Menesing Drifter Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 First off Mods I tried to post this in the appropriate forum but I haven't posted enough to do so. So please don't bring the wrath upon me, I'm a newb.. Hey everyone, I'm Brandon! My bad in advance if I write a novel here, I tend to get carried away when it comes to cars and going fast. Anyway I've been cruising the forums here for a few months now trying to gather as much information as I could before I finally pulled the plug on my dream project. Ever since I was in high school I have wanted to own a Starion. I seriously think it is one of the best looking cars made to this day and I longed to own one but I was enveloped in my past addiction.... Mustangs! I had an S197 for years and made it into a beast of a car. I showed it, I raced it, had it in SEMA a couple times, and even drifted it. Drifting is kinda my current obsession (hence the name) I was doing it for fun for a few years before I moved away to attend college. So now I've had to step back and focus on school, of course with the occasional messing around in the rain and track days. I do plan to get back into in hopes of competing in Formula Drift one day. With these current goals of mine I new my current car had reached its potential as a drift car and I could simply not afford to run it. So to everyone's surprise I sold the car I once said I was gonna past on to my kids one day and decided what I was gonna do. I was ready to finally get serious and buy a starion but there was a problem, I have been driving American V8 cars all my life and couldn't see myself driving a 4-banger. I loved the look of the body so much but just wanted to put a gnarly motor in it. After talking with many people (mostly Convette) and looking over build forums I was confident in my goals and well, I bought a SUPER CLEAN 1988 Starion in Oklahoma for a steal (I live in Texas right now). Then shortly after I bought the drivetrain out of a F-body Camaro in the hopes of building the ultimate drift sleeper keeping my focus on drivetrain and chassis, while ignoring the outside for now. For now this is gunna be my daily driver and also take it to local open drift days but over time I plan to really build this thing using John's (convette) car as an inspiration. Right now the surgery is underway with the old motor out and the new motor currently being mocked up to be put in. I'm super excited about this whole project and also hope to take advantage of all y'alls advice and knowledge as I am truly a newb to this car and the LS platform. I also really wanna thank John (Convette) for all his help so far as I've probably been texting him more then a stalker ex girlfriend. So during the build I will be selling all the stuff I take off as I'm not gunna need most of whats on the car. I will not be looking to make any profit as this car sat for 4 years before I bought it so I don't really know the condition of most of the parts and all moneys made from the sales are going straight back into the car. I'm not able to post in the classifieds yet so feel free to message me for stuff. So far I have a complete motor and trans assembly and the interior. I don't have many pictures yet to post up as I've been out of town but I am going to the shop for the first time later this week and will post up a ton. Until then this is what I have that they have sent me from the shop. The old car http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/carsmart28/IMG_0778_zps09ea403d.jpg http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/carsmart28/P1100329.jpg http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/carsmart28/P1100322_zpsc3527524.jpg http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/carsmart28/Mar-24-2012-XtremeSpeedBLUE1015amCLI_8928_zps6a1ac28b.jpg The new one http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/carsmart28/IMG_1128_zpsd38e0b14.jpg http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/carsmart28/IMG_1131_zps88ebd931.jpg http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/carsmart28/IMG_1150_zpsf563fbe3.jpg http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/carsmart28/IMG_1157_zps90b4af79.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoFab Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Welcome and best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlosFley Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 So. Cal? Got a black interior in there? I'd be interested in that. Welcome and all best wishes to ya! John has certainly been an inspiration to all of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSQuest88 Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 (edited) Welcome dude. LS motors are eazy peazy to work on. You'll definitely be happy with that motor in there. If your looking to keep the stock crossmember up front and not touch your firewall it can be done and I'd look into a holley hot rod LS swap pan part #302-1. Best money I spent on my swap. I'd keep the stock rear diff and axles in there. They will hold up. Good luck with your build Edited July 22, 2014 by LSQuest88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menesing Drifter Posted July 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Welcome dude. LS motors are eazy peazy to work on. You'll definitely be happy with that motor in there. If your looking to keep the stock crossmember up front and not touch your firewall it can be done and I'd look into a holley hot rod LS swap pan part #302-1. Best money I spent on my swap. I'd keep the stock rear diff and axles in there. They will hold up. Good luck with your build Sweet man thanks for the tip! That was a HUGE help to the build and took care of a lot fitment issue already. Would anyone have any idea where i could find a heater core or where I could get mine replaced at, its shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menesing Drifter Posted July 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Also so far I have the stock set of seats, all in roughly good condition. The front have some wear tears but otherwise really good condition. If anyone in the DFW area is looking for a set hit me up or these seats are going to turn into man cave furniture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasQuest Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Welcome. There are several of us here in the DFW metroplex. That's a clean looking car from the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSQuest88 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 I responded to your parts for sale thread about the seats. Let me know what you think dude. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87redcat Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 welcome aboard! Pics never hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menesing Drifter Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Its been a while since I updated this post. Still don't have enough posts to post topics in other areas so i guess Ill turn this into a build thread haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 thought 10 was the magic number. give me a minute i will see what i can do for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Well you should now be able to post anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menesing Drifter Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Thank you sir!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Glad to help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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