flooded 98 vert trans am. should I?

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Old 03-22-2013, 06:22 PM
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My I blew my motor last year during spring break. It took me several months to get the $ to ovethaul the engine, and to get it back up n running. Last august it rained pretty bad and my neighborhood flooded. Houses got damaged and everything. Well my car was one of the ones that gotbit the worse. With a fresh engine; the water level got ip to the side mirrors. For a month the cars electronics would turn on by itsself. The radio windows headlights etc. They would all turn on and off at all hours. I drained the motor of all fluids and replaced them. The tranny gave out in 2 days so I rebuilt it. The car has a rebuilt engine and tranny new wheels and tires. Turns on amd runs great. Sometimes the tranny feels forced and shoots up the rpms.

Ive got about 3-4 grand in it after the flood. Do you guys think I should fix it?
Bad
windows don't work
Interior is gone
Car overheats a little
Tranny feels rough after about 45 minutes of driving
Seatbelt light is always on along with the check engine light
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id say start over , too many variables and things that could go wrong
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As in buy a new car?
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Originally Posted by red_diablo
As in buy a new car?
I'm selling mine. lol.
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Originally Posted by red_diablo
As in buy a new car?
yup new car , you can find a good fbody for under 5000
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also think about how hard its gonna be to sell the car whenever you get done with it....
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Buy another car man...won't be worth fixing
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Find a really clean roller and swap your drive train once u get the kinks fixed
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Just buy a new one. You can deal with tooo many issues man. Its your best bet.
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Part it out and buy another car
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I got a clean roller with rims I'm selling in the classifieds section. Interior is clean a d paint is pretty clean to. Bad has a salvage title but I daily drove it until I got my brand new truck and decided to use the motor for my 68 truck.
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Trade it in and get a new car.
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gut and make it a race car . Minimal electronics and dont see to many racing verts.



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