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Re: upgrades 200 1989

The suspension stuff is well covered.

For performance, salvage a 240T exhaust and adapt it or have a 2.25 or 2.5 inch exhaust made or buy IPD's sport exhaust. Buy headers and a new cat in the same diameter as the exhaust or salvage a 740/940T cat. Add a cold air intake to the airbox with larger pipe and remove any obstacles in the present box (and check the preheater thermostat). Advance the ignition timing 2 degrees and run premium gas. Convert to an electric primary fan. Buy a Unitek underdrive crank pulley. Buy a Unitek head and cam package (expensive, but worth it; if you cannot afford this, buy a Unitek Phase One cam). Install a 740/940T torque converter if you now have an AW71 without lockup. If you have a lockup, contact MVP to learn whether a higher stall lock up converter is available. If you have a non lock up AW71 and want to go one step further than a turbo converter, buy the MVP converter (you will like this). If you do not have 3.91 rear gears now, salvage and install them. If you want to buy new gears, buy 4.10s or even 4.27s.

Also read the article on adding a turbo to a nonturbo, at the Turbobricks website under mods or articles.

Philip Bradley






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