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Hurricane Katrina car...fully submerged...HELP!

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Old 05-10-2006, 07:26 PM
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Default Hurricane Katrina car...fully submerged...HELP!

I get lots of mixed feeling about what is and is not salvageable on this car....except the obvious....
The car was underwater for about a 2 weeks...here are the basics:
The car has/had a 331, stock block, Victor Jr. heads, Stock cobra intake, Vortech supercharger w/anderson powerpipe,
TKO tranny, bbk long tubes, cobra brakes, 03' cobra rims....

Any input will help...Thanks

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Old 05-10-2006, 07:40 PM
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Anything electric or related, buh-bye w/ the salt water. mechanical and bolt-on parts (heads, intake, headers, etc.) may be okay, but will probably have to have some thorough cleaning done.
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Old 05-10-2006, 08:07 PM
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Gut it and build a drag car out of it. Get rid of all the OEM wires and get a painless kit. Ditch the OEM seats and carpet, get a nice set of kirkey's and leave the carpet out. Try to salvage the supercharger & heads and even a mild 302 will haul azz.
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Old 05-10-2006, 08:09 PM
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junk, I wouldnt touch it with salt-water
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Old 05-10-2006, 09:19 PM
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warning there is a saftey alert out on all katrina flood car they are carying septic infection there have been numerous deaths related to the flood cars! i work in a body shop we got a warning in one of the news letters!all the cars after a certain date are being destroyed! some cars have slipped thru the cracks the ones without insurance! and the one before the date i cant remeber exactly?
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Old 05-10-2006, 09:23 PM
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Yea some schools have gotten these flood cars and i herd of a student dieing because he cut himself and a part of the car. so i would really be carefull
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Old 05-10-2006, 09:26 PM
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only 2 weeks? itll be fine just take a blow dryer to it..dont die though! that would be bad
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Old 05-10-2006, 10:00 PM
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take the motor out, and get a nice 4 banger coupe to put it in.
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We build a 95 Boss shinoda that was under water for 29 days after Katrina. NOT to bring up an old thread but it can be done. Look for it in the May 2017 issue of the Mustang Times magazine . IT is orange and black.
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