team3s
Sunday, March 12
2000
Volume 01 : Number
080
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Date:
Sat, 11 Mar 2000 20:37:15 -0500
From: "Eddie" <
stealth3@superservers.net>
Subject:
Team3S: SRS Light
List,
I recently had my motor
re-built. - The SRS light is staying on.
Any ideas on
how to reset this? or should I be checking for a loose
plug
somewhere?
Thanks,
Eddie
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Date:
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 10:27:51 -0600
From: "cody" <
overclck@flash.net>
Subject: Team3S:
Giving up ReadersRides
Well, thanks for all the support fo rthe readers
rides site. I have become
too busy to keep up with it the way I need to
and want to. My car is
needing some serious attention, and I have lots
of work to do on it before I
think it's "finished"
My offer
- Someone take over the site. The Tripod account is there, the
counters
are there, the link exchange is there. ALl it needs is updated,
and
maybe a fresh new look. Please someone with about 30 minutes free
a
week, e-mail me wanting this project. I'll even teach someone how to
use
Frontpage and Photoshop if needed. I'll even give you the
software. P.S. I
also got the voting script fixed, so that's all worked
out too...
Please help me. My car begs of you, and so do
I
Cody
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Date:
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:49:26 -0600
From: "cody" <
overclck@flash.net>
Subject: Team3S:
Front bumper Removal
Who has removed their front clip and fron bumper
reinforcement?
I am planning on some awesome mods to my car that require
the removal of
this, and I'm trying to find out exactly what I'm in
for. I need to remove
the bumper cover and the reinforcement behind
it. Any experiences?
Thanks,
Cody
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Date:
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 09:55:34 -0800
From: "Mohler, Jeff" <
jeff.mohler@netapp.com>
Subject:
RE: Team3S: VR4 weight
Cool..
But when I say light..I mean
absolutely _nothing_ left in the car that doesnt
support the car itself, the
driver, or the steering wheel.
Could be fun!
:-----Original
Message-----
:From: Trevor L. James [
mailto:trevor@kscable.com]
:Sent:
Saturday, March 11, 2000 11:36 AM
:To: Mohler, Jeff
:Cc: Team3S Technical
Forum
:Subject: Re: Team3S: VR4 weight
:
:
:My car's relatively
light from the factory. I weighed it a
:couple weeks ago at
:the track
and it weighed in at 3615 lbs with the spare, jack,
:and toolkit in
the
:car and 1/4 tank of gas. I do have gutted pre-cats, an ATR
:downpipe
with no main
:cat, and a Borla Catback. Probably save 40lbs there. With no
:spare or gas I can
:get it down to 3550lbs. That's without a cage
though...On a
:side note, does
:anyone know what the stock 18"
chrome rims weigh. I was
:thinking that might be a
:good place to loose
some poundage.
:
:Trevor
:96 R/T TT
:
12.687@108.44 w/1.924 60'
:91 Octane,
original clutch and tires, $1550 in HP mods
:92 GMC
Typhoon
:
:"Mohler, Jeff" wrote:
:
:> Does anyone know
what the absolute lightest anyone has
:race-stripped a VR4 to
:>
including cage?
:>
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Date:
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:02:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Geoff Mohler <
gemohler@mail.stealth-3000gt.st>
Subject:
Team3S: Re: Team3s: VR4 Weight
Most definitely!
Reductions
in unsprung weight can dramatically improve handling,
acceleration, braking,
and the quality of the ride itself.
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Date:
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 15:47:26 -0800
From: David Margrave <
davidma@premier1.net>
Subject: Re:
Team3S: Front bumper Removal
I've done it. It wasn't terribly
difficult, but a lot of other plastic
moulding (in the fender wells, etc.)
also had to come off in order to get
access to the screws to remove the
bumper cover. I did it in order to mount a
remote radar detector sensor
right on the front bumper. I wouldn't sweat it,
just have a plastic
tray with compartments of some kind handy, for storing all
the different size
screws and fasteners you'll have to remove. Also you may
want to get a
half dozen or so of the special plastic fasteners with the
philips set screw
in the middle, as you'll probably strip a couple in the
removal
process.
Dave
cody wrote:
> Who has removed their
front clip and fron bumper reinforcement?
>
> I am planning on some
awesome mods to my car that require the removal of
> this, and I'm trying
to find out exactly what I'm in for. I need to remove
> the bumper
cover and the reinforcement behind it. Any experiences?
