Grand Am Off Topic Thread

I have been pulled over and got ticked for no seat belt on. One was on the toll road in the construction zone, where the trucks are doing about 60 to 65, but the state trooper pulled me over. I guess he did not want to fill out all the extra paper work when a truck driver is pulled over. The next ticket was in the sever towns over cars are whizzing by me and again I get pulled over for no seat belt. The price on the ticket for the last one was only $25, so that was not bad.

I think they have seat belt radar these days. :lol:
And I think 60-65 in a construction zone is a big :nono:
They'll yank your license for that kind of behavoir here.

hey xi, would you happen to have any pics laying around that I could use for the cam install?

I got the 'OK' at work to set up the 2-day install lol.. we have GM everything to use at the dealership shop, and I dont have to pay SO MUCH MONEY... only $100 or so now... for insurance *shrug

We're going to go by your method of dropping the sub-frame and such and un-hooking the suspension on the passenger side... with also using GM-World or w/e.... they say bring it out from the top but it wont matter cause we'll bring it down instead... then use the computer to tell us how to do the timing chaing and everything lol :)

No Gir I dont hav any pics of this. I am certain the GM manual says pull the engine out the top to install the cam.

Some might find it easier to just pull the engine, at the time I didnt.
You do need to pull the LI and remove the lifters for this procedure. Just two bolts holding in the cam retainer, hours to get to that though..

Replacing the Cam bearings and micing the bearing journals, now this is where it gets a little tricky. It does require some special tools, which the GM shop should have..

yea we dont wanna do it from the top... would you be able to post up a how-to thread or anything that you remember doing then? It would help out my friend a great amount. His first time doing a 3400 cam but isnt a noobie on cars :)

dropping it from the bottom, other than the timing chain and all of that, is there really anything else? the more info the better :)

I can pull up AF at work, even through the firewall they have there lol... it filters out 'forums' and w/e but not all...

I realy dont have time to right up a procedure at the moment.
If you have access to GM tech manuals then you should be able to find everything you need and then some.

I was doing suspension/LI work on the SE at the time, so it made it convenient to do it my way.

btw, we might all want to save our money for the depression the U.S. is getting ready to get hit with. :cwm27:

I need money to even save money! :runaround: I need to pick up a part time job or something just so i have a little cash in my pocket!

hey XI, you think I'd be able to get a sticky post in the main forum?

I was going to put up a list of everything grand am related that I'd like to sell ASAP.

off the top of my head...
gauges (trans temp, A/F w/ piggyback for GA, aeroforce gauge.... white face, blue screen, chrome bezel)
3pod pillar
dr. speed - cold air intake
62mm RSM TB
99-05 GAGT Front bumper (not painted)
front/rear strut bars (discounted alot, very used :) )

I need money to even save money! :runaround: I need to pick up a part time job or something just so i have a little cash in my pocket!
That does suck !
Good luck with the job hunting bro it is tough these days.

I'm just the oposite, I get job offers all the time.:banghead:
I just had a Catapillar plant call about a job I applied for over 6 years ago, now thats :screwy: !

hey XI, you think I'd be able to get a sticky post in the main forum?

I was going to put up a list of everything grand am related that I'd like to sell ASAP.

Actualy NO ! You cant advertise in the forums(without Admin permission) but thier is a Pontiac classifieds... somewhere ..... I'll find the link ! :thumbsup:

OK I gues thier isnt a classified for pontiac, I know I tried getting one started but here is the main classifieds, best read the stickies on posting etiquette. It should get some reads, I check it regularly for spam and anything I'm lookin for.
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1269

hey XI, you think I'd be able to get a sticky post in the main forum?

I was going to put up a list of everything grand am related that I'd like to sell ASAP.

off the top of my head...
gauges (trans temp, A/F w/ piggyback for GA, aeroforce gauge.... white face, blue screen, chrome bezel)
3pod pillar
dr. speed - cold air intake
62mm RSM TB
99-05 GAGT Front bumper (not painted)
front/rear strut bars (discounted alot, very used :) )

Uh oh... demodding!!!! what's the deal? are you considering on getting rid of the grand am?

191k miles.... yea lol

I'd like to get a new car... and I have my eye already on one lol

2006 Subaru Impreza WRX....

http://www.nylemaxwell.com/InventoryUsedCarDetail.aspx?id=617&Page=&View=

my dealer's local page :)

MMMMMMMmmmmm
http://www.nylemaxwell.com/UsedCarFeed/JF1GD79696G502854(9).jpg

They sure pack that engine in there good. Hope you dont plan on ever working on it youself. :lol:

191k isnt bad my SE just rolled over 200k a couple weeks ago. :rolleyes:

eh, yea... no more subaru :(

still selling parts tho... since I couldnt find my original part for the iat and the hose on top... went to a junk yard today and found it.. charged me $10 for a piece of rubber :p .... my friend was looking for quad4 dohc parts. his exhaust cam tower has a crack in it and is leaking oil everywhere.... we found 2 separate motors in good enough condition but once we got it all ready to pull out... the corners of the top piece cracked ! .... and the same exact thing happened to the other one.... we were pretty careful the 2nd time and still cracked.... so hes just going to find them online....

