Cracker Red
01-04-2008, 09:10 PM
Just found a steal of a deal on a 93 sedan...which would be perfect for my DD.
Problem is, the guy thought it would be cool to rev the thing in "N" and then drop it in "D".... says it's never run right since lol.
Car has ~200K on it, PW/PS/air con/heat. Clean in and out, and doesn't want hardly anything for it.
Had a "mechanic" look at the car. "mechanic" told him he bent a valve by dropping the thing in gear....I think not lol. Very possible that there is something screwed up with the trans.... It's been parked for about a year, and he can't remember if there is anything else wrong with it, so I'm planning on just replacing the motor and trans right away.
1.5 or a 1.6 motor and 5 speed trans are pretty darn cheap these days. What does it take to swap in the manual tranny? It's just a DD, although I do understand that the 5 speed ought to get better gas milage...and be more fun to drive as well.
I've also seen B20 w/auto's running in the 700-800 range, although the gas milage might suffer?
Problem is, the guy thought it would be cool to rev the thing in "N" and then drop it in "D".... says it's never run right since lol.
Car has ~200K on it, PW/PS/air con/heat. Clean in and out, and doesn't want hardly anything for it.
Had a "mechanic" look at the car. "mechanic" told him he bent a valve by dropping the thing in gear....I think not lol. Very possible that there is something screwed up with the trans.... It's been parked for about a year, and he can't remember if there is anything else wrong with it, so I'm planning on just replacing the motor and trans right away.
1.5 or a 1.6 motor and 5 speed trans are pretty darn cheap these days. What does it take to swap in the manual tranny? It's just a DD, although I do understand that the 5 speed ought to get better gas milage...and be more fun to drive as well.
I've also seen B20 w/auto's running in the 700-800 range, although the gas milage might suffer?