Tires, rear shock mounts inspection/upgrade, coolant, battery, general service related items (oil, filter, grease, etc), brake fluid flush, misc. nuts and bolts tightening are all things you can do over the winter yourself or have done. Also SeaFoam in the fuel tank... maybe 2 cans.... great stuff....
I would guess the knock-off's are going to be.... "Difficult" for lack of a better word and will be your first real maintenance challenge. You'll also need some anti-seize for wheel reassembly.... search CC for varied opinions on this. You'll also need a good lead hammer to start with... bigger is better (Note: they are expendable tools...). I might suggest a section of a dense foam water pipe insulation be put on the wheel-well body lip when wielding the lead hammer on the knockoffs just in case... Nothing says "%$#@*! like taking off a section of fiberglass with the lead hammer. Also get a safety wire and a spinner tool, both available from Harbor Freight for knockoff reassembly.
Mike Stenhouse at Second Strike makes a great manual for the car too....
You can get lots of tips and help here on CC.
If you have Superformance questions feel free to contact me with a PM or email.
Blas
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How long was the test drive and how cold was it outside? Sam wondering if the oil temp gauge was not working, or if the oil had not warmed up enough for it to register. It can take a while for the oil to warm up, especially with an oil cooler.
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timemachine -- one of the benefits of these cars is that it gives you the ability to buy, and have custom built, all sorts of tools that you wouldn't think of. Like this little gem instead of that mutha thumper hammer:
Car belonged to dealers brother in law. Kept in his man cave at his house which is where I saw it. I have second home in NH and going to try and keep plate and register here. I’ll trailer it back and forth depending on season.
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I believe there is a Superperformance owners forum that you can join that is
exclusively for owners and can be a wealth of info for you. You can probably
google it or maybe someone here can give you the site. Let the fun begin!
Car belonged to dealers brother in law. Kept in his man cave at his house which is where I saw it. I have second home in NH and going to try and keep plate and register here. I’ll trailer it back and forth depending on season.
Are you goin to register it in Ma ???
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427 CSX 3000/4000 and Shelbys.
All gone ! Was a Hell of a run
Now ... The dogs car
Mercedes E63S station wagon. 603hp
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Also get a safety wire and a spinner tool, both available from Harbor Freight for knockoff reassembly.
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