Project: Blue Alero
 

Project Status: OK
New v-band flange on exhaust to eliminate leakage noise/vibration.

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The wheels/tires were also taken from some other Oldsmobile and were a horrible size. The tires were so large that the inside section of the tread was completely shaved down due to contact with the strut. No shit the suspension makes noise (dealer told me). Put wheels from red car on to be safe.

Lots of rust spots.

Taking it apart.

Surprise, rust is worse than expected.

All new metal formed and welded in here and at gas door.

All dings repaired. Undercoated. Both fenders new.

Ford - Dark Blue Pearl Metallic

Right after paint.

Switching suspension and brakes from red car over.

Goodies came in.

New wheels.

All new speakers and headunit.

Stripping down the engine for removal.

Ready to pull out.

Boner achieved

Nice color. I wish you picked grabber blue though.

Light blue looks ugly. It would've came out like DOHC_tuner's abomination.
I wanted it to be a non-Alero color, but for it to look factoryish. I love this blue in person.

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Looks sexy as hell Chris.

Okay its not that light lol

Lol what ever haooened to dohc_tuner

looks awesome Chris!! What size spacer are you running under those wheels? I like the way they sit, nice job man!!!

seeing your car makes me want to push even more to get mine done... but I am keeping my factory colour... :)

whats the plans for the old body?

So what was your bitch with the dealer you didn't have to buy it but nice redo work on it. Looks Sharp

deceiving after telling me he fixed the brakes. tires were worn to the steel on the rear. could've advised me of its unsafeness after the title was handed over when he knew i had a 2 hour drive home. guy acted like a master mechanic when in fact many things were just covered up and hacked together.

sell the car when the stock engine from the blue one gets put into it

28mm on 7.5" wide with +40mm offset

how much for just the body with no motor maybe the tranny

I want to make as much as I can off it quickly, and a running car sells for more and faster than a dead one.

looks awesome !!!!!!!! love this blue !!!!!!

there would be a lot of work for you to make it 3400 and you couldnt use the 2.4l tranny

Chris, how much are you looking to get out of the red car after motor is swapped? if its super cheap i might want it. let me know.

Nice. Like the color choice.
Good job on rust repair.

maybe i just want it for a 3400 5 speed :P just have everything there to do the swap lol

but it already has the manual sub frame shifter ect and such and the tranny would be for my girlfriends cavalier she has the ecotec in it as well and her tranny is toast

red one you would not mod one bit prob just a dd wich is fine then bring sexy out to play every once and awhile but still be driving a alero no matter what seems like a legit plan i hope tho that red alero stays in the amod family

you are off in every way in that...it is going to be the automatic subframe as he swapped the motor to the manual car and got a manual so he could have the manual tranny. His car is a 2.4l and while it is mechanically the same transmission as the ecotec, it has a different bell housing which is cast to the transmission

i wish i could say this all in one deal instead of thinking things 10 min later but i do love the wheels are they 17s? if so how can i make it to look where my ass end is lowered a bit i have 17s on mine and i have a upward fist of gap but front end i have a thumb any ideas?

i no im off my marbles today im sorry.. i do not no much about the previouse car i assumed it was a manuel but guess i was wrong but atleast the body is better looking then mine :lol:

17x7.5

well you could uh... lower it? get some lowering springs!

I also use 225/50R17 tires which are a little taller to fill the gap a bit more.

I'm trying to make money back from all this I've been dumping into this project. I'll be cleaning it up really well overall, and sell it to some random person on craigslist. I'll be selling it with the intention to get $1k out of it. Engine would have 132,000 on it.

mine are 17x7 as well but i have like 235 or 2 somthing 45 on mine but its worth a shot and with the wheels sticking out just a tad are you going to be worried about say a rock come up from the fender and hit the paint? or is it just the way the camara was angled?

Yeah you need lowering springs.. the car sits real high in the rear from the factory.
Such is the risk of being mexi-flush. I like the poke though.

lol well its one hell of a sexi looking car thats for dam sure! maybe i should have you fix my rocker panel rust thats the only place fuel door area is fine just the rockers and a few dings here and there but hood is bad

1k huh..... go any lower? I might be able to work something... let me know your lowest offer on it. And when it will almost be for sale and we can go from there. I need a winter beater.

Exactly why I'm selling local. I'd have to give it to an Aleromodder for way cheap and I'm in it to make the most I can out of it. Will dump it to a random person around here. But I'll let you know if I can't sell it.

Okay. Thanks

Good to see you back and nice job on the new car! I think you should consider a real drop on this one. That blue, to me, will look freakin' nuts if the car was sitting about a 1/2" off the ground. I'm not one to say something like that either dude...

Lol Paul ... chris is a performance guy like you... if I'm guessing right it'll compare to your grand am in terms of handling...

Yeah I need function with my suspension. As awesome as it would look slammed, this is the height it will probably stay.

Are you allowed to tint where you are? I'd hit that with 35% all around to showcase the paint, not too dark at all but classy man. None of that ""Limo back" and "lighter" front. It will look amazing

Raceline 126. Nice choice ;)

looks good. I like the color.

20 is my limit on tint. But blacker then black windows look great as well.

Just chillin.



Waiting to get this in.



Haven't done too much lately, been busy. :|

Next week I'm off for 2 days and will be completing the swap. Need to modify the downpipe as I can't seem to get the turbine into place anymore. I wonder how long it's been that way and I've had an exhaust leak due to misaligned v-band flanges. I can't even get it to bolt on with full access to e verything, how did I do it 3 times with the engine still in the car?

So I'm going to redo a small portion of the downpipe to make everything fit perfectly.

Next week, pull engine out of blue car, install clutch in blue car. Install engine into blue car. Install engine into red car. Reassemble/reinstall everything.

What kind of clutch did you go with?