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Old 10-29-08, 12:39 AM
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What first?

What should i start fixing first? Just a quick basic tune up?
Old 10-29-08, 01:12 PM
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What car do you have? What shape is it in? Did you just buy it, inherit it or is it doing something weird?

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with out knowing the model i would say do what you would do for any car needing maintenance fluids , spark plugs , filters ect and check everything else out.
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Oil change.
Clean the car so it is SPOTLESS.
Change all the rest of the fluids.
Distributor car/ rotor and new NGK plugs and wires.
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do the reliablity mods, try searching there's a list out there
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take it or a good ride and see what it needs!!! Change fluids, tune up, power mods, suspension upgrades then tires to hold it all to the road!!
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take it out and beat on it, if something breaks thats what you should fix first!!!
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yeah if you havn't done the basic 60k tune-up I would jump on that
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
thats a very helpful guide.
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WA Set the Start Point

I would say CLEAN the car well... Then drive it 5-10 miles to see how it rides...From there as everybody else said a tune-up... and if you bought the car from somebody you dont know.. do a very in-depth tune up.. Check all hoses, lines, battery, fluids.. if the car smokes try to identifiy what it may be, check the entire exhaust for rust, cracks, breaks, holes... Tires Tires Tires... even if they look good make sure there is no drying or cracking... I hate hearing that a car gets wrecked because a bad tire went out.. tires a relativly cheap for all year 7's but you get what you pay for.. with tires check you brakes and suspension.... You want to make sure the car is sound.. restore the car to what it is then go from there... putting performance parts on a car that may not run well is not a good thing to do your just gonna add more headache to your fun project...
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Thanks guys. Its a 87 Turbo II and i guess its in a fairly good shape, friends told me i can do basic tune ups like spark plugs and wires and all that stuff, oil change too just incase. Helpful people in here i tell ya hehe.




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