A Grand Am owner once again!!

[IrateGT]

I just picked it up yesterday! 1998 GAGT 2.4L 5-speed w/ 53000 miles. It runs strong and is in pretty good shape with only a few minor flaws.

I just did a tune up and change-over to synthetic today. Tomorrow comes a 2.3 HO mani + TB, and later this week, a secret cam swap. :)

http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=348699

[IrateGT]

another

[Rayz]

Nice Good luck with it.

[IrateGT]

last one

[GtOfDeath]

Nice lookin GT. Cant go wrong with white.

[lamonpat]

Nice beater! :P
I hope you'll have fun with it!

[Chain]

Love it man. Looks great.

[Big Joe]

looks great

[mthegodfather]

Looks sweet!!!!!!!!!

[sunrunner_pei]

Damn nice ride, Rob. :thumbup2:

[zos]

It looks very nice, a good find.

I'm just wondering why about half of the GA's I see here and on the road, in all years, are white. Another quarter or more are black, and the remaining amount is made up of all other available colors. I guess they are just the top sellers?

[dballz]

i really like that body style of GA. nice find.

[Matt95GT]

Didn't catch this thread before... again, nice find for the price.

I'm glad I helped convert Rob to the darkside of GA's... 2.3/2.4 5-speed. :D

:burnout:

[Grandam02chick]

wow,congrats rob looks really nice,so does this mean ur gonna to be bringin this one to the albany meet next yr ?

[IrateGT]

well... unfortunately it sounds like it put a valve out of whack tonight. There are a few things in life that could get me more upset at this point. I expected this engine to do well - and what does it deliver me? Lost compression.... ar5ghghghahghqahgs...

words do not describe this feeling....

[gbe357]

Originally posted by lamonpat
Nice beater! :P
I hope you'll have fun with it!

Well....as a "beater" its a kicka$s car...better shape than mine I'd say ;)

[Grandam02chick]

that suxs rob,but it's fixable,those are very good motors though.just steal a valve from matt's car haha

[IrateGT]

yeah, final diagnosis:
- bent valve and detonated lifters

... so I'll need a new camshaft housing, exhaust valves, lifters, and retainers - everything else looks good. I hope to have the car running by next weekend.

[mthegodfather]

You can put in the secret cams while you are in there.

[TA^Guy]

Looks sweet Rob.

[IrateGT]

Originally posted by mthegodfather
You can put in the secret cams while you are in there. yeah, that's the plan - the stock exhaust cam lobes for cyl. 1 are gouged anyways...

Thanks John - hopefully I'll get some free time after the damn car is finally running again to stop over and hang out with you guys... :(

[mthegodfather]

How would the different cams work with an Automatic GA?

[IrateGT]

I can't imagine there being much of a problem. I don't think you'll stall at all at lights because they're relatively mild - and extremely cheap!!!

- it all comes down to whether you like wrenching on your engine or not... swapping the cams is a piece of cake - I could do both cams in about 2.5 hours.

the only side effect that I could think of when dealing w/ the cams could be a "floating throttle" when the idle doesn't come right down after letting off the gas - but that's a manual issue. You might experience minimal surging at idle speeds - but any differences will be negligable.