgRYgAz/1989-chrysler-conquest-tsi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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