1987 corsica ghettomobile

[steveo]

my winter beater, due for retirement in a few months

so far $0 except for insurance, i run it on rancid boat gas with a bit of injector cleaner to keep it from clogging up

haven't lost a race yet, and so far no vehicle inspections even though the cops stare at me

so here's the mods

ghetto tachometer, from a boat.. attached with 'gorilla glue' and electrical tape

http://resfilter.net/files/etc/corsica/DSCN1352.jpg

ghetto stereo, attached with zapstraps and electrical tape

http://resfilter.net/files/etc/corsica/DSCN1353.jpg

ghetto short ram intake. leftover k&n and an exhaust bellows from a boat for an intake elbow

http://resfilter.net/files/etc/corsica/DSCN1354.jpg

ghetto power steering cap retainer. it broke when it smashed into the hood when i did a brakestand (the engine mounts are all broken). yes, that brown stuff on the belt is power steering fluid

http://resfilter.net/files/etc/corsica/DSCN1355.jpg

ghetto square exhaust tips, leftover from an old camaro. they were a bit big, used a half a roll of duct tape and LOTS of torque, smashed the muffler up putting them on. sounds hilarious (gutted the cats too)

http://resfilter.net/files/etc/corsica/DSCN1358.jpg

ghetto parking pawl. broke the parking pawl by bumping it into park by accident when i was smashed doing burnouts in reverse

http://resfilter.net/files/etc/corsica/DSCN1360.jpg

i miss my camaro a lot

[allpontiacs]

That is seriously fucking awesome

[90_383]

good job

[90_383]

gotta see if it floats now that its got all the boat mods

[Jessev]

the 2.8s aren't that bad either for what they are lol

[chevyman]

bought at duncan hyundai hey lol...im in vic just about everyday, Ill keep an eye out for that gem...she seriously is a beast haha

[Bing]

lol i had a 88, it was rusted so bad my jack went up and into the car when i tried to change out a flat

[90_383]

POST PICS lol

[Bing]

lol this was very long ago, before I had a digital camera

[steveo]

haha yea.. i had to take the wheel off to unstick a brake caliper, and i couldn't find a place to jack it from that didn't look like it would bust apart.. so i strung up the whole fucking car by the roof on our boat lift at work

it didnt seem to affect anything at the time, but i think that might be one reason the windshield is falling apart, and the doors just don't close right anymore

then i went to drill a drain hole for all the rancid water that keeps pooling up in the floor pans, and the drill went right through before i got a chance to hit the trigger

[Jessev]

that's one sweet drill

[allpontiacs]

Haha that reminds of that Cavalier I had, I came out one day and the drivers side had 2" of water in it, I couldn't drive it without getting soaked and I had no power tools so I took a 3" nail and hammered it through the floor in a few places. Ah beaters

[90_383]

lol gotta love them

[CamaroRobZ28beer]

beaters are amazing, they make your year sometimes

[jerome's T/A]

I hate to bring up a dead thread but i had a 91 corsica and i put that thing through more hell then it deserved and the poor little 3.1 had about 280,000 miles when it finally laid over.i miss that little piece of shit lol

[86 red dragon]

this thread is old. lol i gotta get a beater next winter when my car comes off the road.

[90_383]

it needs hydros

[steveo]

now it's parked, but i'm suprised it made it through the winter

i did a few sustained 6000rpm runs against some kids with hondas and it's making a funny clicky wrist pin noise, but i think it'll last next winter too

best $0 i ever spent, i swear

at the very least it kept the road salt and shit off the camaro

[SkullcrusherR7U]

How much truth to it's kill list? lol

[86 red dragon]

How much truth to it's kill list? lol

nobody knew they were racing. lol

[steveo]

nobody knew they were racing. lol

they're serious kills.. they watched in disbelief as this weight stripped noisy little peice of shit took them out to 150kph (that's as fast as i'll go in this car, the suspension is fucked)

the mitsubishi should have killed me, i've since driven it and it's quick.. he said he missed a gear, still very embarrasing.. but it is a vert, and they're 4200 pounds i hear

the foxbodies i beat them both by at least a car length, it was from a roll..

and they were pushing it.. although to be honest, they both looked like beaters too, and they might have been afraid to throw a rod or something, whereas i had that thing shifting at redline

the truck was my dad's... empty load too.. that one was funny.. i think he might need a tuneup

[Bing]

lol makes me miss my 89 accord

i need 0 dollar cars as well

[86 red dragon]

we should all get $0 beaters and have a meet

[90_383]

lol that would be a good meet

[Bing]

lol who ever gets there and drives back wins

oh wait that's a camaro meet... OH SNAP

[90_383]

lol

[86 red dragon]

haha yup.

[steveo]

ever since i got this peice of junk i've tried to get some people together for a beater meet on the island

could do rollover competitons and hit to pass deathmatches in parking lots

also could do a burnout contest front bumper to front bumper, see who gets pushed back

[90_383]

i like the hit to pass idea

[86 red dragon]

hit to pass and front bumper thing, its like tug of war but a pushing war. we gotta do a beater meet!

[90_383]

need a good place to do it .... that a bunch of beater would make it to

[CamaroRobZ28beer]

alright get beaters and lemme know when this meet is going down heh

[Sig]

the foxbodies i beat them both by at least a car length, it was from a roll..

and they were pushing it.. although to be honest, they both looked like beaters too, and they might have been afraid to throw a rod or something, whereas i had that thing shifting at redline

4 cyl fox bodies are probably the slowest vehicles on earth

[steveo]

they were both 5.0s

[chevyman]

thats hilarious man

[CamaroRobZ28beer]

beating cars that do 13's/14's eh?