New Purchase #1922

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henry283

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Just bought my first Typhoon. Been looking casual for 10 years at craigslists and ebay. Found this one just 5 miles from my house. :)

white/white 55K miles. I'm going to need to find a white right front and front bumper cladding for sure. Maybe others as I give it a more thorough going over.

Need a complete going over but for the money it was a good buy.
 
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tech9

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Re: New Purchase #1922

I love white!

Good luck with it. Once you clean up that engine bay it will be cherry bomb.
 
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henry283

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Re: New Purchase #1922

I added a photo to my facebook album of my other score last month. A pair of aluminum Bowtie heads and manifold. I know these won't work on a stock Typhoon but I'm planning to build a clone motor for another project. The truck came with two engines. The one in the truck is not the orginal but the owner had the orginal engine sitting in his garage and threw it in to sweeten the deal.

It's got a garret intecooler and a set of headers plus a msd ignition. This will be fun stripping it down to spruce it up. I'd love to get this truck back on the road in time for the nats but I doubt that I'll be able to pull that off.

I guess you guys can guess I like boosted rides. :) The Lighting makes a little more power stock than the Typhoon does but it weights a 1000lbs more.
 
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92TyLA

92TyLA

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Re: New Purchase #1922

I guess you guys can guess I like boosted rides. :) The Lighting makes a little more power stock than the Typhoon does but it weights a 1000lbs more.[/QUOTE]

But that ty will blow the doors out of that ligjtning stock for stock, I have 4 kills of lightnings on my list 3 chargers and like a few hundred hondas but I cant beat a freaking sentra wit a nissan pulsar engine but I will get done soon.
Welcome.
 
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henry283

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Re: New Purchase #1922

Forgot to mention it has a non stock headers and 20G turbo. The stock turbo is shot. Picked up the orginal engine and started the teardown to rebuild it today. It's good to be back to wrenching. It's been awhile.
 
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henry283

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Re: New Purchase #1922

should hear back today from the machine shop if they can bore the bock or have to sleave it.

Seams that the engine ate #1 piston. The previous owner just bought another Syclone motor and swapped it in rather than fixing the orginal.

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Overkill

Overkill

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Re: New Purchase #1922

That happened to number 1 in a typhoon I bought, but it also cracked the cylinder wall of the block as well.
 
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henry283

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Overkill said:
That happened to number 1 in a typhoon I bought, but it also cracked the cylinder wall of the block as well.
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I'm afraid of that so I'm having the shop, boil and mag the block for me, then check deck, bore and mains to see what if any work is needed.
 
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MikeRenz

not stock
Re: New Purchase #1922

you shouldn't tow the truck backwards like that. The rear glass won't survive much of a pebble attack and will shatter on you.
 
TYZAPOLI

TYZAPOLI

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how much are you guys buying these trucks for? Looks like mine may be on the market as soon as i get 25 posts
 
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henry283

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MikeMuffins said:
you shouldn't tow the truck backwards like that. The rear glass won't survive much of a pebble attack and will shatter on you.
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Good to know. But I had no choice. My trailer has short ramps and trying to load it on nose first would have removed the front cladding. I'll get some longer ramps when I take it to the track.
 
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henry283

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Re: New Purchase #1922

Quick detail with waterless wash and wax product I bought from a street vendor. Worked pretty good.

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Then bed time. Until I can fit it into my garage.

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