Project Car Hell, Post-Shelby Turbo Chryslers Edition: Spirit R/T or Daytona IROC? - AutoWeek
Carroll Shelby turned Omnirizons and K-cars into budget-priced front-tire-shredding monsters back in the 1980s, and you can make the Shelby Dodges even more ridiculous with the addition of 21st-century turbocharger technology. Both cars would be excellent candidates for all-consuming Hell Projects, but the Shelby association with the cars lends them a certain amount of name recognition, which gives Hell Garage Penitents a bit of hope shining like a beam of sunlight... That means that the ideal Shelby Dodge Hell Project is one that uses the know-how that Chrysler gleaned during its collaboration with Carroll Shelby, but not the obvious Omni GLH or Shelby Charger profile or, in some cases, the Shelby name on the... You'll know your Hell Project is the spiritual descendent of the AC Cobra, but your hopped-up, 450-hp torque-steerer will elicit nothing but puzzled glances from all but the most fanatically knowledgeable car freaks. Remember the Dodge Spirit R/T of 1991 and 1992. If so, you know that this little 2,800-pound K-platform derivative could beat the BMW M5 in a drag race, at just more than a third the price of the Bavarian. Thing was, Chrysler went with the lowest of low bidders when it came to K-car-family components, and the line workers who built the 1,399 Spirit R/Ts in Mexico weren't quite as well-paid as their BMW counterparts. Source: autoweek.com
