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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:55:46 -0800
From: Roger Gerl <robby@swissonline.ch>
Subject: Re:
Team3S: Ventilation
> Would this explain why I have a slight oil film
on my intercooler pipes for
> the rear turbo and the front intercooler is
spotless ? Car has 98,000 miles.
> Or is there another reason for
this that I should be concerned about ?
Well, as the car has so much
miles I guess the rear turbo leaks a little but nothing really to
worry. If
you are having only a slight amount if oil in one of the pipes then it is not
due to the
crankcase vent. Check out my rebuild site and you'll see what
means a lot oil in the y-pipe !
Nothing to worry
:)
Regards,
Roger
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:59:46 -0800
From: Roger Gerl <robby@swissonline.ch>
Subject: Re:
Team3S: Crankcase ventilation
> Under boost, the turbos are pulling
air in through your air filters.
> The tube that runs from the rear valve
cover to the rear turbo inlet
> hose sees a negative pressure under boost
since the air rushing by the
> place where the tube joins the inlet hose
creates a vacuum in the rear
> valve cover. This helps evacuate the
top end of the motor. When not
> under boost, the PCV valve on the
rear of the front valve cover opens
> which enables the intake manifold
vacuum to pull oil vapor from the
> front valve cover directly into the
combustion chamber.
So what is the consesus here ? Summit has a nice
breather container for about $29 in their catalouge
but if the vacuum is
really needed the ventilation wouldn't work properly then. It is no problem
on
NA cars as it is on the Camaro but the vacuum condition makes me
thinking.
Without the manual handy it makes it complicated to create
ideas :)
Regards,
Roger
>
>
-Bob
>
> > Unfortunately, I don't have the manual handy but it
would
> > be interesting to understand what removing
> > the
intake hose would cause. As I can recall, the valve
> > just after the
intake hose prevents boost
> > entering the crankcase but in a vacuum
situation the valve
> > let the gases flow. Am I right ? If so,
>
> the function of the valve must not be altered due to such a mod.
>
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 13:07:28 -0800
From: Roger Gerl <robby@swissonline.ch>
Subject: Re:
Team3S: rear turbo precat removal
> I found a race fabricator who will
build and install a stainless, turbo back
> system for 11 or 12 hundred
dollars.
This is damn expensive but, done with a good muffler without the
annyoing droning, it's ok.
> This operation will remove precats and
install hi-flow cat and flex section.
The front pre-cat is no problem and
David Buschur offers a replacement pipe for around $150 (the
flanges are the
expensive part). Also, I doubt that the fabricator already knows how the
pre-cat/O2
housing looks like and he will look very odd when he sees what he
has to do. In fact he'll say that
the stock thing has to be cut and another
part to be welded on. If so, you can directly gut the
precat by yourself and
save your money.
Upon the installation, the rebuild on my engine was done
with the engine in the bay. For the rear
turbo all the stuff lying around has
to be removed to gain enough access. Even more I guess that
access from under
the car at the same would also help. Others do have more experience in this
than
me of course :)
Regards,
Roger
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:17:39 -0600
From: "Omar Malik" <ojm@iname.com>
Subject: RE: Team3S:
Crankcase ventilation
I assume the breather hose being talked about here
would be the same as the
one on the NA cars that connects the rear valve
cover to the inlet hose
right before the throttle body. how would
disconnecting or sealing off this
hose affect the NA cars? i always
wondered, as i always find a little oil
in the inlet hose and throttle
body
> So what is the consesus here ? Summit has a nice
breather
> container for about $29 in their catalouge
> but if the
vacuum is really needed the ventilation wouldn't work
> properly then. It
is no problem on
> NA cars as it is on the Camaro but the vacuum condition
makes me thinking.
>
> Without the manual handy it makes it
complicated to create ideas :)
>
> Regards,
>
Roger
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> >
-Bob
> >
> > > Unfortunately, I don't have the manual handy
but it would
> > > be interesting to understand what
removing
> > > the intake hose would cause. As I can recall, the
valve
> > > just after the intake hose prevents boost
> >
> entering the crankcase but in a vacuum situation the valve
> >
> let the gases flow. Am I right ? If so,
> > > the function of
the valve must not be altered due to such a mod.
