PurdueGuy's '99 SC2 project car

[PurdueGuy]

As-bought
$1,000
'99 SC2 - 3 door
Gold exterior with stock spoiler
Tan cloth interior
No evidence of any bad wrecks, but some evidence of minor dings (spiderwebbed paint on rear bumper, etc).
Stock alloy wheels
Automatic transmission (no reverse)
Non-ABS brakes
AC
Cruise
Tape deck with EQ
front speakers blown, rear speakers Sony junk
Tan interior with some burn marks and tears in fabric (seats and headliner), not bad, but not great
Carpet was "crunchy" from mildew, there apparently had been water in the car at some point, and there was evidence of broken glass, probably the passenger door window. Found a small hole in the passenger floorboard, apparently a drain hole for the water.

Mod list:

Mechanical/Drivetrain
Automatic to manual transmission swap with welded differential pin ~$450 (winter '06-'07)
2nd gen DOHC with SCAT rods, hyper pistons, and ported head (added mid '09)
MOS short shifter with stock leather shift knob ~$45(summer '07)
AEM CAI (added fall '07)
SpeedRemedy all-aluminum radiator (added late '07)
Groundpounder TAM (added 9/08 )
Air compressor moisture filter catch can on PCV system (added ?)

Exhaust
Custom 2.5" mandrel bend exhaust system (added mid '09)
91-92 header & downpipe (added mid '09)
new flexpipe (added mid '09)
extra O2 sensor bung (added mid '09)
high flow cat (Magnaflow) (added mid '09)
23" resonator (Magnaflow) (added mid '09)
Thrush Turbo muffler (added mid '09)
Stainless tip (added mid '09)
Stock routing (added mid '09)

Wheels & Tires
15" Aftermarket split 6 spoke wheels (unsure of kind) [for daily driving] $50 (spring '07)
Falken Ziex ZE-512 205/50/15 All-Season tires [for daily driving]
Spun SPK-9 "Web" wheels, 16X7, 17.2lb, white [for autox] $325 (4/09)

Braking
Hawk front brake pads (added 5/08 )
Rear disk swap (EverWear Gold pads)(added 5/08 )
Goodridge stainless brake lines (added 5/08 )

Suspension
(Removed) E-bay front strut bar (added sometime in '07)
AMR front strut bar (added 5/15 )
Twistec rear strut bar (added 5/08 )
H&R Sport lowering springs (added 5/08 )
KYB Struts (added 5/08 )
RPM 17.5mm adjustable rear swaybar and FunkyMonkey endlinks (added 5/08 )
Rebuilt front suspension (winter '11-'12)
- Control arms
- Tie rod ends (Moog)
- Wheel bearings
- Hub
- Sandblasted & Painted knuckles
- Energy Suspension Poly bushings (sway bar)

Audio
Alpine head unit with CD / USB / Aux / Bluetooth / Microphone (added 5/15)
Upgraded speakers - Sony XPlod rear 6.5" (added ?), salvage yard aftermarket front 6.5" speakers (added ?)

Interior
Overhead console with CD storage, sunglasses storage, operational Homelink, space for a couple aftermarket gauges, and map lights that function as the dome light (added fall '07)
Passenger seat adjustable lumbar support (added summer '07)
Rear view mirror with map lights (added sometime in '07)
Leather steering wheel (stock) (added fall '07)
Leather e-brake handle (stock) (added 9/08 )
Full black interior swap (added 10/08 )
Custom black headliner shaped to fit overhead console (added 11/08 )
Custom black interior trim above beltline (added 11/08 )
Custom shifter plate instead of shift boot (added fall '07)

Exterior
Clear corner lights (added sometime in '07)
Corner light turn signal mod (added 9/08 ) - with amber LED corner light / turn signal bulb (added 5/15)
Hidden antenna mod (added fall '08 )

[PurdueGuy]

Re: PurdueGuy's '99 SC2 project car

Overhead console with CD storage, sunglasses storage, Homelink, and space for a couple aftermarket gauges:
(taken from a late '90s Chevy Suburban)






Still to do:
-Redo the gray headliner fabric on the console. Same fabric will be used for the console as the headliner.
-Get custom plate for the old HVAC controls hole, made to hold either 2 aftermarket gauges or a SAFC2 controller.

