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Whos got the highest miles 3rd gen out there?(without engine work!)
My Trans Am has got 205,ooo miles-never had engine work other than waterpump,radiator and 4 700r4 transmissions.Still runs 90mph 1/4 mile and uses 1/2 quart of oil every 1000 miles.Who said 305s are junk?How much farther can I go and she gets the hell ran out of it at least 2 times a day-its never been babied!
I have a 1990 Formula with a few mods. Original engine, never opened up, has 185,000. Ran 14's at 96MPH about 5,000 miles ago. Uses no oil. Still runs great. I think I'm going to have to install nitrous, have some fun, and then put a new one in.
My '84 Z-28 305 HO had 215,000 miles on it when the timing chain went. I had replaced the first clutch at 210,000. Then at 215,000 everything got replaced.
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SLP Header and Exhaust System.
4Bolt 355
10.5 to 1 pistons
Ported, polished and port matched heads 1.94"
Holley 4150 650cfm Carb
Weiand Stealth Intake
Basecoat Clearcoat paint
Bright Red
Radial T/A 235/60R15's
89 formula 350 , about 230,000 and still kicking , burns oil but im running 9.2 in the 8th with about every free mod and a few others , have nerver taken off the vaule covers
85 Z-28 5.0 TPI, 215,000 mi. just water pump, radiator, reg stuff replaced. I don't think the valve covers have ever been off. I had to take the intake (TPI) off once because the thermostat housing leeked and when I went to replace it a bolt broke off into the manifold. I had to remove the manifold to get the broken bolt removed. The ORIGINAL 700R-4 trans was rebuilt after 185,000 mi. Still runs good and strong. Oil pressure is still up there...that just amazes me. Most sensors ares still original (except O2).
James
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1985 Z-28 305 TPI
215,000 mi. Original Eng.
198,000 on 305, no major work on engine. Had blown head gasket from overheat, replaced radiator, fan motor, tranny still works fine, smoke on start up from leaky valve stem seals. Lost rear end at about 150,000 miles, pin slipped out of spider and fried carrier bearing. Car still runs fine, needs front end work, headlight is acting up. I love it and am going to try to keep it because the body is straight except for driver door damage from before I got it that was not repaired very well.
Damn - that's all pretty good! I guess I'm trying NOT to let mine blow up and do regular maintenance on it. I got a '91 L98 with 102k on, but the only real engine thing I did was replace the timing chain at 100k - other things have crapped out - water pump and stuff, nothing real major. Pulled my tranny a couple of weeks ago for a rebuild, but found out the hard way it wasn't the problem. Oh well - call it more preventive maintenance. Overall, the engine itself is still real "sound".
I have 1 92 L98 woth about 103,000 on it...Still fires up every morning with out a problem
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1992 25th anniversary edition Z28 (Black W/Red stripes) 5.7 L98 engine, 3.73 gears,
Aluminum under drive pulley's, Gutted air box, K&N air filters, Air Foil, Bosch platinum spark plugs,
8MM spiral core wires, stage 2 chip, engine oil cooler, soon to have a high flow cat with a 3" flowmaster exhaust and P7000 Perelli Z rated tires all around.
Did I mention the interior is fully loaded!
I have an 91 RS 305 TBI, purchased new. The car has 203,xxx miles on it. Other than regular stuff like alternators (2), water pump, fuel pump, battery and so on, no really major stuff. The valve cover have never been off the 305 and the 700R4 has only had fluid changes. The car will burn 1/2 quart of Mobile 1 5w-30 every 3,500 miles. If it sits a few days, it's a smoke screen cause of the leaky valve guides.
yep... mine's got 155,000 on it... smokes like hell on start up, but after it burns it all off, it doesnt even puff... which means the rings are still good even if the valveguides and seals are shot...
My almost totally stock 1992 L98 Heritage Z28 has about 10600 miles on it. Only changes have been the water pump and replaced the battery last june. Yes, I rarely get an opportunity to drive it, but with all the shows up here in the Northwest in Aug & Sept it'll see some more miles soon.
