I Started With a red 88 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z with T-tops, TII, power everything, including the drivers seat.  Not my Favorite Color, but a paint job wasn't a priority at the time. Click on it for more Pictures.
VIN# 1B3BA64A1JG315220
My 88 Daytona Shelby Z with T-tops. Click here for more pics.
The first thing I did was Give it a tune up.  My spark plugs were way over gaped, the wires were in poor shape, and it just seemed to need someone's caring touch.  After these minor tune ups the car started to be truly fast.  Well, it was almost back up to it's original performance, and I can only guess it was doing mid 15 E.T.'s at about 85-90MPH.  I actually had an unoffical timeing done with the help of a few friends and the St. George race way drag strip.  It was totally unaccurate with around 1.5 - 2 seconds of reaction time between all of us.  I was timed with a low 17, but with the estimated reaction times that would really be mid to low 15's.
After driving/racing it for couple of weeks I removed the power Steering Pump.  Why?  We'll it kind of blew up on me and I actually liked the way it steered without it better then with it.  Plus it helped with a temporary fix for the steering problem I was haveing.

The Next Step was to upgrade the Stereo System, and since it had an Infinity System in it I had to remove the entire old system, but I was able to use the stock wiring thanks to some nifty little wiring harnesses from Crutchfield. I replaced the stereo with what I pulled out of my long gone Honda.  It's certainly not the best system in the world, but it's fairly light weight, and does the job.   Click here for more details.

I did some major tuning up on the car somewhere in there, but the next most important thing I did was to get a customized 3" exhaust setup that ran up a tab of $313.00.  More to come once I get into customizing the intake/inter-cooler setup, and the ND performance computer ((602) 434-0848).  I've also got a few ideas of my own that I hope will help, and then if I feel I need that little extra power I might consider nitrous.  I was hoping to hit high 13's on my E.T. without nitrous in a full interior (minus some weight here and there) daily driver without compromising the 30+MPG I get while taking the freeway to work, but as for now I traided it in for a Toyota Pickup that I'm haveing fun will as well.  Hopefully in the next year I'll pick up another daytona and do a real project with it.
Shelby Dodge Mailing List
Check out the Shelby dodge Mailing list, and my first E-mail to the list.

Here's my Cam Specs. that go with my roller rockers:  1988 Turbo I/II  PN: 4387850 .430 Lift 236/232 Duration
Injectors and compairisions (I'm going to use the +20% ones)
 P4529495          Mopar Performance +20%            42 lbs/hr at 55psi
5277895             2.5L/Turbo II (current stock replacement)             34.85 lb/hr at 55psi
4418258         Stock Turbo II (89 vintage)   32 lbs/hr at 55psi
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