gt40dude Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 (edited) Hey guys i dont know if this is the right forum, so if it isnt then i apologize. I bought a 1986 dodge conquest on October 31, 2008. I had to put some extra money into in because of a cracked exhaust manifold and a few leaky coolant hoses. Other than that the car was perfect. I will admit i did not know what i was getting myself into when i bought this car. I will admit i did some donts of the starquest thing because i did run it hard a few times. It held together fine though. This is also my first turbo car(im hooked) I saw it on auto trader and loved the look of it. I was looking for a car to drive back and forth to college and figured i would do it in style. This was also my first car i bought on my own. Well it seemed the more i drove it the more issues i had. It started having heating problems and now i believe it was all because of a small hole in the upper radiator hose. Anyways it is too late now because the day after Christmas it was totaled according to the insurance company. I was driving and it was a lil damp outside and somthing was acting up with the brakes (air in lines) and i had to get on them and they locked up. My front met the rear of a white taurus and tore their car to heck. They decided to keep going for some reason though. I then had to go through all the insurance junk and they ended up totaling my car out at 3000 bucks if i let them keep it. I decided to keep it for my self and take the 2500. I mean i drove it home from winston-salem, nc after the wreck (hour and half drive). So lately i have been trying my hardest to get parts for it. I also started thinkin that i would do more to it since it is off the road. This has started me to think about tweaking with the internals of the engine. I am waiting on a refund check and i was thinkin of pooring this money into my motor n such. I was just wondering if all this would be worth it. I kinda need somthing relativly reliable to drive. I have found out that if i wanted somthing really reliable i should have bought somthing else. I have thought about all the weak links to replace in the car. So i will list what all i plan on doing to it other than fixings the visuals that were harmed in the crash. For the engine i would: probably buy a non jv head from dad assembled with 1mm oversized stainless valves. Fastened with arp head studs Any ideas on a cam would be appreciated. I read that the stocker is pretty good for low end which is probably what i would want it for. Im not into the whole flying down the highway at three digit speeds. Get forged pistons from dad 8:1 compression ratio .020 i have a new oem oil pump, brass freeze plugs, arp rod studs, and timing kit I will install a bse kit Get the rods worked over polish the crank of course new bearings and such new water pump just basic replacements.c New fuel injectors Rebuild the throtle body new injector clips stress relieve the manifold that i didnt buy already relieved. I already have a 14g turbo that is pretty much new. guy i bought car from replaced it with a new not a rebuilt one, shortly before he sold to me. turbo has after market downpipe bolted to it. **after all done i will get rotating assembly balanced with front pully and flywheel and pressure plate i would take the radiator out, take to get flushed and flow tested n such i know to use distilled water and the ratio. I guess i will keep the stock intercooler just because i dont know where i would get other piping for an aftermarket one. I do want to put hardpiping in the system with a bov i want to replace the coolant hoses with silicone ones and a braided one for the turbo Also would like to replace the oil cooler lines and turbo oil line with braided ones Replacing all vacume lines will be fun also I also will need to replace my transmission because mine started acting up before the wreck with sycros and pilot bearing. I am looking into gettin a 88-89 transmission because they are supposedly stronger?? I am not sure what i should do for the flywheel. I was thinking about an aluminum one but i dont know if those are good for daily drivers. Should i just get it lightened? What clutch should I use? My goal is to have somthing very reliable that i can drive without having to worry much. However i figured if i was going to build the motor then i would rather build it for boost if i decided to up it later on. I plan to keep the boost stock just because i see it safer that way. I know i have probably left somthing out but this is pretty much the basis for my plans. I know its a lot and going to run a nice price. Especially for someone who go to college full time and works part time. I dont want you all to get the impression that i am a spoiled brat because i am only 19 but i have worked hard for the little things i have. Sorry for the really really long post. Im just looking for some guidance here. I dont want to poor all this money into it if it isnt going to be worth it. Im open for opinions just please dont talk to me like im stupid. I may not know how to do somthing or what somthing stands for (ex: BSE, balance shaft elimination), but i am very handy when it comes to this kind of stuff. Thanks, Ben On the side, i tried to separate it so it would be easier to read instead of having one massive chunk of words. I guess thats how you guys do it. Edited February 20, 2009 by gt40dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 welcome to the website and sorry to hear about your car. its a shame whenever a quest get damaged like that. to be honest i have two peices of advice for you. 1) is that even though these cars are amazing, they are also pains in your a**. and 2) i dont know the extent of the damage done to your