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1992 Z28 Heritage White/Red Stripes 700R4,L98,3:23 Posi
All stock except waterpump and new Delco battery.
1972 V8 Vega
hmmm, im at about 133,000. nothing major. intake gaskets, alternators, need a rear main seal but cant figure out how to get the motor unbolted from the tranny. just about every sensor and a fuel injector. smokes when i first start it so the heads will be coming off when i get the other one running. other than that still going fine
My 84's original engine went 189,000 before i blew the head..and the last 10,000 i beat the piss outta it
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Dave
93 CAMARO- 3.4 v6,5spd,borla cat back,hurst short throw shifter,moroso cold air induction kit,kyb adjustable shocks,17" wheels,275/40zr17 comp t/a's
84 FIREBIRD-2.8 V6,5spd super economy model
no options except t-tops( not even locking),no tilt,no cruise,no delay wipers,no rear defroter,no a/c,no rear spoiler(i put one on)no pw,pdl,pm,pseat,no gauges(just a 85 mph speedo with no trip odometer and a big f***in' gas gauge)
90 FORMULA 350-
Edelbrock t.e.s,gutted cat,Borla cat-back,LT4 hot cam ,24# injectors,holley h.p. fuel pump,K&N Throttle Body mounted air filter,52mm throttle body,accel 8.8mm wires,plugs cap and rotor,ADS superchip,GTA tailights,T-tops
No E.T's yet.
Previous 3rd gen's
83 Trans-Am 305 CFI auto T-TOP
84 Firebird 305 H.O. auto HARDTOP
87 Firebird 2.8 V-6 auto HARDTOP
92 3.1 V6 w/ 220,000 miles and still running the original 4L60 in it. Only mod done was a new cam at 195,000 when the timing chain let loose. Car is not burning oil by any means. 26 GPM on the highway, doing 75 mph.
Now, my V8 305 Convertible, thats a different story.
Let's see......192,230 as of when I parked it this afternoon. Typical stuff, like water-pump, etc... Trans was removed once for what I thought was a cracked flexplate (Wasn't.) Valve covers were off once for valve seals (Needs it again) and that's about it. Just regular maintanence stuff otherwise.
Car still runs great, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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Working on:
'84 Z28 LG4 305
Added dual elec fans.
145 MPH IROC Speedo
Building 430 HP 350
using primarily GMPP parts.
Block is in shop!
i got to 180,000 as a daily driver outa my 86 camaro cpe. the only changes i did before this summer are fuel pump, radiator hoses, and air/oil filter replacements. THATS IT. and she still ran fine but i wanted more power so i am gonna put a 350 in her.
My 85 TA has 236,000 racing, burning to the floor KMs with only a valve job and runs just as good or better than when i first bought it with 138,000 KMs.
Whos got the highest miles 3rd gen out there?( without engine work !)
This should have been without any work or least amount of work. If tearing the engine apart is the only thing you haven't done, it's not much indication of reliability or durability.
Anyways...I will go for the least miles with plenty o' work.
At only 20k replaced the rear under warranty. The rear rotors were blue from heat and stress cracked, so they replaced them at the same time (Damn Autobahn made me do it ). BTW, the cruise control only works up to 120 mph.
At 30k replaced the POS T-5 under warranty. (Damn Autobahn, again, and ATF (too thin to protect sh!t) conspired on this one.) Clutch was toast so they replaced it under warranty while they were at it, and I talked them into an aluminum driveshaft, too.
At 75k back in the states and the ol' 305 smoked pretty good on start up. Valve seals/guides were toast (damn high rpm Autobahn again I'm sure). It ran good, though. Then it started using a fair amount of oil so I switched from Mobile 1 to regular 20W50 dino oil.
At 85k swapped Trick Flows, Crane Cam, new clutch, whoo-ah! Wish I had the chance to drive that combo in Germany to have seen the improvement.
