Lookin' at this. Anything model specific to watch out for?

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Lookin' at this. Anything model specific to watch out for?

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Http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/3596584116.html

I know the basic supercharged engine things to look out for, but is there anything lss specific to look out for?

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You know that the engine in that car is a NA and not a supercharged engine right? At least from that picture angle.
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I thought that but I couldn't tell. I sent him an email asing for the rpo codes. that way I'll know for sure.
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Remove the Series II cover and you'll know right away. Black molded plenum means NA. My bet is on a NA engine.
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runs full synthetic, but changes it every 3k miles still..... hmmmm
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Definitely N/A.
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bsan63 wrote:Remove the Series II cover and you'll know right away. Black molded plenum means NA. My bet is on a NA engine.
um... thanks. the car is 90 miles from me. there is nothing local except a 1993 ssei. and i just don't like bonnevilles.
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That's the S2 N/A cover. 95 LSS would be S1, which looks totally different.

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Yep, definitely N/A. And Ed, maybe he's crazy like some of us other members (me) and likes the more grandma look of the olds and the lesabre's ;)
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Jfridge92 wrote:Yep, definitely N/A. And Ed, maybe he's crazy like some of us other members (me) and likes the more grandma look of the olds and the lesabre's ;)
I always thought the Le Sabre looked like an angry old man's car.

It's definatly an L36 and therefore not worth my time. Although I did find this little gem:
Http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/3542731061.html
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I'd hit that Skylark.
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Post by Hotwheels »

A coworker of mine had a '95 LSS L36 - the supercharged motor was an option - LSS's aren't automatically supercharged, in fact they're not very common at all. He liked beating on the thing, and actually the intake and tranny both went at 130k, and he scrapped it. Too bad, as it was in decent shape. We'd occasionally have fun after work running my Mustang or '91 Olds 88 up against it. :)
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