Buying a LS1
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Buying a LS1
I am thinking of buying a 2000 z28 ls1 with a supercharger and borla exhaust. It should be faster than my cam only lt1 right? Only problem is it is a M6 and I never really learned to drive a stick. He wants 5k for it and I might go for it even though I do not know how to drive it yet. How long will it take me to learn and what would you guys do? It has a clear title with no accidents and is super clean. I am trying to find out how many mi are on the supercharger, what boost is being used, what clutch, injectors, fuel pump and tune is on this car. http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/img_po...&isStock=false It is a s-trim supercharger; I hope he was not running over 8psi on it.
Last edited by henryz28; 10-30-2009 at 04:29 PM.
#2
that sounds like a hell of a deal. It shouldnt take long learning to drive it. Took me a couple days and alot of driving around till i was comfortable with it. Will you be parting out your lt1 if you buy this?
#5
I am trying to have the guy describe the condition of the motor, trans and rear end. He has not responded; might be because it has problems. I emailed him saying I wanted the car if it was in good running condition, I do not want to drive 170+ mi to find the car in bad running condition. We will see if he responds, he is supposed to email me the vin# and describe the driving condition of the car. It looks clean, if it runs as clean as it looks it's a deal.
#7
lmao
Are you kidding You honestly think someone is selling a 2000 z28 with those miles for 5k. Even if the car was stock the price is a no go Add the supercharger and whatever else was done. I don't think so Holy crap. I bet you would'nt ask 5k obo for your lt1. This is some Putts who put the car up there to be a jerk.
#8
Are you kidding You honestly think someone is selling a 2000 z28 with those miles for 5k. Even if the car was stock the price is a no go Add the supercharger and whatever else was done. I don't think so Holy crap. I bet you would'nt ask 5k obo for your lt1. This is some Putts who put the car up there to be a jerk.
Last edited by henryz28; 10-31-2009 at 08:28 PM.
#10
I would not buy a car with an aftermarket SC'er on it PERIOD. You have no idea what kind of abuse it's been through, or when it's going to pop. Usually when people sell cars with blowers, it's because it's on it's last leg or they don't want to keep fixing it anymore.
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Are you kidding You honestly think someone is selling a 2000 z28 with those miles for 5k. Even if the car was stock the price is a no go Add the supercharger and whatever else was done. I don't think so Holy crap. I bet you would'nt ask 5k obo for your lt1. This is some Putts who put the car up there to be a jerk.
#12
Hey Johnny you offering your car up for 6k or 5k any time soon. Pls show all the 00z28's with 70xxxmi in good condition for 5.5k. Have you even looked in the forsale section here? There's lt1's going for that or more. The ones that are less are junk......... You should inform the guy's with modded lt1 and ls1's over there they should hope they get book value. Who pays book anyway? The book is a guide. Every body wants to always pay less then book. Plain and simple its a bullship ls1 car for 5k. I would say if its true sometime is fishy going on, either car or person... But all I know is when the time is right for someone to sell a 01 som z28 I'm gonna get a great deal
Last edited by Ricki Bobbi iv; 10-31-2009 at 11:10 PM.
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Hey Johnny you offering your car up for 6k or 5k any time soon. Pls show all the 00z28's with 70xxxmi in good condition for 5.5k. Have you even looked in the forsale section here? There's lt1's going for that or more. The ones that are less are junk......... You should inform the guy's with modded lt1 and ls1's over there they should hope they get book value. Who pays book anyway? The book is a guide. Every body wants to always pay less then book. Plain and simple its a bullship ls1 car for 5k. I would say if its true sometime is fishy going on, either car or person... But all I know is when the time is right for someone to sell a 01 som z28 I'm gonna get a great deal
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That's only the Camaro's i didn't even look at TA's. You need to come to realization that 4th gens aren't worth much anymore, it's sad but true, i would love for my Z28 to be worth $19,000 again like a few years ago but the value on these cars is literally dropping daily. Yeah there are too many people out there trying to sell their LT1 or LS1 for way more than it's worth but guess what? No one is going to bite, here's a perfect example: My friend is getting stationed in Japan, he has a black 2002 SS with a few mods in excellent condition fully loaded and 64k miles. He started the price at $10,000 it sat there for almost 3 months with no one interested, this was with newspaper ads, autotrader etc. etc. Then he dropped it to $8,000 and finally a month ago he sold it for $7700!!! That's a ****ing steal, i almost bought it But it just goes to show you that in this market no one is going to pay much for a 4th gen.
EDIT: Hey Mike or Al, can we make this a sticky? You know something like "News flash!! Nice LS1's are now available in the $5000 dollar range" I'm really tired of explaining this to people
Last edited by johnny6; 11-01-2009 at 08:34 AM.