Owner: Jeff Wey
Location: Akron, OH
Vehicle: 1998 Dodge Avenger
Car Club: Sport Import Car Club
Horsepower: 325
Website: Personal
Jeff had a 1995 Viper that he unfortunately lost in an accident. He was looking for something much cheaper to insure and could be bought with his insurance payment and he liked the styling and looks of the Avenger. Within the first week of buying it, he dropped, tinted and added an alarm system, new rims and a stereo. He has been been modding it ever since.
Soon after the carbon fiber bug hit, there was almost no aftermarket support for the car. So most of my parts were hand made by himself. He started making his own carbon fiber parts for the interior and underhood.
For larger parts he approached different manufactures to try to get them produced or started group buys to get them produced. Luckily there were several manufacturers that made Eclipse parts that could be adapted as well.
He turned his attention to the suspension next. He tried just about every available suspension set up available for the platform. There have been 17 different strut/spring coilover combos underneath her. Then he upgraded the brakes to Eclipse GSX twin-piston calipers and cross-drilled Brembo brakes. He also adapted Eclipse front upper and rear lower strut bars.
Again with little or no aftermarket support for the motor, most mods were home-brewed and tried by himself and others. Currently he's running a full standalone fuel management system with Ford Mustang GT aftermarket injectors. An MSD ignition system and a Venom VCN2000 nitrous system helped increase the horsepower. He lost a cylinder running too much bottle, so a 3.0 L motor was swapped in place of the 2.5.
For entertainment, Jeff currently runs an Alpine head unit, XM radio, iPod adapter, DVD player, PS2 system (he tried a PS3 but it doesn’t like being bounced around), a 17-inch monitor in the trunk and 7-inches in the trunk and the glovebox. He's also running two 1,000 watt amps on an Orion HCCA subwoofer in a custom-built enclosure, Eclipse Point Source 6X9’s and Focal Utopia series component speakers, powered by a 4X125 amp.
The car was set up for competing in a specific competition the Triple Crown Tuner challenge. It was a judged car show, stereo competition, and an on-track competition at a sports car course. He's won 'King of the Streets' three of the five years he's competed.
Photos By: Dropjaw
ENGINE & PERFORMANCE
3.0 L Mitsubishi motor swap
60 mm Jeep Throttlebody
Haltech Standalone fuel management
Custom (RC engineering fuel injectors, direct-port nitrous)
BPE underdrive pulley
Icon superchips
Magnacore wires
MSD 6AL ignition with BTM
Extrudehoned intake
Polished and ported heads
WHEELS & TIRES
TSW Jarma wheels - 17-in. (f/r)
BFGoodrich GSport tires
SUSPENSION
Suspension Techniques springs
KYB AGX struts
Ingalls camber kits
RRE (polyurathane bushings, front and rear sway bars)
Neuspeed front upper strut bar
Tenzo rear upper/lower strut bar
Mitsubishi big brake swap
Crossdrilled brake rotors
KVR carbon fiber pads
Stainless steel brake lines
EXTERIOR
Carbon fiber with custom paint (hood, trunk, mirrors, gas door, splitter, side skirts, B-pillars)
One-off headlights/projectors with HIDs
INTERIOR
Recaro racing seats (rear seats re-upholstered to match)
Custom four-point harness with harness bar
Carbon fiber (center console, steering wheel, A-pillar, gauge pods, kick panel, glove box, lower dash, door trim)
AUDIO
Pioneer double-din head unit with Bluetooth/nav
TVs (7-in. glovebox, 17-in. trunk, 7-in. in trunk (x3))
DVD players (x2)
Sony Playstation 2
Orion HCCA 10-in. subwoofer
Crossfire (1000d amplifier (x2), 4x125 amplifier)
Focal Utopia Series 6.5-in. components speakers
Eclipse Point Source 6X9-in. component speakers
Bose 3.5-in. tweeters
Digital convertor for live TV
SPONSORS
Pinks Custom Paint
Horizon Audio
