I love my new setup, but keeping it maintained well enough to stay a DD is proving to be much more of a PITA than I thought it would be. I'm no mechanic but I can take shit apart just fine. I'm considering just doing a full part-out and buying a new car. This is not something I'm for sure doing by any means, because I do love the car, but need something reliable, and want something comfortable. So 3800 crew, what do you think I could get out of a full part-out?
The car itself:
- Black 98 GT
- 120kish miles
- 4 door
- Good transmission
- Sunroof, black leather interior
- Shortblock is in nice shape
- Higher-end pioneer head unit with USB in ect.
- "ABS" Rims, I have six rims and tires for the car. 2 of the six tires are bald but the rest aren't bad, and one of the six rims has a crack in it.
- Struts and mounts are totally shot but other than that suspension is nice.
- The underbody is actually in surprisingly awesome shape for being an IL car its whole life.
- Can use my autozone warranty and get someone a brand new set of duralast pads.
The mods:
- Very low mile Gen V
- 2.8" ZZP MPS with extra 3.2" pulley
- Northstar TB
- Ported LIM
- Limited production Phoenelic ZZP S3 IC core with bosch IC pump, frozenboost heat exchanger, and cobra reservoir
- XP-HOT Cam with only about 1,500 miles on it
- Jet coated TOG Headers
- Flow matched 42.5# lucas injectors
- Still have my ported Gen III sitting around that could be sold as well
- GMPP Sway bar
- All new sway bar links
- Nice chrome exhaust tips
- Not sure what brand, but a pretty nice looking chrome CAI.
That's about all I can think of right now. What do youguys think I should do? Between the ride being shitty because of it needing struts and mounts all around, needing brakes and rotors all around, the thing absolutely destroying gas while driving around town, and me having this crazy setup while having limited mechanical knowledge...idk. I love this car a lot and would hate to see it go but I need a reliable car to get me around.
The car itself:
- Black 98 GT
- 120kish miles
- 4 door
- Good transmission
- Sunroof, black leather interior
- Shortblock is in nice shape
- Higher-end pioneer head unit with USB in ect.
- "ABS" Rims, I have six rims and tires for the car. 2 of the six tires are bald but the rest aren't bad, and one of the six rims has a crack in it.
- Struts and mounts are totally shot but other than that suspension is nice.
- The underbody is actually in surprisingly awesome shape for being an IL car its whole life.
- Can use my autozone warranty and get someone a brand new set of duralast pads.
The mods:
- Very low mile Gen V
- 2.8" ZZP MPS with extra 3.2" pulley
- Northstar TB
- Ported LIM
- Limited production Phoenelic ZZP S3 IC core with bosch IC pump, frozenboost heat exchanger, and cobra reservoir
- XP-HOT Cam with only about 1,500 miles on it
- Jet coated TOG Headers
- Flow matched 42.5# lucas injectors
- Still have my ported Gen III sitting around that could be sold as well
- GMPP Sway bar
- All new sway bar links
- Nice chrome exhaust tips
- Not sure what brand, but a pretty nice looking chrome CAI.
That's about all I can think of right now. What do youguys think I should do? Between the ride being shitty because of it needing struts and mounts all around, needing brakes and rotors all around, the thing absolutely destroying gas while driving around town, and me having this crazy setup while having limited mechanical knowledge...idk. I love this car a lot and would hate to see it go but I need a reliable car to get me around.