rgosulliv said:even a stock 2.3l N/A with no mods is cool by me. cheap insurance, good gas milage, great daily driver, same body styling, and its not an import. Who says you have to be able to drag race your daily driver.

Red_LX said:I wish I coulda gotten another 2.3L Mustang as a beater! I had to replace the water pump on my tempo today and I wanted to just push it over a hill and say hell with it.
I bet thats one of those cars that removing the side fender makes it easier to work on 
Pro-Hawk said:I'm lost...you wished you had a 2.3L instead of a 2.3L to work on![]()
J/K I know, what a crapy joke it was but I couldn't help itI bet thats one of those cars that removing the side fender makes it easier to work on
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91coop said:GO BUY A REAL ****ING CAR..DRIVE YOUR 2.3 OFF A CLIFF AND BUY A 5.0 US, HOW DO U ALL FEEL? YOUR DRIVING YOU WIFES CAR!

Red_LX said:Let me put it this way, the 2.3 HSC just plain sucks. I spent 8 hours yesterday replacing the WATER PUMP and still didn't get completley done. I had to remove the upper and lower intake and tie the fuel rail out of the way just to get at the water pump.
Whereas, replacing the water pump on a 2.3L OHC takes 3 hours at MOST.
By the way, I also hate FWD cars. Those guys that actually work on FWD cars must really have some patience...
Red_LX said:Let me put it this way, the 2.3 HSC just plain sucks. I spent 8 hours yesterday replacing the WATER PUMP and still didn't get completley done. I had to remove the upper and lower intake and tie the fuel rail out of the way just to get at the water pump.
Whereas, replacing the water pump on a 2.3L OHC takes 3 hours at MOST.
By the way, I also hate FWD cars. Those guys that actually work on FWD cars must really have some patience...

Pro-Hawk said:I know Red, I was just messing with ya
Ya I spent a few hours on my mom Pontiac once just to change the belt ( water pump, AC etc). I sware you need to have VERY thin hands to work on them cars.

351wcoupe said:I bought a 93 Gand Am Quad 4 at an auction thinking the water pump job would be a few hours. I had to remove the exhaust to get to it.![]()
kiddiccarus said:Did he spray paint chrome hub caps with blue paint?
351wcoupe said:I bought a 93 Gand Am Quad 4 at an auction thinking the water pump job would be a few hours. I had to remove the exhaust to get to it.![]()
I don't mind paying people to do minor stuff when I'm in a jam but these people think I'm rich. I'm really, a shop wanted to charge me 120.00 to change plugs on my LX
I bet you can guess what I was doing that following weekend
OMG, the worst one was when my heater core went out. They wanted 750.00 to swap in a 20.00 core from AutoZone 
351wcoupe said:I bought a 93 Gand Am Quad 4 at an auction thinking the water pump job would be a few hours. I had to remove the exhaust to get to it.![]()