Thread: Brand new engine and trans in my 2004 CompG. What a couple months.

Anyways long story short look at the pictures it explains everything but I put a brand new crate motor into her and a month later overhauled the trans. at 160k miles I should be good for awhile.

Front bank of Pistons.... still held decent compression lol.




old engine out.



Piston #1 skirt ended up in the oil pan.



New Engine




What you get for spending $$$$$$





replaced s/c coupler also




Trans time.





out it comes...





Fun stuff





Buff and wax today. Looking good at 160k miles. like driving a new car. Also replaced both cv axles and links. and that brings us to today. I love this car too much.

Shiney

so what did the brand new motor cost ya?

$2500. between that and a used motor.. got it 10% below dealer cost because a local dealer had one they wanted to get rid of. and labor was $0. 3 year 100,000 mile warranty. yeah its not cheap but in the situation i was in it was the best idea.

Yeah, let us know

New motors are always good.

But how did you blow up the first one?

Hope you don't have problems with this one. Or at least do it while its under warranty

boosted grand prix+stupid teenager=blown motors. but the head gasket was plugged so it looked like coolant wasnt flowing very well to the front bank so that might of had a factor if things were overheating while under boost. had 160k miles. could be a combination between a few things i guess. anyone have an idea why the front 3 pistons broke in the same 3 areas?

Coulda be a tune problem.

What exhaust was on it?

Coulda been the 3.2"~ or whatever he threw on there I remember awhile back with just headers

LOL.

Still looks great, Colin.

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

What exhaust was on it?

Headers, 3" dp, no cat, factory cat-back.

Lets see a 0-100 vid of the new motor....Please lol

il work on that

Originally Posted by colindunn

$2500. between that and a used motor.. got it 10% below dealer cost because a local dealer had one they wanted to get rid of. and labor was $0. 3 year 100,000 mile warranty. yeah its not cheap but in the situation i was in it was the best idea.

Jesus what a deal.

ur back!

Originally Posted by Odi

ur back!

Wht do you mean? Haha

nice car man! and ya what a deal on that motor