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I haven't been on here in a while, I figured I'd post up some pics of what I have been working on lately. I bought this truck in January after finding some pretty bad frame rust on my '88. The truck will be sporting the 4g63t, gm th350 trans w/10" converter and a Ford 8.8 rear out of an Explorer. If you guys have any specific questions about the build, please post them up, here are some pics.

When I bought it:


Adj prop valve:


Ford 8.8 rear:




Quarter Stick shifter:




54mm holset h1c that will be going on the truck:

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John
89 Colt GT(2)
88 d50 4g63t, crower 272's, dsmlink

very cool! looking to forward to seeing this things progress

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1989 Dodge Colt gt - built '64,FP cam combo,SC6152e.

This will make an awesome drag truck.

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91 GSX - 511fwhp and 352 lb/ft 25psi 110 octane, 7.68 @ 95.9mph 1/8th 21psi 91 octane, 11.93 @ 112.9mph, 117.7mph best trap speed, 20psi 91 octane
98 Volvo S70 T5 - DD

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Awesome swap project, this is actually one I'd like to try some day. There are like 3-4 of them w/4g63's kicking around here.

would love to see more of this truck.

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91 plym colt 4g 4g15 12v/ 4g37 upgrades 5spd flat black

I approve!

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If I had a dollar for every V8 beaten by a colt I would be a millionaire. But I would still be driving my colt.

What do you do to convert it to efi (ie; the fuel pump)

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They come efi factory.

Where abouts did you score a transmission adapter? I gave up on my D50 too because of rust too, sad to say but the colt is not far behind it either.

I have been keeping an eye out for another talon to swap the stuff into, but a MM/D50 build with the chevy auto tranny would be wicked too. Are the adapter plates readily available?

How much work was it to make the tranny fit in the tunnel?

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- Works in da bush

Not the early ones, I think the 90's were the first models with fuel injection.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

From an engineering standpoint, would it make sense that you would now need some better shocks and or leaf springs?
There must be a lot more weight now sprung in the rear end (no homo), and due to those old Mitsu shocks only really being capable of keeping light weight stuff planted to the ground, I hope this isn't too much of a bother when it's up and rolling again.
Any plans for suspension at all 4 corners.

Tim, new shocks are already on the back, still gotta get a set for the front. I will most likely run some cheap traction bars at first to keep it from wrapping the leafs. The adapter plate on this truck is from Bill Hincher. Wiring up the carbed trucks for efi is pretty easy, you treat the 4g63 harness as a separate syetem and only supply it what it needs from the truck.

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John
89 Colt GT(2)
88 d50 4g63t, crower 272's, dsmlink

Nice! I've always wanted to do a MM/d50 project. Keep us updated.

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92 Colt GL 4g63t + AWD swap
00 Mirage LS

All you need is 4 wires to fire up a DSM harness, ground, constant power, key on power and to kick on the fuel pump Like you said it's very simple, I used a DSM harness on my hyundai swap so I know first hand

Well I'm doing the same thing as well^, if you remember the mischief 4x4 mighty max that Eric Plebani used to own? If you don't here is a clip of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-RXqk41nDw

Well I have this same truck at my garage that I'm putting a rebuild motor in for my buddy, so next weekend I'll take some pics to show you guys.

Oh btw way, your truck looks like it's going to be a fun project, keep us updated

Thanks Tom, I definately remember Eric's truck, that is the truck that inspired me years ago to start this project. I was wondering who had the truck now.

I pulled the bed off the other day to finish modifying for the cell install, here are a few pics:

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John
89 Colt GT(2)
88 d50 4g63t, crower 272's, dsmlink