Questions on 96 GTS I'm looking to buy

gobagheera · April 16th, 2008, 12:11 AM

I went and took a test drive of 96 GTS with 36k miles on it. Clean title, no accidents. But there are some issues with it that I wanted to ask you guys about:

1. The passenger power window doesn't work. Is this easily replaced or no?

2. It has a big brake upgrade and deleted the parking brake. Anyone else get aftermarket brakes and was able to put on the parking brake, stock or aftermarket?

3. The engine was rebuilt by Valaya Racing with STD forged internals. Anybody have experience with the company or the manufacturer?

4. The car is missing the passenger side fog light cover. Are those hard to obtain?

Thanks in advance.

**bushido** · April 16th, 2008, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by gobagheera

2. It has a big brake upgrade and deleted the parking brake. Anyone else get aftermarket brakes and was able to put on the parking brake, stock or aftermarket?

3. The engine was rebuilt by Valaya Racing with STD forged internals. Anybody have experience with the company or the manufacturer?

Street setup. There should be a small seperate rear caliper for the parking brake..

Anyhow , it sounds like you bought a GTS that was tracked. I say this because most of the track cars have that rear parking caliper deleted..

Ted and Al over at Valaya Racing are good people. They have done work on my car before. Give them a call. They would be able to answer your questions more thoroughly..

Red Snake · April 16th, 2008, 08:10 AM

I bought my 97 last November and it also had a Big Brake upgrade with the emergency brake delete.

I ordered the e-brake kit from Big Brake Dave. Install was a piece of cake.

angleiron · April 16th, 2008, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by gobagheera

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1. The passenger power window doesn't work. Is this easily replaced or no?

Buying a power window assembly is no big deal, but buy it from Chuck Tator or you will pay way too much from someone else. You have to take out the speakers, remover the door panel, unbolt the stock unit...reverse the procedure. If you you need any help on how to do this, just let me know. probably about 2 hours work taking your time, no special tools are needed.

gobagheera · April 16th, 2008, 10:09 AM

Thanks a lot guys. Yes, the car was tracked, but it looks to have been taken care of very well with all maintenance and records.

No Man · April 17th, 2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by bushido

Street setup. There should be a small seperate rear caliper for the parking brake..

Anyhow , it sounds like you bought a GTS that was tracked. I say this because most of the track cars have that rear parking caliper deleted..

Ted and Al over at Valaya Racing are good people. They have done work on my car before. Give them a call. They would be able to answer your questions more thoroughly..

Damn, lots of performance upgrades in that pic. I had you pegged as a show and shine type of a guy.

**bushido** · April 18th, 2008, 12:35 AM

Arigatou gozaimasu..