That's what I was thinking!

Scott

 

The first thing I would do would be to pull that engine and take care of the rust issues you have. Then, decide how much money you want to spend to upgrade. You are looking at several thousand dollars to upgrade to a V8. Engine, front suspension, rear end, rear suspension, wiring harness and various other parts......and if you want to change from the C4 to a a manual shift, another thousand or so. It can be done, but you will be upside down regarding value when it is done.

 

A stock C4 with a STOCK shifter will do that. Just put it down into low. It wont shift out of first still you pop it back into drive. That means the transmission you got already will do that.

 

from the looks of that "car" it looks like a lot of work period.......

 

lol, thats mean...................but true.

 

all im worried right now is the engine..as long as i get this thing running safe im good with it..then i worry about its looks.

 

well, im just talking about the engine compartment looks, as i haven't seen the rest of the car. Does the rest of the car look like that engine compartment?

 

As the old saying goes, "where there is a little rust, there is a lot of rust." Again, pull the engine and the carpets out and assess the rust damage. If the frame rails are shot, you will not have a safe car to drive no matter what you do to the engine. If you have frame rails and floors, then overhaul the engine, clean up the engine compartment and overhaul the brakes.