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[Miller,Brad]

Say - - I've got a question . . . . 

I've got a 2.5L TBI Dodge in a '93 Duster.  I'm looking for a little 
 more pickup and I've been told that the stock intake manifold sucks . 
 . .  (BTW:  I might have asked this before . .. mind is slipping . . ) 
  I'm wondering if it's feasible to scavenge the local boneyard for a 2 
 peice intake manifold from a turbo car and to use it with my existing 
 TBI unit.  The different intake manifold is actually a "tuned" setup.  
 I'm told it was originally designed for non-turbo applications.  For 
 right now, I'd keep the injectors in place (but not hooked up) or I'd 
 plug those holes up.  I'm thinking of fashioning a mounting plate to 
 mount my stock TBI unit on the manifold.  

Has anyone done anything like this?  I know there has to be other cars 
 that people have converted from one type of system to another.  My 
 long-term goal would be to convert this car to a fuel-injected turbo 
 setup, and this would start the ball rolling.

Also - - another more in-depth question:  The stock 2.2/2.5 motors from 
 Chrysler had only 8.0:1 compression, my motor is "supposedly" got 
 about 9-9.5:1.   I've read numerous articles in "Sport Compact Car" 
 and "Turbo and Hi-Tech Performance" on systems running under boost 
 with compression ratios that high.  What would the benefit of the 
 higher compression ratio be?  I love my car's current off the line 
 torque, and I'm afraid that lowering the compression ratio will hurt 
 it significantly.  Anyone got any ideas on that?


Thanks a lot!  I've been following a long quietly on the sidelines here 
 . . . . 

I've also got a few ideas about converting my 2.2 Shelby Charger from 
 Webers to fuel injection - - - I was looking at aftermarket throttle 
 bodies for the Weber manifold - - but it might be easier to put the 
 2.2 Turbo II intake on and sell the Webers.   



Bradley Miller
Midwest Shelby Dodge Automobile Club
brad_miller at so.xerox.com
or
brad2dbone at aol.com