1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo

This car has a great story behind it. It was bought for next to nothing at the local Goodwill car lot. The car’s primary focus was to keep a small budget and the Project Goodwill name stuck. You can read the story of Project Goodwill at http://www.joebucci.com/Goodwill1.html .

The car ran some impressive times on a budget. Starting with a base line pass of 15.181 @ 90.89, it broke into the 11s with a total investment of $1800.00 including the car. It then broke into the 10s for $5500.00 invested. It did this without the usual growing pains that most modified car run into. It just went faster every trip to the track. Fast enough that the car currently holds the record for E.T. and MPH on the factory stock 14b turbocharger with a 10.84 @ 126 mph without the use of nitrous oxide. It also holds the record on the 14b with a 60 shot of nitrous at 10.61 @ 131.79.

The next step was to try the next logical upgrade to the turbocharger and bolt on a 16g. The car proceeded to destroy any 16g records by running 10.51 @ 133 without nitrous oxide on the “small” 16g. It also ran 10.38 @ 136 on the “small” 16g and a 30 shot of nitrous. Following those passes, an EVO 3 GT 16g was bolted on and the nitrous times dropped to 10.1 @ 140 with a 60 shot of nitrous oxide. Most recently an MHI EVO III 16g that was built by Forced Performance was installed and the car ran 9.975 @ 141.35 with a best MPH of 143.90.

Getting the car to run these kinds of times has required a much more serious approach and a lot more money. Any “Budget” monikers have been dropped with the addition of a forged race motor and custom built transmission. The car has been built with NHRA Hot Rod and NDRA Pro 4 Cylinder rules in mind and safety has been addressed to be track legal for the times the car has run. The car has now run in the single digits and with the help of Mowery Racing it will continue to be track legal and safe with the addition of a proper certified 25.5 roll cage as well as some other chassis work to lighten and strengthen the unibody chassis. Forced Performance will be helping to make horsepower by supplying their well known Green Model turbocharger with a newly designed turbine wheel for even more power than the previous version. Hawver Racing has also supplied their new race intake manifold made of durable cast aluminum and designed to maximize flow to the 4G63 powerplant. These companies and their parts will help propel the Laser to ridiculously fast times and plenty of wins on the track.