BlackIceLSC
February 5th, 2005, 10:58 PM
Today my buddy and I drove to Sacramento to look at (and buy) a 1993 Black/Black.
The owner posted a "help" thread on another board. When I saw that his troubles were a terminal engine problem, I looked at his profile, and discovered he lived an hour and a half away.
I contacted him, offered to take his car off his hands for a nominal fee, and we agreed.(actually, my buddy, the shop owner, wanted it)
so, we went and picked it up with our truck and racecar trailer. Complete car, nice shape(7 on a 1-10 scale), few cosmetic flaws, and, oh yea... a blown engine....and I aint talkin supercharger!
Got it home, removed the oil fill cap, and saw what appeared to be 2-3 broken valve springs in plain view through the oil fill hole. Yup...mill is toast!
So, we will begin an engine swap soon. I plan to document the entire process, and post pics, and update the thread with each new time slot of alotment. We have 2 motors ready to go in, so its just a matter of "when".
Just wanted to share.
Oh, and we have a NEWBIE here at LVC WEST....he PM'd me. Turns out, he lives 5 miles away from me, and is interested in having some mods done(as my mouth waters in anticipation of another patient!).
This place rocks!
The owner posted a "help" thread on another board. When I saw that his troubles were a terminal engine problem, I looked at his profile, and discovered he lived an hour and a half away.
I contacted him, offered to take his car off his hands for a nominal fee, and we agreed.(actually, my buddy, the shop owner, wanted it)
so, we went and picked it up with our truck and racecar trailer. Complete car, nice shape(7 on a 1-10 scale), few cosmetic flaws, and, oh yea... a blown engine....and I aint talkin supercharger!
Got it home, removed the oil fill cap, and saw what appeared to be 2-3 broken valve springs in plain view through the oil fill hole. Yup...mill is toast!
So, we will begin an engine swap soon. I plan to document the entire process, and post pics, and update the thread with each new time slot of alotment. We have 2 motors ready to go in, so its just a matter of "when".
Just wanted to share.
Oh, and we have a NEWBIE here at LVC WEST....he PM'd me. Turns out, he lives 5 miles away from me, and is interested in having some mods done(as my mouth waters in anticipation of another patient!).
This place rocks!