Masaratty TC by Chrysler (a terrible car)

I believe there has been at least 1, i'm not up to date on my Lemons records to know exactly what race/year.

There have been plenty of chrysler K-car and siblings. They are all terrible. all of them. Do you enjoy wrenching more than racing? In that case build it.

KINDA...one showed up at Autobahn one year, ran in practice just fine and then blew up on the 2nd lap of the race or something like that.

So...KINDA.

You're conflating bad Chryslers.

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- The first Dodge Intrepid blew up after two laps at Autobahn and had the Monopoly guy on the team.

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- The first TC by Maserati showed up at Gingerman being run by "Turbo Chrysler guys" who knew "how to make it live." That one turned 7 laps.

Obviously, these are very different.

Also: It's perfect for Lemons.

^ Was hoping it was the 16v 2.2

So let me get this straight; based solely on the recommendation and opinion of one of many countless, self proclaimed web site experts, I can search the wrecking yards and Craig's List looking for a used, smaller displacement, 4 banger, 16v, turbo charged engine of questionable history and quality, then spend countless hours lying on my back getting all greasy, busting my knuckles installing said engine in the car, all the time wondering exactly what the benefits (if any) of the entire endeavor might be; or I can do nothing, retain the totally functional, perfectly capable, fine running, larger displacement V6 engine that rests in the engine bay at this time. Duh! If it ain't broke don't fix it I always say. LOL

I mean, you could listen to those who have seen or been the people to run the engines you're talking about. That 3.0 is unbelievably tragic. It's one of the least reliable engines to ever run in Lemons. Not a joke.

I have years and years of experience with the 2.2/2.5. It's a shit engine, but it can work in Lemons, and it's better than the 3.0. But hey, you're welcome to learn all this on your own too. Charge forth and embrace the future of wrenching instead of racing.

Welcome to Lemons Forums, where you can all kinds of free advice: some of it is valuable, most of it worth consideration, and some worth exactly what you paid for it.

My advice is to take all of the offered advice into consideration, but it is your team/car/decision so weigh the advice for applicability and do what makes sense for your specific situation. A lot of advice is meant well, but based on the provider's experience and past situations, which may not match yours. I'd say that if your engine is running well, then run it until it blows (or until it appears to be heading that way soon). And maybe keep an eye out in the meantime for a replacement to have on hand.  Run it easy your first race - you'll have fun racing no matter what.  You probably won't do well your first couple of races until you get your car and team "sorted out", so just focus on having fun and learning to race. Figure out what is going to break and what needs improvement on the car. If the engine holds up, push it a little harder each race. If not, then replace it.  Run what you want and have fun!

All websites have their bullies. They ruin the fun. Have a wonderful day!

Knowing TheEngineer in person at races for years, he is the very last person I would ever call a bully. 

Do what you want dude.  A TC is going to be loved and terrible and likely to blow up no matter what.  Watching other people make bad decisions (sometimes on purpose) is part of the fun of Lemons.

As for me being a bully, think what you want dude, doesn't phase me.

We get new people to the forums all the time. I've tried to do my best to lend learned knowledge when I can, and I can tell you that I have more experience with the 2.2/2.5 than I ever want. I could build one blindfolded at this point. I'm not trying to crap on your dreams or anything, just share the collective wisdom that the 3.0 is a terrible engine, the K-platform and it's siblings are terrible platforms, but if you prep them right they are weirdly fun in a squeeze the most from a tragic car kind of way. From my signature, the many year saga of trying to deal with a chrysler 2.2

Or read this about the k-car that traveled the country and is labeled literally the worst car ever entred into the series.

If you want some terrible video, this was from our best race weekend ever before we retired our Daytona due to the chassis literally rotting away. (the video is horrible, I was using an old Contour action cam that shook badly when mounted on the windshield). We had like no brakes at all this race, but the engine ran the best it ever had in all our years racing the car and I had a freaking blast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtIX27M-27Q

Not a FWD guy here, or anything else besides old iron V8's..well maybe /6. BUT what if the 3.0 was well maintained and serviced? What if you ran a remote oil cooler that gave you extra oil capacity?  If that is one of the issues. What if you kept the rpms down and under 4800? That chopped Lebaron  should handle better than some of the wrecks I've seen at races.