The brakes needed replacement.
The sunroof had to be fixed.
Head gasket blew up after a street race.
Blew a hole in the cylinder wall after a small shot of nitrous.
Transmission locked up on way to work.
Mistake? Buying/Owning this car.
I got this car from my parents as a graduation gift, to replace my broken down Thunderbird. I thought it looked great, and the car was quite fast, but cannot handle its own power. I had to replace the brake calipers immediately, which was quite a bit. The sunroof refused to go up, then a head gasket blew after a light street race. I decided to install a Nitrous system, with only 15 shots (about what a Civic or Eclipse run with) and the whole cylinder wall melted after a run. I had to buy a new engine, which was over $3000, and the auto transmission locked up in second gear soon after. I had to get rid of it and buy another car.
I will never buy a Stealth ever again, since it is the worst car that Dodge ever had. This car can't handle street racing even if well taken care of (I did oil change every 2000 miles and did other basic maintenance), and even daily driving is trouble. I learned that the car is made by Mitsubishi, which comes to no surpise why the car sucked. Even the Stealth is this bad, even with Dodge's aid, I'd hate to see the 3000GT's trouble list. Don't buy this car, no matter how cheap it is.
Any car can take only so much abuse. NOS runs hot in case nobody ever told you. A smart guy would look into NOS before blowing apart his cylinder wall with it. Using the brain God gave you could have prevented this. Find out how hot the NOS you want runs. Then check out cylinder specs; you can get information about how much heat a certain type of metal will stand.
The Stealth is an awesome car. Unfortunately you just abused it to no end. reckless driving and NOS, which the company didn't intend for you to use anyway, is not the fault of the car, its the fault of the driver.
The 3000gt and the Stealth are the same car. They were all produced by Mitsubishi (not aided by Dodge). Learn more about your car before you start giving advice.
Just curious, how did the Thunderbird get broken down?
As far as I know they stealth only comes with a V6 and I think it's a great car. :-)
Lol the person that siad a v8 stealth, what a retard the stealth only comes wiht a v6, you can get a sohc cam v6, a dohc v6, and a turbo charged dohc v6. You should check out the facts b 4 you start making up stories, it'll make them more believeable.
I have a 93 Stealth SOHC V6 totally standard stock no mods. Regular maint. is all this car requires. If you treat her great she will treat you great. 120K miles and purring like a kitten! Would buy another Stealth in a heartbeat. Handles terrific even in NYC's traffic and the crappiest roads imaginable. Last year handled terrific through one of our 3 foot blizzards by our mtn house in one of the Nor'easters last year. The car handled the road better than our 4x4! Highly recommended car for those that know how to treat a car with the respect it deserves!
I've recently acquired a '92 Stealth RT. It still gets looks from trashy women and is a pleasure to zip around in. I know the previous owner and he's not exactly a mechanic so it's a wonder he's never had a problem with it. All I know is that it has performed flawlessly for me for over a year and won me a few respectful brakings by the opposition.
I have a dodge stealth rt 1991 for sale, great condition,
white, with white premium stock rims, new tires ($500), recent oil change (80), brand new EGR system (500), brand new stock intake box and filter (150), almost 1200 dollars worth of new parts
selling for 5,600 (or best offer) 113,000 miles going on to 114,000 on the sweet car
car is freaken fast! brakes great! spools hard!
Power everything (no sun roof) needs new shift boot
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I am currently on my third Stealth The first was a dark green 1993 Base model with SOHC engine. The second a 1993 Firestorm Red ES which had a DOHC and a lot more punch. My present car is a 1994 silver R/T Luxury. The "Luxury" version was only made in 1994 and not many were produced. Only about 60 silver Luxury models were made.
I bought all three cars used and with low mileage and racked up many miles on all.
They are fantastic cars!!! Relatively inexpensive to buy, and with proper maintenance can provide many thrills and draw lots of stares. I've used all three as daily drivers all year round.
Who the hell puts NOS in an automatic anyway? and wants to "street race" in it?
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