Once again it lives (Ben on the road for a week now, 330 miles)

This is my Dart Talldeck, 2.1L NA Beast. After a long hard road (and almost scrapping the project) its back in the ITR. Thanks to Dean @ Mr Gasket and everyone at Performance Assembly Solutions (PAS is a joint venture between Roush and Uni-Boring) who assembled the motor. After some more break-in miles its off to Payn for some tuning and dyno numbers.

Installed


another angle:



And on a side note, the SRT4 is gone and was replaced with something German and AWD



Mattj

 

Nice!

Nice choice on trashing the srt4 for some audi goodness.

 

cool, any pics of the engine while it was apart?

 

I'm excited to see your dyno results. The engine bay looks nice a perdy.

Good choice on the Audi. I've always liked those cars.

What was the deciding factor on getting rid of the Neon?

 

2.1L

any sound clips?

 

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He posted a bunch of pics throughtout the whole process, do a search for his old posts.

Car is finally done, can't wait to see some numbers. It's been slightly less than a year, right?

 

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any sound clips?</TD></TR></TABLE>

No sound clips yet,.....................I don't day say it idles like a V8, but is you have ever heard a 4.3L chevy motor idle with a slight rumble.

It does not sound Like a 4 banger at all


The SRT was repurchased by Chrysler for technical difficulties.

Mattj

 

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No sound clips yet,.....................I don't day say it idles like a V8, but is you have ever heard a 4.3L chevy motor idle with a slight rumble.

It does not sound Like a 4 banger at all


The SRT was repurchased by Chrysler for technical difficulties.

Mattj</TD></TR></TABLE>

neither does my 2.0L...he he he dont you just love it tho??..

and when u give it little gas it goes...bum bum bum bum...buuuuummmmm pop pop buuummmm....i always get asked if i have a race car....'im lovin it

 

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But it has felt like eternity

Most recent:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=890828

First time around:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=678762

Just before removal (May of 03)
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=509901

Mattj

 

How's the hood clearance? How high are you going to rev that?

Looks awesome .

 

Torque ownz. Awsome setup.

 

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I actually have about a 1/2 to 1/4 inch to spare in all area judging by the clay I used during mockup.

I only reved it to 8000K last time because it was making peak power at 7200 RPM

I switched to a Extruded honed and Angle milled ITR Intake manifold that should allow the power to peak and hold longer, I will just wait and see what the dyno has to say.

Mattj

 

awesome can't wait to see some numbers after the motor settles in

 

that is nice. sweet cars you have. what numbers do u expect to put down?

 

Looks stock!

glad its running.

Not much I can say about the neon or audi - I dislike both

 

oooh. S4 or A4??

 

 

Cool Matt, I'm glad you didn't give up on her..

Maybe getting rid of that neon will keep you focused on the ITR now...

I hope the Audi is non turbo...otherwise, I expect to see that bitch at the dragstrip....

 

(in for numbers )

 

i like ur new ride man!!!

 

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damn it will be so damn crazy if you can boost that bad boy.

 

When building the motor I wanted Torque over hp, I am hoping we see 220WHP and 165ish Lb ft at the wheel on Payn Techs Mustand chassis dyno.

We will see

Yes, I wanted to focus on the ITR, so getting rid of the SRT4 has helped me refocus my automotive priorities

The Audi is a 2004, A4 Quattro with the 1.8T, We have added a APR ECU reflash, a Thermal Exhuast is on the way and it looks like possibly some Audi RS4 18" wheels
This is truly the family cruiser so it won't see the drag strip anytime soon.

Mattj


Modified by Dropspeed at 8:05 AM 8/26/2004

 

for the Audi gOOtnes...

can't wait to see those dyno numbers!

 

that's awesome man, good way do do it) 18's on a daily, hehe

 

Matt -

Is the dart block/combo any major difference in weight? Just by the looks of things I'm guessing it's not more than 50lbs heavier - good trade off for the torque.

great project!!