purchassing a donor car

[SilviaStar]

im looking at a 2000 camaro with an LS1 with 126k miles or so, attached to a T56 with a new clutch...its a salvage tho, and hes asking 4grand....my plan was to yank the engine and trans and whatever else i needed and sell the rolling chassis.....is this a good deal? or a good idea? i want to talk him down to at least 3500....the engine and trans will be going into a 95 s14 240sx, and its going to be a drift car...any advice will help thank you

[blingbling]

Actually sounds like a pretty good idea to me.

[SilviaStar]

yea it doesnt sound like a bad deal at all....im just wondering about the higher milage of the engine, and what its going to end up going through, wether or not i should rebuild it before i throw it in. that and ive seen some rolling camar shells going for 2500 bucks...so if i talk him down, its like im getting an LS1 full swap for 1000.....which would save me money for swap kits, GTO oil pan stuff and what not.

[SilviaStar]

Abybody else got any feedback for me?

[ryandriftingfat]

Good catch, this was the same path I was on. I looked for a few months but eventually gave up, just going to do SR again.

I'd say buy it. People are asking $4000 just for the motor / trans. If that deal falls apart for whatever reason, you mind sending me the sellers info?

[SilviaStar]

I actually know of two at that price. The other one is same year lower milage at 85 buts an auto. So if i dont g o for either or i can hook u up with the info. Im leaning towards the manual just because its already mated up and ready to go, judt gotta swap a few parts and thats it