Used Superformance or New Backdraft from Vintage

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Originally Posted by madmaxx

I will list every prob I sorted. Bdr/SPF
1) turn signal mechanism wire pinched between column and dash-$40
2) pinched ignition wire to ignition module - a biatch to find after 3 igniton modules fried-$60
3) oil temp gauge - I May have broke -$100
4) eratic tach reading -wired wrong -$100
5) Ebrake adjustment-all cars-$50
6) oil pressure drop under high rpm - mellon oil pump loose clearance-$100
7) water pump backing plate coolant leak- piss poor design from Ford-$100
8) thermostat housing leak- orig owner never retorqued-$50
9) paint / fiberglass on one panel
10) wrong motor mounts on both SPF oltoff only right mount to use-$250
11) fuel gauge reading wrong - sending unit needed adjusted-$75
12) valve cover gasket leak- orig owner never torqued-$50
13) intake manifold leak- orig owner never torqued-$50
14) rear diff leak, never fixed small drip one drop a week at worst-$50
15) clutch slave cylinder replacement / alignment on all $15.00 part-$75
16) exhaust header gasket leak orig owner never torqued-$100
17) convex mirror on fender mirror to make functional
18) brake booster vacuum source shared with PVC . Changed to dedicated source$75
19) carburator way out of adjustment - no cost - just one engine. Blykins -refused to sale me a new one until I tried adjusting this one. Wouldn't take my money, he was right.-$200
20) extremely tight throttle return spring set up. Spring mounted to wrong boss could barely push pedal!-$50
21) door latch rattle, tightened two screws.-$50
22) clutch pedal would not rock freely on mount very annoying used Drexel to countour so it would rock on mount without "snagging"-$50
23) oil pressure sending tube popped out and leaked oil everywhere. Replace with braided line$150
24) terminal broke on coil. Wire didn't come out, terminal didn't come loose it broke in half. Freaky as it had slack in wire.-$150
Cosmetic issues
1) headlight bezels, license plate light rust through chrome. Must not have used nickel before chroming
2) side pipe ceramic coating rust bloom
3) wood steering wheel polyurethane flaking. Prob from use

Zero transmission, suspension or rearend problems, never a vibration prob. Better than my lexus!


Some took 20 minute other took 60 hrs.

Over $2000 on nickel and dime items that I hadn't even considered.

At that point, I would say $5000 might be a little low on the budget side.