[ARCHIVED THREAD] - The Wraith (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 5/31/2017 6:43:02 PM EDT
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I watched this 80s movie with Sherilyn Fenn and Charlie Sheen. Talk about campy. Fenn was pretty hot, but man can she not act.
Anyone know about this movie? Seems like the 80s were a more innocent time. IMDB page |
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Back when 300hp sounded like a bajillion gazillion horsepower.
Who would win in an 80s campfest race; the Wraith or the car Michael Jackson transformed into in Moonwalker? ETA: what was that 50 year old dude with the stingray doing with a 17 year old burger joint waitress? Was that shit legal back then or did everyone just turn a blind eye? |
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DSM's did not exist during the filming of this movie. (1987 release, iirc) 
This was also the first public appearance of the Dodge Shadow, too. 
ETA: The PPG Pace car made over 400hp. With a 4 banger. In the mid '80s.  |
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I always imagine that that engine was a tuning nightmare. 80's Chrysler tech, boost, and over 100 hp per cylinder sounds like a massive headache. Quoted:
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DSM's did not exist during the filming of this movie. (1987 release, iirc)
This was also the first public appearance of the Dodge Shadow, too.
ETA: The PPG Pace car made over 400hp. With a 4 banger. In the mid '80s.
Plus, it did that with a trick DOHC head (from Cosworth, which became the basis for the head used in the DOHC Maserati TC's) and a couple of turbos. The Turbo III (DOHC 2.2 Turbo, with a Lotus designed head) didn't hit the streets until 1991, and the pace car was before the intercooled cars were made in mass numbers, too. (1986 was the first year, in the Shelby GLHS, a limited production car with 500 units produced, 1987 was the first "official" year of production). The bolt on Super 60 package (for 300hp!) didn't arrive until the intercooled cars became available.
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This may come to you as a surprise, but the Chrysler speed density system was actually pretty good, better than Ford's and GM's at the time.
Plus, it did that with a trick DOHC head (from Cosworth, which became the basis for the head used in the DOHC Maserati TC's) and a couple of turbos. The Turbo III (DOHC 2.2 Turbo, with a Lotus designed head) didn't hit the streets until 1991, and the pace car was before the intercooled cars were made in mass numbers, too. (1986 was the first year, in the Shelby GLHS, a limited production car with 500 units produced, 1987 was the first "official" year of production). The bolt on Super 60 package (for 300hp!) didn't arrive until the intercooled cars became available. |
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I watched it when I was a kid, and loved it. That car was the shit! I saw it on Netflix and had to watch it... better than I remembered (no boobies on the cable version I watched as a kid). |
 Tim Feehan - "Where's the Fire" [The Wraith] |
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That's a serious amount of 80's Chrysler knowlege! I didn't start spinning wrenches until the mid 90's, so a lot of that stuff just seems archaic to me. I always hated wrenching on anything 80's. I didn't know Cosworth had a hand in it. If anybody was going to pull a lot of power out of a small package, it would be them. Quoted:
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This may come to you as a surprise, but the Chrysler speed density system was actually pretty good, better than Ford's and GM's at the time.
Plus, it did that with a trick DOHC head (from Cosworth, which became the basis for the head used in the DOHC Maserati TC's) and a couple of turbos. The Turbo III (DOHC 2.2 Turbo, with a Lotus designed head) didn't hit the streets until 1991, and the pace car was before the intercooled cars were made in mass numbers, too. (1986 was the first year, in the Shelby GLHS, a limited production car with 500 units produced, 1987 was the first "official" year of production). The bolt on Super 60 package (for 300hp!) didn't arrive until the intercooled cars became available. 
My first car was an '87 Daytona, also owned a '92, and an '88 Shelby Z. I still have parts lying around for that Shelby Z, like the original (seized ) bottom end, at least one junkard Garrett T03, various compressor housings (use one on my desk at work as a paperweight ) and other knick-knacks. 
