Hesitant on buying this

[sparco431]

Ok so I posted this in the what's this dsm worth but got no replys. I need some help because I'm going to do the stuff for the car today and need advice. I've been thinking the past couple days and have become more hesitant on buying this car and am having second thoughts. It seems like it's a really good deal almost too good to be true. The compression on the motor was next to perfect but I'm still scared that there might be something wrong with the car



alright so i went to see this car Saturday and pretty much we came down to the last step to complete the paperwork but i saw the smog was 5 months old and i would have to get it smogged again. hes telling me the car wont pass smog because of the aftermarket cams and bigger injectors he has put in and stuff so were gunna go to the dmv together on monday to see if theyll put it under my name there with us together cause he just paid for the new registration and everything about a month ago. so before everything goes through i want to see what you guys think

its a 1998 eclipse GST charcoal gray. i would give the body and paint a 8 out of 10. the motor seemed pretty healthy from what i could tell. i did a cold compression test on the car and it was at 180 175 175 180 on the cylinders. that seems damn good too me. the car has a freshly rebuilt motor with only 10k on it and a brand new tre transmission. and a act clutch and lightweight flyweel that was barely put in. the car has a bunch of mods big front mount intercooler, hard pipe with greddy bov, intake, bigger injectors, 16g turbo, 02 housing, catch can with breather, downpipe, SAFC, boost gauge, oil pressure gauge theres prob more that im forgetting.
the only things wrong with the car are a bad power steering pump so theres no powersteering whatsoever (a real workout to drive ) no ac because the compressor has gone bad, and a leaking valve cover. the guy is the original owner of the car and has a ton of receipts, he also says that all the work on this car has been done at road race engineering.

i have a couple questions

will the powersteering pump off a 95 gs fit on this 98 gst??

i saw on here a week or so ago someone posted a link to a website where you can buy powdercoated valve covers for really cheap. if anyone can find that that would be great.

and the last thing is the cams, i really dont have much experience with aftermarket cams. but the car was idling not too good it would jump up and down from 700-1500 and it sounded like it was constantly misfiring but i think thats normal and it sounded pretty much like all the other cars ive heard that they say theyve putten in different cams but is that normal?. the guy said the cel light was on from this because of the bigger injectors and cams and once i put the stock cams in the light still wont go away. how hard is it to put the stock cams back in?

heres the link to the ad let me know what you guys think....thanks:thumbsup:

 

[LiquidX]

You don't have a link posted, but I would find out exactly why it's not passing smog. If in need of an AC compressor, pm me as I have one to get rid of.

Cams and injectors won't throw a CEL. Have him take it to Autozone to get the CEL read with you there. As for the idle, it may be the ISC going bad or a bad front O2 sensor.

 

[sparco431]

I did post a link at the bottom of the page that is working for me, is it not working for you?

So i just got back from the triple A office, and the lady there said we were good to go to transfer the title and everything under my name with no problems.

We are meeting up there again tomorrow to hopefully seal the deal, im almost 100 percent sure that i am going to buy it. The cel light is for random misfires, whatever it is it cant be that big of a problem so im not too worried about the cel. the car has perfect compression with a brand new tranny and clutch so there really isnt much to worry about.

ill keep you guys posted