Grand Am Off Topic Thread

[xeroinfinity]

Hey Gir, I spoke with him earlier.

Image leach !

[Aki334]

LOL yeah it looked like I just woke up and started to talk about something totaly different, but I did explain to XI what happened. Somebody did ask that simple question in an off topic tred and I was just trying to help and now I look like your little p...y on the vidieo above.

[Aki334]

I just realized where I made my mistake, I was replying on Gir's guestion from 2006 becasue it was last post on the page so I assumed I was the last one to answer, but I did not pay attention that there were 8 more pages after that sorry people go ahead say what you have and show more videos get it out of your sistems I am still laughing at my self after watching Gir's video it explains everything.

[xeroinfinity]

No biggie Aki334
This is the Off topic, but I think that was confusing , a little

So is every one enjoying Global warming ?
Its been crazy here, one night it was 25, the next morning it was 45, like 5 hrs later

Now we're expecting some ice/snow........
Hope everyone out west is doing OK with thier mess of things. Ice Sux !

[Aki334]

We could have some snow today according to the news up to 5". I am just north from you so you will probably have some fun too.

[xeroinfinity]

Hope to have some snow!

Snow doesnt bother me, but Ice...
You cant go anywhere in anything but maybe a Snowmobile with metal cleats/runners.

[Aki334]

Hopefully this is not a stupid question for this place. I was just wondering if anyone did something that I am planning to do very soon and that is to install somehow an additional cooling fan for the back side of the engine for cylinders 1, 3 and 5. I think engineers did make some kind of problem with GA that small front grill looks nice but does not allow enough cold air to enter engine compartment. So if you notice v6 engines will most of the time have problem with #3 injector and then with #4 because they are at the hottest location. So now I am planning somehow to connect both of my cooling fans (if I succeed to squeeze somehow the other one at the back side of the engine) with relays so that they both work at the same time and also when I turn off the engine I would like both of them to work for an additional minute. I do not think this should hurt the battery so much, plus this in the long run could save us a lot of head gasket problems and clogged injectors. Hopefully I did not confuse you with my sentence structures. J

[xeroinfinity]

Sounds like a good idea,
but in practical matters the fans would probly melt back there.
It gets very hot, hotter then the oven in your kitchen.

Your 97' has a bigger grill area then the 99'+.
One cheaper way would be to install hood scoop(s) to vent the heat.
Both my GAs hav the Ram air duct so the air that blows in goes straight to the firewall area.
When I put it on the SE it did seem to run cooler. Then my air dam(the part that hangs down from the bottom of the radiator) broke and it got hot again.
The air dam does help pull some heat from the engine bay, and direct more air threw the radiator.

[Aki334]

See you just gave me another very good and simple solution, but air scoops in combination with fans from both sides would be the best solution. Plus, if can make them work automatically 1-3 minutes after the engine is turned off, that is the most important part because injectors I believe become clogged when engine is not working from that heat soaking. Correct me if I am wrong please.
I will be very careful that fan does not touch anything hot or all those vacuum lines or spark plug wires. I will probably look for fan from Geo Metro since it is very tight place to put even your hand. I will definitely start looking for air scoops now GA will look much better too.

[xeroinfinity]

Heat soak doesnt matter when the car is off.
Nor does it make you injectors clogged.

That would be from contaminated(bad) gas, dirty fuel lines(inside) , dirty/clogged fuel filter.

The problem you had with your GA, was possibly you didnt replace the "O" ring when you replaced your fuel pressure regulator.
Or your injectors just need taken off and cleaned manualy or with an ultrasonic machine.

Which anyone with most scann tool can read how the injectors are performing and should be able to tell you if they are good or need replaced.

[Aki334]

Did you get eny snow? Finally 1/4" in my place

[xeroinfinity]

Non realy lastnight, just rain.
Then today it got colder and has been snowing off and on.

Not enough to play in though
Maybe by the end of Feb,
first of March I'll see some snow


Edit ..
Well I guess its still snowing here.......... Maybe tomarrow

[Gir-_-]

ice .... sucks

[grandamdriver52]

got about 5" here and tomorrow the wind chill is supposed to get to -25 so its gonna be a cold one!

[grfnkl]

It finally seems like winter is here! It's going to be -7 tonight here.... considering the 50 and 60 degree days we have been having -7 is going to be really cold! Today started at 60 and it was 49 when i left my house, and now it's somewhere in the 30's cuz my office is freezing already! We finally had our first "snow" here the other day, even though it was a flurry for about 15 mins, but it's still snow to me!