The original engine blew, so the previous owner put in a turbo-charged 2.0 four cylinder.
At 125,000 Miles The car would not start, there was a short in the radio. It was draining the battery.
The seats were awful, they were completely worn through.
The head liner was terrible, It was falling down constantly.
The last straw was when it threw a rod, I did not want to put one thousand dollars into a five hundred dollar car.
This was a great car, I loved having it the majority of the time. I really can't complain very much at all, I bought the vehicle for five hundred dollars, and I only had a few problems with it. I however would not buy another Sun-bird, I am not a fan of General Motors.
The current engine is a turbocharged four cylinder, It was very peppy! Everybody that rode in the car was seriously impressed when I would get on it, and it would get up and go really hard. The engine was pulled out of a Turbo Sun-bird.
The car if fine except for the worn out seats and the inside of the roof is falling apart and I think it may be loosing gas. but I'm not planning on getting one or planning on fixing the problems. it's a 100$ car and I'm not spending 1000$ to get it fixed.
I have my car for about five years... and it has only let me down once.. that was probably my own fault. The timing belt broke because it wasn't on very tight. Other than that it has been great... sure it has little problems every once in a while, but its 16 years old... it happens. I wouldn't trade my Sunbird Turbo GT for anything... it has the 2.0l Turbocharged engine in it and it runs like it was brand new. when I got the car it had 60000 miles on it... with a little maintenance and care I will easily get 300,000 out of it.
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