Turbo 4.0 AMC Spirit

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Turbo 4.0 AMC Spirit

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I am building an Turbo 4.0 AMC Spirit
Megasquirt fuel injected
Here are some pics.
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the latest front end mods
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Post by yuppiexj »

I'm guessing this won't be driven on the street.

Work so far looks great.
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Looks nice, cant wait to see it run. Did you change the internals at all?
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Re: Turbo 4.0 AMC Spirit

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Car is for drag racing only.
Has a 9" Ladder bar coil over setup
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Here's the bottom of the car now.
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The headers were made from a stock set
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No internal changes yet, but will probably make a cam change after I get a baseline on the dyno.
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any idea what kind of numbers that thing will be pushing out?
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What kind of boost are you going to be pushing? I've heard 6-8 is all you want to run on stock internals...
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Re: Turbo 4.0 AMC Spirit

Post by crustodd »

THAT IS AWESOME :o How do you think MegaSquirt would work on an XJ, normally aspirated stroker?
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crustod, I entered megasquirt xj in google and got 1800 or more hits. Please try that before running over every ones threads on this board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Turbo 4.0 AMC Spirit

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MS 2 woks great on anything. As long as you can tune it
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Re: Turbo 4.0 AMC Spirit

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What trans are you putting behind the 4.0? I'm interested in what's good for racing and mountable on small-bodied AMC cars.
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TF- 904
9.5" PTC 4200 convertor
Manual reverse valve body.
Built it myself...find out tomorrow how it works. (weather permitting...again)

Guess I should update some pics.

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All I can is WOW!!! Great job, and a beautiful car!!!
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Re: Turbo 4.0 AMC Spirit

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Thank You
Car is running good
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Re: Turbo 4.0 AMC Spirit

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I am really surprised this thread hasn't seen more attention. You build and execution of the turbo set-up is super clean, and warrants more attention than it's getting. FOR SURE!!

Do you have any more detailed info on what you are using? Injectors, Turbo, wiring, etc. I see you are using MS to control the engine, does it interface well with the Chrysler TPS, CTS, etc?
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