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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Reason I'm asking is that I know of a 1992 Bonneville SSEi dark red, 48,000miles, and in mint condition for sale about 5 hours from me, I've contacted the owner before and he has told me about it. He bought it new in 92. He is also an older retired gentleman. Really a nice car.
My concearn is performance. Would a 1992 with low mileage give me the same performance as a 93 that has the same mods on it, im talking about 2.2 SC pulley, CAI, 180 thermo, and a chip. I know there is some diffrences between the heads on a 92 and 93, but im not to sure if this results in less performance?







Looks pretty mint to me!
asking 5900 cdn, which is 900 more than what i paid for my bonny with 145,000 miles on it at the time.
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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 09:09 PM
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Definately would want to ask about the strange placement of the SSEi badge on the trunk...
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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 09:16 PM
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yeah, that makes me wonder if it might of been in an accident.
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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 10:45 PM
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that car has been for sale for a long time....i remember seeing that thing last year
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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 11:36 PM
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Wish my car was that clean....Willwren would be the one to ask about the 92-93 difference.....We were just talking about something like that last week I think.
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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 11:42 PM
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mostly the heads were the big thing with the valvetrain. the 92 was EGRless but that dosent apply to the L67. there were some quirks like all cars that are in the first year of production, but there are some differences
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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 12:58 AM
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Didn't the valvetrain change half way though the 92 year?
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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 01:00 AM
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If I remember right the 92 was egr'less and the 93 had it....maybe the other way around......but the egr'less motors had a lot of problems wrecking valves.
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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 01:22 AM
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Originally Posted by LakevilleSSEi
If I remember right the 92 was egr'less and the 93 had it....maybe the other way around......but the egr'less motors had a lot of problems wrecking valves.
the 92 L67 has the EGR...... some of the 92 n/a didnt have the EGR, some did
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Originally Posted by fantastic88
Didn't the valvetrain change half way though the 92 year?
yes the 92 dosent have the roller rockers i believe
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