Oil change, when?
12-12-2011, 02:03 PM
#31
Instructor
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 106
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I had a PPI done as well and here are my thoughts. PPI is mainly focused on the BIG ticket items. Compression leakdown, etc, are all designed to make certain you have great foundation for your P-car. Other things need to be inspected personally or the consequences lived with. In my case the PPI did not note that the car had had the heater blower removed and that the racing exhaust would not allow a standard hookup for replacing the heating. So I either do without heat or spend $1000 at a shop to have them fabricate the pipes I would need and buy and install the heater blower. The speakers in the car are shot to hell. I am having to replace those. But every day I look at the car and smile knowing that the engine and really important bits are in great shape, which has been verified by my wrench here locally.
12-12-2011, 02:09 PM
#32
SPAM addict
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
Thread Starter
I had a PPI done as well and here are my thoughts. PPI is mainly focused on the BIG ticket items. Compression leakdown, etc, are all designed to make certain you have great foundation for your P-car. Other things need to be inspected personally or the consequences lived with. In my case the PPI did not note that the car had had the heater blower removed and that the racing exhaust would not allow a standard hookup for replacing the heating. So I either do without heat or spend $1000 at a shop to have them fabricate the pipes I would need and buy and install the heater blower. The speakers in the car are shot to hell. I am having to replace those. But every day I look at the car and smile knowing that the engine and really important bits are in great shape, which has been verified by my wrench here locally.
12-12-2011, 11:17 PM
#33
Some good advice.
Even the best used car will have issues. You drove it quite a bit with no issues. How did it feel? I guarantee you will find things to fix and you should expect that...that is the norm.
I've had my SC jus a bit longer than you've had your car and have found lots of things to work on, fix upgrade etc but it is still a good car. Solid, unmolested and honest to its mileage.
For me, the fun is making it better, doing it myself...and then driving the pis$ out of it (which I do now actually) altho my good looking lots of tread tires are at their age limits....
Like a lot of guys here I've been refurbing cars since about '75 and if you can drive it 2k miles off the bat it is a good car to start with.
Even the best used car will have issues. You drove it quite a bit with no issues. How did it feel? I guarantee you will find things to fix and you should expect that...that is the norm.
I've had my SC jus a bit longer than you've had your car and have found lots of things to work on, fix upgrade etc but it is still a good car. Solid, unmolested and honest to its mileage.
For me, the fun is making it better, doing it myself...and then driving the pis$ out of it (which I do now actually) altho my good looking lots of tread tires are at their age limits....
Like a lot of guys here I've been refurbing cars since about '75 and if you can drive it 2k miles off the bat it is a good car to start with.
12-13-2011, 09:49 AM
#35
SPAM addict
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
Thread Starter