> >
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 14:47:44 -0700
From: "Jeffrey Young" <jefyoung@ix.netcom.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Bozz Speed site
FYI - Check out Bozz Speeds
site www.bozz.co.jp and
look under the 99
Tokyo Auto Salon. They have done some
amazing things to the VR4 (GTO
V5.8), including reworking the
entire intake system, with new exhaust
manifolds, HUGE turbos and
some really interesting I/C plumbing.
Jeffrey
92 RT/Turbo
www.omega-sw.com/stealth
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 13:50:23 -0800
From: wce@bc.sympatico.ca
Subject: Re:
Team3S: Crankcase ventilation
Can someone scan a diagram/tumbsized photo
of the tube we're talking
about here so we can all be on the same page. It is
slightly bending the
rules, but will be of benifit to the topic at hand. No
misunderstanding
makes for smoother solutions.
On another note, my
SAVC-R came with a small transparent orange
(reuseable) filter for inline
vaccum tube insertion, and may be a modest
solution to the problem (clean it
when it becomes visibly clogged by
oil
mist).
Best
Darc
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:04:48 -0500
From: Joshua <joshua@princelaw.com>
Subject: RE:
Team3S: Bozz Speed site
Anybody know where I can buy those
upgrades??????? Anybody read Japanese
and tell em what quarter mile
time they are pushing? Thanks
-----Original
Message-----
From: Jeffrey Young [mailto:jefyoung@ix.netcom.com]
Sent:
Wednesday, February 24, 1999 4:48 PM
To: Stealth - Starnet; Stealth - Team
3S
Subject: Team3S: Bozz Speed site
FYI - Check out Bozz
Speeds site www.bozz.co.jp
and look
under the 99
Tokyo Auto Salon. They have done
some amazing things to
the VR4 (GTO
V5.8), including reworking
the entire intake system, with
new exhaust
manifolds, HUGE
turbos and some really interesting I/C
plumbing.
Jeffrey
92
RT/Turbo
www.omega-sw.com/stealth
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 14:16:17 -0800
From: Roger Gerl <robby@swissonline.ch>
Subject: Re:
Team3S: Crankcase ventilation / keep the bc valve clean
Darc,
>
On another note, my SAVC-R came with a small transparent orange
>
(reuseable) filter for inline vaccum tube insertion, and may be a modest
>
solution to the problem (clean it when it becomes visibly clogged by oil
>
mist).
Who you gonna tell ?? Two weeks ago I decided to open the solenoid
box of the DSBC and the thing was
SOACKED with oil ... and still worked very
well. I cleaned it including the hoses with carburator
spray and currently
look for a good filter to prevent anything going to them in the
future.
The tube we are refering to goes into the tubing after the MAS in
the direction to the rear turbo
inlet. The NA tube goes into the intake
ellbow before the TB.
Regards,
Roger
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:09:49 -0600
From: Wayne <wala@hypertech-inc.com>
Subject:
RE: Team3S: Bozz Speed site
Thats not japanese, nice car
though.....
At 05:04 PM 2/24/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Anybody read
Japanese
>and tell em what quarter mile time they are
pushing?
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:02:03 -0600
From: "Gendron, Curt" <Curt.Gendron@westgroup.com>
Subject:
RE:Team3S: Specs? and year to purchase
Hey Andrew,
Yes there is a
website that list which years had which features. Check out
my
webpage. And go to the Features page.
later,
Curt G
95 R/T
TT
and author of Minnesota 3/S at:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Shop/1044/
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 07:22:31
-0700
From: Andrew Brilliant <andrewb@infowest.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Specs? and year to purchase
I own a 91 VR-4, and I just made the
decision to purchase a 2nd gen,
when I start my new job, in 2 weeks. I
love the ECS, and the Active
Aero, Climate control, is there any year of the
94+ that had all of
those features, or is there a website listing all of the
years and their
features?
