thats awful what dealerships think they can get away with...its a good thing u have the money and found this out before it was too late good luck with the rebuild and i dont c why the courts wouldnt side with your case look at the pics... but good luck...

Thanks, I sure preciate it. I sure as hell hope the courts side with me. Thats about 3 grand and a month and a half of repairs, dammit.

well, I finally have something worth while to report: the engine is done and ready to stab. matter of fact, the wrench said the engine will be in today with tomorrow being a tune day. here are some pics:

Here are some from about a week ago:

a week ago cont'd:

oh, and btw: anyone know where I can find polished valve covers for the Chevy 2.8L? I'm not quite sure I want the valve covers Hugger Orange. I couldnt find anything.

awwww, it's a cute little engine!

actually, it does look very nice. glad to hear she'll be back together soon

Only took a few months for them to finish, but with rebuilt tranny and engine, she should run like a bat outa hell!


...still think you should have thrown a 350 in her

That's a tiny motor you got there.

I agree with ifitwasnt4u, go find a 350 longblock.

Did the I-ROC camaro's have 350's in them?

I honestly don't know much about older cars, much less V8's lol.

IROCs had 305s. Some Z28s had 350s. Either way, I would also need a new bellhousing. Not about to go there just yet. BUT...an LT or LS series mill with T56 mated IS in her future. I just hafta get rich first. That and make sure that the nasty car can handle that much more power. Im tellin ya, that lil 2.8 was abused, neglected, and otherwise violated. Poor lil motor.

Thanks yall. The engine should be done tomorrow, leaving the tranny shop to tune it, if it needs it. With any luck I can get my family outta this rental we got stuck with. (read my inspection post in 97-03)

Is that your Firebird in the pic? Your sig says its an 85, but that doesn't look like an 85's tail lights.

the VIN says 85. There's no tellin with this car what parts are from what year.

Yesterday he told me to call him at 1100. I did. And again at 1115. went to the shop. it was ALL locked up. sat out front of the shop for 2 hours callin him just about every 10 minutes. And Im still in the rental Civic. I promised my brother that I wouldnt lay hands on this man, but it's gettin really hard to stick by my promise. The wrench, after all, broke his promises several times over. I'm so upset about this, I have no idea what action I wanna take next, or if there is any action I CAN take. All it's waitin on now is the UIM and stuff up top to be plugged in. Im almost thankful that he's goin out of business, Id tell ppl to steer away from this guy like the plague.

what all this boils down to is GRR.

Yall remember the the pic of my UIM? The crack on the fwd #2 side? Well, the wrench said that he's gonna take it and TIG the crack if his coworker wasnt able to find a new UIM at the junk yards. In any case, I will be driving the thing off to the tranny shop to get final tranny tune tomorrow after work. Here are some new pics:

Her heart and soul is in. Kinda.

Still needs that UIM


The bay from far out


My two Ponchos at the repair yard


So, yeah. Tomorrow night I should have pics of her in my garage or driveway. Not sure which one yet.

Is a turbo in belens future?

not the V6. The LT/LS V8, possibly. Not sure. I think I might end up staying NA on both cars. Only time will tell, though.