As you can see a ton of time and money was put into this. I dont have a lot of free time and mostly a loss of motivation to make this everything I wanted. Car is in Meridian, MS. Feel free to call or PM with any questions. $3500
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FieroGTguy Member
Posts: 3087 From: Indianapolis , IN Registered: Mar 2001
That looks like a really good deal. I'm doing a 3800 SC III swap in my 88 GT and I can tell you that it's a pain in the butt (to do it right) and I've run out of money
All this car needs is the correct Clutch set installed in it and it would be ready to go..Well besides the normal startup bugs that would need to be worked out,,,,
Got the car running this weekend so no longer for sale. Clutch itself was fine, fixed slave cylinder and grounding issues, adjusted the belts and its running like a champ
Got the car running this weekend so no longer for sale. Clutch itself was fine, fixed slave cylinder and grounding issues, adjusted the belts and its running like a champ
What did you find that was keeping it from turning over?
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Posts: 1519 From: Upstate NY US Registered: Dec 2009
Well well then, That was almost a horrible mistake! lol
Seriously haha. the slave cylinder was broken, so we fixed that first. As far as being difficult to turn over, the supercharger/accessory belts seemed to rub against each other a lot. Took them off and the engine itself still is a bit tight, but with a new battery it seemed to turn over fine. Fixed the grounding issues and it runs. Still hunts around at idle a bit (800-1300 rpm) and has 80 psi oil pressure haha. If I had realized I didnt even have to drop the cradle to fix it, I'd have had it running a long time ago. Drove it for probably 10 miles, a little resonance right at 1500 rpm, pulls strong though, and the engine sounds good. The only code it has is a missing crank sensor signal, so I'll eventually look into that. The left front brake got stuck at the end, so now I'm deciding whether to just replace the stock caliper and resurface the rotor, or to go for a grand am brake swap. Charged up the system and the AC blows cold though
Seriously haha. the slave cylinder was broken, so we fixed that first. As far as being difficult to turn over, the supercharger/accessory belts seemed to rub against each other a lot. Took them off and the engine itself still is a bit tight, but with a new battery it seemed to turn over fine. Fixed the grounding issues and it runs. Still hunts around at idle a bit (800-1300 rpm) and has 80 psi oil pressure haha. If I had realized I didnt even have to drop the cradle to fix it, I'd have had it running a long time ago. Drove it for probably 10 miles, a little resonance right at 1500 rpm, pulls strong though, and the engine sounds good. The only code it has is a missing crank sensor signal, so I'll eventually look into that. The left front brake got stuck at the end, so now I'm deciding whether to just replace the stock caliper and resurface the rotor, or to go for a grand am brake swap. Charged up the system and the AC blows cold though
Good to hear it is running but there is still something else going on though...As hard as that thing was to turn over there is something in there that is making contact...Of course if turned over enough times it would wear and then be easier but then that might lead to other issues down the road. At what point where the 2 belts rub against each other as they are spaced apart and run on the pulleys? If you get a chance to get under the car look/feel around where the trans dust cover goes and see if you see any shavings....Hope you have no more issues out of it and all goes well....
we took the belts off and it wasnt super easy to turn over, but was definately doable by hand. lifters made a bit of noise for the first few mins, other than that nothing really sounded bad. I didnt notice any dust, had to replace a few coolant hoses etc, only thing coming out of it was water dripping off the condenser though. I'll keep an eye out for it, for now gonna work on the brakes though
