89 Chrysler Conquest TSi Project.

[Nick_83]

About to swap from automatic to manual tranny, bore out and rebuild engine, install forged internals, upgrade turbo, paint, and redo interior.

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[Mike]

That car is very sexy, although the interior isn't pretty. Its in good shape, just kinda ugly to me. But the outside is nice.

[Nick_83]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the burgundy interior. I'm redoing the interior in black and blue.

[Mike]

Good..that will look much better, and i'm hoping the dash would be black...

[Nick_83]

Yeah, I have a friend that's gonna fiberglass it. Then I'll have it painted black.

[Mike]

Good. Can't wait for updates.

[PHeller]

BTW, those tranmissions setups allow for a very cool shifter. You can modify the stock shifter so that its super short shifting, but still tall (aka non-ricer).

FYI.

[5Speed]

These cars are worth restoring... not very common and parts are easy to come by on the driveterrain.

[99fordzx2]

Nice car. Always wished I had one. The burgundy interior sucks though. Glad your changing it. (what were car designers thinking back then?) lol Keep it up.


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[Connal]

A friend of mine has a widebody. Making gobs of power. Somewhere around 475 right now. They are good cars, and can be made fast, for cheap. I've been looking for a decent one for quite some time. Good find.

[Nick_83]

My friend blew the motor in his 68 mustang and traded it for 2 of these. I wanted this one, so he told me if I bought him a 16g turbo for his I could have it. So, I jumped on ebay and found one for $95 with shipping. So, I pretty much just paid $95 for the car. Then two weeks after he got the turbo, he blew the motor in his conquest.

[99fordzx2]

Wow I just noticed only 101k miles! Very good find!


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[Nick_83]

A friend of mine has a widebody. Making gobs of power. Somewhere around 475 right now. They are good cars, and can be made fast, for cheap. I've been looking for a decent one for quite some time. Good find.

I'd offer you mine, but I don't think you'd wanna come all the way to MS to get it.

[JimH]

Quest Love.

[conquest-king]

Here are pictures of my Conquests. Enjoy!!!! By the way that is a custom super lightweight fiberglass sub box I made.

[Nick_83]

Nice. Unfortunately I'm selling mine. I just really don't have the time or money right now to fix it up.

[MidnightPanther99]

Aww man. I love those cars. I thought Eagle made Conquests too? I saw one in a junker and I really wanted to just buy it out of there before I knew anything about cars. I just liked the look and the turbo.

[Nick_83]

I'm not sure if they did. But the Mitsubishi Starion is the same exact car as the Conquest just has a different name

[conquest-king]

And the Chrysler Conquest has the lighted vanity mirrors in the sunvisor but the Mitsubishi Starion just has a mirror in the sun visor just figured i would let you know.

[Nick_83]

Sweet. Didn't know that.

[Buster]

Cool project car. Keep those wheels on.

I kinda like the burgundy interior though. :D

[xtremecaraudio]

Too bad you have to sell it. They are pretty cool cars, we had one at the salvage yard I used to work at that I was thinking about picking up but never did.

[Buster]

Aww...didn't see that. :(

[xtremecaraudio]

Aww...didn't see that. :(

yeah, kind of a shame. I think we've all had a project that hits that point.

P.S. I'm following you Buster. :monkeydance:

[conquest-king]

they are easy to make fast as fukk and they r a really good drifting cars i love the two that i have. Some much fun i will never get rid of them.

[Nick_83]

I've actually decided to keep it cuz of ppl tryin to lowball me. I'm trying to find the clutch pedal and assembly along with a brake pedal and assembly to do a auto to manual swap. You know of anybody who has any?

[conquest-king]

check www.car-part.com they have tons of shit and people will ship it to yeah if not i have one but i dont know if i am willing to part with it

[Nick_83]

Ok. Thanks man.

[Nick_83]

I checked but they don't have any pedals at all.

[conquest-king]

damn that sucks i will do some checkin around here where i live and see if i can find one. What all do you need? And where r u located at?

[Nick_83]

I need the clutch master and slave cylinders, clutch pedal and assembly, and manual brake pedal and assembly. I'm in Columbia, MS.

[Texas Tracer]

Sweet dude. I've got an 88 fiji blue Tsi I'm restoring/modding right now. Awaiting my ST lowering springs to finish my suspension setup, then I'll work my way to bigger exhaust and engine mods. You should join if not already done so starquest club.com and 2.6liter.us, they have tons of info and are gratious to help you out. What ever you do don't get rid of it! These are getting hard to find and are real head turners now days. I know how tough parts are to find for them but just persevere man!

