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WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:13 pm
by 1990BerettaGTZ2.3L
Must be these years please so it's plug and play and I won't have to buy new sensors and all that bs...preferably I would like a bad motor cause I'm gonna be tearing into it anyway and check rods and seeing if the crank needs turned, and installing new bearings, and if that has to be don't I'm gonna get the assembly rebalanced, so that being said I would mind having a blown up or blown head gasket High Output out of an 89-91 GM Quad 4 car please and thanks let me know a price trying to stay in a range of under $300 let me know what's wrong with the motor and well go from there

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:38 pm
by speedy
i can get you one for less then $300, but you better haul your ass down here fast to get it

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:42 pm
by 1990BerettaGTZ2.3L
Wonder if we could lay it in my celebrity's trunk? Pretty big ill probably put some coil spring spacers to make it look like it ain't low riding

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:52 pm
by speedy
your serious arent you? the motor has 220k on it, im not posative the block is good, alluminum is pitted, and pullys are rusty, but if i had to guess, id say the car died due to rust not because of anything else, so if you want it, let me know

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:08 am
by SummitBalt08
People still drive celebritys? I haven't seen one around here driving around in yyyyeeeeaaaarrrsss lol

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Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:45 am
by heavywoody
Probably because the majority of them are rusted out.

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:46 am
by 1990BerettaGTZ2.3L
Haha yep light blue 89 4 door celeb nice running 2.5 iron duke they have the most screwed up oil filters only thing I don't like about this motor, car has 69,000 miles got it for free cause the guy thought tranny went when I looked at the right front wheel picking it up there was no axle stub stickin out right then I knew what happened haha, it's rusty but a nice car and immaculate underneath I'm gonna keep it sprayed off good and get it oiled the shi* out of this summer

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:48 am
by 1990BerettaGTZ2.3L
speedy wrote:your serious arent you? the motor has 220k on it, im not posative the block is good, alluminum is pitted, and pullys are rusty, but if i had to guess, id say the car died due to rust not because of anything else, so if you want it, let me know
Is it something I said :ROFL: ya I'm serious trying to sell my 93 firebird for $700 and then my 73-80 nos Chevy truck hood for $300 then ill be over in a jiffy hopefully soon

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:19 am
by DanteGTZ
Why not rebuild the Quad you have? After going through a similar ordeal with my Quad (bought car with engine out of car, had blown head gasket), I can say unequivocally that I WOULD NOT EVER take a junkyard Quad4 out and slap it in my car. Yes, this has been very expensive ($400 for block work, $100 for gasket set, $30 water pump, $150 for oil pump, $150 timing set) and a bunch of other misc parts - I had a reman head already so figure $250-$300 for a reman head if you need one.

Yes, it is more expensive, but given the fact that we KNOW Quads had problems and as the mileage racks up, it would serve you much better to rebuild a Quad4.

Just my $0.02.

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:23 pm
by 1990BerettaGTZ2.3L
Mines a non same year low output I'm guessing 94 or 95 someone slapped in my car

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:52 pm
by DanteGTZ
Have you torn it down yet? Verified LO pistons? What head casting #?

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:34 pm
by 1990BerettaGTZ2.3L
Speedy you know if it has the 086 head or not?

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:36 pm
by 1990BerettaGTZ2.3L
Has the factory low output idi cover, everything is pretty much forced on or non existent on this motor whoever was doin the motor job that owned my car last sucks at life

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:43 pm
by DanteGTZ
I'd still pull the head - AFAIK, the blocks are all interchangeable and LO/HO Quads had the same block, just different pistons.

If you pull the head, you will see valve reliefs on the intake if its an HO. None on LO.

I'd be curious to see how it's hacked together. Does your oil pan have a sensor on the bottom of it?

Not trying to grill you, just trying to help and it's interesting to discover what may be inside.

Re: WTB 89-91 GM High Output Quad 4

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:03 pm
by Travelor
DanteGTZ wrote:Why not rebuild the Quad you have? After going through a similar ordeal with my Quad (bought car with engine out of car, had blown head gasket), I can say unequivocally that I WOULD NOT EVER take a junkyard Quad4 out and slap it in my car. Yes, this has been very expensive ($400 for block work, $100 for gasket set, $30 water pump, $150 for oil pump, $150 timing set) and a bunch of other misc parts - I had a reman head already so figure $250-$300 for a reman head if you need one.

Yes, it is more expensive, but given the fact that we KNOW Quads had problems and as the mileage racks up, it would serve you much better to rebuild a Quad4.

Just my $0.02.
Where the blue moon did you find an oil pump for $150? Rockauto doesn't sell at that price...