A fixer upper kinda car.
Repaired transmission because it was not shifting properly.
Fuel filter needed to be changed.
Starter needed to be replaced.
Body in rough shape. (Canadian winters = bad things when no rust proofing is done for 2 years).
Replaced A/C motor and cooling fan motor after 2 years. Electric motors weren't brushless so they wear out.
A/C freon leak so no A/C anymore till I scrape up the cash to fix it. Besides, the weather has been pretty good for the last 2 years.
Differential replaced after 3 years to 3.23 ratio from 2.77 ratio. Only because I may have neutral dropped it once or twice.
At 220000 km, engine O-Rings started to fail, but not before it managed to take me to California and back.
Replaced engine at 240000 km.
Replaced alternator.
After finally getting it back up to shape, I now know what this car was like in its prime! It's so amazing to drive now, it has full compression finally and damn it handles great. Lots of power behind it. I just love this thing. Makes short work of Grand Am and Grand Prix cars.
The beauty of it, it's all stock, save for a different differential gear ratio. Now add in a performance manifold, forced air intake, cams & lifters and exhaust, and we're talking serious horsepower... toss in a supercharger and nitrous, and watch the car fly...
Are those Pontiac Grand Ams and Grand Prixs? Beating those cars is nothing special. I'm sorry, but I can beat those cars with my stock 4 cylinder Chevy S-10.
I'd like to see you beat a Gran Prix with the 3800 series 2 with the supercharger on it. 260hp. Good luck buddy.
Hmmm bet your S-10 couldn't beat mine either- and it is just stock. They don't make them like they used to boys!
I have a car like yours, My fastest speed is 147.5 at 17 seconds. Oh and it's a Brandy new 350 with a brandy new turbo-700 with overdrive. 2:73 rear.. I have the slip to prove.. My email- Rs_89camaro@msn.com I don't like immature people like the ones whom have posted before me.. always negative.. They can never say anything nice.. Time to grow up!! Any way, Nice car man.. I wish you could post pics or something..
Um, sorry, but if you put those mods on any car it is going to fly, and beating those cars in nothing new, sorry guy, but this car is kinda slow compaired to the 5.0 Mustangs, (like the one I own).
Yeah, too bad those Ford 5.0's drop rods and knock like crazy. Good luck getting over 150,00 miles on one and still having an engine that doesn't clatter like a diesel, or one burns oil and has no compression. The Chevy 5.0 will still be running when your silly blue oval is sitting in the shop getting a rebuilt motor. Chevy, like a rock.
Uh huh... The Ford is the better engine and the 5.0 is super reliable if you know how to drive it. I have had more than one good mechanic tell me the Camaros from the 80's were nothing more than glorified Impalas. The rear ends are crap and blow out easily and the trannies are garbage because they were meant for a 70 year old to go get the groceries with. You couldn't even get a 5 speed in the 5.7 cars (good car for your girlfriend to tool around in) The T-5 5-speed in the Mustang is bullet proof. Mustangs wipe the pavement with ANY Camaro stock versus stock until '93 when they put the Corvette LT1 in the Camaro. Funny thing is, the Mustang still outsold the Camaro 3 to 1 even when it was the slower car!!
That's why the iroc beat the Ford 5.0 when they were compared.
"That's why the iroc beat the Ford 5.0 when they were compared."
Never has an IROC beaten a 5.0 Mustang stock vs. stock. Even the 5.7 IROC was only good for around 6.7 to 60 due to the pitiful AT. The Mustang 5.0 did 0-60 in 6.2 seconds easily wasting the IROC. Do some research on 0-60 times and 1/4 mile times and you'll see the Mustang was consistently faster than the IROC.
So, go ahead, show me where they were compared... show me where the IROC was the faster car.
I just bought a confused Camaro; it has a Berlinetta front bumper, a what looks like a Firebird spoiler and a 305 w/700r4 trans. It has 347000 miles on it and the speedo is in km/ph WTF, but it runs excellent and gets 24mpg. Beat that Slostangs.
LS1 vette motor Camaros are a steal. 67 to 70 truly great ones also... And the new one is a rocket.
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