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Welp.... Exciting news!! I found a 1988 5.0 engine with 140,000mi ( at least that's what he says, there is no way to prove it) for $225. I am going to pic it up tomorrow after!! I am super excited!!
Welp.... Exciting news!! I found a 1988 5.0 engine with 140,000mi ( at least that's what he says, there is no way to prove it) for $225. I am going to pic it up tomorrow after!! I am super excited!!
This is awesome! What a great deal. I think you've got a lot of good advice already. My only advice would be to really take your time and really decide what you want to do. If you shoot for 350hp and then decide you want 500hp it could cost your a lot of money and time to make that move. I know right now I bought a SN95 with 395hp and I want more and in order to get more I have to remove a lot of the stuff on the car now. So really think about what you want. If you want to keep the motor N/A or go with a turbo ro blower is a big decision. I'd pick at the body work and keep picking up parts while you think about what direction you want to go. You have your $500 worth that's for sure! Good luck and this is place to get some great advice. These guys have seen it all on this forum. They help me a lot and I try to help as much as I can. My favorite notch color is Calypso green. Goes amazing with black, chrome or white. Good luck and have fun with it!
This is awesome! What a great deal. I think you've got a lot of good advice already. My only advice would be to really take your time and really decide what you want to do. If you shoot for 350hp and then decide you want 500hp it could cost your a lot of money and time to make that move. I know right now I bought a SN95 with 395hp and I want more and in order to get more I have to remove a lot of the stuff on the car now. So really think about what you want. If you want to keep the motor N/A or go with a turbo ro blower is a big decision. I'd pick at the body work and keep picking up parts while you think about what direction you want to go. You have your $500 worth that's for sure! Good luck and this is place to get some great advice. These guys have seen it all on this forum. They help me a lot and I try to help as much as I can. My favorite notch color is Calypso green. Goes amazing with black, chrome or white. Good luck and have fun with it!
Thanks for the advice! Yeah I am trying to take my time and have a plan for the future.
I picked up my new motor today!! I'll get some pictures of it tomorrow. I have the next 2 days off so I am gonna try and make some progress!
So I have a little update...Today I pulled out the rest of the interior and gave it all a good cleaning. It really needed it as it seems several small animals had made a home in it at some point in the past. Here are some pictures from before and after the cleaning.
All the grey padding stuff was GROSS!! All of it was thrown in the trash.
Mouse House
The back seats where GROSS.
Mouse House Gone!!
The floor pans looked good with no rust.
Seems to have some sort of Dynamat applied to the floor plans.
Man the floors look good!
Does anyone have any idea what these seats are from? They are completely nasty I am not sure they are even worth saving.
Here is a picture of the engine bay before all the EFI stuff is removed.
Seems to have a new steering shaft. Not sure of the maker I didn't get close enough.
Maximum Motorsports Strut Tower brace.
Is that a aftermarket K member brace? I am assuming it is.
Any idea what this is??
So it has adjustable Shocks are yall familiar with QA1?
Another picture of the shocks.
Who thought stacking Cement on the car was a good idea???
Got the transmission out and it looks good!
I finally decided to see how many miles she had on her! 75030!!!!!
Last edited by bigo5552000; 12-29-2014 at 07:25 PM.
Small update today... I finally got the motor out of the bed of my truck. Hopefully, I can tear farther into it in the coming days. Here are some pictures of it.
Last edited by bigo5552000; 12-30-2014 at 08:52 PM.
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