# New car **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 11, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729 "2007-03-11T19:29:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SR20drftSX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sr20drftsx/32/4969_2.png) [@SR20drftSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SR20drftSX)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/1 "2007-03-11T19:29:57Z")
so this weekend im selling my car and making the purchase of another…its an 84 pontiac trans-am with a 305 , auto , ram air factory , 50 series tires , PA car (no rust) really clean body , auto but with a shift kit , 90k original miles , only probs are the choke was stickin so the guy wired it open so when its warm itll run like it should , is there any way to fix this? and also for some reason the headlights will not come up by themselves , when yu turn them under the hood they but otherwise not , any suggestions for this either…also any suggestion on anything else would be greatly appreciated.! whats the gas mileage for one of these and also reliability issues…shoot em out…ill post pics after i recieve the car…thanks Garrett;) ---
**Author:** ![woz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/woz/32/7605_2.png) [@woz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/woz)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/2 "2007-03-11T19:37:52Z")
u sold the 240 for an fbod? tdown ---
**Author:** ![SR20drftSX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sr20drftsx/32/4969_2.png) [@SR20drftSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SR20drftSX)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/3 "2007-03-11T19:41:11Z")
tdown , is that good? haha ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/4 "2007-03-11T19:49:30Z")
[quote=“originalsin,post:2,topic:25729"”] u sold the 240 for an fbod? tdown [/quote] +1 ---
**Author:** ![SR20drftSX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sr20drftsx/32/4969_2.png) [@SR20drftSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SR20drftSX)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/5 "2007-03-11T19:54:07Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![Kramer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kramer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Kramer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/6 "2007-03-11T19:56:00Z")
you best be dropping something a little more stout than a 305 in it ---
**Author:** ![SR20drftSX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sr20drftsx/32/4969_2.png) [@SR20drftSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SR20drftSX)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/7 "2007-03-11T20:09:45Z")
like? 350? 400? how hard is a motor swap with one of these…i have no experience with these ---
**Author:** ![MonteCarloChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@MonteCarloChick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MonteCarloChick)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/8 "2007-03-11T20:13:28Z")
572 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SR20drftSX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sr20drftsx/32/4969_2.png) [@SR20drftSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SR20drftSX)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/9 "2007-03-11T20:16:48Z")
[quote=“MonteCarloChick,post:8,topic:25729"”] 572 🙂 [/quote] will you buy it for me?:biglaugh: ---
**Author:** ![MonteCarloChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@MonteCarloChick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MonteCarloChick)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/10 "2007-03-11T20:23:02Z")
😛 ---
**Author:** ![onefst240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onefst240/32/7224_2.png) [@onefst240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/onefst240)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/11 "2007-03-11T20:35:55Z")
My dad has a 327 for sale. It makes 400 hp he wants 2000. It has alot of new stuff in it. ---
**Author:** ![SR20drftSX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sr20drftsx/32/4969_2.png) [@SR20drftSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SR20drftSX)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/12 "2007-03-11T20:45:28Z")
as in he has the WHOLE car for sale? or hes sellin JUST the motor? the guy im buyin this f bod from lives 5 minutes away from me ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mr_t/32/7454_2.png) [@Mr\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mr_T)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/13 "2007-03-11T20:49:30Z")
240sx to a fbod???, that was a clean 240 too man ,shoulda kept it.Good luck with what ever you do tho. ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/14 "2007-03-11T20:57:34Z")
lol hopefully you’re not tall,im like 6’4 and could ride with my head sticking out of the T-Top. Motor swap = Mad easy Reliability = Very Gas Mileage = 10-12 around town,maybe 15 on the highway. ---
**Author:** ![onefst240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onefst240/32/7224_2.png) [@onefst240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/onefst240)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/15 "2007-03-11T21:14:40Z")
[quote=“SR20drftSX,post:12,topic:25729"”] as in he has the WHOLE car for sale? or hes sellin JUST the motor? the guy im buyin this f bod from lives 5 minutes away from me [/quote] Motor Only. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/16 "2007-03-11T21:29:46Z")
good move :tup: lets see pics but yeah ditch the 305 ---
**Author:** ![bladez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bladez/32/7237_2.png) [@bladez](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bladez)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/17 "2007-03-11T21:34:28Z")
oroc still has his 383 for sale 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jeeves744](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeeves744/32/7619_2.png) [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/18 "2007-03-11T21:35:57Z")
[quote=“95mx6,post:13,topic:25729"”] 240sx\>fbod, that was a clean 240 too man ,shoulda kept it.Good luck with what ever you do tho. [/quote] :lol: ^55985794857439569769675096984 based on what? congrats on the buy. You will probably want to find your way over to [newyorkfbody.com](http://newyorkfbody.com) for your fbody questions. ---
**Author:** ![RyanA96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@RyanA96](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RyanA96)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/19 "2007-03-11T21:58:43Z")
240sx (V8 Swap or rb26 or rb25) \> F-bod ---
**Author:** ![Kramer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kramer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Kramer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729/20 "2007-03-11T22:00:42Z")
def pretty easy of a swap, prolly in a weeked of less [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car/25729.md?page=2)