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Yeah, Gary is a good friend and a great guy all-around. He was one of the original turbo Dodge 'innovators' of the '90s and 2000s, figuring out what did and did not work by repeatedly pushing engines beyond their limits. I'm glad you've been looking through his site--it contains a wealth of...

Gary Donovan has a pretty good overview of what is involved. http://www.thedodgegarage.com/turbo_glhs.html

<psst!> An '86. ;) In addition to the digital dash, I see you have one of the multi-button trip computer systems. This means there is a strong possibility that you have one of the two talking voice modules on this car. For your sake, I hope so. The A-525 was the original turbo...

Thank you. So much to say, but I'm feeling under the weather so I have an overarching cloudy mentality. I'll see if I can squeeze out a few quick thoughts. (My stupid iPad keeps screrwing up the formatting when I try to reply to multiple messages at once, so I guess I'll have to post twice...

Oh, wow--that's the prior generation model. I wasn't expecting a rental car to be 4+ years old.

That's strange, because Apple CarPlay has been standard on the Forester for years now. (So has Android Auto.)

How about a photo of the dash? I'm curious how it is optioned. Let's begin at the beginning: getting it cleaned up and seeing if it will fire. First step: does the engine turn via a socket on the crank?

Indeed. :) This car will be an '86 at the newest, as that was the final year for the Chrysler Laser. Engine-wise, there were significant year-to-year changes, so it would be good to know exactly what you're starting with. No, it is not... provided you're using the right bottom end hardware...

I haven't received my trail assignments in the mail yet, but they have been posted online in the Leaders & Helpers chart. I figure that makes it official, so now I can announce it publicly: I got my dream assignment! Mon 4/3: 10am Metal Masher -- gunner Tue 4/4: Elephant Hill -- trail leader...

There are 22 GMRS channels, and every one of them is shared with FRS. The FRS radio service is limited to 2W max output on channels 1-7 and 15-22, and is limited to only 0.5W on channels 8-14. GMRS is allowed to transmit higher power than this, but only on select channels. The GMRS output...

Yes, that's the standard ("forward") arrangement. In case anyone reading along didn't know, a reverse pattern manual valve body results in a shift pattern of PRN123. Serious drag racers came up with this idea so that, in the heat of a race, if you accidentally move your shifter too far you...

Oh! I forgot to mention this. You're running a manual valve body? Sweet. Is it forward or reverse pattern? I still miss the RPMVB in my Caravan terribly.

I expect your car to be faster given your higher compression ratio coupled to similar curb weight. Yes, I'll get spin if I jump on the throttle too quickly from a standstill. But I really enjoy the tire spin I get at the 1-2 upshift, be it a solid chirp at light throttle or a few car lengths...

From takeoff? How is the 1-2 upshift?

But, wow, what an excellent read. Thanks for posting that.

x2 on both counts. Having said that, if I decided to install a mobile GMRS radio I would very likely choose the Midland MTX115. No, it doesn't have a removable faceplate, but I don't think that really matters much because the MTX115 is downright tiny. It is 5" by 5.5" and only an inch tall...

Out of curiosity, have you put a vacuum gauge on this engine? (Even just as a temporary test to see how bad it is?)

IIRC, the 'bad' head is the 331. It was introduced in MY 2001, I think. (My memory may be off a bit, though.)

One of my turbo Mopar friends was at the drag strip going all out when his mixture went too lean and he melted one piston at mid-track. He nursed it back to the pits, where he and a couple buddies pulled the cylinder head to assess the damage. "Oh, we just melted one piston?" They proceeded to...

I got her all the way back in high school. We were together my entire senior year, plus the summer after. In the fall, I left Ohio and she did not... so life took us in different directions for almost 30 years. We re-connected (through a mutual friend) just as my ex was starting the divorce...