by "Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
Published 11/16/2017 at 10:04
by "Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
Published 11/16/2017 at 10:04
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It had the 2.5 turbo four.
Its so regular its almost insulting.
"jimz" (jimz)
11/16/2017 at 10:52, STARS: 0
my dad had a Spirit R/T when I was in high school. learned to drive (and drive stick) on that car.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/16/2017 at 10:56, STARS: 0
was it good? the specs aren’t bad, front engine, rear wheel drive, turbo engines, manual transmissions.
If it was released today people would go crazy over it!
"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
11/16/2017 at 11:04, STARS: 1
The Spirit R/T (and all the AA cars) were front wheel drive.
The engine was great from what I read, but the rest of the car wasn’t quite up to par (having been in a few Acclaims, I completely understand). The contemporary SHO was a better overall package.
It also had a reputation for throwing timing belts...
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/16/2017 at 11:10, STARS: 0
Oh shit! I got confused with the single A plataform
Apparently the double A platform was just a stretched K-body!
"jimz" (jimz)
11/16/2017 at 11:20, STARS: 1
Well, keep in mind 1991 was just coming off of the malaise era, so it felt like the fastest car in the world to me. It was part of the trio of new domestic performance cars which all hit the market about the same time; the Spirit R/T, Taurus SHO, and Lumina Z34.
that said, the Spirit was still a K-car at its roots. It handled “ok” and the shifter was rather rubbery. Plus the 2.2 Turbo III ate head gaskets for dinner and snacked on timing belts between meals. Unfortunately the Lotus-designed valvetrain caused the timing belt to “tow rope,” and the 2.2 block didn’t have a provision for a second idler so they had to crank up the belt tension to compensate. End result was that the Turbo III is the only engine I’ve personally encountered which always (
always
) snapped timing belts clean. Most other engines I’ve seen, the timing belt fails because the crank sprocket shears off a bunch of teeth when you try to start the engine.
"jimz" (jimz)
11/16/2017 at 11:22, STARS: 1
every FWD car Chrysler had (which wasn’t an imported Mitsu) up until the LH, PL, and JA was a K-derivative. Just stretched or shrunk a bit as needed.
"nafsucof" (galinskiomatic)
11/16/2017 at 13:31, STARS: 0
Ha my r(a)t sheeted teeth off the belt 4 times in 1000 miles. Had a bad cam bearing on the exhaust cam that cliff ramsdell diagnosed after he bought it from me.
"SpeedSix" (speedsix)
11/16/2017 at 16:18, STARS: 0
Apparently Mexico got a number of different EEKs not offered in Canada or the U.S. - different tunes of turbo engines, different equipment, availability in Mexico after discontinuation in Canada/U.S., etc.