sounds like someones over torquing the bolts and cracking the housing(s), easy to do with aluminum. He might end up having to buy new ones from the stealership... :eek7:

sounds like someones over torquing the bolts and cracking the housing(s), easy to do with aluminum. He might end up having to buy new ones from the stealership... :eek7:


dont think they make them anymore..... for the quad4 dohc......

werent really torquing over.... we did the method were you take all the bolts out that hold the tower down to the head.... then use 4 bolts to push open the housing.... I let him do most of it :grinyes: lol, he's the GM Certified one lol

They may not make them, but I bet thier's a few 100 floating around in some stealerships parts warehouse.

...yea it's monday. :uhoh:

yay 100% on my finance exam!

yay 100% on my finance exam!

...they test you for funding ? :confused:

Does he have any extra funding that he can hand out. We have our hands out.

Does he have any extra funding that he can hand out. We have our hands out.


:iagree:

It is nice when you can get school funding, its even better when someone else pays for it. :D

Btw Vipey I thought I saw you yesterday in W. Lafayette. I guess it could have been another Silver GA but it looked like yours. I know thier are many many GA's in that area seen some realy rice rims on one. :lol:

well.... the RSM 62mm throttle body and dr. speed CAI is de-modded :|

looks wimpy now lol,

I was going to re-use my K&N filter but that thing was filthy!... and it wouldnt fit over my MAF... grr so I had to use the new filter that I was... going to throw into selling

I also took off the little shiny 'heat shield' thing that I originally got when I got the new TB, the guy bought that too.. got it from PFYC.com when both were up for sell....

Tomorrow ill be polishing up the piping and cleaning everything off, car runs 'ok' I guess... no coolant leaks so far (had a tantrum with the TB coolant line :) ) I'm better now lol, looped that part.

Yeah Gir the K&N is a little tight on the MAF sensor but it will work.
After you clean it up and let it dry good, set the rubber part out in the sun. It'll soften up and allow you to push it over the MAF lip. :thumbsup:

I also hate those coolant lines that run thru the TB. My SE has none, I cut off the outlets and welded it shut. I also hacked off the two connection on the TB(weight reduction lol). On my GT I just bypassed them, and this is what I think was causing me problems when I had air traped in the cooling system. :dunno:

YEAH ! Its almost Friday !! :D

Yeah Gir the K&N is a little tight on the MAF sensor but it will work.
After you clean it up and let it dry good, set the rubber part out in the sun. It'll soften up and allow you to push it over the MAF lip. :thumbsup:

I also hate those coolant lines that run thru the TB. My SE has none, I cut off the outlets and welded it shut. I also hacked off the two connection on the TB(weight reduction lol). On my GT I just bypassed them, and this is what I think was causing me problems when I had air traped in the cooling system. :dunno:

YEAH ! Its almost Friday !! :D

ill try that, it was a big pain.... I couldnt even slip it over

I had to use the filter that I bought that I was going to use for the ebay sell of the intake

LOL XI did you hear a low rumble coming from it? Blue overlays on top of the Grand Am parts, and rear GRAND AM brake light? Dual stainless steel exhaust, and lowered? :D

I'm having way too much fun lol

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2876766 play this game, watch the thingy I made :)

its like a motor in the back haha

LOL XI did you hear a low rumble coming from it? Blue overlays on top of the Grand Am parts, and rear GRAND AM brake light? Dual stainless steel exhaust, and lowered

Well I couldnt see the overlays to far away. You were driving thru an intersection, I was to your left turning right. The only reason I noticed was the loud rubble from some subs and the exhaust rasp. :lol:

I'll have to check that out Gir!

Damn wish I would have noticed... in your GT or SE?

BTW, drove a Corvette two days ago, and now I FRIGGIN WANT ONE! It was an '89 C4, in WONDERFUL condition, low miles, only thing that needed work was the paint. But omg, omgomgomg it was fun! Me wants.

I was in the SE...
Yeah a vette will set you back in the seat a little bit more then the GA's. With gas prices are lowering around here you can almost afford to drive a vette. :lol:

rofl!!!

btw... cpu cooler controller started on fire in my computer. fixed that, then hard drives crashed and i lost everything. installed windows on a new hard drive, then a ram stick died. i'm pissed, i've been without compy for a week (a good one at least). GRRRR

This is the first time that I have heard the the cpu heat sink with the fan starting a fire. I have an image on another harddrive that is not in use so if my drive crashes I just load the new hd and put it in my laptop. That really sucks. Maybe time for a new computer.

Damn Vipey that does suck!
At least the fire didnt burn your apartment down, thats a plus! :lol:

Been a crappy week for me too..