car but you may want to look into just buying another starion. you can find them in your price range (2,500) and they wont have the body damage. im not telling you this to deter you. just want you to be informed. whichever you decide quests are amazing cars, they will suck you dry if you let them haha, but to be honest i cant imagine not owning one. allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt40dude Posted February 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 welcome to the website and sorry to hear about your car. its a shame whenever a quest get damaged like that. to be honest i have two peices of advice for you. 1) is that even though these cars are amazing, they are also pains in your a**. and 2) i dont know the extent of the damage done to your car but you may want to look into just buying another starion. you can find them in your price range (2,500) and they wont have the body damage. im not telling you this to deter you. just want you to be informed. whichever you decide quests are amazing cars, they will suck you dry if you let them haha, but to be honest i cant imagine not owning one. allen appreciate the advice. I have asked myself why the heck i bought this car because it has been a pain. With buying another car. I believe i will just keep the car ihave mainly because the damage was made out to be worse than people thought. I mean i need a hood, front bumper assembly, head light aseemblies, rf fender, header panel and grille. I know that is a lot but other than damaging those parts the only other thing the accident did was tweak the radiator support a tad on both sides, nothing in the middle. I think me keeping this car would be better because the interior in this thing is almost perfect. Black leater with no cracks or anything in it. headliner and everything is perfect. Only problem is the fabric on the mirrors on the sunvisors needs to be reglued. So i mean with that being the only inside problem i think it is worth keeping. I should have enough to get parts and professionally painted with money to spare. The 2500 is just to fix the appearance of it. I have other money set aside for the motor and trans. Like i said im just after a reliable car and i do love the starquests because of the uniqueness. They are also pretty badazz. Thanks, Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FijiPhil Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Sounds like you have a good plan there. You can eliminate almost all the vacuum hoses if you want to, i did and i think it looks much better. For a DD i would just go with an 88-89 flywheel, you can lighten it if you want to. I had a car with a fidanza, and while it revved fast, it was kind of a pita to drive in traffic. (but could have just been the clutch i really dont know). Also theres no need for forged pistons unless your doing a moster build. A good oem spec bottom end can handle a lot of boost with a healthy fuel system and correct timing. Good to see another VA quester! I may be able to help you out with some of the parts you need, i live right by kings dominion. Also, there is gonna be a meet in Dinwiddie on March 21st, you should come up if you can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt40dude Posted February 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) Sounds like you have a good plan there. You can eliminate almost all the vacuum hoses if you want to, i did and i think it looks much better. For a DD i would just go with an 88-89 flywheel, you can lighten it if you want to. I had a car with a fidanza, and while it revved fast, it was kind of a pita to drive in traffic. (but could have just been the clutch i really dont know). Also theres no need for forged pistons unless your doing a moster build. A good oem spec bottom end can handle a lot of boost with a healthy fuel system and correct timing. Good to see another VA quester! I may be able to help you out with some of the parts you need, i live right by kings dominion. Also, there is gonna be a meet in Dinwiddie on March 21st, you should come up if you can! Kool its nice to know your not alone in Va. Dinwiddie is about 3.5 hours away from me, but i doubt ill have my car going by then. Still waiting on some parts/funds to come in. you wouldnt happen to have a red header panel without dings in it? lol. Ill let yall know how the build comes along. Ben I have been second guessing the choice of forged pistons because i know the motors are tough stock, but i may end up having a monster much later down the road and thought i may be ready for it. I have seen how a lot of you have eliminated the vaccume hoses, but i dont want to loose my a/c, vents, and stuff like that. I just dont know which i could live without. Edited February 21, 2009 by gt40dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FijiPhil Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Kool its nice to know your not alone in Va. Dinwiddie is about 3.5 hours away from me, but i doubt ill have my car going by then. Still waiting on some parts/funds to come in. you wouldnt happen to have a red header panel without dings in it? lol. Ill let yall know how the build comes along. Ben I have been second guessing the choice of forged pistons because i know the motors are tough stock, but i may end up having a monster much later down the road and thought i may be ready for it. I have seen how a lot of you have eliminated the vaccume hoses, but i dont want to loose my a/c, vents, and stuff like that. I just dont know which i could live without. I dont have a good header panel sorry man. You dont have to eliminate AC with that, ive got it still on my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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