[conquest-king]

totally i would never sell the ones i have they have become a part of me. Every time i cant find the parts i need i buy another one that is one way to ALWAYS HAVE A SPARE which is always a good idea. By the way already a member to those sites. Post up some pics.


Nick i havent had any luck finin anything yet but i will definately keep lookin.

[Texas Tracer]

Here's a crappy pic of it right after I bought it 2 years ago: http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/show_image.pl?bg=000000&image=http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/8/web/2540000-2540999/2540473_2_full.jpg

Yeah a parts car for these are very helpful, most guys who own these have a spare.

[Nick_83]

I don't have room at my house to have a spare. Wish I did though, it would make the whole automatic to manual swap way easier. Thanks for keepin an eye out conquest-king. I can get everything but the pedals and assemblies. I may just keep it auto just until I can actually find the parts. I'll have to join those sites. I'm already on g54b.com (hardly any ppl on it), and nwstarquest.com.

[Nick_83]

I finally found the pedals and assemblies. Now, I just gotta get a new clutch and the lines. But I'm stoked. College starts back in about two weeks, then I'll have the lifts to do the swap. It's gonna be awesome.

[conquest-king]

heck yeah man that is awesome! let me know if you have any questions i can try and help you out. Good Luck.

[Nick_83]

Just an update. Got the lines. Now just gotta get a clutch. I'm thinking I'm just gonna go ahead and get a stage 3 clutch.

[WickedZ]

nice car. Join us here for ALL the help you need. www.mitsubishi-forums.com We have our own conquest section and lots LOTs of people to help you. I myself own a Eclipse so Im all over that site more then this. Just hang around cuz I miss my Z

[zx2cambo]

outside pretty clean, interior...ugly, engine bay....*shakes head*...but..once your done with it itll definatly fool some idiots into racing you and getting stomped...intersting choice of car though. good luck

[Nick_83]

Yeah. I'll have to check that site out. The car had been sitting up for about 3 years in some dude's yard before I got it. I'm redoing the interior, and gonna junk some stuff from under the hood. Also, I'm saving to go mpi. It's gonna be badass.

[Buster]

Here are pictures of my Conquests. Enjoy!!!! By the way that is a custom super lightweight fiberglass sub box I made.

Looks like cardboard. :D

[conquest-king]

It is cardboard wrapped in fiberglass to give it strength. It is EXTREMELY lightweight and very sturdy. My 1500 watt pioneer premier sub hasnt cracked it yet!!!!!!

[Nick_83]

Just an update. I got the manual pedals all put in and the tranny bolted in. Just waiting on my driveshaft to come in. Found out I need a new head. But at least the swap is about 90% done.

[Texas Tracer]

Are you gonna get a non-jet valve head?

[Beodude123]

The interior needs some love... Ha

[Nick_83]

Are you gonna get a non-jet valve head?

Yeah. That's the next item on the list. Just gotta get some money up first.

[Nick_83]

Here are pictures of my Conquests. Enjoy!!!! By the way that is a custom super lightweight fiberglass sub box I made.

How hard was it to run the new boost guage? Did you just take the old one out and plug the new one in the existing connections?

[Boss122]

When are you going to do the small block chevy V8 swap? ;)

[conquest-king]

Yeah just take the dash gauges out and disassemble them enough to get the factory boost gauge out and then all you need to do is remove the face from your new boost gauge so it wont hit on the clear plastic piece that covers the gauges and the gauge will screw right into the hole left by taking the factory boost gauge out. I had to rig up my a new source of light for the gauge since the original light stuck out the back of my boost gauge to far this was about the hardest part!!! i just used one of the very small dash lights and wired it up in side of the new boost gauge. It is so cool the orange glow from my gauge totally matches the rest of the orange i love it. Best part is if need may be you can put the original back in no problem. BUT BE VERY CARFUL PULLING WIRECLIPS OFF OF THE GAUGE ASSEMBLY I HAVE HEARD OF PEOPLE TOTALLY F*CKING UP THERE GAUGES BY PULLIN ON SH*T!!!!! I didn't have ANY problems.

[conquest-king]

When are you going to do the small block chevy V8 swap? ;)

Not anytime soon!!! I think the added weight in the front would NOT be beneficial to driving in the twisties. I am WAY more interested in the Hurricane MPI system that would let you make all the power you would need!!!!!!!

[Texas Tracer]

I would go 4g64 wideblock before a V8 swap. Hopefully FuelInjectionPro will start making the Hurricane kit soon. I'd be interested in going multiport if a "kit" was available.

[Nick_83]

Not anytime soon!!! I am WAY more interested in the Hurricane MPI system that would let you make all the power you would need!!!!!!!

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