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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/attention-mr-b…
It seems good from this article's comments, if not the best. I mean a fellow opponaut got through high school with it.
1. Put in an LT1 and a 4L60 from a wrecked Caprice. Reliability and fuel economy solved.
2. Put on a set of General Altimax Arctic tires. Traction solved.
Ehhh I might change my mind by the morning.
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Not everyone could drive that, could pull it off. I am trying to picture the individual best suited to drive a car with a mythical blue bird on the bonnet.
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Slightly related:
http://www.ls1lt1.com/forum/attachme…
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those without mullets need not apply
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I believe that he had another car alongside his Trans Am?
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Maybe, but he said that he drove it every day.
![]() 03/22/2015 at 21:05 |
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Hi what do you want to know?
![]() 03/22/2015 at 21:06 |
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I do now... but it is being more unreliable now than the trans am ever was.
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If it is the car pictured, it should currently have an olds 403 with the WS6 package (4 wheel disk FTW)
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What are the problems? And I just wanted to compare this with a Challenger RT.
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Nope. Just a random one pulled from a GIS.
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And do you recommend it to others?
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I just remembered - no airbags. Have you ever been in an accident with it?
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I think you overestimate the LT1 swapping. Yes you can make more power from less engine these days, but reliability? Phhht. Those things are very reliable as long as you aren't crashing them into stuff. LT1 swap can be prohibitively expensive.
Then again, these things are reliable IF the one you find isn't butchered. The problem with old cars is when people who think they know what they are doing start hacking into the wiring harness to add lights and amps and stuff and it turns out they cut (and poorly spliced) the starter lead and primary alternator wire, and now it only cranks sometimes and only charges most of the time... and you have reliability problems.
My '73 LeSabre is a tank. Very reliable, except for the things I had butchered in the past. Now I have replaced the entire engine wiring harness with a new one, and my wiring hacks are much more professional than what they used to be.
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Yes. I got rear ended once by a car going about 15ish. I survived without a scratch and the car was quickly fixed with spray paint.
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Do you have a link or something about the car you are looking at? I can give you more info based on what you are looking at.
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Maybe one like this
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/de…
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$18k and LOOK AT AL THE SPEAKER HOLES THEY CUT