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:47:23 -0500
From: RPM Motorsports <rpmmotorsport@adelphia.net>
Subject:
Re: Team3S: Bozz Speed site
The site is in Japanese, they do have some
parts of the descriptions in
English. Currently the Bozz Speed car in the 99
Tokyo Auto Salon is
utilizing, Alcon brakes, Twin T67 Turbos (Greddy, TD06/07
Hybrid with
25G wheel), Front Mount intercooler, enlarged front Hood to
accomodate
the turbo kit. The turbos are venting through External
Wastegates,
wheels are by Enkei in 18x10 on 275/35's The wheel wheel has been
flared
to accomodate them. Clutch and flywheel are OS Giken Twin Plate
Clutch
and Flywheel. The car is utilizing a Bozz Speed intake
manifold,
stainless steel exhaust manifold and enlarged radiator. As I recall
they
utilized a Skyline GT-R fuel pump in the past, and are controlling
fuel
through and HKS F-Con V and a VPC.
The motor has been bored to a 3.1
liter and he is utlizing Bozz Speed
aluminum piston kit.
His exhaust is
the Bozz speed dual Cannon Muffler exhaust among the Bozz
Speed Aero Mirrors
and front end.
As far as quarter miles, he has no times. His car has
horrible response
with these turbos, but from what Bozz Speed has told me in
the past, he
has 300 km/h ability on the top end. This car is street driven
and
regularly drives to it's top end limits.
They have told me that at 280
km/h the car is severely drag limited.
Regarding price tag. I would have
to say he could have easily bought
another GTO/3000GT/Stealth for the price
he paid for the parts. The
exhaust alone is $1600, Turbo kit is roughly
~$10,000. That does include
any labor since most of his parts were custom
made.
If you have any questions regarding their products, or Bozz Speed
stuff,
feel free to email me.
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:25:38 -0800
From: wce@bc.sympatico.ca
Subject: Re:
Team3S: Crankcase ventilation / keep the bc valve
clean
Roger;
> The tube we are refering to goes into the
tubing after the MAS in the direction to the rear turbo
Well,
visualization is not one of my best suits, so I went out and had a gander (a
look) and a small
hose (not a vaccum tube size) comes out of a fitting
shortly behind the MAS and runs back up along to
firewall, enters a solid
metal tube, and shortly thereafter becomes rubber again before dropping down
in
the direction of the rear turbo. Is the baby you're talking about? For
some reason I thought it was a
tube, as in vaccum tube, and not a small
hose. Enlighten me here if I'm wrong...which is why I thought a
picture would
save the thousand words.
Best
Darc
> inlet. The NA tube
goes into the intake ellbow before the TB.
>
> Regards,
>
Roger
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:45:35 -0500
From: Irving & Ana Jimenez <lt1power@crystal.palace.net>
Subject:
Re: Team3S: Bozz Speed site
> As far as quarter miles, he has no
times. His car has horrible response
> with these turbos, but from what
Bozz Speed has told me in the past, he
> has 300 km/h ability on the top
end. This car is street driven and
> regularly drives to it's top end
limits.
> They have told me that at 280 km/h the car is severely drag
limited.
Do you know if the car still has the AWD System on
?
Irving
96 VR4
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:49:03 -0500
From: RPM Motorsports <rpmmotorsport@adelphia.net>
Subject:
Re: Team3S: Bozz Speed site
The 99 Auto Salon Bozz Speed car does still
retain the AWD system.
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:55:01 -0500
From: Ron Thompson <rtetetet@earthlink.net>
Subject:
Re: Team3S: Specs? and year to purchase
> 1994 was the last year for
the ECS...
Not really, I looked at a 95 VR4 before I bought my 96 and it
had ESC.
Ron
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 19:36:13 -0800
From: wce@bc.sympatico.ca
Subject: Re:
Team3S: Specs? and year to purchase
Ron Thompson responded
to:
> > 1994 was the last year for the
ECS...
with
>
>
> Not really, I looked at a 95 VR4
before I bought my 96 and it had ESC.
>
I think you're right
Ron....there seemed to be overlap of production with changes being
phased in,
so that a couple of months could mean the difference between having
this
feature in 95, or not. In this case likely both statements are true (or
both are
false). The Stealth line was the same, and although officially
it was announced that
they were to be discontinued at the end of 95,
they were selling a small run 96 modles
until all were gone. I have yet to
determine if any differences existed between these
two years in the case of
the Stealth, as I haven't seen a 96. Personally, I suspect
not!
Best
Darc
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 20:41:36 PST
From: "Ed Eberhart" <hotnates@hotmail.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Body roll?
