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Hi everyone, my name is Kyle and I'm from Buffalo, NY. I just bought a 2000 Bonneville SSEI with 89K miles and I figured it would be a great idea to join a Bonneville club. Just wanted to say whats up and look I forward to posting.

Welcome! What'd you pay for it?

I paid $5,400 for the ride including the new brakes and bearings. It has new tires on it already, but the brakes are shot on it so she's getting new brakes, and new wheel bearings on the rear installed by a local mechanic/the dude I bought it from. He's a friend of mine so he cut me a pretty good deal on everything. I plan on having the coolant and tranny flushed before I start driving her. Also gonna throw some new plugs and wiring in sometime this week and do a quick oil change to make sure everything is crispy before I put her on the road.

Welcome aboard, and good luck with the car.

You bought a great car and you found the best Forum!

Did your mechanic friend change the Lower Intake Manifold gasket yet?

welcome, enjoy your new ride.

welcome!!!!
gonzo

Welcome!

Welcome to the club!! You made the right choices. The car and to join.

welcome to the club

2000Silverbullet wrote:You bought a great car and you found the best Forum!

Did your mechanic friend change the Lower Intake Manifold gasket yet?

Thanks for the welcome guys.

2000SilverBullet-I'm not positive about the lower intake manifold gasket. Is that something I should worried about with my Bonne?

You'll wanna keep a feel out for "hard shifts." Check the common issues threads for all the potential issues you wanted to know about and more.

2000SilverBullet-I'm not positive about the lower intake manifold gasket. Is that something I should worried about with my Bonne?

At 140,000 km you would be wise to replace the OEM plastic framed gaskets with the newer aluminum framed ones, as soon as possible.
Less chance of coolant leaking into the oil and taking out your engine.

For a pleasant "sound" experience (and a few extra ponies) you should remove the factory air intake and install an Intense fender well CAI kit.
If you really want to wake it up, improve your exhaust with PEM's or headers and drop to a 3.4 pulley.

2000Silverbullet wrote:

2000SilverBullet-I'm not positive about the lower intake manifold gasket. Is that something I should worried about with my Bonne?

At 140,000 km you would be wise to replace the OEM plastic framed gaskets with the newer aluminum framed ones, as soon as possible.
Less chance of coolant leaking into the oil and taking out your engine.

For a pleasant "sound" experience (and a few extra ponies) you should remove the factory air intake and install an Intense fender well CAI kit.
If you really want to wake it up, improve your exhaust with PEM's or headers and drop to a 3.4 pulley.

i was def planning on some performance upgrades before the winter hits. know any good sites to purchase bonneville parts?

http://www.intense-racing.com/

Just go up to "Links" to see all of our Forum approved Vendors.

Before you do the exhaust and pulley work, you should have the car scanned, paying close attention to knock reduction, air/fuel, and fuel pressure. Make sure that your systems can keep up with the extra demand.

Anyway, Welcome to the Club! You're in a good area, as we have a number of members in that region, on both sides of the border. (Watch out for the Canucks, they'll have you smuggling car parts across the border before you know it... )

thanks for all the tips guys. looking forward to all the possibilities of my new car!!