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Yes, the S54 manual tranny that comes with the 5S will bolt-on with no problems AND should be fine with a 3SGTE as long as you aren't putting down crazy amounts of horsepower or torque.

Yes, it will fit. It's done on 9/10 swaps.

bring it to me in CA, ill take care of it

DO NOT start it every once in a while if youre temps are below freezing. You're going ot cause condenstaion build up.
Park it with stabilizer in the gas, use engine fogger before parking, remove the battery and don't start it until after winter.

I personally store mine on a set of crappy tires that arent driveable. Apparently over inflating your tires helps keep them from flat spots.
Use bounce sheets in the bay inside the car and around the car to keep animals away and throw steel wool/rag/sometihng to plug the exhaust so animals don't crawl in and make a nest.

I usually change the oil before sotage with some crappy cheap oil, and then change it again in spring (not neccesary, but thats what I do)
I store mine outside, and prefer to not use a cover, as Im affraid the wind will blow and scratch the car, so I just let the snow sit on the car all winter. Occasionaly brushing some off, but not all. Been doing this for three or four years now with no issues.

I wouldn't start it either.

After long periods of not starting the engine has no oil pressure the first few moments.
Instead I change my oil BEFORE starting the car when I take it out. Then I disconnect the igniter plug, crank it over for a few seconds to let the pressure rise, reconnect the plug then I start the car.
It starts like a charm when I do this, no tickling sound and the oil pressure light doesn't stay on.

GT or ST? If it's the GT, it could be the oil cooler leaking.

Don't lie to us, you just didn't want to pay the delivery charge.

I've decided to not do the bolt conversion. It's too costly since I'll need to buy new set of wheels along with the conversion. I might as well buy custom 5x100 wheels with that 2k. Lol. In other words I found a couple wheels that I'm looking into getting after I sell my rpf1s or my fnor1c.

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I've never heard of them, I'd stick to OEM and top name brands. There's no point in replacing the head-gasket unless there are signs of it going out. As far as a good tune up I'd do the timing belt with all of the tensioners and pulleys, water pump, thermostat, oil pump, PCV valve, spark plugs and wires, distributor cap and rotor, air filter, fuel filter, valve cover with spark plug tube seals, and replace the gearbox oil. I'd flush out the cooling system before changing the pump as well. Another thing you might look into is replacing the fuel pump strainer and flushing the injectors out. Can also do brakes and suspension if you feel like it. Of course a lot of this I'd only do if you plan on keeping the car for a long time. If not just run the car until something breaks, then replace it. Of course first thing first is figuring out why it's dumping oil everywhere.

Did you make sure the old oil filter gasket stayed on the filter when you removed it? I've seen the old gasket stay on the engine and create a bad seal when the new filter is put on.

Other places to check would be oil pan seal and valve cover gasket. Then you have fun ones like the main seal... Hopefully it's something simple.

Silly easy questions first, is it the right filter for the car? If it is check the threads on the engine where the filter goes to make sure they're not burred. If all of that checks out make sure you rub some oil on the filter seal and it's tightened all of the way. If none of that solves it we got a problem somewhere else.

Is she going to be out or inside?

Unhook the battery for starters. But i would start it every once and a while, not really good for anything to sit too long

You can put it up on jackstands (front and back). I do this with my chevelle just to get all the weight off the suspension parts and tires while its not going to be moving for an extended period of time. no point in wearing out parts just sitting.

I dont think the gas would go bad in a short few months, but maybe get some fuel stabalizer (not exactly sure what its called) just to be safe

give it a good wash and wax before you store is too

Alot actually my friend for starters its a very great engine with alot of power for it to be N/A heres a link see for yourself my friend

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