Yeah, i can see your point. However i can say for sure that the ST spoiler sucks. Speeking of sucks, my stealth began to rev alot when i was at idle. I know that the ias is going out but when i was on my way to school yesterday i noticed that my temp. gauge was way up there. I just pulled the car over and turned it off and smoke began to pour out from underneath my hood. I was pissed.  I popped my hood and heard what sounded like steam out of a kettle. antifreeze was underneath the reserve and under the engine where the engine connects w/ the tranny(but no where near the water pump). I hope that the reserve just over flowed but would the IAS going out cause the car to heat up that fast within 3/4 miles??????

the stealth is a great car. I have a 91 steath es. It was running very well until my lower intake manifold gasket blew. Is the one your looking at a manual or automatic. Mine is a manual and it is really fun to drive. W/ 222hp the car can get up and go fairly well. The 1/4 ET is 15.6. and the hp is all at rpm's between 3500-6800. Would i recommend buying one?? well, that would depend upon the condition of the car; milage, possible engine rebuild, and previous problems. As far as the turbo goes, i don't know of any place but i'm sure someone else will. I'd kind of like to know what kind of job a 17 yr old would have that enables you to buy a turbo??

the only differences between all of the cars is the actual aero parts.  the sail panels, bumpers and sides are different as well as the wings.  But whats really cool is, they are all interchangable.  My car is actually a 91 ES, however, I did the 99 VR4 front and rear end conversions and I have Bomex side skirts with 3000GT door caps.  But mechaniclly, they are all identical.  All the parts are made by mitsubishi.  The only thing Dodge did was change a few of the body parts and slap their names on it, which is very common between Chrystler, Dodge, Eagle, Plymouth and Mitsubishi, since Chrystler Corp own all of them. 

As for buying a turbo kit for a NA stealth or 3000.  Not gonna happen.  There are none.  However, you can do a TT conversion on the NA 3S cars, like we did with mine.  There are 2 ways to do it, but both basiclly come down to buying parts from a VR4/RT TT and adding them or swaping out the entire motor, ECU and wiring harness with the turbo stuff.  We have done several TT conversions, as we actually specialize in these cars and the DSM's.  Labor for a Turbo conversion is $2000 and the parts portion REALLY depends on what kind of deal you can find on the parts.  I can tell you that when we did mine, I spent well over $10,000 to do mine, but a lot of that was because I bought all aftermarket performance parts instead of used VR4 parts to do my conversion.  I would however say that the bare minimium that it would cost you would be $6000 parts and labor.

Racer:  As for your idling and overheating problem, the idling is probably from your IAC.  Your overheating is either the thermostat or your WP.  But if all the coolant is on the tranny side, I would say you need a new thermostat.  Try that one 1st, as that's definitely the cheaper of the 2 fixes.  If that doesn't help, its gonna be the WP.  In fact, how many miles are on the car?  The big thing with the 3S cars is, you HAVE to do your 60k service (timing belt, tensioner, water pump, tensioner pulley and idler pulley)  every 60,000 miles, LIKE ITS CLOCKWORK!  If you dont, you are really risking the chance of that tensioner giving out or the water pump failing and your T-belt jumping timing, which WILL bend all the intake valves in your heads.  I have a car in the shop right now that had that happen, and it is costing the guy roughly $3000 to get a set of good used heads and having all the work done with the new 60K stuff.

Good luck, and let me know if I can help at all.  Feel free to give me a call at the shop 215-332-4900 or shoot me an email Ty@speedfactor.net

[QUOTE=Lotus Rider] Its only $1,795[/QUOTE]

Sounds like a reasonable price. But here's the bad news.

Depending on where you live, and your driving record, the insurance companies are going to have their way with you. You will doubtless pay more than that per year for insurance.

You have lots of ideas, but when you are starting with a basic model like that, you are better off to love it for what it is, rather than spend a small fortune trying to make it into what it was never designed to be.

With this first Stealth, learn the maintenance routines, basic repairs, and simple modifications. Don't dump a ton of money into it; you will not get it back out of the car. Spend the money necessary to keep it in top running condition, use it to learn the finer points of installing a stereo system, tuning, diagnostics, detailing, brake work, changing spark plugs (hah!) and so on.

For what you will be making, you are better off to have something that won't be in your pocket as much as a TT will. Once you are out of school, then sell your first Stealth, and use that money towards the TT of your dreams. Don't get all happy to see the JC Whitney catalog, and don't spend your entire McD's check in the Pep Boys accessory aisle. If you have cash to spare, after insurance, maintenance, gas, etc., put it in the bank and *save it* until the day you are able to buy the TT. You will need it. Your Stealth will run *just fine* without those stickers, or new shft knob, or whatever.

Five years from now, when your TT needs a new starter, you will be sooo glad you put that $44.18, that $29.99, that $16.81, and the $50.00 of birthday money in the bank that long ago day, rather than splurging on tacky ricer-roni that does nothing more than say...."I'm a BOY RACER! Yipppeeeeee!"

I started out with a '92 Stealth R/T, because I could afford that, and also because I wanted to see if I could live with that kind of car. I did not modify it in any way (although I did repaint it, same color, electric blue, once the factory paint job got too many stone chips). But I took good care of it, and learned the ups and downs of the cars. When I sold it, I cried, but it went to a good home.

Now I have a '93 TT, and I will tell you this: It ain't the same beast. Unless you live near a reliable, experienced shop that does not fear all things 3/S, you will play HELL getting anything fixed beyond the basics. The maintenance schedule is tighter, insurance is much higher, the tires cost more (and for some reason, wear out quicker!) it is less forgiving, and on and on and on. But then, when I get behind the wheel...

So here's the good news: You can buy your Stealth, and enjoy all but the "other" 80hp, save money on insurance and maintenance, and best of all, learn to appreciate the cars, instead of swearing them off as fussy, demanding beasts, which is what may happen if you start off with a TT. Once you've got a "real" job, you can decide if you truly want to make the jump to a TT, and do so without it becoming a burden to you.

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