Here's the deal: I got my 93 SL back from a four
wheel alignment (after
about 3 months of repair work), and I have way too
much body roll. I
had a new suspension installed on the back driver's
side (where the girl
hit me @ about 60), and I think new bushings. I'm
taking the car in
tomorrow to see if a sway bar or something is loose.
Other than that, I
have no idea what could be causing this. I mean,
the thing rolls like a
big sedan
now!
Thanks
ed
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Date:
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 20:37:12 -0700
From: "james berry" <fastmax@home.com>
Subject: Re: Team3S:
rear turbo precat removal
- -----Original Message-----
From: Roger
Gerl <robby@swissonline.ch>
To: stealth-3000gt@list.sirius.com
<stealth-3000gt@list.sirius.com>
Date:
Wednesday, February 24, 1999 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: Team3S: rear turbo precat
removal
>> I found a race fabricator who will build and install
a stainless, turbo
back
>> system for 11 or 12 hundred
dollars.
>
>This is damn expensive but, done with a good muffler
without the annoying
droning, it's OK.
A look at the Nexus web
site shows a cat back at around $650 plus,and a down
pipe with hi-flow
cat
going for $545. In addition I have shipping plus installation. I'd
install
it myself and save a few bucks,
[ I work cheap : ) ]. The
fabricator also guarantees his work for as long as
he's
around.
>The front pre-cat is no problem and David Buschur offers a
replacement pipe
for around $150 (the
>flanges are the expensive part).
Also, I doubt that the fabricator already
knows how the
pre-cat/O2
>housing looks like and he will look very odd when he sees what
he has to
do. In fact he'll say that
>the stock thing has to be cut and
another part to be welded on. If so, you
can directly gut the
>precat
by yourself and save your money.
Good call on this one --- I looked
at my shop manual and that front flange
is a bit odd. I might as well
save
the money and do as you suggest.
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:34:39 -0500
From: Jason Barnhart <phnxgld@erols.com>
Subject: Team3S:
Cockpit adjustable aftermarket struts???
Sorry about the odd
wording in the subject, trying to draw the right attention with
few
words...
At any rate... I just got the bad news from my dealer,
a blown strut. They want me
to pay them $475 for the one strut, and of
course another $475 for the other strut. I'm
sure I can do better, but
my motto is: If I have to replace something, I'll replace it
with
something better. The only problem I forsee is finding struts that I can
adjust
from inside the cabin. I'd definately like a handling
improvement, turns are fun, but I
don't want to do away with the option to
switch to a more friendly pothole/rough road
setting at the touch of a
button. I don't see myself jacking up the rear of my car to
change
stiffness settings when I see a pothole coming up. I'm sure they've got to
be
out there. I'm pretty sure they aren't all that complicated.
Sounds like clever use of
an actuator to me. I'd also be willing to bet
that Mitsu didn't make the struts
themselves. Anyone know of any struts
like this? The sport/tour switch is among my
favorite things about my
car, I don't wanna do without it.
Thanks a bunch,
Jason
94 VR4 "I
HERTZM"
13.36@102.54
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 07:57:51 -0600
From: "Gendron, Curt" <Curt.Gendron@westgroup.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Wheel problem
Hey everyone,
I need some help from the
mechanics out there. I was messing around with my
Stealth and Eclipse
the other night and I wanted to see if the 18 inch rims
would fit on my
Eclipse. So I jacked up both cars and took the wheel off of
the
Stealth. And I took all of the lug nuts off the wheel of my
Eclipse,
but the wheel would not come off. It was strange, it was like
the lug nuts
where still on there. I pulled as hard as I could but it
wouldn't budge.
Am I missing something obvious here?? All five lug nuts
are completly off
and the tire is off the ground. What gives??
The rim has a plastic cap in
the center. Is there some kind of pin
underneath that or something?? The
Eclipse is a 96 GSX with the spiral
rims. I've taken wheels off of cars
before, but never had a problem
like this before. Anyone have suggestions
on how to pry the wheel off,
or is there something else I need to do?
Please help a novice
mechanic,
Curt G
95 R/T TT
and author of Minnesota 3/S at:
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 08:32:26 -0600
From: Wayne <wala@hypertech-inc.com>
Subject:
Re: Team3S: Wheel problem
Kick the sidewall of the tire as hard as you
can.......That usally does the
trick...
