Shelby CSX

Anyone know anything about this car? Is it just one of those jokes Shelby attached his name to? Is it actually good?

Shelby had his name attached to some Dodge products in the 80's/90's but it is likely he had little to no involvement in developing them except for the GLH Shelby.

It's good in terms of a turbo fwd 80's car.

would it be a car worth buying if miles/wear were low enough as well as price

iirc these had the 2.5 with variable nozzle turbos and were crap. You're better off with the plymouth duster varient that had the mitsu 3.0 with a 5 speed. I'm guessing a 3000gt engine could be forced in.

Depends what you want it for. For a daily they are undertuned for reliability and should make a unique car to drive around. For performance it would probably be better to go Honda or a turbo Mitsubishi eclipse.

>Anyone know anything about this car?
I like to think I know a bit
>Is it just one of those jokes Shelby attached his name to?
Nope
>Is it actually good?
actually yes. The cars are fairly rare nowadays as well. Under the hood is a bulletproof 2.2L SOHC 8 valve I4 Turbo. Power was 150 HP for early non-intercooled models. The intercooled models bumped power to 175 HP.
Keep in mind, this was a time when GM struggled to get 175 HP from a 5.0L V8.
The 2.2L I4s proved to be near indestructible and they LOVE mods. It actually doesn't take much to push them to 300 HP, and that's before even considering DOHC 16 valve head swaps.
A larger sister car, the Dodge Spirit R/T got a variant of the engine with a DOHC 16 valve head designed by Lotus. The Spirit was actually the fastest 4 door sedan in the world for a time.

Now. Turbo mopar thread? Turbo mopar thread.

>I know nothing about the Chrysler K-cars
Hey dipshit. Read the sticky. They're listed there.
The 4 cylinders couldn't be killed. The Mitsubishi 3.0L 6G72 V6 models were nothing but unreliable problem-children.

>for performance it would be better to go Honda or a turbo Mitsubishi eclipse
Wrong, these are damn good for performance as well, the 2.2L is strong as fuck and makes awesome power with a better turbo and fuel system upgrades, the block is strong as fuck

>Turbo mopar thread? Turbo mopar thread.

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