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I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:44 PM
I cannot take it anymore, its driving me nuts......




















Sooo!!...........










































...Isn't the suspense killing you?


































Hmmm.......














































Say hello to Kirra.... ........... 2004 Pontiac Sunfire 5 speed.





To make a long story short, my mom cannot drive her manual neon anymore due to something being wrong with her left knee and Dr. told her to switch to an auto. Its been giving us a lot of problems lately being at the shop right now for a water pump and timing belt. Also clutch is on its way out, so I sparked a deal with her, i'd give her the pt cruiser ( my DD) and she chip in and buy me a new car.

I found on auto trader a 04 base cav with nothing but 5 speed with 57k miles, for $4,995. Was gone by time i got there, saw this sunfire at another dealership. Went and looked at it, couple things wrong with it. Bottom door seam is starting to corrode a little bit, and trunk lid has a surface dent. I told them to fix those issues to my satisfaction, new brakes, and i'd pay their price. Neon is being traded in on it as well as its paid off. Back to car payments again, but at $128/mon for 5 yrs. I'll have that paid off in 3.

Should have it by the end of the week hopefully.








Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:48 PM
sell me ur sideskirts

for some reason lately ive been feelin like gettin a fire for the next car too and yellow fires are pretty hot. nice man



Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:52 PM
Nice. Soo... hahn kit for this one?


Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:55 PM
Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:56 PM
Sell me the 5-speed stuff you got off Bubba then...





Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:59 PM
TRD Cav Fire wrote:Sell me the 5-speed stuff you got off Bubba then...


ah ha ha ha, sorry trey. Still got the sedan to build. Muhahaha.... now i have a demo vehicle to look at for measurements, etc. Lol...

I told myself i wouldn't build this one, but you all know where that road leads. I do have an rdfabs CAI for the ecotec still sitting under my sedan in the garage for a customer who never picked it up... hmmm. Tempting.



Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:10 PM
Cody@RDFABS wrote:
TRD Cav Fire wrote:Sell me the 5-speed stuff you got off Bubba then...


ah ha ha ha, sorry trey. Still got the sedan to build. Muhahaha.... now i have a demo vehicle to look at for measurements, etc. Lol...

I told myself i wouldn't build this one, but you all know where that road leads. I do have an rdfabs CAI for the ecotec still sitting under my sedan in the garage for a customer who never picked it up... hmmm. Tempting.
LoL I have 3 J's and every one has a good list of things on them. It gets worse trust me. Hell my friends get free stuff everyone I get a new one cause I take things off to put new on.




Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:02 PM
aww geez cody..better not be backing out on us swapers!! lol...looks great..the new fires have geown on me more and more
Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:20 PM
congrats Cody!


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Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:35 PM
Awesome! Congrats man.


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Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 6:00 PM
Yellow?

Sunfire?

I guess I'll deal with it . Congrats!




Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 6:40 PM
Congrats on the sunflower.
But the sedans still rule.



Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 7:24 PM
Hahahaha that is too funny because soon I'm getting rid of my white sedan for a yellow 5 speed 03 sunfire, a little ironic.
Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Monday, March 10, 2008 8:01 PM
Sedan is staying for any worriers. Its just waay to cold up here in NY so far on my spring break to want to even deal with working on it. I just got a little tired of being ridiculed about driving a PT cruiser, mind you it is quite comfy on long hauls.

But still with 25mpg highway best i've ever done with a 4 cylinder 2.4L, the promising outlook of the 35 with the Sunfire wins.

I guess my heart still lies with j-bodys. I have a feeling this isn't the last one i'll own either. Lol.



Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:38 PM
Ok, here are some updates pics, just got her home. Dealership messed up pulling a dent and spider cracked the paint on the trunk, so i had at them. Have to bring it so body shop tomorrow for estimates as that was one of the perks of me buying the car, they fix the damage.











I've already decided, going to drive this from now till the end of summer and pick up myself a pile of @!#$ beater car, and start modding the fire. This one i think will go turbo while i'll have the sedan Supercharged.

Ah ha ha ha.



Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:47 PM
way to have the best of both worlds.. i'd ditch the stripes on the side



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Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:58 PM
Looks good, haven't seen many yellow fires honestly.






Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:50 PM
great lookin fire cody can't wait to see ya tearin up some unlucky hondas that run up next to you with either one.
Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:03 PM
cheezy graphics ftl!

nice score cody! get that sedan built first though.



Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:06 PM
I'll take the graphics off some a hot summer day when they are more ply able.

Just sucks, i've got car payment again tho. So the sedan build won't be happening till i make my good summer money again. I do have a job interview this friday for a good paying job for some goof off work.

We'll see what happens. I just really have BS work left with my motor swap. Biggest part i need to buy is a performance clutch. After that easy sailing.



Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:49 PM
Sweet chick car with graphics!






Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:57 PM
finding a manual J with good miles at a deacent price is hard to come by.

Girls cars, i thought those were 2000-2004 eclipses?

Ah ha ha ha. U know you love it mark.



Re: I've offically had it with this motor swap....
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36 PM
Can wait to see what you do with it!!


Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm turbo mmmmmmmmmmmm



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