[PurdueGuy]

Re: PurdueGuy's '99 SC2 project car

Started doing a black fabric wrap on the plastic trim above the beltline.

1st piece done (trim piece on B-pillar part of 3rd door)


Installed:


Will redo the headliner as well, as soon as I get the LeSabre sun visors in.

Headliner material:
(black matches fabric on trim above, but headliner material has a lined pattern. Not as shiny as it looks in this pic)

[PurdueGuy]

Re: PurdueGuy's '99 SC2 project car

AEM CAI
(engine bay's dirty - it's winter [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif[/img])

[PurdueGuy]

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Rear View Mirror with Maplights:
(taken from a Chevy Corsica)

[PurdueGuy]

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Speed Remedy all-aluminum radiator
(bought secondhand, no longer sold to my knowledge)

[PurdueGuy]

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The BOG (Box O' Goodies) arrived from Adam (ufppyro)!
(ended up being Boxes of Goodies, but it's all good! )



Rotors


Brackets for rear strut bar


H&R Sport springs on KYB GR-2 struts (a.k.a. my Peanutek suspension)

[The Shaolin]

Re: PurdueGuy's '99 SC2 project car

looking good, nice to see you finally drop some money on a car [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif[/img] Keep us updated on the build progress.

[PurdueGuy]

Re: PurdueGuy's '99 SC2 project car

looking good, nice to see you finally drop some money on a car [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif[/img] Keep us updated on the build progress.

lol I dropped the money in the late fall/early winter, but stuff kept coming up for pyro and parts couldn't come off the car & get shipped til recently.

[Broder45]

Re: PurdueGuy's '99 SC2 project car

I really like how you added the cd area with the gauges (have you put those in yet?)
are you going to be keeping it the gold color, or changing it to black like the lining you put in.
anyways, any more recent additions done to it?

[Broder45]

Re: PurdueGuy's '99 SC2 project car

also, I bought my 97 SC2 with 93k miles on it, good condition, scratches here and there, brand new tires, brand new brakes and ac system and new head unit for radio- got it for 4k, was that a good deal?
and I dont have the third door [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/sad.gif[/img]

[PurdueGuy]

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no gauges yet, still waiting on the plate, and money to buy gauges. lol I may end up making a temporary filler plate out of plastic sometime, just to close the hole.

I wouldn't have paid that much for a '97, but it'll probably still be a good car, so don't keep yourself awake at night over it. [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/wink.gif[/img]

[PurdueGuy]

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Pics after installing the parts from the box o' goodies, plus rear disk swap:

[PurdueGuy]

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Added:
Groundpounder (need to pull it back out & press the bushing in better)

Leather e-brake handle

floormats (got them & the e-brake handle for $6, they're better than the uber cheap floormats I had. lol)


Also, pictures of stuff that was already on the car:

Rear disk swap

MOS short shifter (and a ghetto plate I made since my stock boot was junk and wouldn't fit with the shifter anyway)

[PurdueGuy]

Re: PurdueGuy's '99 SC2 project car

Went to pick up a couple bolts at the junkyard yesterday, and low & behold, they had a '99 SC2 with black interior in the yard. Unfortunately, this yard is pretty pricey usually, so I wasn't sure it would be worth it to buy, but I went ahead & got it for about $265 with tax. Got:

-front and rear seats
-door panels (including 3rd door)
-door trim
-rear seat trim pieces
-carpet
-floormats
-full dash assembly
-rear deck cover





The plan is to gut the SC2, then put in just the carpet, driver's seat, and dash at first. Then I will put in one piece at a time, and let the groundpounder tell me where the squeeks & rattles are, and try to reduce or eliminate most of them.