PurdueGuy's '97 SW2 "Green Dwagon"

[PurdueGuy]

Bought from Liam (liamrh) on Monday for $800

Currently deciding between fixing & flipping, or working the car over to use for my business (fix it up, put vinyls on it, etc).

Car (as purchased)
1997 Saturn SW2
-just over 190k miles on body
-manual trans
-manual windows
-manual locks
-ABS/Traction Control
-semi-rebuilt DOHC
-H&R Race springs
-ST Struts
-fidanza flywheel
-ACT organic street clutch
-AEM cold air intake (ebay ripoff)
-kumho ecsta asx's on front (almost new), snow tires on rear (very worn)
-glow gauges
-reworked exhaust (obx stainless header, no cat, large resonator, stock piping, aftermarket muffler)

Pics as purchased








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[blue00sl2]

Re: PurdueGuy's '97 SW2 "Green Dwagon"

Nice find

Needs some TLC, but at least you've got some decent stuff on the car already.

[PurdueGuy]

Re: PurdueGuy's '97 SW2 "Green Dwagon"

Nice find

Needs some TLC, but at least you've got some decent stuff on the car already.

Some of which will come off the car & go on my coupe.

http://www.sixthsphere.com/smf/index.php?topic=29376.0

[PurdueGuy]

Re: PurdueGuy's '97 SW2 "Green Dwagon"

Odds & ends I got with the car, as Liam got rid of all his extra stuff so he wouldn't have to move it.

Stock Parts
smooth idler pulley
91-99 tie plate
aluminum intake manifold (bare)
2 headlight bulbs
5 cluster bulbs
used clutch, pressure plate, & flywheel
set of main caps & bolts
used crank
throttlebody
swaybar endlinks (used, threw away)
used crank
wheelwell shrouds
stock rear swaybar
oem downpipe for header
stock intake
battery strap
emergency jack
ac compressor & pulley end bracket
aluminum intake manifold with fuel rail, throttlebody, MAP, PCV, vac lines
5-bolt cast exhaust manifold
serpentine belt tensioner
intake manifold wiring harness (threw away)
plastic valve cover (5-bolt head)
set of used pistons & rods
used timing set (threw away/recycled)
oil change pan
new? Fuel filter
oil pan
timing chain cover
oil pressure sender
flat faced valves
valve springs
valve keepers
cam caps & bolts
lifters
91-92 header (coated)
welded differential (needs bearing)
front knuckles
egr blockoff plate
4 sawtooth wheels (so-so clearcoat, no curbing)

Wheels & Tires
2 steelie wheels (15”) with studded snow tires
2 studded snow tires (unmounted)
2 oem hubcaps

Aftermarket
“Timex” brand electric oil pressure gauge
Autometer pro-comp ultralite AFR gauge
strut bar (no ends)
cherry bomb glasspack (unused, 35” end ot end, ~30” body, 3” in/out)
swaybar brackets (aftermarket)
aluminum 90 degree elbow & connector
alt underdrive pulley
2g vent gauge holder
pyle flip-out screen OLR7N
american racing center cap
silicone reducer
kats block heater

Tools
13mm craftsman shallow socket
'97 powertrain controls field service manual
s-series haynes manual
generic 7, 9, 11, 12mm sockets
funnel
piers (rusty, threw away)
engine stand
2 funnels
bore gauges

Various
2 small hose clamps
aluminum mug (threw away)
sony diskman
box of hefty trash bags
muffler clamps
roll of strap steel
accordion rubber tube (threw away)
sony li-ion laptop battery (recycled)

[hein]

Re: PurdueGuy's '97 SW2 "Green Dwagon"

keeper. cleaned up, & some tint, imo.
it'll be nice.



...to say,
hey honey,
I'm taking
the wagon.

[PurdueGuy]

Re: PurdueGuy's '97 SW2 "Green Dwagon"

My current estimates of what it'll cost me to get it set up like I want it are in the $1,000-1,500 range, which puts it just borderline on whether I think it's worth it.

[sw2low]

Re: PurdueGuy's '97 SW2 "Green Dwagon"

on two of my cars ive taken teh carpet out, hung it on a pole or something, and shampoo'd and powerwashed the hell outta it. Comes out looking REAaaall nice. Good luck with it. Chassis in good shape? no rust holes etc.

-RuD

[PurdueGuy]

Re: PurdueGuy's '97 SW2 "Green Dwagon"

on two of my cars ive taken teh carpet out, hung it on a pole or something, and shampoo'd and powerwashed the hell outta it. Comes out looking REAaaall nice. Good luck with it. Chassis in good shape? no rust holes etc.

-RuD

Chassis is great as far as I've seen (haven't crawled under it, but I have the carpet out, and have seen nothing on the car aside from a couple very very minor surface rust spots).

Already took the carpet to the local carwash & powerwashed it for quite a while with soap then rinse. Still plenty of stains, but it is better. If I keep it, the carpet will be replaced (~$10 at the u-pull-it, so why wouldn't I?)

I've started scrubbing down various trim pieces. The dash will have to be replaced if i keep it, as it has a gash in it. The dash top is being a pain - cleaning it just seems to reveal either dirt or sun damage in the grain. I've scrubbed it hard with various cleaners at least a half dozen times. Another part that should be cheap enough at the u-pull-it whenever I can get there.

The front end has a grinding noise that Liam attributed to the brakes, but I had my doubts since it didn't change much if at all when braking. Swapped some known good brakes off my sc2, and sure enough, it still sounds pretty bad. Suspect the front pass wheel bearing. The car already needs an alignment, so I'm probably just going to pick up a pair of knuckles with known good bearings from Hein at the next meet in a couple weeks.

I washed the car, and the paint doesn't have a lot of deep gouges, but has a TON of scuffs, swirls, etc in it. The hood also has a ton of rock chips. If I keep the car, I may look into what it would cost to have the hood repainted, as well as have the bumper covers touched up where they've been tapped & the paint damaged. The rest of the paint may be able to look pretty decent with a LOT of time with clay & polish. We'll see. Not going for showcar paint, but I'd like it to look a lot better than it does if I'm going to throw my biz logo on it and such.

While I was powerwashing, I hosed off the engine. I need to drive the car a little to get some oil to come out wherever it's leaking. At that point, I'll yank the engine/trans out, fix the leak, swipe the lw flywheel & act organic clutch, throw a standard flywheel & cheap new clutch I have in it, and put the drivetrain in the SL2 I have sitting out front. Fix a couple minor issues with it, drive it a bit to make sure everything's happy, then sell the SL2. Then, that money will be used for a total engine rebuild for the wagon, which I'll then either sell or finish fixing up for my biz.

Right now, I'm leaning toward keeping it, especially after the effort going to into scrubbing the trim & everything down to make it look all purdy.

[sleeperSL2]

Re: PurdueGuy's '97 SW2 "Green Dwagon"

Looks clean. gl with it.