I got this car back in october for $1200 with a blown head gasket. I rebuilt the engine and here is the result. What do you guys think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sKASSbEWrU

 

She looks to be in good shape.

Your engine setup is almost exactly like mine. Your muffler is most likely a Flowmaster's 80 series. It sounds like my Flowmaster and I have Flowmaster's catback system 17133(comes with 80 series muffler).

Just to answer a couple of questions in your video. The front bumper on your car is stock, but has been repainted. The area below the headlights and the part between the fog lights were black from the factory. The fog lights are stock. It's missing the Chevy bowtie emblem on the front of the bumper(goes roughly center between the fog lights).

Just doing a quick Google search, like so....

 

One reason why the radiator is slanted at such a steep angle is for cooling purposes. While the car is moving about all the air that passes through the radiator comes from underneath via air dam. Only other reason I can think if why it is slanted is so GM can justify the 4.8 trillion acres of dead space between the radiator and front of the facia.

 

the reason its slanted is so you can have a tall radiator in a short area.

 

nice car want your money back??

 

HAHA No thanks. I've spent a lot of time getting the car where I want it, and also a lot of bloody knuckles and cussing. That car is probably going to be my headstone!!! I regret getting rid of my '04 GTO three years ago and i'm not ever getting rid of this one!

 

I've had mine for 11 years and even though I get really pissed at it sometimes....

Lord willing, I'm gonna keep it to the grave. Hehe, so mine will be my headstone too.