a lot of intreresting info. thanks for all the input

interesting views. some of you are saying totally opposite of what i have heard. not a big deal really. the odds of me doing this is pretty slim. part of this post was for me to get your guys view on it and get me some better knowledge of the differences in what our motors can handle and not. i ...

What is it that this guy drives/has driven? Unless he's worked on 3800's and has the knowledge of them that we do, I'd advise you take his advice at face value, and listen to what we have to say.

kind of why i through this at you guys. lol..

only reason i'd do this is if it where a smart route ...

i have been talking to a guy at work who has modified his last 3-4 cars. By modified i mean $10k-$15k of engine work. We were discussing my car and i was telling him some of the things i wanted to do to it. Basically the list of minor mods, things like rockers, headers, etc.. He told me to turbo it ...

thanks for the info

i was told by a salvage yard the other day that the 2002 transmissions are a year fit only. the next thing he told me was good luck. lol.. i don't need one, yet. i hope to never need one. going to change the pcs soon, i hope, and i'm hoping thats all i have to do to the transmission until i'm ready ...

yeah, planning on throwing them in a parts cleaner. trying to get the engine be cleaned up. seems like a good time to do some extra cleaning.

good point

appears i have to change the valve cover gaskets. went and priced them at two local parts stores. lol.. i about fell over. i expected a high of around $20. nope. turns out the n/a engines are around $12 and the supercharged ones are anywhere from $52 - $71. luckily rockauto has them for as low as ...

nice looking car.

the fact that youre not moving and sucking in heat is going to happen with both fwi and cai. the whole idea is to get that cooler air while youre moving. and the fwi does it better than the cai.

i would think if you changed all that and didnt change the oil when you did the work then possibly that could have damaged the bearings. that or they got damaged when you had the first issue.

those aren't bad. although, i was thinking about how the ram air on the ws6 trans ams look. they are closer to the nose of the car.

good looking cars BTW.

anyone ever think about modifying their hood and installing a ram air style scoops? no, i'm not wanting a debate on does it help for getting more air, cold air or not, into the motor. this is simply for appearances. nothing more. don't even care if they let little or any air in. well, maybe some air ...

i think he meant, what are differences in braking, not breaking.

i thought the pads were what made the difference in the stopping not the rotors. don't get me wrong a bigger rotor would help stop better than a smaller one but if the rotors are the same i think the pads would be the deciding factor.

IMO hate

Did you replace the rear rotors, have them turned, or did you do nothing to them?



On a side note:

Never have rear/solid rotors turned.

is this because the rear rotors are so thin?

where did you get your pads? i've had a bad set of pads on my car before and after jacking up the rearend and ...

glad to hear you got the rearend fixed.

the steering wheel turning would more than likely be tie rod ends. fixing them will help with some of your shimmy, probably not all. 11-1 movement sounds like quite a bit to me. should be really noticable to your mechanic. make sure you get them fixed. saw a ...

:withstupid: If the bubbling doesn't seem to let up, then sorry to say its top end rebuild time.

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wanted that to have 00beasts post in there too. oh well. i'd also be looking at the head gaskets.

one thing though, i thought a pressure check would show if the head gaskets were bad. i know i've ...

mine comes on also. it has came on from in town driving 25-30 mph and also at highway 55-60 mph. i thought it was a bearing but none of them appear to be loose. i might check into the steering next.