Hello to all, new to the site. Bought a 98 GTP last night and decided to find a forum to join this morning and ran across you guys.
Car has 204,000 original miles, engine just locked up on the previous owner. I have already located an engine, but am wondering if I should find a lower mileage tranny as well, he serviced it regularly, but it is the original. The mileage kind of scares me. But other than all that, it's a nice car. The paint is in great shape along with the body. Interior is pretty good but could use new carpet.
I have a few things I would like to do to it before I drop the new engine in.
Replace oil pan gasket, valve cover gaskets LIM gasket, front and rear main seals, new water pump, new plugs, wires, headers, new engine mounts where needed, and maybe a newer tranny.
Can anyone else who has done this before chime in and give me a few other ideas on what I should do while the engine is out? Don't want to miss anything.
Here are some pics....
I have owned 2 other GTP's in the past and one GT, have always liked these cars, although I do have a bigger place in my heart for *cough* imports *cough*, I do still love these cars. I am currently working on a 91 300ZX TT project of mine, but it is a slow process due to a lack of funds at the moment. Bought this GTP for my daily because my last daily was on it's last leg.
This was my last GTP, nowhere near as nice as this one. lol
My project TT
Look forward to being part of this site!!!
