Progress Thread “Rising from Ashes 13” 84 SVO build thread

95steedamustang

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It looks like Ive got my work cut out for me here. I hate when people who have no idea how
To actually make a repair attempt it.

 

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I had an '84 SVO and found it to be a very well put together car for 1984. Hot Rod Garage did a 2.3 Turbo Coupe build utilizing the stock motor and upgraded turbo/header/cam and injectors that made EcoBoost horsepower levels. Personally, I'd go that route and keep it "original"'ish. Pete Kotzur (San Antonio machine shop legend) had one that ran in the 12's back in the mid-90's.

 

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Middleagecrisis said:

I had an '84 SVO and found it to be a very well put together car for 1984. Hot Rod Garage did a 2.3 Turbo Coupe build utilizing the stock motor and upgraded turbo/header/cam and injectors that made EcoBoost horsepower levels. Personally, I'd go that route and keep it "original"'ish. Pete Kotzur (San Antonio machine shop legend) had one that ran in the 12's back in the mid-90's.

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I have had similar thoughts. May even do one stockish build and buy another more stripped out SVO and do the 2.3T. Not decided anything yet.

 

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95steedamustang said:

May even do one stockish build and buy another more stripped out SVO and do the 2.3T.

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You need to wash your keyboard out with soap.

 

95steedamustang

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More corner light restoring. All these have been sanded down with 400/600/800 and cleared.

 

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What are the ones on the bottom right, NOS?

 

95steedamustang

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Noobz347 said:

What are the ones on the bottom right, NOS?

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One is NOS. The other is used but looks to have seen very little use.

 

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Oh how I hate finding good SVO parts. The corner lights are the hardest.

 

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95steedamustang

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SorsCode said:

Oh how I hate finding good SVO parts. The corner lights are the hardest.

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Same here. Most of this build so far has really just been about finding and restoring SVO parts. Lights are always at the top of everyones list too.

 

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Even if there were a Chinese vendor they would be complete garbage.

 

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Noobz347 said:

Even if there were a Chinese vendor they would be complete garbage.

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That is very true, the issue today is they are so hard to find and when you do, people want $500 for a pair of corner lights that are barely salvageable.