At 07:57 AM 2/25/99 -0600,
you wrote:
>Anyone have suggestions
>on how to pry the wheel
off, or is there something else I need to do?
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:47:58 EST
From: GC3000GT@aol.com
Subject: Re: Team3S:
Wheel problem
In a message dated 2/25/99 5:59:46 AM Pacific Standard
Time,
Curt.Gendron@westgroup.com
writes:
<< I pulled as hard as I could but it wouldn't
budge.
Am I missing something obvious here?? All five lug nuts
are completly off
and the tire is off the ground. What gives??
>>
Hi Curt,
When you remove all 5 lugs, try kicking
(lightly) one side of the sidewall of
the tire. Sometimes due to
weather elements and normal wear, the wheel can
actually "stick" to the
rotor, and it'll seem as if it won't come off. This
happens to me
sometimes, and I usually give the bottom of the tire a quick
jolt - usually
it's enough to brake it free.
Gregg
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 08:25:57 -0800
From: 10100101@collegeclub.com
Subject:
Team3S: EGR
Has anyone disconnected their EGR? What did it affect?
Mike
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 08:23:39 -0800
From: 10100101@collegeclub.com
Subject:
Team3S: For Sale: Custom Sub Box
Hello,
I have a custom sub box for
sale that fits three 10" subs. $200
Removel of spare tire is
required.
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:09:09 -0800
From: Ken Middaugh <middaugh@omega.gat.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Re: Cockpit adjustable aftermarket struts???
Jason,
I just
bought a set of 4 ECS struts (have 90K on originals) for my '91
VR4 for $542
from Tallahassee Mitsu. Of course I have to install them
myself or pay
someone for the installation, and pay for an alignment.
As you can see,
dealer prices are double! Buy the parts yourself and
shop around for
labor.
Jason Barnhart wrote:
>
> Sorry about the
odd wording in the subject, trying to draw the right attention with
> few
words...
> At any rate... I just got the bad news from
my dealer, a blown strut. They want me
> to pay them $475 for the
one strut, and of course another $475 for the other strut.
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:13:20 -0800
From: "Gross, Erik" <erik.gross@intel.com>
Subject: RE:
Team3S: Wheel problem
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject:
Re: Team3S: Wheel problem
>
> When you remove all 5 lugs, try
kicking (lightly) one side of
> the sidewall of the tire. Sometimes
due to weather elements
> and normal wear, the wheel can actually "stick"
to the rotor,
> and it'll seem as if it won't come off. This happens
to me
> sometimes, and I usually give the bottom of the tire a
quick
> jolt - usually it's enough to brake it free.
Just as a FYI,
an experience I had a couple weeks ago:
Driving down the road, see woman
and kid next to their car Stanza(?) with a
flat tire. Figure I could do
my "good turn" and get to switch my Boy Scout
token to the other
pocket. Ask her if she needs help, she does. I jack up
the car,
remove the lug nuts and pull the tire. And pull, and pull. I
see
the scissor jack wobble and decide not to pull harder:) I tapped
the tire
with the toe of my shoe. Kicked the tire. Donkey-kicked
the tire.
Multiple times. Got the tire iron and tapped the rim a few
times in hopes
that some vibration would free it. Whacked the rim a few
times out of
frustration. Kicked tire a few more times for spite.
Turned the steering
wheel so the edge of the tire was out in plain
view. Kicked it some more.
Harder. Damn thing wouldn't
budge. Rotor didn't look rusted, and she said
the car had been serviced
in the last 3-4 months. Searched her trunk for
baseball bat, golf club,
etc. Search unsuccessful. Kicked tire some more
for lack of
baseball bat, which would have been used to beat tire to a blood
pulp for
being so uncooperative. Finally gave up and said, "That thing's
not
coming off anytime soon. Can I give you a ride to a gas station
or
something?" She of course refused; can't say I blame her,
given what you
see on the news every day. I walk back to my car cursing
steel rims and
rotors in general.
- --Erik
P.S. If anyone
actually thinks that I carry my Boy Scout token around with
me (or for that
matter know where it is), well... that's pretty funny ;)
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Erik
Gross
DuPont, WA
'95 Pearl White 3000GT 49k mi - resonatorless + bald tire mod
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what happened in the archaic, pre-scientific idiom of the
ancient
Hebrews. It does not tell us how it happened. We can
learn what we can about
that "how" from science, always
keeping in mind that there can be no real
conflict between
two very different orders of knowledge: science and
theology."
