Grand Am Off Topic Thread

[grfnkl]

Originally Posted by xeroinfinity

Ya Vipey just go check out the bulbs somewhere even autozone has the brighter bulbs for the tails/turns.
Their web site only shows 3157 and the 3157LL ,
I know thiers a third one thats brighter though ...

I would also double check those contacts inside the housing. any corrosion will make them dim.

Oh ya !
I was going to tell you guys I have put almost 4k miles on this trany and its holding up very very very very wellll
Its wierd when I take off and have the wheels turned thiers a whining coming from that EP LSD, someone asked if that was the turbo-whine
I wished

And good luck with the mods Vipey.!!

I think the bulbs your are thinking of are the XV or XD something to that effect. Or maybe its SB either way, I don't recall if they made it for everybulb but i know they made some that way.

Your are very correct about the corrosion.... never thought that wuld cause my erractic turnsignals one light bright the other dim... and it randomly going faster and slower...

glad to here that the tranny is holding up well! I see you have a whine coming from it. My 02 had a whine since about 18k miles on it basically right after the front axles were replaced. then it went away and then it came back for good.

Has anyone seen transformers yet? i've heard good things but have yet to go see it. The only thing i heard was that theymade bumblebee a camaro instead of the VW bug that it was... that may or maynot be disappointing....

[Vipey1337]

It is not disappointing. Bugs blow, camaros are way better (especially THIS one ). TRANSFORMERS is one of THE BEST MOVIES EVER MADE. PERIOD!!! Go watch... NOW!!! I've not talked to ANYONE that has disliked!

EDIT: Yeah the guy said since the filters are metal or something they really don't need to be cleaned off or something... I'll take his word for it I guess. My big concern with taking off the filters and pan gaskets is particles getting back into the transmission that I don't want to be there, so as long as they stay where they are at, I'm totally fine with it as long as it doesn't blow my car up

If my grand am takes a dump I'll get a GTP until I can afford a REALLY nice car

Originally Posted by grfnkl

I think the bulbs your are thinking of are the XV or XD something to that effect. Or maybe its SB either way, I don't recall if they made it for everybulb but i know they made some that way.

Your are very correct about the corrosion.... never thought that wuld cause my erractic turnsignals one light bright the other dim... and it randomly going faster and slower...

glad to here that the tranny is holding up well! I see you have a whine coming from it. My 02 had a whine since about 18k miles on it basically right after the front axles were replaced. then it went away and then it came back for good.

Has anyone seen transformers yet? i've heard good things but have yet to go see it. The only thing i heard was that theymade bumblebee a camaro instead of the VW bug that it was... that may or maynot be disappointing....

[xeroinfinity]

Originally Posted by Gir-_-

Hey XI, are you going to throw up a post on a trans rebuild or what all you did in 'Tips and Maintenance' ? I'd like to know! If I do plan on keepin the GA, it'd be great knowledge to pass along

Thier is already a post, remember !?
I moved it somewhere..... it's in the Performance subforum.

Originally Posted by grfnkl

glad to here that the tranny is holding up well! I see you have a whine coming from it. My 02 had a whine since about 18k miles on it basically right after the front axles were replaced. then it went away and then it came back for good.

Me too
Though I think this whine is normal, it only does it when I go 3/4 - WOT

I have heard diferent opinions about transformers .
I'd probly like it anyway. It should be a great movie since it toook 5 years to make

[Vipey1337]

weird double post

[Vipey1337]

Originally Posted by xeroinfinity

Thier is already a post, remember !?
I moved it somewhere..... it's in the Performance subforum.


Me too
Though I think this whine is normal, it only does it when I go 3/4 - WOT

I have heard diferent opinions about transformers .
I'd probly like it anyway. It should be a great movie since it toook 5 years to make

They weren't FILMING for five years tho were they? Cause otherwise you'd see a noticable progression of age of teh characters

I'd marry Megan Fox in a heartbeat... her under the hood of a car was HOTT and that itself was worth seeing the movie


EDIT: This should remove doubt on seeing Transformers: Safe for work but... close

http://www.maximonline.com/todays_gi...?id=2290&ind=3

[Vipey1337]

Hey grfnkl, where did you order your Dashhawk from? I'm now considering getting either a Dashhawk or an Aerowhatever that Gir has, but I'd like to see how each of you like your gauges before I decide. I'd probably do this over getting rims and headlights. I'm thinking of, if I fix up the tail lights, maybe just stick with that (might get a CF ram air hood eventually), but for the most part I want a relatively normal sleeper look.

But I really need some sort of a gauge reader thingie :P I'd like to see what kind of engine codes I may be running. Oh and another thing, my car doesn't accelerate very smoothly... it's been doing that a while. Hopefully it has nothing to do with the new trans fluid or anything like that either. We'll see.

