Why sell the G35 when I could have two toys for the road... :p

I'd only keep Belen if I put my engine in the bay and not one of yours.

just got done running her to a town (village, really) thats kinda near here. It's an hour away. Man, she is one gutless flippin mule! My foot was nailed to the floor for about 2 (total) hours HOPIN to maintain anywhere between 70-85. 75 and below isnt too hard for OD to maintain, but it can be interesting with the random switches between OD and kick-down. Acceleration is SLIGHTLY improving [or am I developing Stockholm Syndrome with this car?]

The bummer: the engine paint was cookin, I toasted #3 plug boot, the car wasnt burning all the fuel she was pumping, and I have an exhaust leak on the #1 DP. Those 2 hours are CERTAINLY takin their toll on me right now. Pics after dinner.

some of it seems like an easy fix, some not , i would love to see pics

Since Im leavin here in less than a week, Im not too concerned with hiding my location hints.

Yes, my motor pool involves 3 houses:


stable mates once again:


can anyone chop this into a decent sig, or should I take them out to the airstrip?:


the gutless wonder from #2 side;


from #1 side:

gosh i really want one now, i think you should let me have it lol looks really good

ifn you pay me the nearly 7 grand Ive spent on it now...its yours. Otherwise I'll let you have a picture or two. Hey, I'll even make the pictures available to you at no cost. You just pay a low shipping and handling fee of $29.95...

Thanks for the props on Belen, I sure appreciate it.

7 g's wow.... thats like rape, i think it could use a nice new black paint job !!! so the hole thing pops !!

wanna switch it to the OE maroon or crimson or whatever color red it was.

the break down is as such:
$1,000 car
$1,500 tranny
$2,500 engine
$1,000 other expenses
$1,000 unaccounted for (like the T/A rims)

thats alot for motor and tranny shoulda just got a junkyard v8 and tranny

read previous posts. Im kickin myself for not doin so. Theres one guy thats willin to sell me a LT1 with tranny for about 4300 USD. Or I can find junked drivetrains and slowly build them. While continuing to tune this thing back to OE.

hey its all a learning exp.

yep. Thats what I keep tellin myself. oh, well, Im only 29. Im still yet to start my muscle car years, anyway. Hopefully by the time I start my mid-life crisis, I dont hafta go buy a car, I just take Belen for a drive.

Rick,

I've said it before... Just drop it off in my driveway on your way through.

Rick, have you replaced the UIM yet, or still JB-weld together? A small vacume leak like that might be causing your issues...

The bird is like an abused dog, you have to gain its trust before it starts acting like you want it to. From the old engine pics, shes had a rough life

Matter of fact, I just got back:


from doing the UIM, front brakes (including hub repack), and front brake bleed.

I have no idea why yall are screamin the acclaims of F-Body brakes. Has anyone actually WORKED on those brakes? WTF were they thinkin? The bleeder valve points towards the spindle. Whyyyy?

The UIM woulda been alot quicker had I realized that instead of unplugging everything, I coulda removed the air intake and took the throttle body off, thus taking a whole buncha stuff with it.

Im also thinkin that the #1 DP leak that Ive got is contributing to the vacuum leak issue. These small engines sure are picky, after all.

One thing for sure: the car does wanna stop now. I have VERY limited improvement in performance after replacing the UIM. But the improvement is there.