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Johnston "The Pope and Evolution"
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:15:35 -0800
From: Ken Middaugh <middaugh@omega.gat.com>
Subject:
Re: Team3S: Specs? and year to purchase
On '95 cars, the power sunroof
and ECS are mutually exclusive. You can
only have one. You can
get ECS with a manual sunroof though. Maybe
someone can enlighten us
about the '96's.
Ken
wce@bc.sympatico.ca wrote:
>
> Ron Thompson responded to:
>
> > > 1994 was the last
year for the ECS...
>
> with
>
> >
>
>
> > Not really, I looked at a 95 VR4 before I bought my 96 and it
had ESC.
> >
>
> I think you're right Ron....there seemed
to be overlap of production with changes being
> phased in, so that a
couple of months could mean the difference between having this
> feature
in 95, or not. In this case likely both statements are true (or both are
>
false). The Stealth line was the same, and although officially it
was announced that
> they were to be discontinued at the end of 95,
they were selling a small run 96 modles
> until all were gone. I have yet
to determine if any differences existed between these
> two years in the
case of the Stealth, as I haven't seen a 96. Personally, I suspect not!
>
> Best
>
> Darc
>
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:18:15 -0800
From: Ken Middaugh <middaugh@omega.gat.com>
Subject:
Re: Team3S: Wheel problem
When the wheel is that stubborn, you can loosen
the lug nuts (i.e.
finger tight) the roll the car a little. That will
usually break the
wheel free.
Ken
"Gross, Erik" wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Subject: Re: Team3S: Wheel
problem
> >
> > When you remove all 5 lugs, try kicking
(lightly) one side of
> > the sidewall of the tire. Sometimes due
to weather elements
> > and normal wear, the wheel can actually "stick"
to the rotor,
> > and it'll seem as if it won't come off. This
happens to me
> > sometimes, and I usually give the bottom of the tire
a quick
> > jolt - usually it's enough to brake it free.
>
> Just as a FYI, an experience I had a couple weeks ago:
>
>
Driving down the road, see woman and kid next to their car Stanza(?) with
a
> flat tire. Figure I could do my "good turn" and get to switch my
Boy Scout
> token to the other pocket. Ask her if she needs help,
she does. I jack up
> the car, remove the lug nuts and pull the
tire. And pull, and pull. I see
> the scissor jack
wobble and decide not to pull harder:) I tapped the tire
> with the
toe of my shoe. Kicked the tire. Donkey-kicked the tire.
>
Multiple times. Got the tire iron and tapped the rim a few times in
hopes
> that some vibration would free it. Whacked the rim a few
times out of
> frustration. Kicked tire a few more times for
spite. Turned the steering
> wheel so the edge of the tire was out
in plain view. Kicked it some more.
> Harder. Damn thing
wouldn't budge. Rotor didn't look rusted, and she said
> the car had
been serviced in the last 3-4 months. Searched her trunk for
>
baseball bat, golf club, etc. Search unsuccessful. Kicked tire some
more
> for lack of baseball bat, which would have been used to beat tire
to a blood
> pulp for being so uncooperative. Finally gave up and
said, "That thing's
> not coming off anytime soon. Can I give you a
ride to a gas station or
> something?" She of course refused;
can't say I blame her, given what you
> see on the news every day. I
walk back to my car cursing steel rims and
> rotors in general.
>
> --Erik
>
> P.S. If anyone actually thinks that I
carry my Boy Scout token around with
> me (or for that matter know where
it is), well... that's pretty funny ;)
>
>
------
----------
> Erik
Gross
DuPont, WA
> '95 Pearl White 3000GT 49k mi - resonatorless + bald tire
mod
>
------
----------
> "Scripture does not teach science, period. Genesis tells
us
> what happened in the archaic, pre-scientific idiom of the
>
ancient Hebrews. It does not tell us how it happened. We can
> learn what
we can about that "how" from science, always
> keeping in mind that there
can be no real conflict between
> two very different orders of knowledge:
science and theology."
