The shell I'm going to look at is a 98 has 175k miles on it and the guy says it's the original tranny and motor but it's currently out of the car with a blown head gasket (from what he says). Wants $500 for the shell and $750 for all together. Good deal?

Thank you for that Turbosax.And pauleyman I completely understand your point but I'd rather go through a headache achieving a goal that I want, than getting aggervated from something I don't want. I'm asking these questions to gain knowledge like you have on these cars so I don't make a...

Building a Frankenstein motor is definitely not what I want to for do building this motor for the first time. I'm just trying to find the right platform for the power that I want

Hmmm so now my mind is racing on what to do lol. Now that I've actually got to talk to you guys who are knowledgeable about these cars I'm thinking about this 7 bolt.So first question is, how hard is it to find a true 98/99 motor and are there people selling them claiming to be 98/99 and...

So how can you tell if you have a 98-99 motor? Is there anything on the block/head indicating that its a 98-99. Also I see they use a different ecu, since the one these year models use is tune friendly I'm assuming it is better?Thought I had my build figured out.. guess not lol

I didnt think a stock tranny for a 200hp car would be able to hold that much, but I was going to wait until I actually got to that point to see what kind of mods needed to be done.Are there certain years of the 2gs that were just better? Had better brakes, bigger cooling system, etc?

So are these motors better at holding higher Hp, than the other 7 bolts? Or even hold power better than a 6 bolt? Or does the higher compression on a 7 bolt ruin high hp all together?

Sorry. Didn't know where to put this post as I have limited access as of right now to the site.So I've been doing research before I buy my first dsm. I'm wanting to do the 6 bolt because from what I'm reading it will hold up better to the power that id like to have.Now I've come across a...

Hey everyone. Wish I could tell you guys how super dope and hella fast my dsm is but sadly I do not have one atm lol.I do however have the hopes and dreams of building a nice 2g (gst)with a 6bolt swap. My goals would be 450-500hp on a stock block with upgraded internals (if I'm talking...