my new project
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my new project After many years not being in the racin or hot rod scene I went out an bought an 94 formula. The car did get over heated by the previous owner so I got it wit no water no oil I was cool with that cause I bought it with the intentions of buildin a street car. Im on the fence rebuild this motor or buy another motor ls1 maybe lol I love my lt1 this is my thrid lt1 so ya I love them very torquee I like that. So all that said shoot me some of yall opitions
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My budget will be around 2k I want around 400 whp ive called afew machine shops around new orleans n slidell where I live there like 2 k or better so I think im set on rebuild the bottom end myself send the heads out port n polish n magnaflexed then ithink im set on a 503 or 306 cam 1.6 nsa or sa rockers give me some opinions yall pics will be up soon o I forgot its an auto stocks gears I want this car to be streetable but track ready
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Does the car even run? lol
If you got it with no oil and no coolant I would be worried about the shape of the block....You might spend you 2k budget just fixing what the other owner did to it...
If you got it with no oil and no coolant I would be worried about the shape of the block....You might spend you 2k budget just fixing what the other owner did to it...
^^^^ what he said def try to get it run it for a while keep your eye on water temp and OIL PRESSURE. It will cost you 2 grand for mechian work and rebuild kit alone I would worry more about the shape of the internal motor like bearings lifters heads may be cranked since it got hot
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Update update
This weekend was really interesting went to the garage put some water n oiln the car engine turned over but wont start an I was lookin over the car seen broke sensors lol tps, knock sensor, oil pressure sendin unit, n the coolant sensor on the drivers side headwas burnt off from the header all these sensor r burnt dont ask me how the tps got burnt but it is its bad yall I bought the car for 500 bucks this car needs alot of work im kinda pissed tho the owner just told me it overheated I was thinkin ok come home tear the heads off new gaskets but ñnnnnnnoooooo its junk so now I need another engine idk I been tryin to upload pics but it wont work imma try lata
This weekend was really interesting went to the garage put some water n oiln the car engine turned over but wont start an I was lookin over the car seen broke sensors lol tps, knock sensor, oil pressure sendin unit, n the coolant sensor on the drivers side headwas burnt off from the header all these sensor r burnt dont ask me how the tps got burnt but it is its bad yall I bought the car for 500 bucks this car needs alot of work im kinda pissed tho the owner just told me it overheated I was thinkin ok come home tear the heads off new gaskets but ñnnnnnnoooooo its junk so now I need another engine idk I been tryin to upload pics but it wont work imma try lata
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Im just gonna pull the engine out n start over with the car
Its gonna cost me 2k just for the rebuild kit n checkout the block idk bout the heads yet didnt get a price yet imma gona sell my dd to get the rest of the money to Finish it im just pissed
Its gonna cost me 2k just for the rebuild kit n checkout the block idk bout the heads yet didnt get a price yet imma gona sell my dd to get the rest of the money to Finish it im just pissed
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I guess an engine fire is a form of over heating. LOL Get the thing running. There's got to be a LT1 in your year group in a bone yard close by. Get the sensors and other **** you may need.
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All I know that car got really hot to burn the sensors lol imma go to the junkyard sat to get an short block n the sensors ill update soon anybody around neworleans with a short block hit me up I need it
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UPDATE UPDATE
well yesturday i got from workin for the past few weeks lol,
so today i got try to mess with the car, got it to turn over but no start. so i add water to it go to add oil the oil is full of something so i go back n check the rad for water i be damed the water done when in the crankcase i was like WTF there was nothing in there b4 i add water to the rad so water in crank case what does that mean cracked head cracked block someone chime in to help me btw pics well be up later
well yesturday i got from workin for the past few weeks lol,
so today i got try to mess with the car, got it to turn over but no start. so i add water to it go to add oil the oil is full of something so i go back n check the rad for water i be damed the water done when in the crankcase i was like WTF there was nothing in there b4 i add water to the rad so water in crank case what does that mean cracked head cracked block someone chime in to help me btw pics well be up later
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sounds like a new engine, I would try to find a long block for now. Who know's what the transmission is like after you put all the effort in the engine the trans might be garbage. I would focus on just getting it on the road and see how it will act and if it is worth the cost.
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UPDATE UPDATE!!!
i went out today n bought a parts car from a local wrecker yard a 96 z vert 6spd
its got alot od good parts on it like the 98-02 converison, ss spoiler, all the bells n whisltes to bad i dont have a z lol but heres the pics of my project an parts car
gotta wait till the weekend to switch everything over so, but now i want to cam the new engine but i dont know what i want yet yall give me some info! but i dont know if i want the 6spd tho im just lucky now to have this car lol
couple of questions, should i swtich over the harness 96 to my 94 n what i need to switch over to 6spd
i went out today n bought a parts car from a local wrecker yard a 96 z vert 6spd
its got alot od good parts on it like the 98-02 converison, ss spoiler, all the bells n whisltes to bad i dont have a z lol but heres the pics of my project an parts car
gotta wait till the weekend to switch everything over so, but now i want to cam the new engine but i dont know what i want yet yall give me some info! but i dont know if i want the 6spd tho im just lucky now to have this car lol
couple of questions, should i swtich over the harness 96 to my 94 n what i need to switch over to 6spd
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ya the rotors r sittin on the ground. the wrecker driver wanted the c6 rims lol.
i was ok with that cause i gotta alot of good parts on there! i got couple ?s i gotta use my 94 harness so what do i do change the timing cover,opit spark ,intake ? 96 harness is butchered up pretty bad. im bummed cause i wanna use the 6spd. so is all the sensors the same ? i wanna change the rear end is it gonna read the speedo wrong?
i was ok with that cause i gotta alot of good parts on there! i got couple ?s i gotta use my 94 harness so what do i do change the timing cover,opit spark ,intake ? 96 harness is butchered up pretty bad. im bummed cause i wanna use the 6spd. so is all the sensors the same ? i wanna change the rear end is it gonna read the speedo wrong?
