I have been searching and not coming up with any answers...... I have a 4.2L gtm stroker motor with a single turbo kit. All the work was done in texas, then i bought the car and shipped it to iowa this summer. I have been driving it for awhile here, it is starting to get colder and i want to store the car for this winter. I saved a couple of threads on here about "storing your z for the winter". I want to know if there is anything i should do differently? Should i use a fuel stabilizer?

 

I'm guessing it would be the same as storing any other car

 

no no no, its a 4.2L. you need to remove the oil and fill it with a liquid gold to preserve the 4.2L. crushed diamonds in the engine bay will keep the 4.2L nice and dry, it kinda acts like sponge for moisture. also, you'll want to try to rest the car sideways during storage since the 4.2L likes to sleep on its side. a nice car cover made from polar bear fur will also keep the 4.2L nice and warm during the cold winter months. good luck!

 

^^^ no no no... thats not it....

You need to drain the oil and fill it up with "sodium silicate".....

Then put some Sta-Bil in the fuel tank ( recommended amount )

Then make sure to run it again for about 10-15 mins... you'll know when its finished going through your engine.....

Then just put it up on jack stands and wait till next spring!!!!

have a good holiday ... hope that helped

 

i figured posting on here was a bad idea....worth a try.

 

OP, just fill up the gas tank, run some fuel stabilizer and keep the battery on a trickle charger and you should be fine.

 

Nothing special has to be done different then storing a stock Z.

 

While it's down for winter you should get a better FI kit to match the money put into the motor itself... It's like Miranda Kerr wearing payless shoes...

 

jealous much?

 

I use this float charger and for $4.99 on sale,it rocks
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=42292

 

Why would he be jealous? Do you know the extent of Nexx's build? Atleast he knows how his motor was built and what's in it.

 

dude... a 4.2 stroker motor with a turbonetics kit? I'll bite... Let's see the dyno.

 

maybe its this turbonetics
http://www.turboneticsinc.com/conten...thumper-turbos

 

I dont see anywhere in this guys first post that says it is a turbonetics kit just for the record....

 

it was pretty easy to figure out since his only other post in any other thread says it

 

to the op,


Get a gtm kit with gt30's for that bad boy and call it a day!

If you are indeed a real person that owns said car with said motor

 

Yea he made a thread about his "new to him" Z and how it was fully built with the 4.2L and a TN kit.. most of us were like then then . Just seems counter intuitive to have a build with a 4.2L and then get a mediocre kit that's been known to have issues.. Then we found out that he didn't build it and had no say in which turbo kit was in it and just heard 4.2L and turbo and it was on... There's a reason you don't see any built blocks running the TN kit.

 

you fail

 

Why must people take a simple question and turn it into this? Yes i bought the car with the motor already built..... what was i thinking????? Save some money????? Its funny how peoples lives can be boring....... they can take the time out of there awesome lives to waste belittling people over the net! This car has gotten me TONS of *****, i just wanna make sure it happens again next summer! that is all.