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08-08-2002, 03:04 AM

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ILUVMY88CABRIO

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Originally Posted by vosko' date='Aug 7 2002, 10:44 PM

personally. i would sell it and let somebody restore it. its still worth alot of money!

I agree! Somebody will pay good $ for it. Use that $ to buy a TII. Post a pic of the damage.

08-08-2002, 10:17 AM

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vosko

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where is the car located ?

08-08-2002, 09:00 PM

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1Revvin7

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Well, obviously this man is set on converting the car, i know what its like, have fun, i'll be done within a month, just waiting for parts.

08-09-2002, 12:43 AM

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isamu

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I'm with everybody else on this one, you should keep it n/a and port the motor. It's a cool car, congrats!

08-09-2002, 04:33 PM

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Kurgan

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its not THAT much work guys... swapping a rearend and tranny at MOST will take a day. Putting the engine in can be done in under a couple of hours.... hooking everything up and wiring it would be done in a weekend if you were lucky. Its your car, do what you want. The 1989 GTUs isn't very rare, I see them all of the time, its the 1990 GTUs that is next to non-existent...

08-09-2002, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kurgan' date='Aug 9 2002, 02:33 PM

I'm with you. It's not a huge project. I've done it a few times. I know that the GTUs is supposed to be special, but it's nothing that can't be duplicated very easily.

08-09-2002, 04:53 PM

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kurgan your forgetting the point..... we want this guy to have a car that runs LOL

how many turbo converted cars run and last.... atleast if he gets a TII and blows the engine can just get another engine no biggie

09-01-2002, 01:37 AM

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racinglatino

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I'm plannin on swappin a 89 tII engine into a 88 gtu... and I'm doin it cause the engine of the gtu is smokin everytime i rev it over 4000 rpms... i know that its not the apex seal cause its been doin this for a while now ... and i'm pretty sure that its the O rings.. cause i'm always puttin in more coolant and i don't have a leak and plus the smoke is white... am i right or wrong...

ohh and one more question.. what is the horse power and torque on a 88 GTU... and what should i be runnin on the 1/4 mile???