A trip to the Junkyard with Secto1 [Archive]

DNSerrano

10-12-2007, 12:06 PM

Alright so I had been tipped off to a junkyard by Secto1 aka Mike in Galants.org. We went there this morning and what we found blew me away! SIX 8gen Galants sitting there, untouched. One Diamante. 3 Hyundai Sonatas WITH the DOHC engines!!! I was going crazy! We had found also 3-4 Eclipses 3gens and a plethora of 2g's, Avengers, Sebring 2 doors, Stratus 2 door, and a fully equipped GTZ!

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6G74 3.5l from Diamante
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Kia DOHC with full 4g64 2.4l Bottom end
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I'll be picking up a Kia engine within 2 weeks and now I need to see if there is a 3g with shifter cables and pedals that way I can start my 5-speed swap and get it over with in a weekend.

02redgalant

10-12-2007, 01:09 PM

Im assuming this was in browarD?

DNSerrano

10-12-2007, 01:18 PM

Yessir! Right under my nose 441 and Griffin next to UPULIT

badmitsu

10-12-2007, 01:47 PM

i swear i busted a nut when i seen the first pic, parts everywhere!!
GREAT find!! I also found a junkyard w/ some 8g's in it, the only difference is,
at this one the cars are all stacked on each other and dude moves them
w/ a forklift. So much for exhaust parts lol

spdracr

10-12-2007, 01:52 PM

Hey man i'm in need of a front grill prefer black but chrome is ok if there's no black. Let me know how much you want? Just shoot me a PM

bmore303

10-12-2007, 02:43 PM

Damn I need to find one like that in Maryland. Most pick and pulls here have every DSM ripped to all hell. Haven't found a 5 speed 7G yet either =/ .

kolio

10-12-2007, 03:19 PM

Damn I need to find one like that in Maryland. Most pick and pulls here have every DSM ripped to all hell. Haven't found a 5 speed 7G yet either =/ .

i used to find them all the freaking time when i didn't need anything. now when i need them not 1 NOT 1!

and all DSM's are stripped first hour in the yard

gtx

10-12-2007, 06:44 PM

Man, I need to move to FL, it's a PITA to find parts here. Do you know how are the prices? I could use a Diamante TB... or the whole engine :lol:

phizzalot

10-12-2007, 08:00 PM

Ya, I uuse to go to that junlyard all the time but I don't like it cause what you need is always stacked up in the air :(

I saw one guy bust his ass trying to climb up to the second level to take of some parts:)

Any 7g 5speed's by any chance DNS? Iwant to try a different front trans bracket and mount...

underated

10-12-2007, 09:16 PM

damn thats crazy the yards around here i've only seen one 8g ever

DNSerrano

10-13-2007, 12:54 AM

Yeah I'm going back there next week to see what else I can dig up. There are a couple of Galants there with the waterfall grille. I also got tweeter pods and galants letters for the side. I'm going to see if I can get stuff for peeps here so let me know if you want anything, like grilles and radio bezels and such. I have found a stickshift in a 2g Eclipse Ron, so let me know. I was trying to see if I could get 3rd Gen Eclipse RS/GS in there with stick and some pedals but I couldn't find anything I have to look again.

Let me know guys, PM me and I could get you some parts for dirt cheap :)

4-G-rim

10-13-2007, 11:47 AM

Thats a pretty nice salvage yard. Though...I am kinda curious if its a pick and pull yourself type of junkyard? If so...how do you go about getting parts off the cars on the 2nd and 3rd racks? :?

underated

10-13-2007, 07:20 PM

do any of those sonatas have the upper and lower timing covers?

DNSerrano

10-13-2007, 09:51 PM

Thats a pretty nice salvage yard. Though...I am kinda curious if its a pick and pull yourself type of junkyard? If so...how do you go about getting parts off the cars on the 2nd and 3rd racks? :?

There's guys riding around in forklifts and they bring the car down to the ground for you. They you just pull what you want and that's it, they gring it back up

Underated I didn't see any on the one that I took a picture and the other ones I am not too sure. My day off is next Thursday so I'm going to go there and take some more pics and check some more things out aswell as get some parts.

underated

10-14-2007, 02:41 AM

sounds good

if your going to get the sonata head dont get the block its useless for our cars the bolt holes for the transmission are in the wrong spots

also dont get the sonata throttle body it wont work with our car

you can get the intake manifold but im not sure if it fit under our hoods yet the eclipse guys say it doesnt fit under their's because of the space between the engine and the fire wall but we have more room so nobody knows yet...

other then that have at it lol i was just trying to save you some money

Divinity

10-14-2007, 05:11 AM

Sweeeeeeeeeeet find! Yo David, just in case another Galant has some letters let me know! I need an L, Aaron can't find the L from his set of letters he's giving me.

