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My Driftwood/dark red 1987 Chrysler Conquest is up for sale. Current location is Irvine, CA, no longer Santa Barbara as indicated in the ad. Please let me know if you have any questions. http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/cto/4535971833.html

Hey guys, my name is Carlos, and I just recently acquired a long dreaded 87 Conquest TSI. It's my first car, at 16. Little background on her: my parents and I moved to the Vallejo/Benicia area 5 years ago. My dad and I were preaching one day(my parents and I are Jehovah's Witnesses) a d we saw her parked. My dad was instantly shocked, as he had owned one years ago, and started to tell my many stories of him and his Starion. We asked the lady if she was selling it, and she told us to just make her an offer. We didn't have any money so we didn't offer anything. Long story short, for 5 years we would pass by the house just to see if she was still there, and just hoping one day we'd make the money. I graduated, started working, saved up, and voíla! I made her an offer and got a killer deal at only $550. 87k miles. Her father was the first owner, and he inherited it to her. Up to today I've spent about a little over 1G, but she runs The biggest expense were the back fees. From 2002 she hadn't been resgistered. 738 dollas right there alone. My only aftermarket part for now has been a K&N air filter. Things I've had to replace are: fuel pump, fuel filter, spark plugs, spark plug wires, oil, oil filter, belts, and this week the alternator, and cap & rotor. I have big plans for her(her name's Diamond) and I really appreciate such a great forum for all my questions and doubts. Look forward to many more grease keys on my keyboard as I search for the solution to whatever problem I ha?e. More pics will definitely come soon. Thanks guys.

My dad came across someone's StarQuest in the west covina area, anyone's here? http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/LAJits-media/IMG953631_zps91064d56.png

Has anyone had experience or knows of a good performance shop that I can take my baby to in San Diego? I would rather take it to a shop with StarQuest experience if possible.

I live in CA and am in constant battle with smog gremlins over getting my cars to pass, a real pita every 2 yrs per car anyways, the TSI has had some modifications over the years and im trying to get the parts to make it look stock to get it smog + rego already dealt with the blow off valve and boost controller -probably a stock airbox? not sure what this one is out of, a newer mitsu i think -also dont have the orig oil separator on the airbox to the oil pan -turbo out probably needs to be something other than a rad hose - will other hard pipes cause issue? <- stupidly wrapped up hardline to reduce heat sink, then realized how much attention it draws anything else i should look into? also looking to buy these parts if you've got extras lying about Thanks Aaron also, will running a drilled through cat 1 right behind turbo, and having a high flow cat on #2 be ok? pretty sure a high flow new cat will be better than two old ones, dont see need to have two new ones - cats also more efficient the further back from the engine <- i think? should still pass sniffer and look stock at the same time. http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag24/Squrlsquash/IMG_1024_zpsa6040133.jpg

2013 Update* Venue will be AAA speedway in Fontana The show is from 4pm to 10. It cost 40 dollars to enter which includes two tickets and a spot in the show. General admission is 25.