im tired of this fukn car since i bought it i have nothing but put in work, money an time into it..
its a 92 25th anni. z28 m5


so yesterday the damn TPS sensor went out, so i replaced it an the harness because it was bad.

so i went to try it out an it was running very good maybe 20 mins later
the fukn engine starts knockin as time passes bye it gets worse an worse..
so now it sounds like if someone is hitting it with a mallet or something...

what do you guys recommend i dont have a lot of money at the time to do a lot to it...

i was thinking of doing a tpi 383 stroker with new aftermarket heads, an bunch of stuff...

rite now its a 305 tpi with a t-5

fuken sucks to have thing after thing go wrong


please let me know what i should do...

 

LS1 swap!

You can get a LS1/4L60E drop out for ~2500.

You can get these to bolt it up to your car:
http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/82...ossmember.aspx

You'll have to get an upgraded fuel pump and T the lines to have only a feed line and no return.

You'll also have to get VATS tuned out of your PCM.

I can modify your wire harness.

 

sell it bro... what happened to the mustang?

 

Just get the wiring right the first time, can't stress that enough.

 

have u had any problems with the distributor yet?

 

na i hadnt had problems with the distruberator...



i sold the mustang a while ago but that money went to my dad an ****...

i want to get a ls1 with a t-56 but i havent found any cheap ones in town...
an im thinkin of just rebuilding this motor or getting a 350 an stroking it out too a 383
idk if i could do that with a 305...


i already put in the car
brand new: fuel pump, starter, brake lines atleast some, brakes, wire set, dist. cap an rotor, brake booster, front an rear shocks w/ bushings an front sway bar, and some other **** i cant name of the top of my head...


honestly my friend has a iroc an **** has had a lot of problems...
after this car i look at third gens a whole diff way

 

the **** is that i am not goin to be able to sell it for nothing... id rather rebuild it an make
or atleast try to make it a lil bit faster than a fourth gen..


i wanted to do a 6.0 out of a GTO with a T56 heads, cams, an some other stuff
once i went to UTI next year but this **** needs it now..

 

5.3/4L60E is an affordable swap, and you can make if fast if you put in a nice cam and some bolt on's.

 

I will probably have a 305 tpi motor in a couple weeks for sale with about 50,000 miles on it. If you're interested in it, shoot me a pm and maybe we can work somethin out.

 

It all depends on how much your willing to spend, and it NEVER costs as much as you think it will, double what ever you think it will cost and you'll be on the safe side. If it were my car I would just build a 355 for it, just cuz the fact everyone on thirdgen.org says its the best/most affordable set up. Lsx/t56 is obviously the dream set up but it wont be cheap. On another note your t5 wont handle much more power than a stock 350 will dish out so thats something you need to think about to.

 

dont use the hawks crossmember less you plan on not having exhaust, nothing fits around it, and the fouth gen camaro tank bolts right up, the fuel pump works just gotta swap the fuel level sensor from a grand prix i think it is. and u can use fouth gen fuel lines just gotta shorten them.

 

I have a ls1 with 15k on the rebuild, built trans and tci 3500 stall, trans/stall have 3-4k $2800+shipping

 

Still have the drivetrain from your '97? Sell it to him and install it in his thirdgen..

 

+1 that would be a awesome set up to have in a third gen. I dont think it should cost to much to get it set in there either. I know that it will mount up with just minor mods.

 

The crap you're going through is normal on a third gen car. I know as I've had two, one stock one modified. The stock 89 Iroc gave me nightmares mainly because of the VATS system, and then starter issues, a bad MAF sensor, TPS sensor, blown head gasket, etc forced me to sell it. I won't even go into it about my 91 Z with a 383 miniram afr head motor. But even after six years, 2 rebuilds, and two engine fires later it's still not running right. It's my dads toy now. Anyway just save up and get a lower mile 4th gen. Or just do an ls1 sway like the guys have said. Stay away from any third gen engine, I've only had bad luck with my tpi engines.

 

Yeah I do. I'll sell it to him if the price is right.

 

how much are you asking **** is im all the way in vegas

 

I figured 1500 is what I want to get for it.

Will come with wire harness and PCM tuned by Madtuner
Bad: Engine is pretty greasy, once it's out you can clean it up, and reseal anything you want.

LT1
~45k on the bottom end
stock heads and intake
CC503 cam
Crane 10308 dual springs
Comp Pro Mag 1.6 rr's
TF guideplates
ARP rocker arm studs
PS painted 1 3/4" LT headers (a bit dinged up since my car is slammed, but you'd need different headers anyway)
Prof Prod 52mm TB
Cobra 39# injectors

T56
~175k miles, no problems
newly installed Zoom kevlar clutch
stock slave and master
stock shifter, hurst pistol grip handle

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/lsx-parts...000-5-3-a.html

like srj said 5.3 is a budget way to go

 

Not a bad price. The fact that it's missing the front acc's is not a big deal as you have to run Camaro or Corvette acc's anyway.