I have a 2.2 Turbo valve cover that I repainted (and never used) long ago that I hang on the wall as decoration.
Shit, I think I still have enough parts lying around to mostly convert a pull through Turbo I car into a blow through Turbo II (this includes the cute little half-rad intercooler).
ETA II: I still have a bookshelf worth of 90 - 93 Factory Service Manuals that I should probably part with, too.
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I watched this 80s movie with Sherilyn Fenn and Charlie Sheen. Talk about campy. Fenn was pretty hot, but man can she not act. Anyone know about this movie? Seems like the 80s were a more innocent time. IMDB page Audrey Horn was her best role. |
That shit's got some kick...
 The Best of Skank |
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I've owned a handful of these cars.
My first car was an '87 Daytona, also owned a '92, and an '88 Shelby Z. I still have parts lying around for that Shelby Z, like the original (seized ) bottom end, at least one junkard Garrett T03, various compressor housings (use one on my desk at work as a paperweight ) and other knick-knacks.
I have a 2.2 Turbo valve cover that I repainted (and never used) long ago that I hang on the wall as decoration.
Shit, I think I still have enough parts lying around to mostly convert a pull through Turbo I car into a blow through Turbo II (this includes the cute little half-rad intercooler).
ETA II: I still have a bookshelf worth of 90 - 93 Factory Service Manuals that I should probably part with, too. 
Edit - I visited the Shelby shop in Vegas a couple months ago and was the only dumbass taking pictures of this stuff Attached File
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It's funny that Nick Cassavetes was in a number of movies back then (he also played the bad guy in "Quiet Cool" with James Remar) and seems to have disappeared. I haven't seen him in any movies for the last 15 years. I get a kick of The Wraith. Great car action and 80's everything. |
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This may come to you as a surprise, but the Chrysler speed density system was actually pretty good, better than Ford's and GM's at the time.
Plus, it did that with a trick DOHC head (from Cosworth, which became the basis for the head used in the DOHC Maserati TC's) and a couple of turbos. The Turbo III (DOHC 2.2 Turbo, with a Lotus designed head) didn't hit the streets until 1991, and the pace car was before the intercooled cars were made in mass numbers, too. (1986 was the first year, in the Shelby GLHS, a limited production car with 500 units produced, 1987 was the first "official" year of production). The bolt on Super 60 package (for 300hp!) didn't arrive until the intercooled cars became available. Here's a photo of my wife with her car. She's obviously a fan of the film.  IMG_5601
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I've owned a handful of these cars.
My first car was an '87 Daytona, also owned a '92, and an '88 Shelby Z. I still have parts lying around for that Shelby Z, like the original (seized ) bottom end, at least one junkard Garrett T03, various compressor housings (use one on my desk at work as a paperweight ) and other knick-knacks.
I have a 2.2 Turbo valve cover that I repainted (and never used) long ago that I hang on the wall as decoration.
Shit, I think I still have enough parts lying around to mostly convert a pull through Turbo I car into a blow through Turbo II (this includes the cute little half-rad intercooler).
ETA II: I still have a bookshelf worth of 90 - 93 Factory Service Manuals that I should probably part with, too. SDAC 27 is in MI this year! |
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I've owned a handful of these cars.
My first car was an '87 Daytona, also owned a '92, and an '88 Shelby Z. I still have parts lying around for that Shelby Z, like the original (seized ) bottom end, at least one junkard Garrett T03, various compressor housings (use one on my desk at work as a paperweight ) and other knick-knacks.
I have a 2.2 Turbo valve cover that I repainted (and never used) long ago that I hang on the wall as decoration.
Shit, I think I still have enough parts lying around to mostly convert a pull through Turbo I car into a blow through Turbo II (this includes the cute little half-rad intercooler).
ETA II: I still have a bookshelf worth of 90 - 93 Factory Service Manuals that I should probably part with, too. |
