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  1. #1 Project Soplado 
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    Hello all, I'm a noob to the forum. I recently picked up a 03 Grand Prix GT for a project. I've always liked them and after driving my truck for last 3 years, I wanted something a little more fun to drive.


    So I picked up this GP with a blown motor. it was leaking antifreeze and buddy keep putting water into it, then winter hit and it froze over. she burns anti freeze real bad, and has a bad miss. he also blow a frost plug out. I'm guessing the head gaskets or heads are cooked.


    Anyways, I picked up a rotten GTP which has a good engine. I plan on doing a top swap, as long as the block is good in the N/A.


    On with the pictures! oh... PS: Soplado is Spanish for "blown"

    The Project car



    Got these LED Tails for free. The girlfriend also has a GP(you can see in the picture above) I ordered her a set of LED tails off ebay and they came chipped, so they sent me a new pair. well the chip isn't that bad, so I put these on my car!



    Blown engine and engine bay is full of undercoating...


    Cleaned up the engine bay a bit, engine is almost ready to come out.


    The whole works is out, now tire for the tear down.


    Donor car




    After removing the side skirt, I found this... Rockers will be replaced.
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    Rocker rot is so common on these cars. If it's not a southern driven car, it probably has it. Anyway, good luck with the swap!
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    Good luck with the swap, take lots of pictures
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    Those tails dont look terrible, Im surprised. A little tint and I'd rockem. Good luck with swap!
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    Yeah, I tired to find tails that looked closed to stock as possible. The stock tails were full of water, and it was cheaper to buy aftermarket.

    Does anyone know where I can get the metal brackets that hold the side skirts on?
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    A/C Delete


    Start of the NA engine tear down, the head gaskets were gone.



    Supercharger tore down for porting


    Goodie pile



    Engine out of the donor car


    Another one bits the dust


    My new leather coach for the garage, I just have to mod the frame a bit.
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    Lookin' like a fun build.


    So did they really just drag the car on the ground up onto the truck?

    Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.
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    no, if you look closely at the picture of it in the garage, you will see the car dollies on the front under the body, and wheels on the back. I took the wheels off on the truck. Worked mint and keep my garage floor from getting all scratched to hell.
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    How the ol girl sits now


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    Valve cover cleaning


    zip zip... supercharger porting
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    Should I be going up with the v too? like where the duck tape meets?
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    So I got my donor engine tore down to find what you see below. So i'm probably going to use the old block and have the bottom end built anyways. That being said, I have the choice to run either the L67 or L36 pistons. So should I go higher compression, less boost. or higher boost, less compression?


    I'm hoping this head will still be good. I'm going to take it to a local engine building shop and have them clean it up and check it out.


    A few other pictures






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