PM me whenever you / he are ready. I'm not always on the forums, but DO check my E-mail regularly. Can be done any time of the year...

Good luck with the purchase, and maybe we'll talk to you soon.

I will PM you, are you going to be at the gathering Sat? So the car is here, my GF's son did buy it and haul it back and I'll tell you what, the car looks sharp. Body and interior are in great condition, one rip in the front driver seat and not a lot of fade. Besides the rebuilt tranny and heads it even had a custom CD changer. The car really looks sharp, much better condition than my white SL I picked up for close to the same price, I should have shopped around for a car that was better taken care of. I'll drag Gabe (the buyer) to one of our events, he's very mature and mechanically inclined and would get along great with all you geeks.

Thanks again for all the great advice and hope to see you all Saturday.

Bret

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I'm not attending, as I have the privilege of working all weekend.

Give me a call anytime about it though.

So the car is here, officially it is a 91 Stealth r/t DOHC. The question is, can you put a 93+ engine in it or do you have to stick with the 91-92 engine? What is the difference between the 91-92 and 93+?

Thanks all, see you this weekend.

Bret.

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Can you? Yes.

Do you want to? That depends.

The CAS is different, so some wiring is required. Quite sure there's a write-up on 3SI if you want to see exactly what's involved.

skip it. you know you want to come up to GB and drink beer and talk stealths with the rest of us losers.

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Look at it! LOOK AT MY @SS AND TELL ME IT'S PRETTY!

I hate my job, Green Bay is nice, and Miller is very appealing.

BUT, there's a mortgage to pay....

I'm still all for working full time with you. Fcuk Hans.

Thats the question indeed.... I found that article on 3si about the wiring differences, but i couldnt find anything about the differences in the engines. Is there any advantage to switching to the 93+ engine? Thanks



p.s. Im the one that just bought the stealth

Well,

At the risk of throwing my thoughts out for everyone to second guess on the internet... I'd prefer a private conversation about this.

But, on a non-turbo engine, it's not a big deal to have a two-bolt vs. four-bolt. Now if we were talking a turbo car, that'd be different.

If you have a good deal on a '93+ for it, then let's look into that.

Did you really just post that????????????????????? Bad day my friend?

I'm sick of working for free. The "side jobs" are the only thing paying my bills.

I got what I needed working here, and I'm itching to move elsewhere.

Why are you working for free??? I don't know how it's set up , but assumed it was a cash sort of thing. Do you not get a cut on the cars? I realize this is probably the wrong place to ask about it, but since you brought it up...

The problem with a shop in Milwaukee is - will there be enough to cover the overhead? A lot of the WI guys are very good at doing their own projects, and with Dan in northern Illinois that slowed down a little.

I've definitely thought about it from time to time, but am concerned about buying / renting a place, and then having utilities, insurance on it, etc. Would there be enough business - million dollar question. Or, a person would have to "unspecialize" in one brand of car, and work on many types.

I'm working for free because supposedly there's no $$ to pay me. (Yes Curt, you can say it) The guy sits around and does nothing and expects me to work 6 to 7 days a week. Add the $hit talking behind my back to the pile, and it doesn't seem worth my time. I really wonder if he's doing this just to get rid of me.

I honestly don't know if there will be enough work in the WI area for us to stay specialized in just the 3/S and still afford the bills. Bills to maintain GZP are around 3K a month. Lately, I've been working on a lot of DSMs (even 3rd gens) and the occasional EVO (as much as I HATE them) to keep up.

The real question is, are there enough "big spenders" who'd be willing to toss 2K our way in labor to do major projects and can we get them done in a reasonable amount of time (say 2 weeks)? Would we just fix cars that come in, or could we afford buying cars, cleaning/fixing them up and selling them?

IMHO, your best bet is to do it the classic american way and work out of your garage. Get licensed and insured and convert someones 2 to 3 stall garage into the "shop". Commit to 2 to 3 days a week to dedicate to doing customer work, build the customer base and once you have an income that will support space then move. I'm sure you will find yourself working on all kinds of crap jobs for money, comes with the territory, it will be very difficult to specialize in 3S' as the jobs might be good but just not frequent enough. You'll probably find yourself doing a lot of brake jobs and midas/tuffy style in/out to pay bills. I'm no mechanic but thats how I work my computer side business.

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