1986 GLHS Engine Bay Restoration

[Marcus86GLHS]

TODD all the vacuum lines are original i just cleaned them all up and restored the friction tape wrapping where necessary.

coils of OEM-style vacuum tubing can be purchased from McMaster-Carr its 5/32" dia hard plastic. you can go to their website and search it out.

[mikesglh]

My glh was ordered without air, then had dealer air installed. Im 43 now so im glad its got it. that is probley the nicest glhs ive seen, thanks for the pic.

[BUCKWHEAT]

would you be interested in a trade

[Marcus86GLHS]

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Originally Posted by BUCKWHEAT would you be interested in a trade

who me?

no i wont ever sell or trade this car, thanks.

[SUPER60omni]

Hahahaha, Marcus would probly sacrafice a body part before he gave up his GLHS :)

[BUCKWHEAT]

i was going to offer my right and left nut

[Marcus86GLHS]

the cold fact is that none of these 86S cars are really worth a ton of money. i'd rather have a fun hobby car like a glhs than the few measley dollars they might fetch.

[BUCKWHEAT]

i know what you mean i got like $5,000 into acar that has a value of about $600.00

[Marcus86GLHS]

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Originally Posted by BUCKWHEAT i know what you mean i got like $5,000 into acar that has a value of about $600.00

sounds like standard operating procedure for 99% of the turbo dodges. i got just shy of 20 grand into mine at this point.

then again, you could shell out 90 grand for a new Viper, own/drive it for two years, and it would be worth about 50 grand......40 grand for two years use? makes restoring a turbo dodge appear smart.

[ShelbyTC16v]

Marcus, you did an awesome job!! Would you want to come up to my house and do my 87 GLHS? I would let you.

[Marcus86GLHS]

^thanks. well i dont do this for a living of course not but i would be happy to help w/ any advise. the total process is not at all difficult or even that expensive if you do it yourself, its more a matter of hundreds of small tasks, the hardest part being the striping and prep of the sheet metal underhood. I spent about 200 hours just on paint prep for the underhood sheet metal areas. i think spending the extra effort to use abrasive blasting media for paint prep is the way to go underhood due to the nooks and crannies that must be prepped.

one thing that you should be aware of: maintenance. if you choose to go this detailed, and you want to drive your car, you will need at least 1 hour of cleaning for every hour on the road to maintain the appearance, and it's a real pain in the butt. If you drive the car in the rain routinely I'd skip this whole idea as that type of driving will destroy the detailing. so think about that chore before going forward.

[ShelbyTC16v]

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Originally Posted by Marcus86GLHS ^thanks. well i dont do this for a living of course not but i would be happy to help w/ any advise. the total process is not at all difficult or even that expensive if you do it yourself, its more a matter of hundreds of small tasks, the hardest part being the striping and prep of the sheet metal underhood. I spent about 200 hours just on paint prep for the underhood sheet metal areas. i think spending the extra effort to use abrasive blasting media for paint prep is the way to go underhood due to the nooks and crannies that must be prepped. one thing that you should be aware of: maintenance. if you choose to go this detailed, and you want to drive your car, you will need at least 1 hour of cleaning for every hour on the road to maintain the appearance, and it's a real pain in the butt. If you drive the car in the rain routinely I'd skip this whole idea as that type of driving will destroy the detailing. so think about that chore before going forward.

I think it's great how you did such a fantastic job and you didn't pull the motor!

My "S" doesn't see rain and hasn't seen the road since 2006 so there's no problems there. But yes you're right, a lot of maintenance to keep a car looking that nice, even if it doesn't get driven at all.

[Marcus86GLHS]

you really dont need to pull the motor to get a good job, and leaving it in place really simplifies the project if there's no other reason to remove the engine (like an engine overhaul for example).

sounds like your S is a great candidate for this kind of work, so will you be pulling the trigger?

do you have any pix of your car & engine bay that you can share? r-u in NE-SDAC?

[ShelbyTC16v]

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Originally Posted by Marcus86GLHS you really dont need to pull the motor to get a good job, and leaving it in place really simplifies the project if there's no other reason to remove the engine (like an engine overhaul for example). sounds like your S is a great candidate for this kind of work, so will you be pulling the trigger? do you have any pix of your car & engine bay that you can share? r-u in NE-SDAC?

I probably won't be doing it this year, probably next year. I'm putting the finishing touches on my Masi set up right now.

I don't have any recent pics of my S car and no I'm not in NESDASC. I am just around the corner from Baker though.

[Marcus86GLHS]

join NE-SDAC, our members have some of the nicest, and quickest turbo dodge cars out there. we need an 87S in the ranks as we havent seen one at any of our events in a long time.