>
>
Thanks,
> Cody
>
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Date:
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 15:51:20 -0800
From: David Margrave <
davidma@premier1.net>
Subject:
Team3S: kathunk still there
After replacing the stabilizer bar bushings I
still get that irritating
suspension noise sometimes. I also took off
the stabilizer bar links,
removed the snap rings, and filled the joints with
fresh grease. I
noticed that the stabilier bar was slightly
asymmetrical, higher and
farther back with respect to the rest of the
supsension on one side than
the other. I bent it with a big lever until
both sides looked roughly
the same, but I'm sure its subject to such
tremendous forces that if
something else is out of alignment, it might bend
it back.
Its hard to say for sure, but it does seem a bit better,
although not
completely fixed. I'm not sure what to try next, except
maybe to just
try ingoring it again (alas, this never seems to work for me
!)
Dave
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Date:
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 16:04:58 -0800
From: David Margrave <
davidma@premier1.net>
Subject:
Team3S: $311 for a power antenna? No way!
I had the motor in my
power antenna grind something inside the box into
a pulp. You could
hear it going rrr rrr rrr everytime the radio was
switched on or off, only
the antenna wouldn't move. Two links of the
antenna had been stuck ever
since I've had the car (it wouldn't fully
extend) so perhaps this was
responsible for the forces placed on the
gearbox. This actually
happened a week ago, and has a good ending.
I just KNEW that it would be
$100 - $300 for a new power antenna unit
(my guess would later prove correct,
$311 from the local dodge dealer).
So I disassembed the power antenna unit
and its gearbox, to find 1) it
has a lot of grease inside and 2) it was just
one little plastic gear
that had been ground by the motor. Naturally, I
also knew that you
couldn't get just the one plastic gear, no, you have to
buy the whole
new freakin' unit! SO I first tried repairing it by
coating the
gearhead with fiberglass resin, then carving the notches for the
teeth
in with a dremel tool. It worked! For about 10
up-down cycles that
is, then it got ground down again. The fiberglass
resin just didn't
bond to the plastic well enough.
Next, I actually
built a whole new gear. I got nylon bushings from
eagle hardware that
were roughly the same size as the different parts of
the gear (gear head,
shaft, spacer, etc). and ground them into shape
with the trusty dremel
tool. This part took a while. Finally I glued
the different
pieces together, and had to spend even more time
fine-tuning the gear to take
out the places where it stuck and correct
for other imperfections. I also
took the opportunity to unstick the
antenna so it extends fully. A healthy
load of white lithium grease was
applied to everything, the gearbox
reassembled and put back in the car.
It works great, although it is slightly
noisier than the old one (owing
to the imperfections in the gear) but I don't
object to saving $300.
Moral of the story? I'm fearing the day when
parts for these cars are
not merely expensive, but perhaps unavailable.
Maybe I need to invest
in a whole machine
shop!
Dave
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Date:
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 18:08:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Geoff Mohler <
gemohler@mail.stealth-3000gt.st>
Subject:
Team3S: AutoX Event..
Greetings..
anyone in the Bay Area might be
willing to attend the next SFR region
AutoX with my wife and I on the
25th.
Details can be found at:
http://www.sfrscca.org/solo2/Results/2000/Championship/round3_info.htmlIm
out for more fun than anything else this year..but we still trailer the
race
rubber out to most events..and will this one.
If you are interested..I
_strongly_ reccomend spending the $25 and havin'
a crack at it..wanna be more
technical on this list..then actually
learning some performance driving
skills will aid you greatly (if you
havent already)
Let me know..we
both wanna see you there!
(PS: My new Celica GT-S will SMOKE
Forrest if he shows up
feeling better by then..*nudge
nudge*)
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Date:
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 22:55:49 -0600
From: "Brad Bedell" <
bbedell@austin.rr.com>
Subject:
Team3S: ARC2 For sale
Hey everyone, I have a new Split second ARC 2 unit
for sale. (
www.gtpro.comhas the
details)
I'm asking 900.00 shipped for the unit. I installed
it, but have never
applied power to the unit.
I have decided to go to
a stand alone fuel control system.
For those of you who don't know,
it should work for most 3000/stealths, The
unit converts the factory MAS to a
hotwire type MAS. (less restriction and
allows for tuning)
Email me if
interested.
Brad
Check out my home page:
http://home.austin.rr.com/overboost/E-Mail:
bbedell@austin.rr.com ICQ#
3612682
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