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sixsixfour
01-14-2011, 11:40 AM
http://www.3sgto.org/images/cotm/2011-01.jpg

Congratulations to bslade & his Blue (Orchid Pearl) 1993 DODGE STEALTH R/T Single Turbo
bslade's Garage Link (http://www.3sgto.org/garage.php?do=user_garage_view&id=1640)

I purchased this car in 2002 from an elementary school teacher who really didn't know how to take care of it.
I fell in love with it after the 1st test drive! It had 178,000km.
It started out as a high-end used car for a daily driver.
The first thing I had to do was get it painted. Paint was thrashed and sideskirt split... My cousin the ex-bodyshop mgr stripped it down sanded it, threw all the parts inside (bumpers and all) and took it to the paint shop for re-painting it stock/original orchid pearl blue. When it came out, I helped him put it all back together again. Thats when I learned how well built these bodies are! Took forever, but it was worth it. Paint still holds its own in car shows to this day.

I found the 3SI website shortly after, then the 'obsession' began..... I met other owners with beautiful cars, engine bays, etc. etc. and wanted a car like theirs. I started organizing all of the local meets and couldn't get enough of these cars. I started 'upgrading little things here and there as I could.

Stereo Upgrade was next, even built my own sub box because being long distance daily driver I didn't want to lose my spare tire!

Then I learned how to polish Aluminum......then it snowballed... 'Hey! I can polish that too!' I kept saying. Local 3S owners started calling me Mr. Bling....

Show & Shine judges would walk by my car, look at the engine bay, realize how many hours it took to polish all those parts, and just shake their head.....then give me a trophy at the end of the day

Kept driving it 100Km to/from work every day, but eventually
at 320,000km the head gasket finally gave up.

Our local guru/Stealth-God mechanic at GT Racing said 'Bob - if you wanna go Turbo, now is the time to do it'. Need a whole engine rebuild, so away we went!
The Single-Turbo setup, including turbo, intake, headers, exhaust are all custom made (stainless steel) for this car. GT designed the whole thing. While it was in the shop (engineless) I found a set of Leather seats that a friend reconditioned and replaced all damage leather on. I installed them while it was in the garage being re-built.

The Turbo was made from 2 different turbos (bigger vanes, faster spooling ball bearing type). Custom waste gate and BOV. Front mounted intercooler.
Last Dyno run est 410HP at the crank.
As this car was a 'prototype', there were lots of issues at the beginning (too much fuel at low RPM, not enough at high RPM) so in went the Apexi Neo and the Supra fuel pump.
Then there was all that 'heat'. Almost melted everything around the turbo (including my battery). So in went the titanium header wrap and battery wrap.

The next winter I slowly converted the entire interior to Blue LED lighting. Patience is very necessary if anyone even thinks about being crazy enough to do this like I did....LOL

List of modifications since it was a stock R/T NA is extensive:

Suspension and Wheels:
- Tein Coilovers
- Diablo 20" Chrome wheels
- 275/30ZR20s Rear, 255/35ZR20s Front
- Cross drilled rotors, SS brakelines, Axis Pads.

Electronics:
- Innovative Performance Digital A/F (A-pillar)
- AEM Boost Gauge (A-Pillar)
- Apexi blue LED Turbo Timer
- Apexi NEO A/F Mgt
Audio:
- Alpine MP3Head Unit
- Audiobahn amp for sub
- JBL 10" Sub in Homemade Box

Interior:
- Reconditioned leather seats (Stock was cloth)See below.
- Blue LED conversion on all switches and lights. See below.
- Speedhut Indigo Blue gauge face overlays including centre gauges
- 3SI Floormats

Engine:
- Polished intake plenum, intake pipes, valve covers, fuel rails, water housing, headers, downpipe, Stealth R/T Spark Plug cover, strut bar.
Note: I did all my own metal polishing.......
- Custom Single TD03 Turbo
- GT Racing Wastegate and BOV
- Steel Forged Crank
- 360CC injectors
- 99 lifters
- Chrome rings
- Upgraded racing pistons
- Full front mount intercooler
- Front mount Tranny cooler
- Stainless steel intake piping and exhaust system (again custom made by GTR)
- K&N FIPK mounted down by foglight.
- Supra Fuel Pump - Hot-wired.
- Chromed plastic Timing Belt Covers

Other:
- FIAMM Horn Mod
- Snake-Eyes Mod
- Single to Dual Exhaust conversion
- Window tint

Odometer now reads 356,000Km....... and it's just like a brand new Stealth R/T FWD ATX except a lot better and a lot faster!

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3KVT
01-14-2011, 01:14 PM
congrats, dude! Sick ride!!

