I picked up a 1985 Grand Prix Brougham for my winter car (corporate 305, A3, 2.29 rear end, brown (oxidized purple?) exterior paint with the red velour interior, minimal rust since we don't salt the roads up here.
My summer car is a black Pontiac coupe with an M6, says 2004 GTO on it somewhere.
I have numerous electrical issues that get worse the lower the mercury drops. The doors sag so far the interior panel gets pulled off the door when I open it, I got a pretty severe transmission fluid leak and I am burning oil. Not so bad in the summer, but it looks like I am burning knotty pine for 30 minutes when I start it up at minus thirty.
I have 110VAC head bolt heater, oil sump heater and radiator fluid heater for temps under -20°F.
If I can get the electricals figured out I want to straighten the darn doors and then drop in rebuilt motor and transmission. Everything electronic in the car works, it just doesn't all work at once or on the same day.
The heater is AWESOME.
Honestly the GP is more fun in the winter than my GTO is in the summer. We don't even plow the snow in Fairbansk so much as pack it down by driving on it. Yes we plow a few of the major arterials, but mostly we drive on hockey rinks six months out of the year. My oil burning 305 can light up studded snows (at will) from September into April.
I am thinking factory spec 305 and A3, leave the rear axle alone, but I sure would like a class II hitch for moose season.
Can I do 350# tongue/ 3500# gross with 305, A3, 2.29:1 and fresh rear springs?
My summer car is a black Pontiac coupe with an M6, says 2004 GTO on it somewhere.
I have numerous electrical issues that get worse the lower the mercury drops. The doors sag so far the interior panel gets pulled off the door when I open it, I got a pretty severe transmission fluid leak and I am burning oil. Not so bad in the summer, but it looks like I am burning knotty pine for 30 minutes when I start it up at minus thirty.
I have 110VAC head bolt heater, oil sump heater and radiator fluid heater for temps under -20°F.
If I can get the electricals figured out I want to straighten the darn doors and then drop in rebuilt motor and transmission. Everything electronic in the car works, it just doesn't all work at once or on the same day.
The heater is AWESOME.
Honestly the GP is more fun in the winter than my GTO is in the summer. We don't even plow the snow in Fairbansk so much as pack it down by driving on it. Yes we plow a few of the major arterials, but mostly we drive on hockey rinks six months out of the year. My oil burning 305 can light up studded snows (at will) from September into April.
I am thinking factory spec 305 and A3, leave the rear axle alone, but I sure would like a class II hitch for moose season.
Can I do 350# tongue/ 3500# gross with 305, A3, 2.29:1 and fresh rear springs?
