by Chris from Washington » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:23 pm
Nope don't have the know how to do that, I Actually did a bunch of reading on the camaro forums about that. The big conculsion was, if you want a V8 camaro, just go buy a V8 camaro. Pretty much nothing that is on the car now, can be used in a swap. So it ends up costing way to much to do it, and way to much time spent. You can swap out the 2.8 for the 3.1, tho pretty easily. Just drops in I guess.
Right now the car is just sitting in the garage because it won't go over 25mph. We think the intake manifold gasket is gone, oozes oil out of the top of the engine down too.
So I've decided that since emission were due on it this year, and there was no way it would pass (if I even get it there). I'm just not going to not register it for for a few years, since in 08 it would be considered a vintage
car. Emissions are no longer required.
So in the meantime, I'll just slowly start fixing it up again. Find someone who will want some side work, and fix the engine. Then I'll start fixing up the interior again, get it painted. Make it actually fun to drive again. All those years of driving up to Seattle just killed that poor car.
Only crappy thing about that is, I'm putting more miles on the 4Runner
I reached 20k this week.
Nope don't have the know how to do that, I Actually did a bunch of reading on the camaro forums about that. The big conculsion was, if you want a V8 camaro, just go buy a V8 camaro. Pretty much nothing that is on the car now, can be used in a swap. So it ends up costing way to much to do it, and way to much time spent. You can swap out the 2.8 for the 3.1, tho pretty easily. Just drops in I guess.
Right now the car is just sitting in the garage because it won't go over 25mph. We think the intake manifold gasket is gone, oozes oil out of the top of the engine down too.
So I've decided that since emission were due on it this year, and there was no way it would pass (if I even get it there). I'm just not going to not register it for for a few years, since in 08 it would be considered a vintage :lgh car. Emissions are no longer required.
So in the meantime, I'll just slowly start fixing it up again. Find someone who will want some side work, and fix the engine. Then I'll start fixing up the interior again, get it painted. Make it actually fun to drive again. All those years of driving up to Seattle just killed that poor car.
Only crappy thing about that is, I'm putting more miles on the 4Runner :( I reached 20k this week.