Granny
01-14-2011, 01:21 PM
Congrats!
I knew you would make a come back performance. :)

SupraMKIII
01-14-2011, 02:15 PM
I have voted for this car in every vote it's ever come up in so far, glad to see it won!

I LOVE this car and admire the work you've done to it.

McDale
01-14-2011, 02:27 PM
Awesome bslade! Congratulations on a well deserved win! (I see a couple of pics from Kamloops in there, atta boy!) :)

Cheers,
McD

green-lantern
01-14-2011, 06:57 PM
Congratulations man! The banner is awesome and so is the car.

mb3000
01-14-2011, 07:14 PM
Congrats man.

IPD
01-14-2011, 08:03 PM
Congratulations man! The banner is awesome, but the car would be better if it were manual.

ftfy, ass. :p

CoopKill
01-14-2011, 09:32 PM
I have voted for this car in every vote it's ever come up in so far, glad to see it won!

I LOVE this car and admire the work you've done to it.
X2 :Clap:


ftfy, ass. :p:lmao:

DanEboy5
01-14-2011, 10:50 PM
Very sweet ride man! Congrats!!! STEALTHS rule!

green-lantern
01-15-2011, 12:07 AM
:lo5l:

bslade
01-15-2011, 02:20 AM
Thanks everyone. I really appreciate it :) :D;):hugs:

Atrosity
01-15-2011, 04:52 PM
Congrats man!!!!! Love your car!

MMM RED
01-17-2011, 11:21 AM
Nice seats I might add.
...Jay

bslade
01-17-2011, 04:22 PM
Nice seats I might add.
...Jay

Your old leather seats need new stuffing in the drivers side Jay! Your butt was too fat. Geoff replaced the leather you wore out, but not the stuffing LOL

CoopKill
01-17-2011, 06:32 PM
Ohh SNAP!

Austin@STM
01-17-2011, 10:02 PM
Congrats!

Markingtime
01-26-2011, 02:32 PM
So what is the deal with what appears to be a picture of the engine on the hood? Painted on? Photo shopped? It doesn't appear in all the hood pics. Looks awesome in the pic and would be very impressive if it was real.

bslade
01-26-2011, 03:27 PM
So what is the deal with what appears to be a picture of the engine on the hood? Painted on? Photo shopped? It doesn't appear in all the hood pics. Looks awesome in the pic and would be very impressive if it was real.

Sorry. That is a photoshop creation.

Markingtime
01-26-2011, 03:50 PM
I'm sorry too. That would make a great paint scheme.

IPD
01-26-2011, 03:59 PM
I'm sorry too. That would make a great paint scheme.

it'd be even cooler if it showed the entire skeleton....

bluzvr4
01-26-2011, 04:06 PM
someone should make a wrap

Markingtime
01-26-2011, 04:30 PM
it'd be even cooler if it showed the entire skeleton....

Something worth thinking about.


someone should make a wrap

While technically possible, wraps just don't make good replacements for a paint finish IMO.

bluzvr4
01-26-2011, 04:31 PM
i love fresh paint my dad is a painter but the cost of all the air brushing would be outstanding compared to a wrap.

Markingtime
01-26-2011, 05:01 PM
i love fresh paint my dad is a painter but the cost of all the air brushing would be outstanding compared to a wrap.

Yeah, just one of those things that is just not worth doing if you are not going to do it right.

bluzvr4
01-26-2011, 05:02 PM
i understand that

bslade
01-26-2011, 06:11 PM
Airbrushing is cool, but not for daily drivers. Shame to see rock chips in it. Which happens a LOT with this platform....

Markingtime
01-26-2011, 09:04 PM
Airbrushing is cool, but not for daily drivers. Shame to see rock chips in it. Which happens a LOT with this platform....

Yeah, you'd have to cover it with some of that rock chip plastic or keep it as a show car.

IPD
01-26-2011, 09:09 PM
clear bra FTW.

Macky
01-27-2011, 10:30 AM
congratulations!!

bslade
01-28-2011, 03:28 PM
Yeah, you'd have to cover it with some of that rock chip plastic or keep it as a show car.

I heard bad things about that plastic film. Heard it goes dull and discolors. Expensive stuff too.
I drive mine all the time. Thats how I got 354,000Kms on it....and have to deal with the chips.....

IPD
01-28-2011, 03:46 PM
I heard bad things about that plastic film. Heard it goes dull and discolors. Expensive stuff too.
I drive mine all the time. Thats how I got 354,000Kms on it....and have to deal with the chips.....

dull, discolored, and expensive. and yet...i can rip it off and put another one on; rather than dealing with rock chips.

p.s.

headlights are getting covered FOR SURE.