Grand Am Off Topic Thread

[Gir-_-]

Originally Posted by grfnkl

Not bad gir. $800 for an 88 acura with 200k+ miles.... i guess it's a good deal. Does the car any rust on it? I figure with the age it would be pretty bad in a few spots like around the sunroof and the rear wheel wells. Alot of hondas and acuras are prone to rust on those areas. I wasn't expecting see it's a manny tranny. does she know how to drive a manual? Well at least you have a side project for yourself now...

only rust I could find was from the bent left front fender, hopefully her dad will address the fender/hood/bumper issue... it doesnt look like a normal car hit or a simple back up, looks more like a pole on the side no idea

the sunroof does leak, hopefully I can get em to take care of that also as well by getting it sealed up, its really just a temp car for 2 or so years while she attends her schooling for cosmetology.. the main main focus is the engine and tranny of coarse, as long as its running, thats all he cares about mostly so she can get from home -> school and back

she does NOT lol know how drive a manual... but hey, its good to know at least and she'll be taught how

last night the parents pimped out her ride with autozone stuff... doesnt look half bad now... betty boop stuff all over the interior being covered, betty boop floor mats lol, and a keychain thing to go along with it... we managed to knock out the hippie smoker smell that was lurking in there, we took out the old fluffy seat covers covered with w/e .. the original seats in the car are torn and ripped to crap so, seat covers help.. the foam is still ok, just the leather has cracked and w/e... the rear seat is covered too by a universal cover... I still cant find out how to put the seats down! need to find it so we can tuck the rear seat cover more, then close it

I wiped it up with armorall and a rag all in the interior to spruce it up a bit, everything in there is either plastic or leather

edit: just saw... ive almost been on AF for almost 3 years this coming Sept.. hmm.

[Vipey1337]

Still no car Next time I'll just drive up to Rensselaer or something

[xeroinfinity]

Originally Posted by Vipey1337

Still no car Next time I'll just drive up to Rensselaer or something

I could do the LIM in a day, but for the heads or intake porting...... it could be weeks.

I'm resting getting ready for the snow/ice/freezing rain later tonight, fun fun.


Good luck with the Acura Gir ! They're little death machines.

be careless

[grfnkl]

gir: your pretty lucky there with no rust on the car. It's rare to find one without too much rust.... if you get some pics post em!

I'm sure you'll get your car back soon vipey...

Well today the weather was awesome here! it was in the 60's... too bad it going to rain the next 2 days otherwise i would have washed the 6 and got some of the dirt and salt off of it.

[Gir-_-]

Originally Posted by grfnkl

gir: your pretty lucky there with no rust on the car. It's rare to find one without too much rust.... if you get some pics post em!

I'm sure you'll get your car back soon vipey...

Well today the weather was awesome here! it was in the 60's... too bad it going to rain the next 2 days otherwise i would have washed the 6 and got some of the dirt and salt off of it.

ya im sure if my life still consisted around the coast we'd be SOL!

[xeroinfinity]

Rust is actualy not common for Texas, lots of good cars from the 50-60's down there.

Well we've had an exciting day, freezing rain/ice and some snow.
I f****n love it !

[Vipey1337]

wow it REALLY blows here now...

and i took a 1.5 hour taxi ride for 5 miles... thanks to the horrible weather and traffic jam. felt like i was in new f@#$ing york

and still dont have my car because i couldnt make it to the car shop in time, but at least he's done... but ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[xeroinfinity]

Originally Posted by Vipey1337

wow it REALLY blows here now...

and i took a 1.5 hour taxi ride for 5 miles... thanks to the horrible weather and traffic jam. felt like i was in new f@#$ing york

and still dont have my car because i couldnt make it to the car shop in time, but at least he's done... but ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

LMAO !!
I heard Lafayette got some ice and power was down in certain areas. I guess some of the powers out here too, mine always goes and goes.

At least they got your car done,
and youre not out putting it in the ditch.

Btw the SE died today and couldnt be resurected....
Crank shaft sensor is out! No fuel no spark, lucky it was down in the shop.

Carefull out there everyone !!!




ps- its sh**y up here too !!

[Gir-_-]

Originally Posted by xeroinfinity

Rust is actualy not common for Texas, lots of good cars from the 50-60's down there.

Well we've had an exciting day, freezing rain/ice and some snow.
I f****n love it !

ya its just dusty inland, well at least austin is ... =/ there are greener parts of texas on the north&east part... the coast tho is horrible for rust, I grew up there and saw it first hand on ANY older car, rust out the a$$!! and falling apart lol

[Vipey1337]

oh noes! save the grand am!

I might be giving you a run for your money this summer if i don't get into grad school... wont be able to afford a new car so i'll probably mod mine with a turbo

[grfnkl]

I got my new hard drive today for my computer. So far so good... its installed and formatted... I just have to figured out what i want to do. Get the files copied over somehow or start from scratch.

When are you going to pick up the g/a vipey?

[Gir-_-]

ya, i wanna hear too what the ported job feels like, anymore umph!?

[xeroinfinity]

Originally Posted by grfnkl

I got my new hard drive today for my computer. So far so good... its installed and formatted... I just have to figured out what i want to do. Get the files copied over somehow or start from scratch.

When are you going to pick up the g/a vipey?

Did your new drive come with software to copy and back up data ?
The last one I bought was worth it just for the software.
I've used it to copy and back up a bunch of peoples HD's/data.

Technology has its perks.

[Gir-_-]

milzy has been doin a little work, he has a ported 60mm TB for sale $150, not bad not bad... along with solid cam shafts, and his future upgrades are going to be a 6spd 3.4, 3800 SC engine swap made easy and some other stuff...

worth the look at the page, makes me wanna buy more stuff since the engine work from milzy is what I'd need at least to further progress my GA, that 6spd may be something I'd look into, cause then you may be able to find clutch replacement and flywheels of which, im sure would be able to handle any high power output on a GA

And!

Notice anything different? $40.00 isnt bad at all for that

[daytona3_8]

yeah my friend that works at a big computer place so get all kinda of good programs. pretty sweet found a few old things i lost. just built a new computer to if anyone cares lol