I know my car needs alot of work and I keep finding more.. can others list whats wrong with there car so I dont feel alone

new brakes/calipers
window seals (leaking bad)
wheel bearings
Rad Hoses
rear storage bin rust
alternator(works but not putting out enough amps.. need to upgrade)
tune up
new tires

lol im sure there is more

 

with those minor problems you should consider yourself lucky.
my car currently needs a couple things.

 

New steering column cover, upper and lower
Dings/dents to be removed
CURRENT ISSUE: Driver rear caliper is frozen and metal is chewing into the rotor.

You can put an early 2nd Gen alternator into your FB. I was told how somewhere in this forum, some are sticking in a GM alternator, but I haven't checked up on that yet, altho I should.


Midwest: Yeah, a little bit of ducttape, a small splash of Bondo, a wax and buff, it'll hide everything else.

 

oil pan gasket
front cover gasket
OMP rebuild kit
tune up (filters, plugs, wires, dizzy cap/rotor)
6 port actuation of some sort (wired open at the moment)
new tranny
new brake calipers


Yikes, now that i've got it out I need to get started... anyone wanna help? I'll supply the 6 pack..in April.

 

Coil overs for front, custom made delrin bushings, custom 4 link, wilwood caliper upgrade, custom rear end modified for coil overs, rear coil overs, TII transmission, ring and pinion upgrade, rebuild rear SE calipers, install SE axles and front struts, build and install roll cage, strip interior, remove excess steel, install built 12a/13b engine, weld rust holes, install front airdam, locate and install suitable wheels..........and then next week.

 

my ports are wired open as well.. is this a bad thing?
Well in about 3 weeks from now.. im doing a complete overhual of my brakes and suspension that being shocks/springs. but i need MORE $$$$

 

umm have fun with that lol we need everyone in these forums to put that back together

 

hmmm

GET ENGINE RUNNING
front brakes
weather stripping
body work
exhaust
Put the interior back to gethere, its curently a mess of wires and a steering cloumn...FUN STUFF...
Rear end swap
Oil cooler replacement

I think thats all....but with these cars.....ya fix something....something else comes up. Oh wells.. it the love of them!

And if anyone can help. Let me know!!

 

zduford I should come down to nanaimo and we can help each other out

 

i need to have it back on the road by april for the rotary bbq i am hosting, lol.

 

Tires
Radiator
All the coolant hoses in the engine bay
Rims need to be repainted
I have to install my new powdercoated rad panels
New Thermostat
Lots of wirebrushing to do
Install the new intake manifold, carb, airbox
FC Coil with TT box install
FC Fuse Box Install
Lots of cleaning
Engine mounts

It needs an engine rebuild because it's old and tired, but I'll wait for that.

Needs a paint job too.

Though most of this I've already purchased, and most of it my car doesn't "NEED" as much as I want to do it.

Jon

 

Which one the DD or My Project 007

Ill go DD.

New Exhaust
Rejetted carb
Tuning!!!
Rear carpet
Bins
Dents pulled
Bumpers repaint
New front skirt
Head lights level with the rest of the car lol
Rear hatch struts
Tons of cleaning under the hood
Im tired of typing im getting depressed

Im not going to even go into the project 007

 

My GS:
New motor
New clutch
New shocks
New springs
New body kit
Fixed rust
New paint


My GSL:
Fix fuel system
Fix whatever's broke once we get the fuel system fixed
Fix whatever's broke once we fix whatever's broke once we get the fuel system fixed
Put new hood and hinges on
Fix whatever else we can find that's broke

Yeah. That's about it...

 

79 SA

headliner
Body work
paint job
suspension (not needed but highly wanted)
also wanted disc brakes in rear
alittle more spunk and no hesistations

 

maybe some window run chanels, or whatever they call them, and an engine rebuild (or some lucas oil stabilizer)

and a killer suspension package

 

yeah 3times! i would but.. id have to get my car going first! and i would think it was simple seeing as im an automotive student, but ...they have us so god damn busy we cant even bring our cars in, and the kicker is im right across the street!

 

Tires
Door Seals
Coolant
Oil
Hell all of the fluids
Brakes
I need to pay for my other wheels
I gotta get out to New Hampshire to make a trade

What I don't need but want is:
A Kaminari front and rear airdam in carbon fiber
Carbon fiber two tone underneath clear coat of new paintjob
Suspension
some goodies for my interior

 

hmm ill contribute

new rubber seals
electric fan (clutch fan seizes at times)
new exhaugst sys(but after i decided to go turbo to keep costs down)
new gearbox(someones been doin skids not me im innocent officer)
eliminate anything not needed
clean the engine bay (gross tar ****)
fix all gauge problems (oilpress,fuel,tach)might be sensors dnt know
new suspension all new bushings
get a lsd(driftings what i want)
either turbo setup or a 12AT

i could go all day lol

 

Fender flares out back, maybe front too

New driveshaft, or at least get one of the ones I have rebalanced

Rear calipers or a drum brake conversion

Relocate the front strut towers up an inch already (will have to hack up CP strut tower bar, may fabricate my own and hock the CP unit)

Relocate suspension pick-up points in the subframe and double-skin for negative camber and added beefage

Yank that stupid stock master cylinder/booster and go manual brakes

Put a real oil cooler in the thing instead of the Burninator (HMM wonder why the engine makes so much power until the water comes up to temp...)

Maybe a radiator that isn't so grody that it probably doesn't leak only because it's half plugged

Two words: Gravel tires

Finally install that race seat I got for pretty much free

5 point harness (believe or not, these *do* make driving a lot easier!)

Make brackets for GM power steering pump
Make custom P/S lines for same
Find Fiero or Saturn in junkyard, acquire steering U-joints
Make brackets for rack and pinion
Move engine as far to the right as possible
All so I can....
Install that 2.2 turn lock to lock, full stroking R&P unit I got from a customer's late-model Caddy STS, and enjoy faster steering than I get with the stock 3-turn power steering box

Redo the rear suspension links in rod-ends to maybe finally kill the wheelhop, hopefully



Hmm, maybe at some point I should fix the rust holes in the rocker panels, or maybe get the car all one color.

NAH. That doesn't make it any faster...

 

mine needs a lotta **** ... OR ... for time to roll back to 1984.

 

I was just looking at your cardomain.. NICE CAR. Clean Looking. Where did u get that shift ****?

 

Wouldnt that be nice.. having a car that just rolled off the showroom floor

 

you should consider yourself lucky....at least your car still has paint mine is on stands, no glass no interior to speak of, no doors, no front fenders, your lucky mines in for serious overhaul

 

get grey velour/black vinyl SA seats cleaned or reupholstered
new black moulded carpet
new gasket for my headers
polish stainless steel exhaust tip/muffler
fabricate door panels and upholster them
install my new black dash/glovebox/console etc
paint my sunroof and get a new mechanism for it
install new brake master cylinder
rebuild OMP
give the thing a bloody good wash.

youre not alone ;p

 

OMP rebuild - fixed with premix
Radiator - fixed with cold weld
seems to drop a bit of oil when it runs (any idea anybody?)
dings/dents out
I'm sure that's only the tip of the ice berg