My car has been down since july, and all winter. I just wanted a decent car that had some jam to it , now its getting extremely ported heads, big custom ground cam and a t67 turbo with all custom stainless piping tig welded by myself.
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My car has been down since july, and all winter. I just wanted a decent car that had some jam to it , now its getting extremely ported heads, big custom ground cam and a t67 turbo with all custom stainless piping tig welded by myself.
Tuneage? :S
It's still fall... Maybe i missed the memo about it being Winter already ? But no i planned on going cam with my car but i'm only to the rocker stage presently. Not sure if i'll get to the cam stage or not...I'm kinda wanting a LSX mobile after having my GP for 6 years.
Well, I bought my car with a lot of the mods I wanted so no...
I will say the suspension/tranny is what ate up all the money. I did just buy some roller rockers, probably getting a wideband and replacing struts/brakes in the spring...Other than that, some paint correction and tires and oil will hopefully be all she needs.
Pending a good job soon, I'll be saving up for something different. Right now though, this car is still awesome IMO
do fbodys for brakes...after finally upgrading i find no reason anyone should have the stock stoppers. you can upgrade for around the cost of a good brake job
lol, thats how i was partially. mine needed a lil work done when bought it and i guess that's where "project grand prix" started. and these forums didnt make it better, cuz i kept lookin and saying "ooh, i need that" lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Logan541
lol, i like that way of thinkingQuote:
Originally Posted by twol8uluz
Ok well if we are talking GP....my GTP never ran. bought it and then parted it out as it had a blown motor. #4 was all over the oil pan
my first and current obsession is my Z34. when i bought it back in 2001 while in school i didnt think i would do anything to it. then my stereo kept locking... so instead of paying the dealer to unlock it i dropped in a JVC that i still have. there were two triggers for me to begin my modding. the first was brakes. in the 1st year i spent $1500 on brakes at a shop. at that point i made the decision to either learn to do the work myself or sell the car.
the next i guess is just time. i have had the car for 10 years. i have done a mix of upgrade when broke and "I want that!!!" I never dreamed it would come this far. i would be bored in class and jot down a dream wish list for my car if money and time werent a factor. then years later i would find it and discover hey! i have done this entire list... and then make a new one.
the dream list had stuff like:
-port bore and polish the entire DOHC top end. did that Maf to heads
-Trany gear swap. 2 rebuilds and the last with higher stall converter shift kit 3.73 gears
-exhaust custom 2.5" from the DP back
- i was one of the first to build a FWI on a 5th gen monte without relocating the battery
-wheels, spoiler, suspension
-then TUNING..... then Wideband....
Now its got the engine swapped to a 3800 this was a far out dream but it is RUNNING
the topswap just needs to go on.
i'll just go and post my dream list of things i dont think i will do but will like to:
-TEP trany with all the goodies
-cam
-IC
-aluminum heads
-twin charge
Did I take my GP further than expected?, isn't that kind of personal? :D
Im gonna say compared to when i bought it day one, I have taken it further but for the good. For the first year i had this i didnt wanna really put too much mods into it. I started off with a KN drop in filter and magnaflow cat.Got bored quick. Then i found this forum and here i am. $800 worth of mods later and much better car ill say. I still wanna take it further near future plans include cam, custom tune and a few lil things. Keep it N/A for a lil bit then top swap once i have the time and money.
nope, mine is still stock even down to the airbox. i have other projects and too little money to spend it on my gp. my exhaust is getting rotted though, and i need to replace some suspension parts soon as well. ill probably upgrade those things
I agree this forum sucks you in just when you think your done someone posts something and I go hmmm that seems cool and that usually leads to "can I modify it to make it more unique.Quote:
Originally Posted by wpbboy81
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Lol, yeah I've found after MANY cars and tens of thousands of $'s later, its the best, smartest, and most effective way to conserve the time and money........IF you have the will power to not impulse buy mods and upgrades.......which I think alot of ppl don't have! LolQuote:
Originally Posted by wpbboy81
I just bought my 99 GTP really for the wife. I found the forum and it has help me a great deal. The car runs like a champ now. I was hoping the wife would get in it and say I don't like this car as I promised her if she didn't like it I would get her something else. The plan was for her not to like it and then I would mod it. Guess that plan went out the window as she loves the car and now I am not even allowed to move the seat to drive it. It is all hers and I will just do what needs to be done and keep it a reliable clean daily driver for her.
Buy another as a toy, so you have one as a test/parts car?Quote:
Originally Posted by 1999BLKGTP
They're dirt cheap.
when i first joined this forum and went through some threads i had lots of dreams and idea's for the car but never thought i'd get there. feb will be my 3rd year with this car and i can't believe how much money i've pumped into it.
so to the OP yea i had dreams, now it's reality and an expensive hobby. but now i actually budget and plan my next mod, just have no idea when it'll actually stop.
Get a New Wife?Quote:
Originally Posted by AjL227
I only have an open cone and some exhaust. I did do some painting on the interior pieces but my mod list will be broken out after college is out, though some will be accomplished during the summer.