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

[colindunn]

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.

 

[Spartan GL]

Shiney

so what did the brand new motor cost ya?

 

[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.

 

[Tuner-Extraordinaire]

Yeah, let us know

 

[Fivefingerdeathpunch]

New motors are always good.

But how did you blow up the first one?

 

[DreadMcLaren]

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

 

[colindunn]

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?

 

[Fivefingerdeathpunch]

Coulda be a tune problem.

 

[BillBoost37]

What exhaust was on it?

 

[blueguy]

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

LOL.

Still looks great, Colin.

 

[Koniig]

This is neat.

 

[colindunn]

What exhaust was on it?

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

 

[BlackGT97]

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

 

[colindunn]

il work on that

 

[Spartan GL]

$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.

 

[Odi]

ur back!

 

[colindunn]

ur back!

Wht do you mean? Haha

 

[Couch]

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