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mike100 · 03-03-2012

My experiences: '91 car w 27k miles- now at 33k miles 13 months later.

Driving the car has been the best thing for it.

-bad injectors replaced
-leaky oil cooler lines replaced
-radiator and oil cooler cleaned up from said leaky oil mess
-new thermostat installed since I had all that stuff apart
-slight alternator bearing squeak sometimes, I kind of wish I took care of it, but i bet it last for 3 more years.
-$200 belt tensioner replaced.
- ported I/H and plenum (twice)...took care of minor oil leak on I/H gasket from gaff on first attempt.
- new spark plugs and compression check for piece of mind (easy).
- water pump fine so far...been out-of-state twice and been on 4 different vette runs in the local mountains in SoCal. AAA not required.
original wires are fine. pulled the plenum 3 times now- you know there will be a 4th.

- a bunch of other stuff not related to the engine $$$- car is nearly tip-top, but damn...went over budget.

Drove it to work on Wednesday- got comments once again- Not the same type like the C6 comments either.

03-03-2012	#9
mike100 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: San Marcos CA Posts: 1,786	Re: Anything else I should do "while I'm at it"? My experiences: '91 car w 27k miles- now at 33k miles 13 months later. Driving the car has been the best thing for it. -bad injectors replaced -leaky oil cooler lines replaced -radiator and oil cooler cleaned up from said leaky oil mess -new thermostat installed since I had all that stuff apart -slight alternator bearing squeak sometimes, I kind of wish I took care of it, but i bet it last for 3 more years. -$200 belt tensioner replaced. - ported I/H and plenum (twice)...took care of minor oil leak on I/H gasket from gaff on first attempt. - new spark plugs and compression check for piece of mind (easy). - water pump fine so far...been out-of-state twice and been on 4 different vette runs in the local mountains in SoCal. AAA not required. original wires are fine. pulled the plenum 3 times now- you know there will be a 4th. - a bunch of other stuff not related to the engine $$$- car is nearly tip-top, but damn...went over budget. Drove it to work on Wednesday- got comments once again- Not the same type like the C6 comments either.