high mileage LT1s
04-07-2005, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Bizzzatch350
If you ave up a grand more, to about 4500ish, you can get a real nice LT1 car. I know it sucks waiting but you will thank your self that you did.
... I'm looking to spend 4-5 grand and I've found several LT1 cars in pretty good shape- just no M6s.
04-07-2005, 10:15 PM
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i found a guy a couple hours away thats moving to cali and needs to get rid of his.
95 z28 w/ 97k miles. A4. real nice shape he says.
he said to make a reasonable offer. he WAS going to trade it in but didn't. trade in would have been like 3k. blue book is around 4kish. would 3500 be a bad offer?
i'm going to go look at it this weekend and if its as good as it sounds hopefully my dad will lend me some cash to git r dun
95 z28 w/ 97k miles. A4. real nice shape he says.
he said to make a reasonable offer. he WAS going to trade it in but didn't. trade in would have been like 3k. blue book is around 4kish. would 3500 be a bad offer?
i'm going to go look at it this weekend and if its as good as it sounds hopefully my dad will lend me some cash to git r dun
04-07-2005, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremys
i found a guy a couple hours away thats moving to cali and needs to get rid of his.
95 z28 w/ 97k miles. A4. real nice shape he says.
he said to make a reasonable offer. he WAS going to trade it in but didn't. trade in would have been like 3k. blue book is around 4kish. would 3500 be a bad offer?
i'm going to go look at it this weekend and if its as good as it sounds hopefully my dad will lend me some cash to git r dun
95 z28 w/ 97k miles. A4. real nice shape he says.
he said to make a reasonable offer. he WAS going to trade it in but didn't. trade in would have been like 3k. blue book is around 4kish. would 3500 be a bad offer?
i'm going to go look at it this weekend and if its as good as it sounds hopefully my dad will lend me some cash to git r dun
04-10-2005, 12:41 PM
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most LT1s will run forever if taken car of. Now, problem with a car that price, is what else it might need. I got mine for what I thought was a bargain. Soon as I got it ended up putting about $2500 into. More so chasis/body typed stuff than anything else. Had to change opti, waterpump, intake gasket, oil pan gasket, and fuel pump as well. Pain in the ***, but she runs like a champ with 135k on it. I dunno, just make sure you check it over good bro.
04-10-2005, 03:51 PM
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well i'm kinda pissed. drove 2.5 hours there and then another 2.5 back
nice car, but he wanted WAY too much for it. I heard a grinding noise when I stopped and turned and thought it might be the differential but could have just been the brake pads.
he said 6400 firm.
**** that. i HATE when people use NADA instead of blue book. you aren't dealerships, people
nice car, but he wanted WAY too much for it. I heard a grinding noise when I stopped and turned and thought it might be the differential but could have just been the brake pads.
he said 6400 firm.
**** that. i HATE when people use NADA instead of blue book. you aren't dealerships, people
04-10-2005, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremys
i want one NOW haha hopefully i can find something soon
04-10-2005, 06:49 PM
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my friends z has 170k oring motor and rebuilt the tranny at 60k runs great just had a window regulator go out...and his fan relay went out but we did a manuel fan switch (best thing created)
04-10-2005, 07:16 PM
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I got my '97 B4C for $4000 with 120K miles. It has 136K now with the few bolt-ons listed and good maintenance. I ran 146mph yesterday for about 3 miles then backed out of it--I don't trust the current tires! (It had a ton of power left.) It runs like new; no valve float or opti issues as near as I can tell--at least at that speed!
04-10-2005, 07:37 PM
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I'm in the same boat as some of you guys (college man, looking for LT-1). Are Opti issues pretty much guaranteed with these cars? When do they start showing up on average? Would it be before or after 100k miles? I just wanna know how much to save extra after I find one to fix it.
04-10-2005, 11:07 PM
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maybe i should just get an IROC 
would that be too bad? unreliable since they're so old? how much slower than LT1s? I do kinda like the styling just as much as fourth gens
would that be too bad? unreliable since they're so old? how much slower than LT1s? I do kinda like the styling just as much as fourth gens
04-10-2005, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremys
maybe i should just get an IROC
would that be too bad? unreliable since they're so old? how much slower than LT1s? I do kinda like the styling just as much as fourth gens
would that be too bad? unreliable since they're so old? how much slower than LT1s? I do kinda like the styling just as much as fourth gens
Only took me a year after I sold my 94 z28 (160k miles on it, B4C bought it for $6500) a year later I buy my 94 formula for $3500 (128k miles)
They're out there. Never Settle.
04-11-2005, 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jeremys
maybe i should just get an IROC
would that be too bad? unreliable since they're so old? how much slower than LT1s? I do kinda like the styling just as much as fourth gens
would that be too bad? unreliable since they're so old? how much slower than LT1s? I do kinda like the styling just as much as fourth gens
04-11-2005, 03:18 AM
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I had 200K on mine when I tore it down to build it insides looked new, the car did not smoke or use oil. the person I bought it from was a friend who bought it new. it had NEVER been raced (until I bought it) and had synthetic oil ran through it since his first oil change. The maintnece is the part that saves the car