DNSerrano

10-14-2007, 12:38 PM

Yes Ma'am If I find it I'll mail it to you. I saw that silver one on the top had some so Thursday I will try to get it down and strip it of the L.

run1206

10-14-2007, 01:10 PM

great find!!! i hope they're registered on car-parts.com, would help with extra parts for the turbo install (and maybe a 5 speed swap too.. :twisted: )

phizzalot

10-14-2007, 10:30 PM

Ya a junk yard trip wouldn't be bad... Let me know what time your rolling out there Thursday? I could meet ya out there and take a look around too...

DNSerrano

10-15-2007, 11:23 AM

Ya a junk yard trip wouldn't be bad... Let me know what time your rolling out there Thursday? I could meet ya out there and take a look around too...

Ron, YoungFab59 and I are going around 1pm-ish. We could meet up someplace I'll have to call him up and ask where to meet up at, might be at Towers since it's close and you already know how to get there. Let me know if the time is right.

youngfab59

10-15-2007, 12:47 PM

injen4g63

10-15-2007, 10:09 PM

hey, those of us from florida should set sumthin up like a meet sumwhere. im only a couple hours from you guys

DNSerrano

10-17-2007, 09:49 PM

Phizzalot we are going to meet at Towers at 1:30pm let me know if you want to roll, after that we are going to the Junkyard and maybe have a little photoshoot

732Galant

10-18-2007, 02:53 PM

if you can grab two sets of the galant letters off the trunk of the 8gs i'll throw some cash your way, let me know how much you'd want for them

DNSerrano

10-18-2007, 03:42 PM

Well I went there today with YoungFab59 and there was pretty much nothing left. No DOHC, No swaps, no letters no nothing. It's like someone stole everything. I talk to the main guy there and he said he hadn't sold any kia engines and that it should be in the car but when I told him there was any he said they might have been jacked. So this sucks, I'm pissed. I have pictures of the meet but nothing special special, just YoungFab59 and I. I will post later. I'm depressed ha ha. :|

gtx

10-18-2007, 05:02 PM

Maaan, this day is getting really sucky for me... Thanks for checking tho!

So which one of you bastards was it? Must have been an "inside job" :lol:

Divinity

10-18-2007, 05:26 PM

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phizzalot

10-18-2007, 08:06 PM

Ya I got there at 1:00pm and took everything :lol: :lol: :lol: .jk.. Nah but when I got there it was raining so I drove over to trinisportracing.com to talk to em about doing some work on the evo...

Thats how it is with junkyards, you gota be quick!!!

secto01

10-22-2007, 07:12 PM

yea i need to find another junkyard, i think theres a few in palm beach ill keep everyone posted..

mitsueclipse2019

10-22-2007, 07:23 PM

i wish there was more tgc people near me a junkyard trip sounds fun :P

youngfab59

10-22-2007, 10:55 PM

yea i need to find another junkyard, i think theres a few in palm beach ill keep everyone posted..

yea secto1 talk to david and ask him i told him about a junkyard in palm beach but i dnt remember tha name off tha top of my head... :lol:

secto01

10-23-2007, 02:28 AM

i think its by the fair grounds on southern blvd.

duh2150

10-23-2007, 10:58 AM

humm i might raid a junk yard, grb some letters, i donno about a grill, but i might be able to leave with some free letters lol

phizzalot

10-23-2007, 06:17 PM

Proto

10-23-2007, 06:33 PM

PM details for the 2G eclipses

secto01

10-23-2007, 10:08 PM

Well I went to a different junkyard up in palmbeach and found an 8g v6. I dunno if it was a gtz but it had the rear disc brakes not the ugly drums...

I took pics but didn't upload em yet... may be later....
a gtz has leather seats eather in gray or tan also is a v6,sun roof, jdm spoiler,grayish white gauges (i got a set from last junk yard hit), side /door molding trim 4 wheel disk breaks and the infity system with tweeters in the door.
if i missed anything else please list lol