what should I do for my budget bad ass build

[1quick]

I just picked up an 04 grand prix gt with a mint body from a junk yard that runs and drives for 650 bucks, needs breaks and a battery, im thinking the cheepest turbo kit I can find and e85, what is the most minimal crap I should think about doing to the trans to make it last a little bit longer, or shouldi just run it till i break it

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[Turbocharged400sbc]

two words

demolition. derby.

 

[1quick]

if the body wasnt mint I prolly would, I would have just let him crush it if it needed body work thats what he was about to do, core it out and crush it it was next in line and his end loader broke down and I saw it sitting there and just could not let him do it lol

 

[1quick]

a picture of the car

 

[Frank Dukes]

wow. wtf was this thing doing in the JY then? steal.

 

[99PONTIACGP]

Damn. I'm jealous. I'm sure everyone will say run the trans til it breaks.

 

[RICH17]

wow. wtf was this thing doing in the JY then? steal.

Yeah WTF!

 

[PANDA]

I don't get it, why would that car be in the junk yard running with no body damage? AND going to be crushed? Does it have a title? Want to sell it?

 

[99PONTIACGP]

The blood washes out easily.

 

[1quick]

yeah it has a title, I had my buddy call the dude he picked it up from to see whats wrong with it he said the blower motor went out and it needs front breaks and a battery, it has 275k miles on it and the dude was rich and didnt want the car any more so he junked it, no i dont really want to sell it right now Id like to throw a cam and turbo on it and just play with it I think I can get the whole project done for under 2500 bucks

 

[1quick]

The blood washes out easily.

no blood just lots of dirt and peanuts all over the inside lol

 

[RICH17]

Holy FACK! 275 and it looks like that.

Also 04+s use a bullshit "special" batttery which is just a sealed one like they put under the seats of caddys. Just get a batter for a 2000 and itll work just fine. 78 group size

 

[1quick]

yeah thats all I did with my 06 was buy a napa top post battery and throw it in there

 

[ldyzluvdis06]

i picked up my last gtp for $800 and it ran perfect. my intentions were also a cheap ass turbo build and have fun...its impossible to go cheap, for me at least. i kept finding good deals that i couldnt pass up on, then i wanted to make it a better build so it would last. my plan to build a $2500 turbo gtp ended up being more like $6500 (including car, license, parts)

 

[1quick]

I could see that but this car is only going to be used to beat the piss out of, I have other stuff to drive to work and what not, the goal right now is prolly going to be fuel pump injectors and cheap turbo kit and see how long it holds up for lol then just fix what breaks, its not going to be a monster but 350-400 horse would be more than enough for what I want out of this car

 

[PANDA]

Still don't understand why a junkyard would crush that car. Lots of money to be made on parts.

 

[EmersonHart13]

Agreed, that is TOTALLY weird.

 

[Dasfinc]

Still don't understand why a junkyard would crush that car. Lots of money to be made on parts.

Could just be a policy of theirs.

If a car has over XXX,XXX miles, Just crush it indiscriminately. Wouldn't surprise me, most cars with that kind of mileage are beat.

 

[framos242]

Still don't understand why a junkyard would crush that car. Lots of money to be made on parts.

^This

 

[PANDA]

Could just be a policy of theirs.

If a car has over XXX,XXX miles, Just crush it indiscriminately. Wouldn't surprise me, most cars with that kind of mileage are beat.

I know u know alot about junk beaters. But a 8 year old car that runs, drives, and has no damage does not belong in a junk yard. Even with 300,000 miles that car should still bring $3000 minimum.

Most likely highway miles anyway.

 

[Dasfinc]

I know u know alot about junk beaters. But a 8 year old car that runs, drives, and has no damage does not belong in a junk yard. Even with 300,000 miles that car should still bring $3000 minimum.

Most likely highway miles anyway.

Doesn't matter what it could bring, you work in an office, you know how policies are.

Geeksquad was a great example. People would bring shit in to recycle (Laptops etc), and occasionally it would still be newer/nicer/repairable gear. Didn't matter, we put a screwdriver through it, and shipped it out to the recyclers.

 

[1quick]

it was my friends junk yard, his dad would crush a brand new car if someone wanted to dump it off at the yard he dosnt care its a pain in the ass to part out when you can cut the sub frame and drop the motor and trans pull the rims off and crush it, they normally pull a grand in scrap and core money off a car like this and it takes a half hour to core out and crush

 

[phat_ridegt]

watch club gp man....couple cheap turbo kits up there now. i lets build a motor and trans and just do a complete swap. im itching to build something and id rather spend your money lol

 

[1quick]

lol sounds like a plan the key is keep it super cheep, see what you can find for trans motor combos as of now im thinking e85, st5 cam, and whatever turbo kit i can find for under 2k, I have to wait for some of that tax money before I can start turbo shoping tho

 

[phat_ridegt]

1800 for a ct kit right now? id rather you get a zzp kit of some sort, or just make one....

only problem with e85 is the damn fuel system is going to cost you a bunch. unless you are going to be happy with 400-450whp....and i know better lol