Does this look normal?

DetergentCandy · Post by **DetergentCandy** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:33 pm

Been looking for an SRT donor, and I came across this one.

39K miles

They say it runs. Obviously not drivable.

My concern is the engine bay...

It could just be the angle the picture is taken at...but does it look a little...off? Like, pushed up and to the left?

If so...should I be concerned? I know things are going to be shifted when a car has front end damage. But is there anything major that may be damaged from the looks of it?

g_force58 · Post by **g_force58** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:17 pm

I agree with you that the engine looks to be pushed back and to the left. Since it appears it was hit a bit harder on the right side that would seem normal. The gap between the v/c and cai looks to be smaller than normal, so I would think the engine is moved. Without being there and looking at the car, my take on things is that the motor is fine unless the alternator has hit the firewall and bad things happened to the mount holes.

titansxt · Post by **titansxt** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:28 pm

Looks fine to me. Looks more like it hit something down low.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 1:12 am

Hope that you can salvage it. That front end is depressing me.

DetergentCandy · Post by **DetergentCandy** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:48 pm

I'm gonna try! I'll know by the end of the week if it's mine!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:08 pm

It looks like the coil pack is almost touching the firewall

If so, check it over carefully.

Oh, and I call dibs on the rear bumper

DetergentCandy · Post by **DetergentCandy** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:44 pm

I'll be taking deposits for all dibs.
Did I mention they're non-refundable?

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:49 pm

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:24 pm

That's nothing. My oil pan was pushed into the steering rack. My motor should run, being the block or nothing else was cracked. We'll find out soon enough.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:45 pm

request a video of it running?

long shot but lol

ive seen working motors come out of worst
THIS however does not mean there couldnt be something broke

H3LL_RaYzA · Post by **H3LL_RaYzA** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:53 am

The tranny mount might be broken. Usually in hard front hits like that its the first thing to break. My donor was hit on the front passneger side and it pushed the engine over so hard that it snapped the mount in half. The bolts where still in the tranny undamaged but the mount itself was finished.

Post by **Canada** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:35 am

I would be very nervous about cracks in the block, or mounting tabs, etc...

Look it over well, and hopefully it works out for you.

Post by **jonnymopar** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:17 am

Man I wish these cars would show up around here. There's NOTHING for SRTs (or 2nd gens in general) in scrap yards.

DetergentCandy · Post by **DetergentCandy** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:39 pm

I've given up looking through scrap yards :/
I'll probably end up finding one through an auction like the white one.

So....the white one sold. Hopefully someone will bring it back to life!

All the "dib" deposits have been spent already. Please try again next time.

I actually didn't pursue it. It was far too short notice for me.
I've got my eye on a red one that will go up for auction next month.
10K more miles, but the interior is cleaner, and the car looks bone stock! Well...it did before the wreck

I'm a lot more confident about this one. I'll have a bit more fundage by then, and i've got a friend lined up with a trailer for if I do win the auction.
Cross your fingers for me!

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:47 pm

jonnymopar wrote:Man I wish these cars would show up around here. There's NOTHING for SRTs (or 2nd gens in general) in scrap yards.

i seen one 2gn in a scrap yard near me in 5 years of going

always 1gn stuff (lawl big reason i bought one )

yeah alot fo srt's dont make it to junkyards

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:37 pm

Fuzzyneon wrote:
jonnymopar wrote:Man I wish these cars would show up around here. There's NOTHING for SRTs (or 2nd gens in general) in scrap yards.
i seen one 2gn in a scrap yard near me in 5 years of going

always 1gn stuff (lawl big reason i bought one )

yeah alot fo srt's dont make it to junkyards

There was that one 2gn with the race exhaust when we went with Chris and his dad lol.