At ~100k all sorts of electrical gremlins cropped up. Replaced the distributor and the 'puter to be on the safe side.
At 135k yanked the whole mess and swapped in a ZZ4 short block with freshened Trick Flows, new flywheel, clutch, etc.
Closing note...anyone who gets 100k+ on their stock clutch must drive like a cheerleader.
My old L69 305 had 200,000 on it when I swapped in my 350. I sold it to a guy with a SS Monte Carlo, and as far as I know it is still kicking today without any internal engine work done to it. He wants to rebuild it when it goes out. I told him to call me, and I would help him get parts since I live in Denver, and he lives in Nebraska. Not too many good parts stores in a town of 9,000 people! I haven't heard from him yet...so must still be going.
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1984 L69 Z28 with 350 H.O., Hypertech ThermoMaster Chip w/ 160* PowerStat, Stock L69 Dual Air Intake w/ K&N, L69 Dual Plane Intake Manifold, Modified Q-Jet, 350 4 bolt main w/ Crane Energizer Cam & 1.5 Roller Rockers, Lunati Drop Forged Crank and Rods, 23 Degree Trick Flow Heads, Hooker Comp Headers, 3:73 Posi, T-5 (Soon to be a T56!), 4-wheel disc brakes, 3" Catback Exhaust...etc.
Wise man say....Man who jump on bedspring this spring....have offspring next spring!
Dang, I feel a lot better about my car now! I have the L03 305, and I've got 134,000 miles on it! And it doesn't brun any oil!
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89 Firebird LO3
Open element, MSD blastercoil, ACCELL cap and rotor, Moroso 8mm Blue Max wires, #2 Rapidfires, straight pipes, and keyless entry.
I thought my Berlinetta had 141,000 on it....turns out it's at 241,000! All origional for now, but the engine and tranny swap will be happening VERY soon.
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FL 85 Berlinetta
aka Susan 98 Camaro
1985 Berlinetta...a work in progress
530,000 is the highest ive seen quaker state even made a short lived commerical about it. nothing major except it ate 5 transmissions 1 every 100,000 or so
sorry didnt have my sig then i hit stop and hit the submit button twice
and if any of ya'll moderaters wanna delete this go right ahead i wont get mad
really i won't
[This message has been edited by 85Z28 (edited August 01, 2000).]
i only have about 20k on the motor and it smokes like crap on startup but only sometimes
i tell people its my carb but im not forsure it might be my valve springs
i drive the crap out of it every day
it sees 6000rpm more than once on an average day
hey but its still kicking
137,000 miles and nothing but the a/c compressor has ever gone out...except the crankshaft pulley, but that was only a $30 repair so I don't think it counts.
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Steve
-91 RS Camaro 305
Hypertech Street Runner Chip
K&N Filtercharger, More to Come
-83 Camaro V6 slow, but beautiful
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Arctic White 91 RS: I have an 91 RS 305 TBI, purchased new. The car has 203,xxx miles on it. Other than regular stuff like alternators (2), water pump, fuel pump, battery and so on, no really major stuff. The valve cover have never been off the 305 and the 700R4 has only had fluid changes. The car will burn 1/2 quart of Mobile 1 5w-30 every 3,500 miles. If it sits a few days, it's a smoke screen cause of the leaky valve guides. </font>
It's been almost a year since I posted that. Here's my update: Both left side wheel bearings had to be replaced at 221,385 miles. The front brake pads as well. Cost $119 for all of the above installed.
The RS currently has 221,883 miles on it. I run Mobile 1 5w-30, oil consumption is increased to 1qt per 2,500 miles.
No engine work of any kind. (just oil changes)
No tranny work of any kind. (just fluid changes)
I bought the car new, so I know the RS engine and tranny haven't had any problems.
my old 86 bird I sold to my friend that I am close to just rounded 280,000 miles on the original LO3!! They dont call those motors the Long Operating till 300,000 for nothin!!
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1986 Trans Am, T-Top, 305 TPI, Flowmaster 80 series. Much more to come in July.
