- Shelby Charger
Infobox Automobile
boxcolor = darkgreen
name = Shelby Charger
manufacturer =Chrysler Corporation
Shelby
production = 1987
class = Subcompact
platform = FF L-body
body_style = 3-doorhatchback
engine = 2.2 L "Turbo I" I4
transmission = 5-speed "A525" manual
related = Dodge ChargerDodge Omni Plymouth Horizon Plymouth Turismo Shelby GLHS Shelby CSX The Shelby Charger was a modified 1980s Dodge Charger.
Carroll Shelby had tuned theDodge Omni -based Charger forDodge from 1983 1/2 to 1987, with the resulting car sold as the Dodge Shelby Charger. When the Charger was discontinued, Shelby bought the last 1,000 and replaced the fuel intake and engine management system with the same high-performance one used in the 1986Shelby GLHS . It had a blow-through long runner 2-piece intake, modified turbocharger (reclocked with a different compressor cover), and was intercooled. This engine was rated at convert|175|hp|abbr=on and convert|175|ftlbf|Nm|abbr=on of torque from 2400 rpm to 4800 rpm. This was similar to the Turbo II engine used in various Chrysler vehicles, but the Turbo II used a forged crank, as opposed to a cast one, and a strongerGetrag A555 5-speed manual transmission was used in place of the A525. The GLHS still came equipped with the rod linkage a525 transmission however. Shelby also changed the struts/shocks with Koni adjustable units, wheels from his own wheel company (Centurion 2's), and high performance Goodyear Eagle GT tires. His modifications prompted the federal government to declare the car a Shelby model. The trademark "Dodge" appears nowhere on the car, unlike its 5 door L-Body sibling, the GLHS Omni, which does have the Dodge nameplate. Shelby Chargers were built at Chrysler Belvidere Illinois assembly plant, with the GLHS models in 1987 being built at the Whittier, California plant of Carroll Shelby.
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