>
> --George Sim
Johnston "The Pope and Evolution"
>
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:27:11 -0600
From: "Wendlandt, Mark (MN51)" <MWendlan@cfsmo.honeywell.com>
Subject:
RE: Team3S: Wheel problem
Curt,
Try loosening the lug nuts and
rock the car side to side. I've had the
problem before, but with steel
wheels not
aluminum...
Mark
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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601-0881
Email: Mark.Wendlandt@cfsmo.honeywell.com
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- -----Original
Message-----
From: Gendron, Curt [mailto:Curt.Gendron@westgroup.com]
Sent:
Thursday, February 25, 1999 7:58 AM
To: 'stealth-3000gt@list.sirius.com'
Subject:
Team3S: Wheel problem
Hey everyone,
I need some help from the
mechanics out there. I was messing around with my
Stealth and Eclipse
the other night and I wanted to see if the 18 inch rims
would fit on my
Eclipse. So I jacked up both cars and took the wheel off of
the
Stealth. And I took all of the lug nuts off the wheel of my
Eclipse,
but the wheel would not come off. It was strange, it was like
the lug nuts
where still on there. I pulled as hard as I could but it
wouldn't budge.
Am I missing something obvious here?? All five lug nuts
are completly off
and the tire is off the ground. What gives??
The rim has a plastic cap in
the center. Is there some kind of pin
underneath that or something?? The
Eclipse is a 96 GSX with the spiral
rims. I've taken wheels off of cars
before, but never had a problem
like this before. Anyone have suggestions
on how to pry the wheel off,
or is there something else I need to do?
Please help a novice
mechanic,
Curt G
95 R/T TT
and author of Minnesota 3/S at:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Shop/1044/
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:52:12 -0700
From: Ricardo Cousar <rcousar@uswest.com>
Subject: Team3S:
Green Tape Hose
The other day I was visiting a race car museum and
noticed something I
think might solve my air link problem for good. While, I
was in the
museum I noticed a turbo charged race car. I decided to take
a closer
look and to my surprise it had a V 6 engine. After closer
examination
of the turbo (it was a huge one by the way) I noticed that all
the
piping had this hard rubber like hose on all the joints, holding
the
rubber in place were some metal claps. I thought to myself that
might
solve my leak problem for good. So later on that week, I went by to
see
the guys at the, Porsche shop and ask them where could I get this
hose.
So they took me to another bay in the shop and showed me one of
their
race cars and asked me is this the kind of hose you are looking for?
I
said yes. They informed me that this rubber hose was called green
taped
hose and that I could buy it at this speed shop in my area. I
hope it
solves the problem. I think if it could hold 40psi from his race
car
then it should work for me.
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Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:57:10 -0700
From: "Tracy, Austin" <austin.tracy@rez.com>
Subject: RE:
Team3S: Green Tape Hose
if there is a problem with hoses slipping off or
rupturing, I would suggest
getting some silicone intake piping joint
hose. Turbonettics sells it in
different diameters, even tapering
adaptors. as for the clamps. I ONLY use
T-bar metal clamps for my
intake piping. I have had too many intake hoses
blow off to
count.
Austin T
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
Ricardo Cousar [mailto:rcousar@uswest.com]
> Sent:
Thursday, February 25, 1999 1:52 PM
> To: stealth-3000gt@list.sirius.com
>
Subject: Team3S: Green Tape Hose
>
>
> The other day I was
visiting a race car museum and noticed something I
> think might solve my
air link problem for good. While, I was in the
> museum I noticed a turbo
charged race car. I decided to take a closer
> look and to my
surprise it had a V 6 engine. After closer examination
> of the
turbo (it was a huge one by the way) I noticed that all the
> piping had
this hard rubber like hose on all the joints, holding the
> rubber in
place were some metal claps. I thought to myself that might
> solve my
leak problem for good. So later on that week, I went
> by to see
>
the guys at the, Porsche shop and ask them where could I get
> this
hose.
> So they took me to another bay in the shop and showed me one of
their
> race cars and asked me is this the kind of hose you are looking
for? I
> said yes. They informed me that this rubber hose was called
> green taped
> hose and that I could buy it at this speed
shop in my area. I hope it
> solves the problem. I think if it could hold
40psi from his race car
> then it should work for me.
>
>
>
>
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