ducttapeguy
Well-known member
Well Hell. I never thought I'd be making this post, but here it is. I'm thinking about selling my G. I've basically been a ghost for a couple of years for multiple reasons. Got out of the Army last year and have moved the Galant 3 times since then. Just can't afford the time to get her back on the road and enjoy her. So here's what I might be selling...
1992 Galant VR4 282/1000
Approximately 142xxx miles, been so long I've forgotten the exact mileage. Will update Friday when I'm at the car next.
Belize green paint is 7/10 due to sitting in the sun for about a year. Minimal clear coat peeling and a few small scratches, but overall pretty damn good for a 23 year old car.
Interior is 8/10 only because it's currently missing some trim parts. Not lost, but I'm unable to get them for almost a year (long story)
No motor. Made the trip from upstate NY to TX and immediately pulled it out and sold it worth plans to put a built motor in. I do have everything for a built motor except for the block and head. Forged 9.5:1 venolia pistons, forged rods (male h beam IIRC) HKS 272 cams, ACL bearings, ARP bolts, oem crank unturned, 1mm oversized valves, upgraded springs (forgot what springs exactly) cyclone intake manifold, all gaskets, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of stuff.
2 transmissions. One cleaned up a bit and painted. Also rebuilt, but not by a known shop. It was a guy I know that builds high performance gm autos. So take that for what it is. Other Trans is stock with unknown miles. One case had small cracks that were tig welded by a professional welder.
The car itself is pretty straight. A few smalls dents and dings, but nothing major. 5 lug swap, AWS delete, 4 bolt rear,T/E/L steering wheel. Have a manual steering rack for it. I was part way through an abs delete so currently no brake lines in it. Has rusty 3"turbo back exhaust.
Now the part no one wants to hear. This was a north east car. So it has rust. The worst of it is behind the front body moulding and bottom of the fenders. Not gonna lie, it's ugly. But in think it can be fixed fairly easily with patch panels. The lower control arms are rusted through, but I have good replacements.
Now for the good stuff. The car has Evo 8 suspension with espiler springs. Will come with the COMPLETE OG HKS turbo kit. Manifold, 50mm racegate, downpipe, etc. All media blasted and ready for paint or powdercoat. The turbo is rebuilt with 0 miles by FP with an upgraded wheel and 360 degree thrust bearing.
I have a copper radiator and an aluminum civic half rad with fan, external oil cooler, 1650cc e85 injectors, link v3 with laptop, complete (to the best of my knowledge) poly bushing set BNIB from energy suspension, cool guy lighted numbered sh*t knob from the group buy years ago. Curtis radio bezel with pocket, not gauge holes, cf speaker dual gauge pod, front and rear cusco strut tower braces and loads of other parts that I can't remember right now.
Basically the car is exactly what it sounds like. A project that got put on hold. I have spent countless hours and thousands of dollars collecting quality parts for this car. I don't expect to get that back at all. Just trying to cut my losses and move on. I'm too broke with too many other obligations to be able to finish this car. Maybe someone else can. I will not part the car out. If I decide that there is enough interest to sell then I will probably sell it. If not, I will hang on to it and hope that I can come up with the time and money to finish it. I also want to get rid of alp my pays at once so it all goes or it doesn't go at all
I don't even know where to begin on price. I just a roller might bring 1500 on a good day with the right buyer, but this is way more than a roller. The turbo kit alone is worth at least 1500, and everything else on top of that is at least another couple grand. What sounds fair to yall? There is a fair amount of work that still needs to be done, but almost all the parts are there to do it and we all know that finding parts can be just as hard as doing the work.
Anyway, I would really appreciate everyone's thoughts on this. Lots of pics will be posted in the next few days. Until then here is one of 282 all cleaned up before my long road trip to Texas
1992 Galant VR4 282/1000
Approximately 142xxx miles, been so long I've forgotten the exact mileage. Will update Friday when I'm at the car next.
Belize green paint is 7/10 due to sitting in the sun for about a year. Minimal clear coat peeling and a few small scratches, but overall pretty damn good for a 23 year old car.
Interior is 8/10 only because it's currently missing some trim parts. Not lost, but I'm unable to get them for almost a year (long story)
No motor. Made the trip from upstate NY to TX and immediately pulled it out and sold it worth plans to put a built motor in. I do have everything for a built motor except for the block and head. Forged 9.5:1 venolia pistons, forged rods (male h beam IIRC) HKS 272 cams, ACL bearings, ARP bolts, oem crank unturned, 1mm oversized valves, upgraded springs (forgot what springs exactly) cyclone intake manifold, all gaskets, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of stuff.
2 transmissions. One cleaned up a bit and painted. Also rebuilt, but not by a known shop. It was a guy I know that builds high performance gm autos. So take that for what it is. Other Trans is stock with unknown miles. One case had small cracks that were tig welded by a professional welder.
The car itself is pretty straight. A few smalls dents and dings, but nothing major. 5 lug swap, AWS delete, 4 bolt rear,T/E/L steering wheel. Have a manual steering rack for it. I was part way through an abs delete so currently no brake lines in it. Has rusty 3"turbo back exhaust.
Now the part no one wants to hear. This was a north east car. So it has rust. The worst of it is behind the front body moulding and bottom of the fenders. Not gonna lie, it's ugly. But in think it can be fixed fairly easily with patch panels. The lower control arms are rusted through, but I have good replacements.
Now for the good stuff. The car has Evo 8 suspension with espiler springs. Will come with the COMPLETE OG HKS turbo kit. Manifold, 50mm racegate, downpipe, etc. All media blasted and ready for paint or powdercoat. The turbo is rebuilt with 0 miles by FP with an upgraded wheel and 360 degree thrust bearing.
I have a copper radiator and an aluminum civic half rad with fan, external oil cooler, 1650cc e85 injectors, link v3 with laptop, complete (to the best of my knowledge) poly bushing set BNIB from energy suspension, cool guy lighted numbered sh*t knob from the group buy years ago. Curtis radio bezel with pocket, not gauge holes, cf speaker dual gauge pod, front and rear cusco strut tower braces and loads of other parts that I can't remember right now.
Basically the car is exactly what it sounds like. A project that got put on hold. I have spent countless hours and thousands of dollars collecting quality parts for this car. I don't expect to get that back at all. Just trying to cut my losses and move on. I'm too broke with too many other obligations to be able to finish this car. Maybe someone else can. I will not part the car out. If I decide that there is enough interest to sell then I will probably sell it. If not, I will hang on to it and hope that I can come up with the time and money to finish it. I also want to get rid of alp my pays at once so it all goes or it doesn't go at all
I don't even know where to begin on price. I just a roller might bring 1500 on a good day with the right buyer, but this is way more than a roller. The turbo kit alone is worth at least 1500, and everything else on top of that is at least another couple grand. What sounds fair to yall? There is a fair amount of work that still needs to be done, but almost all the parts are there to do it and we all know that finding parts can be just as hard as doing the work.
Anyway, I would really appreciate everyone's thoughts on this. Lots of pics will be posted in the next few days. Until then here is one of 282 all cleaned up before my long road trip to Texas
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