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Oct 19, 2005 | 11:03 AM

futuretransam915

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New to the f-body and got questions

Okay i am looking into buying a 94 LT1 Trans Am. I know the owner and he takes care of it from what i can tell. The owner is my friends dad. The car has a built up auto transmission. I was told to keep the transmission cause i am going turbo and it is built for it. My main question is what is the normal problems that these cars have. I am going to get the car in the next 3 years. I am a college student that is trying to save up the money. I hope to have the car a lot sooner. I just need to know what i am going to be having to fix on it when i get it. They keep it will kept up. The suspension is also while built up. Cant say what exactly is done to it but i can say it is done. Any help would be appreciated. If these is in the wrong place i am sorry just say were it needs to be posted.

Oct 19, 2005 | 11:21 AM

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...but the normal things will go wrong that would go wrong with any high performance car....u can never plan for certain things to go wrong they will just happen...but our cars have that damn Opti Spark...and other thatn that things will break, that is just part of having one of these cars and moddign them out..i have broken plenty of stuff

Oct 19, 2005 | 11:23 AM

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what is the Opti Spark, and there are not any normal things that go wrong with them at all like rear main seals, head gaskets

Oct 19, 2005 | 12:33 PM

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Oct 19, 2005 | 12:41 PM

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Opti is the main thing that comes to mind...

Oct 19, 2005 | 12:45 PM

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what is it

Oct 19, 2005 | 12:46 PM

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Opti spark, intake manifold oil leaks, timing chain oil leaks. The Opti is the distributor. People tend to over exaggerate the Opti spark. It's really not that bad, just don't get it wet.