found GT for 200 OBO... question tho

psyense82 · Post by **psyense82** » February 4th, 2006, 1:38 pm

93 ford escort gt 1.8 dohc green. Needs head or head gasit. New radiator & heater core. $200 OBO.-Contact Information-Fairfield, ME

how hard would it be to fix the gasket or head? what would a j/y charge??? i wanna find out, cause i got the cash right now for it, i might try n call tonite and get more info on it i.e. miles, tranny condition

Shades · Post by **Shades** » February 4th, 2006, 4:20 pm

Grab the car for parts...

You get a G-series tranny, BP motor, rear disc brakes... any anything else you wanna take off it.

psyense82 · Post by **psyense82** » February 4th, 2006, 6:26 pm

... i can swap the rear disc brake setup... WOOT!!!

what about the head or head gasket Jon... thats my biggest concern

Shades · Post by **Shades** » February 4th, 2006, 8:14 pm

Well once you pull the engine for when you do the swap over, it should be no problem.

But you might wanna get your head shaved/decked... just to clean up any imperfections.

Grab a Chilton's or Haynes manual and it'll walk you thru it, or just search on the net, cause there's lots of stuff.

psyense82 · Post by **psyense82** » February 4th, 2006, 10:26 pm

*hangs head* called the owner, the car has 189,000 miles on it... .deffintly not worth the swap... back to the boards

nos92mx3 · Post by **nos92mx3** » February 5th, 2006, 12:29 am

Not necesisarily.

The mileage on the engine does not always correctly indicate the condition.
My old sohc had 2xx,xxx miles on it and still had 130 compression accross.

Cant hurt to go and look, pop the valve cover off and see if you can see anything through the chocalate milk

Shades · Post by **Shades** » February 5th, 2006, 1:08 am

You can't even pick up all those parts for $200...

psyense82 · Post by **psyense82** » February 5th, 2006, 10:58 am

yea but i plan on boosting the engine later on, and i dont wanna increase the mileage on my car. ill jus have to save up cash this summer n go j/y shopping is all. im not really worried. sides i dont have newheres to store the car for now so i can access it to work on. if the mileage had been decent enough, i had a few people i could call, but there more of a last minute, emergency only, if hell froze over sorta deal

MazdaKiller · Post by **MazdaKiller** » February 6th, 2006, 11:10 pm

just go bpt.. save you time money in the long run