[JASonic]

If your car has ever had a problem, do you think it may have been from a certain modification? Also, do you think you would have had the problem anyway? I'm curious to know in order to learn what can be done differently. This way I might not make the same mistakes as I try to improve my car a bit.

So if you did have a problem, what would you do differently if you could do it all over?

[MSO]

when i ripped out my stock airbox i had to plug some tubes cuz they were causing a vacuum leak and makin my engine idle rough

other than that.. never!

lmao

[Drick]

Well if you have a 95 F-150 with a broken throttle body do not put a throttle body on there from the junkyard with an internal coolant leak it will fill up all the cyliners with coolant and hydro lock the motor then when you go and start it you will blow ther ring gear. i knw this from experience

[Juggalo_X]

besides usually matinence i havnt really has an issue its expected to get breaks, tires, ball joint or w/e engine & tranny wise not an issue

[AtlanticBlue99]

motoblue underdrive pulley. it was a 42% reduction pulley on the crankshaft, made of aluminum, warped with engine heat, lost its true circular rotation and cracked my harmonic balancer.

other than that, no.

[JASonic]

Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99 motoblue underdrive pulley. it was a 42% reduction pulley on the crankshaft, made of aluminum, warped with engine heat, lost its true circular rotation and cracked my harmonic balancer. other than that, no.

Whoooa. That sounds bad. Before you put it on, was the warping a known risk? I mean did you say to yourself " this is probably going to warp and crack my harmonic balancer"?

[00vabchgt]

i just spun a rod bearing in my car. had 102k on the ticker. don't know what cause it, but i know how much it's costing me so far.

[Juggalo_X]

Originally Posted by 00vabchgt i just spun a rod bearing in my car. had 102k on the ticker. don't know what cause it, but i know how much it's costing me so far.

those suck ass bearings r cheap labor kills yah i spun the #1 bearing on my sunfire gt. oil starvation the oil pumps suck ballz on them. u can tell if u got a rod bearing gone it starts to make a funny noise from like 2000 rpm up.

[TurboLX]

The only problem that i have with cars is me getting my grubby hands all over it

[Juggalo_X]

Originally Posted by TurboLX The only problem that i have with cars is me getting my grubby hands all over it

my sunfire is going to have lots by the time i get it to drive in the winter my lil brother is suing it right now and is beating on it quite nicely.

[00vabchgt]

Originally Posted by Juggalo_X Originally Posted by 00vabchgt i just spun a rod bearing in my car. had 102k on the ticker. don't know what cause it, but i know how much it's costing me so far. those suck ass bearings r cheap labor kills yah i spun the #1 bearing on my sunfire gt. oil starvation the oil pumps suck ballz on them. u can tell if u got a rod bearing gone it starts to make a funny noise from like 2000 rpm up.

it sounded like marbles rolling around in the block.

[Vinyl66]

my dad bought a cobalt and everytime you took it around a sharp turn it sounded like something hitting the rear tire. we took it too the dealership twice before we discovered when it was built an assembler decided to play a joke on us by tieing a string with a nut onthe end of it inside the rear 1/4 panel. when we found it there was a note on it that read "took you long enough to find me"

[00vabchgt]

Originally Posted by Vinyl66 my dad bought a cobalt and everytime you took it around a sharp turn it sounded like something hitting the rear tire. we took it too the dealership twice before we discovered when it was built an assembler decided to play a joke on us by tieing a string with a nut onthe end of it inside the rear 1/4 panel. when we found it there was a note on it that read "took you long enough to find me"

wow, that's fucked up. doesn't say much about the quality control inspectors working for GM

[Juggalo_X]

Originally Posted by 00vabchgt Originally Posted by Juggalo_X Originally Posted by 00vabchgt i just spun a rod bearing in my car. had 102k on the ticker. don't know what cause it, but i know how much it's costing me so far. those suck ass bearings r cheap labor kills yah i spun the #1 bearing on my sunfire gt. oil starvation the oil pumps suck ballz on them. u can tell if u got a rod bearing gone it starts to make a funny noise from like 2000 rpm up. it sounded like marbles rolling around in the block.

mine was a metal on metal sound but i dunno if it sounded like marbles lol the #1 bearing was friend to hell tho lol and the other 3 were on there way out cuz of this.

[Juggalo_X]

Originally Posted by Vinyl66 my dad bought a cobalt and everytime you took it around a sharp turn it sounded like something hitting the rear tire. we took it too the dealership twice before we discovered when it was built an assembler decided to play a joke on us by tieing a string with a nut onthe end of it inside the rear 1/4 panel. when we found it there was a note on it that read "took you long enough to find me"

thats fucked up

[00vabchgt]

holy shit, i almost forgot! about 2 months after i got my stang, i shot a plug out of the drivers side head. the previous owner had gotten the extended warranty on the car and it carried over to me, so ford covered it all. they actually quoted me over 3 grand to fix it. fucking stealerships...

[AtlanticBlue99]

Originally Posted by ja002gl Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99 motoblue underdrive pulley. it was a 42% reduction pulley on the crankshaft, made of aluminum, warped with engine heat, lost its true circular rotation and cracked my harmonic balancer. other than that, no. Whoooa. That sounds bad. Before you put it on, was the warping a known risk? I mean did you say to yourself " this is probably going to warp and crack my harmonic balancer"?

no, most are aluminum for less rotating weight (more important to have less rotating weight than weight in general) and most are smaller. that was the smallest pulley made at the time. this was back in 04-05. but to answer your Q, no i did not expect it to warp.

[MSO]

Originally Posted by TurboLX The only problem that i have with cars is me getting my grubby hands all over it

and still we have yet to see this car run

*taps foot impatiently*