My Firebird is undergoing surgery right now

[Everglades W68]

So my engine is partially disassembled right now.

You may recall I was trying to dedide what to do with my aging car, especially given that I don't feel I have a lot of money to spend right now.

(This is a continuation from the thread below.)

http://forum.camarov6.com/showthread.php?t=102417

As I suspected, a few of the lifters were bad. The camshaft was also damaged (me driving with bad lifters for a long time probably contributed to that). One lobe was very beat up and another was damaged.

Anyway, I should get the car back on Wednesday morning.

I'm going to need to find a new daily driver; my Firebird simply is getting too old to be a full-time source of transportation.

I'm looking at a maybe an Impala or G6 with under 20K miles. I was looking at an Impala that might be a possibility. Some elderly flolks owned it until they passed away very recently. The only downside I see to it is that the man who has been driving it recently smoked in it. If I get it thoroughly cleaned / detailed, including that ozone stuff, would the smoke smell be gone? Or will it keep coming back?

As for the Firebird, I'm hoping to put it into retirement soon while it still runs welll (assuming the engine works well again) and hopefully save it for my boys to use and work on.

[Mighty Thor]

Re: My Firebird is undergoing surgery right now

If it is those things then those are easy fix.

Good luck.

[nimrod.sixty9]

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Damn I wish I had time; I would've came over and helped you take care of this.
Although Im not experinced in this, Im sure between the two of us we could've figured it out.
LMK if you ever decide to sell it. My girl wants a sixer Bird sooo bad (she cant drive my LS1 T56 LOL).

[whitdog54]

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What year impala, you should be able to get most of that smoke smell out.

Im not a fan of the G6 at all, very bland and I know someone on another forum was having lots of problems with theirs

[StrtRacer98]

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I dont get it, why dump money into your DD for you to buy a new DD because your DD is just not reliable anymore.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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I've personally never come across a car that had been smoked in that didn't still smell, despite all the things that were allegedly done to said cars to remove the odor.

[Atrum Rosa]

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My bird was a smoker's car, cigarette burns and everything. Febreeze is magic!

[truekoa]

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Good luck with your new DD!

Hope to see a thread in a few years about your sons working on your bird.

[ACiFiC]

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i guess depending on your goal with your car whether you want it to be a DD you can maybe make it into a race car now!

[Mighty Thor]

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I dont get it, why dump money into your DD for you to buy a new DD because your DD is just not reliable anymore.

He just wants to retire the bird from DD.

[Tlutz]

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Impala's give a great ride, have lots of room and about 26 mpg. I used to drive them all the time for work travel.

Keep the bird and have the boys help you fix it up. My two cents...

[Red&Black_Attack]

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I DD my '96 still... Once you replace everything drivetrain wise, once, it's like owning a new car. I've not had any problems for a good year and a half after my rebuild.

I say spend the coin and get it fixed and DD it still. You'd be saving $.

I REALLY think you shouldnt give up on it so soon. Your cars newer than mine! :P

Just IMHO. Good luck whatever you decide to do. :)

[Everglades W68]

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I got the Firebird back; it drives great. The engine is running so smooth now.

I'll start looking around for a replacement DD now. I want to keep the Firebird but just not drive it to and from work every day.

I like the Impala I saw but I'm a bit unsure if I want to deal with having to deodorize it. I'm concerned that the smoke smell couild keep coming back.

[nimrod.sixty9]

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Glad to hear shes back in order. But I have to ask; why the hell an Impala? I hate those damn things... Looks like every other car on the road. Your Bird does not. I understand retirement but... Why not go LS1 Bird or Camaro?

[Mighty Thor]

Re: My Firebird is undergoing surgery right now

I got the Firebird back; it drives great. The engine is running so smooth now.

I'll start looking around for a replacement DD now. I want to keep the Firebird but just not drive it to and from work every day.

I like the Impala I saw but I'm a bit unsure if I want to deal with having to deodorize it. I'm concerned that the smoke smell couild keep coming back.

That's great. So what kind of work was done on it?

The impala is nice. That's the car I rented from the Enterprise when we went to the Grand Canyon. It's a very comfortable ride and my back didn't hurt at all for driving 6 hours straight. Gas mileage was pretty good too.