Hey im not insecure I understand I have a boat anchor and I love it haha.

Being the underdog is fun though

 

Dude you should replace that piece of **** L76 with a LS9.

 

WTF is up with all the n00bs lately ????? And HTF did this guys thread turn into
a ******* LT1 bash thread !? And for the record GM absolutely does NOT
manufacture NEW LT1s anymore .

 

Im in Ohio and about 2-3 hours from you, If you were closer I would fix it for you in a weekend easy. I also have two extra sets of LT1 heads, one set high miles and another 40,000 mile set. I wouldn't even charge $500 to change it out and LT1 heads are dime a dozen so you could come out cheaper than $3000. Look for a LT1 gearhead and have them do it instead of some garage/dealer. You live in OHIO so your polluted with fast SBC cars around you.

 

Not sure if its the same there as it is here in Texas, but we have a consumer division with the Attorney Generals office, they will take your complain and fix it for you, believe me, I have used them a couple of times for different incidences and either got my money back or the bill was dropped, I also called the BBB and the Chamber of commerce for that town, with all three calling the business, they refunded me my money...

 

bro ive got couple extra set of heads, pm me, hell bring me the car ill put them on for way cheaper than 3k.
get the car properly diagnosed, then look on here for parts. after that get ahold of someone on here to help you.
if you wana do it yourself u can use my tools and garage ill set back with a beer and tell u how to do it.lol

 

ur all wrong i got my lt1 motor for $150! lol and thats a 60k mile long block. if he can find a shortblock for cheaper and swap his top end over that would be a hella cheap!

 

you have a long block for 150 bucks?
how much shipped to 40165?lol

 

As a matter of fact it is! This is the BEST car I ever owned, and that includes 3 Camaros. Plus my car is unique, I don't see one on every street corner like I do with the f-body cars. Oh and another thing, I bought my car for $20K used back in Dec of 2008 and now it's worth more than I paid for it. I bet you can't say that about your car.

I never once claimed my car was fast, if I wanted it fast I could get my car into the 11's with ease. But since going fast doesn't concern me, I put most of my money into my fully customized Harley Low Rider which also holds it's value very well.

 

going fast does concern you.....look at the mods to your car.
and 11s isnt fast anymore. plenty of street cars into the 10s and deeper now.
but you do have a nice car. wish it was my dd. lol much more comfy than a camaro. and with the exhaust you have prolly sounds really good too

 

Id love to see you get more than $20k for your G8.


On topic: Have you found out for sure exactly what parts are needed to repair your current engine? If nothing is wrong with the bottom end then you could purchase a set of heads for anywhere between $150-$1500 depending on what you get. You could easily repair the car for less than $300 in parts if the bottom end is still good.

 

what he said. stock heads are cheap. and plenty of people on here are willing to help out

 

I added the CAI so the engine would breathe better and get better gas mileage, plus it gives my car a nice intake growl. The reason for the Superchips tune is so the trans will shift quicker and firmer since the stock trans tune sucks. I can also change the shift firmness from stock to chirping the tires when it shifts, along with a couple settings in between.

Also Superchips has fully optimized tunes for the Volant CAI and most of the other popular brands, and I can also disable DOD since I do mostly city driving. It amazes me how some of you THNK you know what's going on inside my head, when all it is is speculation.

Just look around and you will see that G8's are advertised for $25K plus, and people that bought a G8 recently are paying that for one. Not that it really matters to me since I plan on keeping this great car for a long time. Oh by the way, the replacement value on my car is around $23K on my insurance policy, so those numbers I put up are right. Plus KBB indicates it's worth more then $25K too, so it seems I'd have no problem getting more than I paid for it, or at least break even after driving it for 2 years.

 

A carbed BBC will bolt right in well almost.

 

Thanks for all the help guys, im gonna call the mechanic today and tell him to show me the cracked block. And im gonna try to talk to some lawyers about what I can do, im in indiana for college

 

LIFEISGOOD: lol thanks man, I wish I could. Ill see how much I can come up with and if my engine actually needs replaced

 

Thanks for all the help guys, sorry it took so long for me to respond, I have been really busy. I will let you know how it turns out, just filed a complaint with the indiana attorney general and better business bureau

 

He's probably never owned a G8, or known anyone that did. How was he supposed to know what kind of motor it has in it when he was talking about what kind of motor it has in it? Not that those types of details really matter in a such a discussion. Everyone makes mistakes. You need to lighten up. Me? I would probably drop in an OEM Pratt & Whitney and be done with it.

 

This!