john_d.
02-11-2006, 04:16 PM
So let's add one more to the list. :)
My stable is mostly GM products. (or nameplates anyway)
'98 v6 Camaro - bought it new - after it was paid off I sprayed it, then blew it (powerdyne 10 psi), then swapped an LS1 heads/cam/intake/headers v8 into it. Got greedy and put a rear-mount STS turbo on it, but got the timing table wrong and promptly blew 3 pistons on the very first wot run. In the rebuild process right now.
'98 TA - bought it last summer when the Camaro had been down for almost 8 months and I couldn't stand it any longer. Not having something with some power to drive that is. It was cheaper (sort of) to buy this car, than to fix the Camaro.
'05 Aveo - had $3500 in GMcard dollars to use and there was an incentive going on too - so I got this car pretty cheap and it's been great on gas too.
The Camaro has definitely been a money pit the past few months. Repair the heads, forged shortblock, turbo rebuild (and upgrade), coilovers, seats, rewiring/lightening, manual brake conversion, manual window conversion, rear diff upgrade to T2R, repositioning the radiator, FMIC, lightweight hood, roll bar, the list goes on...
Looking forward to getting it running again this spring. :)
My stable is mostly GM products. (or nameplates anyway)
'98 v6 Camaro - bought it new - after it was paid off I sprayed it, then blew it (powerdyne 10 psi), then swapped an LS1 heads/cam/intake/headers v8 into it. Got greedy and put a rear-mount STS turbo on it, but got the timing table wrong and promptly blew 3 pistons on the very first wot run. In the rebuild process right now.
'98 TA - bought it last summer when the Camaro had been down for almost 8 months and I couldn't stand it any longer. Not having something with some power to drive that is. It was cheaper (sort of) to buy this car, than to fix the Camaro.
'05 Aveo - had $3500 in GMcard dollars to use and there was an incentive going on too - so I got this car pretty cheap and it's been great on gas too.
The Camaro has definitely been a money pit the past few months. Repair the heads, forged shortblock, turbo rebuild (and upgrade), coilovers, seats, rewiring/lightening, manual brake conversion, manual window conversion, rear diff upgrade to T2R, repositioning the radiator, FMIC, lightweight hood, roll bar, the list goes on...
Looking forward to getting it running again this spring. :)