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hamstrung2
11-09-2009, 03:01 PM
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/D50%20MiniRam/greaserust.jpg

I picked up the D50 this past weekend...I need some BASIC advice on this booger. It is the 1986 2.0L with 5 speed manual. Eventually I would like to do a Mopar small block swap--but for now lets KISS please...
a Starion turbo and all that would be neat--but we are gonna get her running well--do the suspension and body drop...then do a motor change/upgrade.

1. Do 2.0, 2.6,2.4 mitsus mount up all all? Can I put a more modern block on the tranny?

2. I want to do the Weber carb conversion...as I have never seen soooooooo many frickin vacuum lines. I am thinking this will simplify things...or will it be worse?

3.The Pacesetter Header is in my mind. Ditch the factory exhaust and rub headers and a cherry bomb or something. HOWEVER-- the steel studs are rusted to fuck. Is it possible to get old steel suds outta an aluminum head without removing said head?

4. I can find a MOPAR crate for 2,000 all day... Are there any services that refresh/sell 2.0L that aren't $14,000 Evos?

ANy help is appreciated very much....
Pork
gray1988
11-09-2009, 04:30 PM
www.mightyd50.com (http://www.mightyd50.com) usto be a good forum, i think its underconstruction right now, but check it out when it gets back up, i have a d50 myself, thoes guys always help me alot
gray1988
11-09-2009, 04:31 PM
and lets see more pics of that d50,
hamstrung2
11-09-2009, 06:33 PM
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/D50%20MiniRam/P1090861.jpg
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/D50%20MiniRam/wikuni.jpg
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/D50%20MiniRam/monkeypaint.jpg
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/D50%20MiniRam/minirammy.jpg
hamstrung2
11-09-2009, 08:55 PM
Took the exhaust manifold off...it was cracked in half....JB welded back together. Needless to say...circular file!
gray1988
11-10-2009, 06:54 AM
hell yea thats a clean 1st gen, their hard to come by these days
hamstrung2
11-11-2009, 11:29 PM
I'd always liked the little Power Ram ..and this guy Lucky Langford clinched me a few years ago in Austin. His 79 Plymouth Arrow--import Plymouth truck. Insane. His is engine driven compressor...which is kewl. Ghetto fab done piece by piece in his carhole. THe inner fender/engine bay looks awesome polyurethane'd. 57 Fury dashboard...friggin awesome. He is 'Cloverleaf' on DFWMinis
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/Fallback/P1090526.jpg
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/Fallback/ply.jpg
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/Fallback/luckydawglest.jpg
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/Fallback/shirtsupandpantiesdroppin.jpg
mazdawg78
11-12-2009, 03:21 PM
that is sick. i used to have one back in 94
hamstrung2
11-14-2009, 09:13 PM
I wee bit silly--but it looks kinda cool. the 05 Fronty Third on the D50.
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/D50%20MiniRam/third.jpg

then a comparison--kinda neat. An american made Nissan truck, and a Jap made and Imported Dodge.
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/D50%20MiniRam/nippy.jpg
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/D50%20MiniRam/fromnip.jpg

The bumper off--a cute little butt. Kinda just wanna pinch it on the heavy license plate.
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/hamstrung2/D50%20MiniRam/nopan.jpg