Grand Am Off Topic Thread - Page 124

xeroinfinity · #**1846** 03-06-2008, 06:57 PM

Yeah Gir I was checking his stuff out a week or so ago and he is working on some good stuff, finally!

I like his removal of the TB tube on the heater tube. Was thinking of something like that for mine, just havnt had time.....

Well I might be pulling the motor for the SE.

When I ditched it last, I guess it damaged the reluctor ring in the crank pulley and has been hitting the CPS sensor repeatedly over the past few months

Was thinking my crank may be bent, thats what would make me pullit.

And of coarse I'll sink way to mich money into the thing. Might as well and rebuild it all with forged pistons.

daytona3_8 glad to hear you are still around and makin PC's, it is always fun.

Vipey1337 · #**1847** 03-07-2008, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by xeroinfinity

Yeah Gir I was checking his stuff out a week or so ago and he is working on some good stuff, finally!

I like his removal of the TB tube on the heater tube. Was thinking of something like that for mine, just havnt had time.....

Well I might be pulling the motor for the SE.

When I ditched it last, I guess it damaged the reluctor ring in the crank pulley and has been hitting the CPS sensor repeatedly over the past few months

Was thinking my crank may be bent, thats what would make me pullit.

And of coarse I'll sink way to mich money into the thing. Might as well and rebuild it all with forged pistons.

daytona3_8 glad to hear you are still around and makin PC's, it is always fun.

oh no!!! at least you'll get it back working

xeroinfinity · #**1848** 03-07-2008, 12:35 AM

this is true !!

Ive sank a enough $$$ to buy a V8 TA or even a GTO.
I'll start calling it the money pit!

It will be bigger-better and stronger.

Vipey1337 · #**1849** 03-07-2008, 12:37 AM

Got my car back... misfiring like crazy! He didn't have his laptop to tune it yesterday so he told me to drive it around a few days and expect misfires, and once the computer gets used to it and once i make sure that no fluid is leaking, he'll tune the car Saturday morning to make it run correctly.

Would the fact that my car suddenly has much better air flow make my shifting strange? I think my computer is all confused and doesn't really know where to shift at the moment... will tuning fix this?

I'll at least find out Saturday

Oh and yeah, it DEFINITELY has some more balls now. When I gun it, it doesn't misfire, but i CERTAINLY notice a difference

Oh, and I hit a pothole so large that Tremors could appear out of it... i seriously thought i bent the f@#$ing frame of my car on that thing, they closed it off an hour later and did road construction the next day it was so bad... but yeah, I swear it f@#$ed my car up. When I turn my wheel to the right, I hear a really loud creaking noise. This is WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY CAR BACK FROM CJM MOTORSPORTS... figures I fix one thing then screw up another... I'll be asking him about that too.

But yeah, the rim seems fine I think... I have no idea how my car survived it. Other cars were probably breaking axles on that thing, it was by FAR the worst pothole i've ever hit in my life. I even clanked my teeth together from it

Oh, one more thing... this weekend, I'm replacing my reverse lights (they are broken), putting in my Angel Eye foglights (one foglight is out so i'm replacing them with sexiness), putting my subwoofer back in and mounting it down (I miss my low bass), and installing the rear strut bar with help from my dad since I don't have the necessary parts here to install it (I need certain nuts and washers I don't have but he probably does). Gonna be a good day, provided my car isn't broken.

Oh yeah, and I got to fire up an 800hp Trans Am at CJM... MY GOD WAS IT LOUD! He built a 1300hp supra for a guy too, but I didn't get to hear that one

PEACE OUT! sleep time

Gir-_- · #**1850** 03-07-2008, 03:43 AM

nice nice... glad to hear it has some more balls now, any difference in exhaust note as well?

I'm really tempted to at least grab a set of the ported/polished LIM/UIM

btw, IM GOIN TO COLLEGE! horay

ITT Tech of Austin, nice little tech school, not sure if any of you have seen the commercials for them, but they're pretty nice, did the tour today and everything, goin back tomorrow to discuss money, figure I can put my tax refund to some good use... why not a better education

xeroinfinity · #**1851** 03-07-2008, 08:10 PM

yea be carefull with the misfires Vipey !!

Sounds like a great carreer move Gir !

fullmetalpanic · #**1852** 03-08-2008, 11:39 PM

Just wanted to pop in and show you what I got today!

Hope everyones staying warm up north!

Gir-_- · #**1853** 03-09-2008, 01:40 AM

Nice Lancer!

Vipey1337 · #**1854** 03-09-2008, 01:09 PM

woot!!! I'm hoping to get an 09 ralliart this summer if i get into grad school... i'll be able to afford it... barely!

I won't have any extra spending money though, so no beers for me haha

xeroinfinity · #**1855** 03-09-2008, 09:03 PM

Cute little car.

Gir-_- · #**1856** 03-09-2008, 09:07 PM

sometimes I wonder, why did cars have to end up being my hobby... So EXPENSIVE to upgrade! No matter what you drive... haha

xeroinfinity · #**1857** 03-09-2008, 09:22 PM

Yes it is expensive.
Didnt used to be so much, but everythings all high tech computer controled by all those lovely electronics.
Just think one day cars wont be modable, thats gonna hurt!

grfnkl · #**1858** 03-09-2008, 09:37 PM

well the last few days I've been without internet...which sucked. Apparently our modem died. I have since then got our old modem working but that means no wireless for me. Oh well. teh weather was crazy here yesterday... lots of rain and high winds. The winds were so strong that it took off a section of shingles off the roof of our house.

Well glad to hear you got your g/a back vipey... sound like you'll be having some fun with the car... now just don't blow the tranny or get an speedin tickets

Hey Gir congrat on the school stuff. Hopefully you'll get the financial stuff sorted out and you can start!

Fullmetal: nice lancer you got there. Does it have the paddle shifters in it?

fullmetalpanic · #**1859** 03-09-2008, 10:09 PM

nah I couldnt afford the GTS... went with the ES instead. Did drive one with the paddles though and it was fun!

Vipey1337 · #**1860** 03-10-2008, 12:41 PM

wheeee! My list for working on my Grand Am this weekend:

1) Build amp rack, mount amps to trunk, mount subwoofer to its box and mount it to trunk so it STOPS SLIDING AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE AND BREAKING SH!T

2) Replace reverse lights and get the bulbs working

3) Add Angel Eye fog lights

4) Install rear strut bar (FINALLY) if I can get the damn things over the bolts in the back!

Gonna take a couple of days to do all that shit

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