https://www.3sgto.org/blogs/793-Boost4VR4 3000GT Stealth GTO Forum en Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:54:45 GMT vBulletin 60 https://www.3sgto.org/images/misc/rss.jpg https://www.3sgto.org/blogs/793-Boost4VR4 https://www.3sgto.org/entries/66-Dodge-Stealth-Base-Restore Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:21:34 GMT I know you will be saying why are you doing this... Well here goes nothing... I got the car from a fellow member here on the board a couple weeks... I know you will be saying why are you doing this... Well here goes nothing...

I got the car from a fellow member here on the board a couple weeks ago. It's running a bit rough, might have a grounding issue and a couple other issues. Overall, it's a good shape, certainly restorable and I figure, why not? Plus I am going to drive it back and forth for awhile, figure I can drive a 3/S and enjoy it while it lasts. Well apparently these SOHC engines are pretty much bulletproof of course the engine crank bearings being the weak point as any other 3/S will have. So here's the list that it needs:

Power steering leak fixed at the reservoir
Remove oil pan, check for bearing material in oil, undent oil pan, check bearing clearances, and check and/or replace oil pickup tube, reseal oil pan and install
Clutch pedal adjustment and if engagement not fixed, replace pressure plate and clutch disc (OEM)
Find bottom half of stock airbox and install drop in filter
Take front valve cover off, strip paint off and polish
Take intake plenum off strip paint off and polish
Rebuild throttle body, install new upper and lower intake gaskets
Figure out grounding issue and install new grounding wires and new power wire harness
Replace downpipe and catalytic converter
Replace shift boot and shift knob (stock charcoal)

Since I don't have a place to work on this car, I am sending it out to a local 3/S shop to get the work done on it.

In the meantime, I have found myself do some of the exterior work getting it nice and seeing if the car is restorable. After looking at the vast majority of the paint, I deem it restorable and may have some of the car repainted. Namely the passenger rear quarter panel and the front and back bumpers, the rest of the car looks nice and with some more rubbing compound and a light compound, the imperfections will be nonexistent.

So here's I had to work with to start:









I ripped out all of this junk out of the car:


And with some work this week, I spent a good portion of the week getting the ugly purple tint off. This was a chore despite steaming it off to get it to come off in one piece, no go, so I had to peel off the 2 layers of tint separately and steam it all off. Of course, the glass looks like shit, but I can't do much about it, so I will probably leave it for now. I am sure I could get the glass refinished if I wanted it to be perfect. Oh by the way, I hate window tint on my cars... ]]> Boost4VR4 https://www.3sgto.org/entries/66-Dodge-Stealth-Base-Restore