How many miles did your Camaro have before you needed a new engine and/or transmission?

Akshay
89 RS w/ orig. eng (91K miles) and tranny

 

i'm at 80,000mi,(128,000km) and still running strong..

 

120,000 miles and still running like a champeen!

 

68,000 miles thanks to my sorry *** on overheating the engine and keep driving!! My tranny still shifts great

 

My 85 -- 142,000 original
My 83 -- 154,000 (rod knock) now at 165,000
My 86 -- 180,000 (rod knock) new motor in but not tagged yet

 

120K tranny leaked out of every spot it could.
160K the original timing chain went

That is the only major things on my car. My compression test shocked them because I am susposedly in great shape. I do not burn any oil and ran synthetic until the rear meain seal went and I have yet ot fix that, but recently I was in an accident so who knows what is going to happen now...

Also, I run 16.01 with this tired engine and my mods.. Imagine a fresh engine or if I get it fixed I gaurantee I will bust into the mid 15's with my headers and new timming chain...


Who knows, if they total it a 1994 or 1995 Z28 will replace it. White, T-Tops or Red with T-Tops...


I rahter they fix my car... I have found fiberglas front 1/4's and a fiberglass hood. That should shave some weight..

 

that fiberglass should push u into teh 15's for sure

our hood weighs a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!


what are ur mods brian?

 

Well, I"m still on the original motor at 238,000 miles

I'm on my third trans (original died in '97, first rebuild died in '98, current rebuild is ready to die)... but ya know, I don't think I ever wrote down the mileage of the car when they died. I'll see if I can find the Lee Myles receipt for that $1300=1.5year transmission (the first rebuild).

 

my car itself has 209,000
its at the dealer now for installation of a new GM TH700R4 tranny & should be out & ready by sept 5th
the engine is between 75 and 90,000 and i got a new rear end and new U-Joints
so basically i got a whole new drive train

time for a tune up i guess

 

rod knock at 95K. ..goin' strong now on 130K

 

Trans was rebuilt at 113k, new engine at 133k. The engine could have lasted, but it was burning a lot of oil.

 

164k on the engine, still going strong. Just had the tranny rebuilt at 164k.

 

The 1992 3.1 Liter is still running strong at 166K miles, even after using the nitrous since 1996. I haven't had any tranny problems either, except some minor slipping on the 1-2 shift while using nitrous. Car uses no oil and still gets nearly 30 MPG on the interstate.

 

Wow, amazing numbers guys!!!

Thanks


Akshay