Recent content by Gothkid

ive got a similar car. I, every now and then, take it up to the moutains and well, drive the hell out of it. I use manual mode for shifting through all the fast bits so the trans doesnt have to keep switching between gears when i want more power. i havent run into anyproblems as of yet, and...

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if u can wait 2 months i can sell u all 4, 20k miles on em oem 17" snowflakes. with tires on em but idk if thats what your looking for time and money wise.

agreed, thats my set up. mountain road tested, hehe.

thats pretty universal for anyswitch, you never want full load on a switch.

depends, that could be the same solenoid, but if your having problems with multiple gears, then it may in fact need new clutch packs, or it is possible the fluid passages are clogged. a rebuild would fix these problems, unfortunately, you might have to suck it up and pay for it. they only other...

diagnostic centers only can tell you so much, the clutch could be slipping because of a failing or clogged solenoid, there is no way to test this with out the ohm test i posted, and most diag. centers wont test that, its a dealship thing, and even they might not bother with it. most techs would...

as far as getting the cv out of the tranny, really big pry bar. no jokes thats dealership approved. as for the grinding noise, try to get the car in the air and move the wheels around, try to replicate the noise. find exactly where its coming from.

feather the clutch, lol what tires came on it? eagle gts? need more info i had eagle gt's on my 08 3, with 156bhp, broke the tires loose all winter, in Georgia....so yeah......now i have 180bhp.........winter's gonna be fun. but i have switched to General Tire UHP summer tires, which so far...

i have the same problem, 08 2.3L S Sport sedan. ive gotten used to it. i have a poly rear motor mount and torque damper so now more things that just that rattle. lol but notibly, it made the rattle before any of that, it doesnt twist, i think its just cheap....o well

forks? its not a mani, sounds like a failing solenoid. not hard to check either, if u can get the car in the air, check resistance on all 5 shift solenoids. im not clear on which is 3rd/reverse but if u check all 5 it should be clear which one is failing. pins A,C, and G on the harness should...

check all the lines around the evap canister for any noticible problems, with a small leak code, its probably not gonna be easy to see with out an EELD. (EVAP emmisions leak detector) check the gasket seal around the gas cap as well.

that screams idle air control valve. i dont recall if your car had etc or throttle cable, if it has a throttle cable going to the throttle body then i would test the idle air control valve for proper operation. if its not that, or if its etc (electronic) then pull the air intake hose off, check...

no, but the car will still be in spec. besides it will increase camber just enough so you can grip the turns better. i have the eibach prokit and it set me about 1.8- in the rear and 1.6- in the front.

ummm forged internals would be great on a n/a motor. get very high compression pistons, use an fi/c to tune for high compression. see what you can get. im thinking 225+ crank hp out of a n/a motor with a good tune. possible much more. no reason why you cant get at least 230. and if you set it up...