Well here's the new pics of her. Took them after the snow and my installation of the rear louvres. Still trying to find a metal set for the sides to match the rear but if I don't then I will be putting the plastic ones on until I located them.

 

wow looks good man other than that front bumper lol

 

lookin great man.

question, did the american market starion come turbo'd?

 

ALL Starions and Conquests were turbo. The early years didn't have an intercooler but they all had a turbo.

 

ya i just did some research last night, the USDM models came with a 2.6L turbo (the 4g54 apparently)?? was that motor any good?

 

VERY good actually. Unfortunately there was only one other vehicle that used the G54B platform. The D-50/Mighty Max trucks. They used the NON turbo version though. I have driven a truck with a turbo swap and DAMN that thing was QUICK. Even with a full toolbox, grill, and various spare parts from the day at the track it got up and WENT.

 

so the fact that its an 8 valve and SOHC doesnt hinder the performance at all? are there a decent amount of upgrades for that motor? ie. pistons, rods etc..

 

Any head swaps possible?

 

NO NO HEAD SWAPS. The heads don't really prove to be much of a problem. The 8 valves are fine for decent power as is. There are people making in excess of 500 ponies with an 8 valve head. There are plenty of upgrades but hardly anything bolt on like the ricers tend to overuse. You just have to know where to look. Like my engine. I have a set of race prepped shot peened rods, floating wristpins, Wiseco forged pistons at a higher compression ratio than stock, 1mm oversized valves, Schnieder 100# valve springs, 52mm oversized throttle body, ARP head studs (Instead of bolts the studs are reusable and they're ARP ), 14G turbo,and a 3" exhaust. Everything else I've had done was machine shop stuff and still didn't cost that much.

The turbo, the BOV, and the exhaust were the only true "bolt on" performance items I have currently. Next in line are the hard pipes,stainless steel braidedclutch line, brake lines,turbo coolant feed,oil feed line. I already have the oil feed line just haven't put it on yet. After that it's allmore mechanical stuff that will take more than a few bolts to put in.

The biggest problem with the design of the engine is the throttle body injection. But people have gotten around that byadaptinganother vehicle's intake to give the G54B a multiport injection system. THAT requires MAJOR work though. You're talking about putting a new intake on (From Austrailian cars I can't remember which one it is that fits right now) then adding the new ECU to controll the injectors, rerouting theintake lines and IC piping, more powerful fuel delivery system to support the extra 2 injectors, and a few other bits and pieces.THAT mod there can run in excess of $3000 by itself BUT you'll be able to support whatever turbo you want to put in there (Can we say 20G?).

Hopefully that'll clear things up about this engine.

 

Edited for content. Comment was unnecessary in a semi-serious thread.