[Gir-_-]

Originally Posted by Vipey1337

Hey grfnkl, where did you order your Dashhawk from? I'm now considering getting either a Dashhawk or an Aerowhatever that Gir has, but I'd like to see how each of you like your gauges before I decide. I'd probably do this over getting rims and headlights. I'm thinking of, if I fix up the tail lights, maybe just stick with that (might get a CF ram air hood eventually), but for the most part I want a relatively normal sleeper look.

But I really need some sort of a gauge reader thingie :P I'd like to see what kind of engine codes I may be running. Oh and another thing, my car doesn't accelerate very smoothly... it's been doing that a while. Hopefully it has nothing to do with the new trans fluid or anything like that either. We'll see.

did it start doing the accel problem after the fluid change?

Granted my aerotech scan gauge is nice.. thinking back if I could of saved a little bit more I would of gone with the dashhawk, just because of everything it provides from description

http://www.dashhawk.com/ - you can go over all the parameters and GM enhanced features which look nicceeee! ... I think the dashhawk is OBDII & CAN supported which is a good thing lol

I ordered my MSD coilpacks from Shopatron and they came pretty fast, make sure you order on like a monday or friday tho cause they dont ship on weekends

which btw vipey, if you're interested... the coilpacks only costed me $160, and were VERY easy to install.. I really cant wait till I get my injector problem fixed.. my car just sounds diff from using them

MSD Coilpacks - QTY[3] $160 (after shipping)

[Vipey1337]

it's always accelerated strange.

[xeroinfinity]

That Dashawk looks pretty nice, reads 0-60 and 1/4 mile.
Ok I see the price, $309
....why not just $310

Vipey on your accelleration prob have you ever changed you fuel filter ?

[Vipey1337]

yeah got the fuel filter changed like 3 or 4 months ago. i'll try more injector cleaner and see if that helps. Anything else that would clean out the engine?

[Gir-_-]

Originally Posted by Vipey1337

yeah got the fuel filter changed like 3 or 4 months ago. i'll try more injector cleaner and see if that helps. Anything else that would clean out the engine?

to bad you dont live next to me

I made my own cleaning system that uses straight seafoam (or any other liquid carbon cleanser) through the pcv valve vaccume... ill take a pic of it when I get the chance

I stole the idea from my kwik kar guys, they charge $70 to do the process.. I took a few good looks of how it works, how it gets air and other stuff... and I went to home depot and made one myself.. for less than $20 and it works!

I was told that seafoam can also thin out the oil if used to much, but I forgot who I heard that from... whenever I change my oil, I do the seafoam first then change oil just in case

a nice FUEL clean treatment I do on my GA and noticed milage out of it, brand new half a tank of Shell brand 93OCT, 2 small bottles of the lucas injector cleaner, and an expensive all purpose clean/fuel system lube cleaner.

you just run all of that till your about to be out.

btw tho vipey, I dunno if DHP PCM would be good for the car just yet if the GA isnt running near perfect to start with.

[Vipey1337]

I was thinking after the car is done soaking with the max atf for a week or so I'd order it, and hopefully it would clear up problems by fixing possible fuel inefficiencies along the powerband. Or I'll blow my car up faster and trade it in for a GTP Both are good in my book, but I'll tell ya blowing my grand am up would probably make me cry for the first time since being a teenager... so I'd probably keep it to fix someday lolz

[grfnkl]

Well I got my dashhawk yesterday and couldn't wait to hook that bad boy up! Oh it's sooo worth the money!!! I already pulled my Check engine code... po440. Evap Leak, at 0.04 inch. However I still have yet to figure out how to clear the code though... I mark it to be cleared... but nothing happens.

Vipey... the dashhawk will not work on the G/A It'll only work on the g6. It come on saying that you need the CAN bus port in order for it to work... Which the G/a doesn't have. You can use the one that Gir has.... the Aeroforce.

I'll be posting some pics of the dashhawk in a little bit between things at work. I only have to figure out where i want to mount it...

I'm sooo happy..... yay

[Vipey1337]

gleh. I'll prolly order a big batch of things from pfyc.com at the same time... ideas include:

1) Aeroforce Gauge
2) PCM
3) Heat shield thing
4) Angel Eyes
5) Sway bars
6) Rear strut bar if it's back
7) Gatorback belt
8) 180deg Tstat

That will be expensive though so I bet I'll probably remove some of those or order in two batches. Maybe the aeroforce gauge can tell me if anything is being retarded with my engine... I'm noticing the main accel problem is while in first gear (it's been that way for a while... seems to not accelerate uniformly and seems like it should be putting out more power than it is). We'll see

[grfnkl]

Ok here are some pics of the dashhawk... sorry about them being blurry I did my best on my crappy old digital camera....