[*]Sound System: Dual 12" Ground Zero Nuclear Series 900 watt RMS subs in custom box made to fit the rear well, Only 500 watts running them though, Pioneer Head Unit and Rockford Fosgate wiring.
O.K. Follow me on this one and I think I've got you all beat.
Considering that on average all of my miles are away from home then back to it, the total mileage traveled east and west are about equal. Realizing that the earth is 22,700 miles in diameter, and that is rotates 365.24 times a year, and the car is almost 15 years old, it would have traveled 124,364,220 miles in that time. Add to this the fact that the earth travels around the sun in an eliptical orbit with a circumference of 585 million miles, and that has happened 15 times (so far), the total mileage is approaching 8.76 trillion miles. Add this to the 40 billion miles that our solar system travels around the center of the Milky Way every year, and the total mileage is really closer to 9.365 trillion miles. Never mind the 47,000 miles on the odometer - that is basically insignificant by comparison.
Even solid nickel/titanium asteroids start to wear out after that many miles - it's no wonder I need new front tires!
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Later,
Vader
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"Fear is how I fall, Confusing what is real..." Adobe Acrobat Reader
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Vader: 9,365,043,000,000 miles, give or take a few...
O.K. Follow me on this one and I think I've got you all beat.
Considering that on average all of my miles are away from home then back to it, the total mileage traveled east and west are about equal. Realizing that the earth is 22,700 miles in diameter, and that is rotates 365.24 times a year, and the car is almost 15 years old, it would have traveled 124,364,220 miles in that time. Add to this the fact that the earth travels around the sun in an eliptical orbit with a circumference of 585 million miles, and that has happened 15 times (so far), the total mileage is approaching 8.76 trillion miles. Add this to the 40 billion miles that our solar system travels around the center of the Milky Way every year, and the total mileage is really closer to 9.365 trillion miles. Never mind the 47,000 miles on the odometer - that is basically insignificant by comparison.
Even solid nickel/titanium asteroids start to wear out after that many miles - it's no wonder I need new front tires!
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ROFLMAO!!!! Nice one!! LOL Mines got somewhere in the neighborhood of 80-100K miles on it. That I know of it is on it's 4th rear end, and second transmission. Lots little things have been done to the motor. After finding out that it is probably just a 305 though, it's never gonna make it to 200+k! I'll pull it out and get a 350+ in there, rebuild the 305, and sell the wimp on e-bay
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Corry Lazarowitz
clazarow@voicenet.com
clazarowitz@hotmail.com
1987 Pontiac Trans AM (GTA?) 350 or is it a 305?! TPI
SLP 1 3/4" headers, 3" cat back (stock cat
MSD ignition.
MSD Blaster SS coil.
3.73 Rear end gears
Accell 8.8 Wires
Bosh +4 Spark Plugs (Don't know if they really help but hell!)
Holley AFPR
Race Built Automatic trans ('vette servo, shift kit, tightly packed clutches)--just needs titanium gears now!
Newly gutted cat (the car gutted it's own cat!)
Hypertech Chip (Just found out I had it! :eek
More soon when funds are avail...
The first speedometer said 118,000. The new one has just turned 86,000. And that was with it disconected for about two years. So that would be a grand total of 204,000 miles, plus the two years of daily driving. That would put it at about 250,000. I am now replacing the completely stock 305, just because I want a 350.
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by IROC5.7TPI: ...My 88 Vette had over 250,000 miles on it when I sold it 2 years ago. It never used any oil, the valve seals were fine, and it never leaked a drop.
I have to give credit where credits due...
THANKS MOBIL 1 !!!
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I'll add a vote for that one! (If I lived in Chicago, I could add three or four votes...)
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Later,
Vader
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I'm at about 230,000; never even removed valve covers. I've replaced the water pump, alternator(a few times), injectors, and transmission. (The fool that owned the car before me filled the T5 half with gear oil instead of ATF, it killed the syncros.) Even the A/C hasn't even been recharged and it still blows cold air.
