alright man, i've dealed **** like this plenty-a time, and it always ends like this... you get everything sorted out and going good until another wave of problems hits you at full speed. remember, if it's not this... it's something else... and whatever can go wrong will. belive me, i've been in your shoes, and have a slightly sweet reliable car is a lot better than having a sweet ass car that makes you thank god every time it starts up... but it is all up to you, belive me though, im on my 3rd 5.0 in 8 months, and i'll be turning 17 in sept. so good luck with al that man, thats all i can say...
If you keep the car, you'll at least know what you've got. Whats been fixed, what's half-ass repaired, etc. With a new car/different car, who knows....
All you've got is somebody's word, which in today's world doesn't mean much...
Stick with your car, you at least know what won't go wrong in 6 weeks....
All you've got is somebody's word, which in today's world doesn't mean much...
Stick with your car, you at least know what won't go wrong in 6 weeks....
thats not up to us dude... none of us know the condition of your car or the condition of the other cars you mentioned, but if i were in your shoes, given this information,
ID GET THE 2 GRAND
you could get a sweet setup with that cash, and totally take care of that lower end knock... as for the heater core, i dunno wut the weather's like where u live, but just bypass the SOB.
ID GET THE 2 GRAND
you could get a sweet setup with that cash, and totally take care of that lower end knock... as for the heater core, i dunno wut the weather's like where u live, but just bypass the SOB.
PERFORMANCE REBUILD!!!!!!!!!!!
Get some nive iron gt-40 or thumper heads.
cobra or simlilar intake
nice cam to go with it.
be sure to upgrade the Valvetrain, get some nice RRs, make sure to get valve springs for gt-40 heads, the thumpers have new springs already.
rebuild the bottom end with some higher compression pistons.
2000 could take car of this easily
Or rebuild and find a deal on a cheap SC and bolt that on.
with everything else you have your car will be a beast!
Get some nive iron gt-40 or thumper heads.
cobra or simlilar intake
nice cam to go with it.
be sure to upgrade the Valvetrain, get some nice RRs, make sure to get valve springs for gt-40 heads, the thumpers have new springs already.
rebuild the bottom end with some higher compression pistons.
2000 could take car of this easily
Or rebuild and find a deal on a cheap SC and bolt that on.
with everything else you have your car will be a beast!
Don't dump your car and get another bucket. You at least know what the issues are with your car instead of picking up another and waiting for everything to fall apart again. Get your engine rebuilt from a good machine shop. No need to go all out and buy another whole engine so save your money for another bump in the road.
Kevin
Kevin
there's several ways you could go about it, but as long as the motor hasn't already been overbored, you could just have everything reconditioned, cleaned, and reassembled...
we did the same thing with my friends 88 LX vert, had to get the crank ground, rods resized, installed new bolts, cleaned the pistons, balanced the assembly, and had the block honed, cleaned, with new cam brgs and freeze plugs. All that ran $800 and change...that's from one of the more expensive machine shops in town. Then all he had to buy was gaskets, rings, and bearings. Whatever you manage to keep from the 2k, use it toward other things
...but if your car is as nice as you say, I'm with Foxfan and Sicarius take the $2k, and get your engine fixed up with some goodies, 2k should be able to get buy you a set of 40's or 40P's even, on top of a freshened up engine-the wala, you've got a strong reliable runner...
we did the same thing with my friends 88 LX vert, had to get the crank ground, rods resized, installed new bolts, cleaned the pistons, balanced the assembly, and had the block honed, cleaned, with new cam brgs and freeze plugs. All that ran $800 and change...that's from one of the more expensive machine shops in town. Then all he had to buy was gaskets, rings, and bearings. Whatever you manage to keep from the 2k, use it toward other things
...but if your car is as nice as you say, I'm with Foxfan and Sicarius take the $2k, and get your engine fixed up with some goodies, 2k should be able to get buy you a set of 40's or 40P's even, on top of a freshened up engine-the wala, you've got a strong reliable runner...