.... immigrants... learn english or go home! :mad:

hahah ! JC knows a little about poochin pc's. :D
A least they are cheap to build these days, $300 buys an emachine at walmart. :lol:

to dam lazy to learn english.

yes I have toasted a few pc's in my day, I blame it on static! No fires though :lol:

TGIF !! :wave:

The only time I toasted a pc, is when I was doing ESD testing on cash registers. This was when pc's had only 640k of memory. The memory fried, so I got the motherboard. All I had to do was to replace the memory. :lol:

I haven't really toasted a PC...but i have toasted a tv or 2 in my time. :lol2::grinyes:

hey guys, been a long time but back again.

Just sold a bunch of my pc parts and put together my new one. I have never toasted a pc. I just donated one to a family that just wants to use internet. I have had it since 99 and its still got original everything. Even the same harddrive! It has been reformated and everything so its completely empty but it still runs somehow.

my youngest twins picked up this old Apple all in one pc at a yard sale. It has OS 9.5 realy slow and crappy! I told them to take it back! :lol:

They last a long time if kept dry. A neighbor was cleaning out his basement a while back and found an old PC that had the 6" floppys with the black and white monitor. Wasnt a windows or mac pc, think it was radio shack pc with DOS only. :screwy:
They sure have came a long way since the 80's. :grinyes:

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/120502/happy-birthday-to-me.gif

Oh Shinizal!!! It's your B-day XI... I totally forgot that you have the same day as my aunt and mom. Have a good one and have a drink on me.. your paying! :biggrin:

My wifey has an old Apple all in one we tested it out the one day but the mouse wasn't working, it was really slow and the graphics card was going bad, and the disk drive didn't work anymore... But it still turns on! :lol: I just gave away my Gateway about 4 months ago to my aunt... i gave it a brand new hard drive as well just before i gave it too her.

Happy b day XI

Thankx guys ! :D

Its been a long week , well ever since mu birthday.

A while back I did this CD layout for some friends, ended up doing a full page advertisement for thier label sunday-tuesday.
I guess its an easy part time thing that pays realy well. Not as good as the day job, but at least I can sit on my a$$ while I work. :lol:

now when it rains... my car unlocks itself automatically :banghead: :banghead:

kinda scary, dont know if something will be stolen when I get back

Ouch Gir ! That sucks ! Where is it leaking in ?

Had a car or two kinda like that it wouldnt lock.
I just never left anything important inside, not even a radio.

Ouch Gir ! That sucks ! Where is it leaking in ?

Had a car or two kinda like that it wouldnt lock.
I just never left anything important inside, not even a radio.

wish i knew lol

another boring sunday..... I hope everyone had a good weekend!

Yes it is no Bears game, they are on the by week.

yeah its been a great wekend other then its getting cold outside. Supposed to get down in the 20's tonight. :eek7:

I went to an Iron Man motorcross yesterday. It was freaking awesome ! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFzPCLnR2EE - open tog headers, nice red GA

seeing vid like that always make me miss my G/a just a little. If mine wasnt such a POS i think i would still own it today. any luck on the leak Gir?

That vid said it was out of service or something when I went to see it. I saw some other crappy GA vids though. :lol:

I wonder where they are getting those Tog headers. :dunno:

oh yeah it was snowing lastnight and a little right now, winter must be here! :crying:

That vid said it was out of service or something when I went to see it. I saw some other crappy GA vids though. :lol:

I wonder where they are getting those Tog headers. :dunno:

oh yeah it was snowing lastnight and a little right now, winter must be here! :crying:

but yay for CAI!!!!

btw belated happy bday, i'm still alive!~

I heard it's supposed to get very cold up in the north and north east today and tomorrow!! I think back in jersey it was only gonna be about 45 for the high.... that's COLD to me. :grinyes: Early winter it seems like this year.

Leak? idk lol... I dont remember having a leak.

finally listed my dr. speed cold air intake and rsm 62mm throttle body on ebay tonight... woot!

I heard it's supposed to get very cold up in the north and north east today and tomorrow!! I think back in jersey it was only gonna be about 45 for the high.... that's COLD to me. Early winter it seems like this year.

Yeah I think up in the north east they got some snow. :D
It got down in the 20's lastnight. Had some major repairs going on this week from the dusting of snow. Yeah bald tires and snow.... they dont mix! :grinno:

Leak? idk lol... I dont remember having a leak.

finally listed my dr. speed cold air intake and rsm 62mm throttle body on ebay tonight... woot!


:uhoh: .... looking for that 62mm TB. :runaround:

I was looking for the 62mm TB too lol :)

Snow and bald tires makes it more interesting when driving. Also may pop tires may pop when driving or may pop sitting in the driveway.

I was looking for the 62mm TB too lol :)
Thats ok I didnt make it over to fleabay.... yet! lol

Bald tires are dangerous too! :yikes:

link in my sig goes to the ebay auction.. you can still buy it too I think

some guy over at GA Owners Club wants it...

I put it together as CAI + 62mm TB

Go bid if any of you want it... :)