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Well coming home from a meeting in MD, on the beltway I notice the 88 Shelby is running just below hot, I watch it but it never overheats, but it doesn't go down either, then I start hearing a rattle... I pull off in Tysons and the rattle is reallll bad (Valves clattering) I manage to pull of into a Dodge dealership at 8:50 between two brand new Viper ACR's and can't even get the car to drive around back to thr service station. The managers treated me like crap, like how dare my "Old Dodge" bring the visual pollution to their parking lot. I filled out a service and left it, I have a feeling my waterpump went and with it my head gaskets and then probably everything else.. we'll see. If so I am just going to tow it home and part it out.. I'll miss her.. my first turbo car..
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88 Daytona Shelby Z TII (The beast)
87 Daytona Shelby Z TII (Holy 20 psi of boost batman!)
Mods- 3" Downpipe, Hi-Flow cat, 3" mandrel bent exhaust with Dynomax Ultra flow. Manual boost controller, TurboXS blowoff, 5th injector, large canister wastegate, Nitrous Express go-fast-be-happy kit, ported exhaust manifold, ported intake manifold, upgraded motormounts, eibach springs, strut tower brace. Oh and 20 PSI to boot.. my oh my...
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 I hope it turns out ok. On the bright side, my 17 y/o sister has been driving her n/a Sundance with little or no coolant for the longest time. "I put water in it, its cool for a few days, then it gets hot really fast all of the sudden".  Hopefully you will be able to be that lucky. I haven't the slightest idea where its going or how its getting out either. No water in the oil, and no bubbles in the radiator, all the hoses are fine (no signs of leakage when the car has coolant and is warm). FWD Mopars have never been my speciality though either. Perhaps I could talk her into beefing up the little Sundance if your car dies? If you do end up parting it out, send me a PM, I can put some stuff on the Mopar Mailing List if you aren't already on it. 
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Sorry, that sucks, atleast it wasn't another duratec water pump story,,, hope too much damage isn't done,, maybe u can rent one of the vipers while the daytona is down.
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Sorry to hear about your car. Hope its nothing too serious.
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Originally posted by ExDelayed: I hope it turns out ok.
On the bright side, my 17 y/o sister has been driving her n/a Sundance with little or no coolant for the longest time. "I put water in it, its cool for a few days, then it gets hot really fast all of the sudden". Hopefully you will be able to be that lucky.
My buddy's about to get rid of his 91 n/a Sundance.. 174K miles but running strong (well, it failed emissions, but it runs fine). He's looking for like $500, even though I told him the airbag alone is worth that If you're interested, or know someone that is, it's one hell of a parts car, and fully drivable.
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