1985 Dodge Daytona CS from North America - Comments

9th Jan 2006, 00:31

"Quick, but not worth the money"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Tranny Blew 22 Hours After Purchase.

Turbo had problems with the waste gate and gave random ammounts of boost

Seats worn out lumbar no longer worked

speakers were problematic

4 head gaskets

turbo eventually cooked do to poorly designed oiling system...

Fan control swtich problems

an eventual cooking of the computer which in-turn filled the car with smoke

poor water drainage

a poorly designed hood scoop channelled water and snow directly onto the turbo causing steam to rise from the louvers and made the car look like a steam engine...

Hard winter starting

fuel delivery problems cracked fuel rail and weak fuel pump

after transmission swap to an automatic got brutal fuel economy.

General comments?

Car was incredibly fast... Used to be faster than my 1982 Camaro Z28 with cross fire injection seats were comforatable looked good... handled OK... sensitive steering tho.


6th Apr 2006, 03:10

Sounds like you beat up cars on everything you broke on it.


13th Nov 2006, 12:31

The steam you saw coming from the hood "scoop"? Yeah, that's not a scoop. its there so that the heat from the turbo has somewhere to go and won't heat the engine...

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