what do you guys think of buying a car ,lt1 with 129,000 miles. yay or nay.Loooking at 93 vette, body very nice, red, they are putting a new interior in it(seats and carpet).price 9995.everything stock.no warranty.Of course my mechanic would do a compression check, check sensors and modules for me.shouldnt that engine last 200,000 miles easy?to the naked eye water pump and opti looks original. thanks snareman. I would give my son the 93z and we would have 93z and 93 vette.

 

Hey dude,
i thought the same thing about the LT1. I bought a 96 z28 with 96000 miles and it is the cleanest (used) motor I've ever seen and I've had nothing but problems. Keep getting a 300 multiple random misfire code after i ran it about a thousand miles. I'm trying to get it diagnosed as we speak so really i guess it all depends on how lucky you are!!!

 

that sounds like optispark.the thing about that mileage is the car probably has had alot of owners.alot of things besides opti and waterpump can go out in a vette.1-climate contol,2-asr module(antislip regulator)3vettes are very expensive when things go bad.May just put a badass cam in mine. hell everything else has been replaced!

 

oh by the way my opti in my z went out at 99,000 miles. first water pump then it took the opti out. replaced it with factory ac/delco unit with my msd cap and rotor on it. runs fine now!if its opti--parts ladi online cheapest I have seen. my 93 non vented was 319 shipped!

 

The price seems high for a 15 year old vette with high mileage. Otherwise, an LT1 can hit 200K no problem depending how it was maintained over the years.

 

The LT1 is a damn good engine IMO, my 97 Z has 157K on it & runs like it has 50K, it all depends on how it taken care of, also had a 95 Z with 144K & it ran strong too, so 129K is nothin for an LT1, but that price is on the steep side.

 

oil change history is a good thing to find out. I bought my 95 and after talking with the owner (ALWAYS MOBIL 1) I was confident about the motor (96k at purchase). I put a cam and heads in it at 100k and it is one of the cleanest motors I have ever opened up!

nevermind the media blasted heads look at how clean the inside of the valley is! There was no varnish or anything! very very clean

 

Problem is, the chances of it being beaten on and not properly maintained are greater than a car that was taken care of, beaten on or babied. A lot of these engines have been abused and neglected and people just sell them when the problems start.

 

^ true, mine needed a clutch after I bought it

 

I think the price is high.

 

i have 176K miles on the 96 trans am at this point and its running fine. sure its got a nice exhaust leak, rattles like no tomorrow, suspension is soft and i finally had to do the opti around 165K(went through a huge puddle in a rain storm), but everything else is fine and still chugging. AC still works too. IF it wasn't raced or neglected, the major components are probably fine. price is high though.