Daily underrated car reminder

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 06/19/2017 at 12:26 • Filed to: None

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1st-gen Chevy Lumina Z34. Because the Integra exists so we gotta do that but AMERICAN.

Party-vi > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/19/2017 at 12:33

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Nah - Integra would be the Cavalier Z24 right? The Lumina was Accord size or larger.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/19/2017 at 12:40

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The engine in these were a difficult-to-maintain mongrel of a design.

Textured Soy Protein > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/19/2017 at 12:42

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I’m not sure how a sportified coupe version of a V6 family sedan is a competitor for the Integra, a vaguely premium 4-cylinder 3-door hatch or small 4-door sedan.

If we’re talking Hondas from the same time period...

Tristan > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 06/19/2017 at 12:49

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But, oh man- that 5 minutes when it did run right... These were damn quick for their time.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/19/2017 at 12:53

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GM also sold a turbo 3.1 version of the Grand Prix:

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Party-vi 06/19/2017 at 13:01

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Good point.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 06/19/2017 at 13:01

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Wasn’t that the McLaren one?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 06/19/2017 at 13:01

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Probably a hell of a lot easier to work on than the 3.4...

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 06/19/2017 at 13:01

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This is true. I’m pretty sure it takes a drum of vaseline to successfully install one of those engines.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/19/2017 at 13:03

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I don’t think it was underrated. It was rated exactly how it was.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/19/2017 at 13:04

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McLaren ASC, yes. And having had a non-turbo 3.1, there are a few tricks to make things much easier. Note the passenger side dog bone engine mount has an extra hole. That hole should be down and to the engine. You can unbolt the engine from the mount, pull it forward, slide the bolt through that hole instead, and you have much easier access to the back plugs.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Tristan 06/19/2017 at 13:08

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Taurus SHO was faster. And the Chrysler LH cars with the 3.5L V6 had almost the same performance for a lower cost. Just stay on top of the transmission fluid changes along with all the other usual stuff and they can be quite long-lived.

Tristan > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 06/19/2017 at 13:09

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BUT... beer tap door handles.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 06/19/2017 at 13:21

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There was one of those at Cars and Coffee a while back.

EDIT: God damn it Kinja. POST THE DAMN PICTURE.

C62030 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/19/2017 at 15:26

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I’ve always thought it would be fun to have Icon or someone do a restomod on my GP. Keep the look stock, then go insane with the engine and do stuff like remachine all the interior buttons in aluminum or replace the GM cloth with chenille.

C62030 > Tristan 06/19/2017 at 15:28

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Have handles. Can confirm excellence.