alwayssideways
CEG'er
Short story on the car.
I have always wanted a CSVT. I have been looking on and off for the last few years. It just so happened that one weekend I went up and helped Greg (aircougar) do an engine pull. After talking to him and the owner of the car(and sitting in the car) we were working on. I had a turbo zx2 and a cougar that I just acquired. Well that following Sunday I saw a non running csvt for sale for 1k. I saw the pics and remembered the car. The guy was selling it for $800.00 a few weeks previous. So I emailed him and asked him if he would take $800.00 He said yes and I went the following weekend to pic it up. The car is in decent shape. It does need work. But I wanted to buy something cheap and put some work into it. The guy said the engine wouldnt start. (thinking 3.0 already) The starter when cranked sounded like it was jammed. The crank pulley wouldnt turn. I pulled the serp belt. Still locked up. Pulled the starter. Still locked up. So I think there is some internal engine damage. Oh well , 3.0 time. Here is where my picture story begins
The car when I picked it up
3.0 swap in process
the new engine. 29 k
Things I found along the way
The gunk in the LIM was bad. not to mention I think the front bank hadnt been hooked up in a long time.
who needs a slide hammer (going old school)
The last few before I filled up my memory card
I have always wanted a CSVT. I have been looking on and off for the last few years. It just so happened that one weekend I went up and helped Greg (aircougar) do an engine pull. After talking to him and the owner of the car(and sitting in the car) we were working on. I had a turbo zx2 and a cougar that I just acquired. Well that following Sunday I saw a non running csvt for sale for 1k. I saw the pics and remembered the car. The guy was selling it for $800.00 a few weeks previous. So I emailed him and asked him if he would take $800.00 He said yes and I went the following weekend to pic it up. The car is in decent shape. It does need work. But I wanted to buy something cheap and put some work into it. The guy said the engine wouldnt start. (thinking 3.0 already) The starter when cranked sounded like it was jammed. The crank pulley wouldnt turn. I pulled the serp belt. Still locked up. Pulled the starter. Still locked up. So I think there is some internal engine damage. Oh well , 3.0 time. Here is where my picture story begins
The car when I picked it up
3.0 swap in process
the new engine. 29 k
Things I found along the way
The gunk in the LIM was bad. not to mention I think the front bank hadnt been hooked up in a long time.
who needs a slide hammer (going old school)
The last few before I filled up my memory card