hello guys! well i need your opinons, i am on the verge of purchasing a 91 ls, all it has is an intake and is lowered. i am getting it from a local lot for 3g's. i am going to trade in my accord which he will give me 2g's for. basically 1000 bucks for it. the motor is silent no signs of noise from it. it has 166,XXX miles on it. now what else should i look for? i am going to ask a mechanic that the family knows to take a look at it, jus what else do you gusy think i should look 4? thanks in advance is this or

 

do a compression test, smell the oil, check tie rods (try to turn the wheels with the car off), and first and foremost have the dealership give you a carfax report, or other full history. as a dealer they have to disclose the full known history of the car when requested (meaning any accidents, etc.) so if something has happened to it you have to be informed by law.

 

go for it I paid 1300 for my 90 ls it had no exauhst at all just the top half of the manifold and a bunch of other things were missing it had about 160k
but once I put in all the missing parts and I never had a problem with it with all that milage on ther car I have still done modifications on it has stage 2 cam few other things and a 100 shot of Nos in it so far so good I cant wait to test it at the track it really pulls on the street

 

what kind of smell should i be looking for ?

 

burning.


also take a good look at the oil, if it's milky then you've got oil and coolant mixing.

 

Damn dude...100 shot of NOS on an engine w/160k...Talk about an engine taking a beating


[Modified by xintegra01, 4:14 AM 2/15/2003]

 

Im not worried about it because I have a built crvtec Im gonna boost once I have my fun with my ls engine