I think I found it...
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wannabe wrote:
I did buy the probe. I haven't read any of these comments before buying it. I talked to Brandon Vanyo with the MX6 and he drove it. We decided that the car itself was worth what I payed. I ended up paying 450 for it. I think ive figured out the ignition problem. If it is WAY to expensive to pay 450 dollars for that car, I guess i'm an idiot. I believe the tranny can be found around here for less than 300 dollars. From what I'm told, Highway 75 has about 10 1st gen probes with various problems. I Figure I buy a 2.2 manual N/a and get the new tranny and varios body pieces. As for the work, All of Brandon's MX-6 work has been done by himself and his friend Brian in Bria'ns shop out in Chafee. There, they have tools to do tranny/Engine swaps and yes Jim, I can put in a clutch myself! It holds boost and all the gauges seem to work. Brakes aren't horrible but definitly need new pads all around. A new clutch will be 200-250 depending on what kind I buy. I hope to pull the radiator out of the extra I buy. So to get it back to stock, depending on the price of a car, will be around 700-800 dollars. Like I said before, this will be a track car, not a street car. I could give a shit less about the body. It will be stored and worked on all winter. I hope to have a well running-high thirteen second car by the time it is all said and done. Nick, I was kidding on the phone, 12 seconds? maybe with RAIDER behind me, pushing me with the procharged beast! I'm asking for a BOV and a clutch for christmas. Gotta love the parents! Any comments are welcome but keep the bashing to a minimal.Sounds like you have a plan at least. I think a high 13 second car is a reasonable goal myself. If you're going all out track only then you might as well strip the interior and lighten it up some. Get some small radius but wide wheels and hit the track next year. Good luck
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Definately dont go with an oem clutch...especially if you are plannin on adding hp. It wont hold up launching at the track with more power to it. I dont know how easy it is to change a clutch in a probe but ive got about 43 hours in taking out/putting in my own tranny(and no not just one time). I can tell you its worth the extra money to do it right and do it once..unless your time isnt worth anything and you REALLY enjoy working on the thing.
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I have the 1st gen mx6. Same motor and everything. I have some plans for joels car. And it took us about full day to replace my clutch and I think we can do joels in about 6 hours. But we have to gut that fucker and clean up the engine bay.
-Relocate battery
-Take out power steering and A/C
-Emissions
-AirboxThen we should have more than enough room to work on it.
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When I got home from school, me and my dad did some testing...
We ran the car and waited for it to start heatoing up to see where the prolbem was comign from. It appears that it has been in an accident and a support came back and damaged the radiator. I will need a new radiator, but atleast I know that the problem is comign from the radiator alone. I plan on going with the upgraded clutch and tomorrow I plan to head out to 7th to look for the tranny and radiator. Just updating your guys on the progress. My didgi cam isn't working right now, but when I get it working, I will post a buncha pics of damage, car, engine bay, etc... I talked to Mr. Miller(auto teacher) at school and he told me car quest has clutches but he didn't know if they had the upgraded ones. I plan on calling from school tomorrow morning to find out. -
This car will have more than enough power to spin the tires. Just a couple modifications. We'll have to see what kind of condition the motor and turbo's in. I have a feeling the turbo's shot, if so i'll throw mine on there, it's in pretty good shape.
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A car quest clutch is total garbage...
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I went on a little adventure with my car last night. We planned on moving it out to Chafee tonight and I went to get some gas so I wouldn't have to find a place on thanksgiving. I dropped my girlfriend off at her house and stopped at tacobell. Not even thinking about it I got out of the car and when I got inside I looked in my hand and the key was in it! THE FRICKEN THING CAME OUT WHEN I DIDNT TRY! So i was pretty pumped. The some kids were cocking off to me cuz they thought i was trying to make my exhaust loud(of course I wasn't, hole in muffler) so i decided to take him for a stock ride. I got in put the key in and it wouldn't turn. I guess from trying to be jerked out so many times, it wore down the key in the ignition. SO I was fucked. No way to start my car. I tryed a little bit harder and sure enouhg, I broke off the key.I called a buddy out to come puch it into the hotel parking lot so it wouldnt get towed. we pushed it back out of the parking spot, I reached in to turn the wheel, and it locked up on me. damn safety features! It just so happens that this friend of mine's dad is an oldschool rodder, who just happens to have a built 1985 jimmy and a 15 foot car trailer. We called his dad up, and he came over to rescue me. Loading a car with the steering wheel locked is no easy task. Also, a bunch of drunk people from south were like swearing at me to move the car and shit so it wasnt too cool. We got it home and safe. ALl I gotta do is wait til tomorrow and go to ford and have a real key made from the VIN. I am not so sure that the key in there was the right one. My only hope is that the ignition wore the key down, and the key didnt wear the ignition teeth down. AND that the ignition is the factory one, otherwise, I have NO idea what I am going to do.
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Dude, you have by far the worst luck of anyone I know. Sounds like you were at tacobell on University, you should have gave me a call...not that I had any means of helping you really, I just coulda used a good laugh. J/K! I would have tried to help you out there.
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tjamz wrote:
Dude, you have by far the worst luck of anyone I know. Sounds like you were at tacobell on University, you should have gave me a call...not that I had any means of helping you really, I just coulda used a good laugh. J/K! I would have tried to help you out there.
I second you. NOthing but bad luck for me... YOu can still come see the broken key in the ignition if you want a good laugh, OR just come look at the car and youll immediatly drop to the ground with laughter.
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