Team3S: 3000GT & Stealth Sunday, July 15
2001 Volume 01 : Number
547
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Date:
Fri, 13 Jul 2001 23:33:22 -0500
From: "Turbo Driven" <
turbodrvn@hotmail.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Alcohol injection
Hello all,
I'm curious about how
successful Alcohol injection works on our 3/S cars.
Does anyone have
any success stories regarding Alcohol injection? I am in
the process
of getting a system and I'm not sure if I should install it in
my '92 3000GT
VR4 or my '87 Buick Grand National (both are heavily modified
yet still have
stock intercoolers). I know that the alcohol injection
system works
great with Buick GN's, but what about our 3/S TT cars??
Any advice would
be much appreciated.
Ahmed "AL-Crazy"
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:52:45
-0700 (PDT)
From: John Christian <
jczoom_619@yahoo.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Engine removal
Hi Team,
I need to pull the block out of
the car.
The heads are off and can be repaired. I measured
the
block bores and #4 is out of round.
Since the TT has 93k miles, I
want to replace the
rings and may need to bore the block and get
new
pistons etc too.
Question: Does the block come out from the
top or is
it lowered thru the bottom?
Question: Does the
clutch/transmission stay on the
block or must it be
unbolted/removed?
The manual didn't say so, but surely the front
half
shafts must have to be removed from the transmission.
Thanks in
advance,
John
Please respond to
jczoom@iname.com'93 TT with Porsche
brakes and Supra TT rotors
12.4@109MPH
5/97 almost stock
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:53:30
-0800
From: "Charles J. Williams" <
cwilliam@gci.net>
Subject: Team3S:
Anyone have OEM Stealth base 15" wheels for sale?
Does anyone have a set
of 4 OEM Stealth base 15" wheels for sale? If you do
please e-mail
me. I need to know the asking price, condition of all 4
wheels, and
your location. I live in Alaska so I need to figure out what
the
shipping cost will be.
Thanks
Charles J. Williams
95 Stealth
R/T Jet Black
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Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 02:07:59
-0400
From: "Darren Schilberg" <
dschilberg@pobox.com>
Subject:
Team3S: 1995 3000GT Base stock exhaust
If anyone is interested -- I have
a partial exhaust from a 1995 3000GT Base
(it is the part after where the
straight exhaust pipe comes back and
connects to the pipe that then goes to
the left-hand muffler). It is the
stock muffler and stock
resonator. I will be using it for my own use if
nobody else wants
it.
I haven't weighed it yet so if you want to pay the cost of shipping
then it
can be yours. Name your price as I don't think anyone ever buys
the stock
exhaust parts. I was thinking that if anybody wanted to
modify the muffler
or add a second one onto their car then this is a perfect
specimen to do
that with.
Let me know.
- --Flash!
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Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 10:14:36
-0500
From: "Jannusch, Matt" <
mjannusch@marketwatch.com>
Subject:
RE: Team3S: Engine removal
> Question: Does the block come out
from the top or
> is it lowered thru the bottom?
Comes out the
top.
> Question: Does the clutch/transmission stay on
the
> block or must it be unbolted/removed?
You might* be able to
get it out with the tranny attached, but it'll be
easier if the tranny is
off. I took it off when I pulled my motor.
> The manual didn't
say so, but surely the front half
> shafts must have to be removed from
the transmission.
Axles definitely need to be removed before pulling the
motor. The air
conditioning compressor can be unbolted and left out of
the way, as should
the power steering pump on the rear side.
http://www.geocities.com/majannusch/-
-Matt
'95 3000GT Spyder VR4
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Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 15:15:11
-0400
From: "Jeff VanOrsdal" <
jeffv@1nce.com>
Subject: RE: Team3S:
Engine removal
I've actually found that it's a little easier to remove
and install the
engine with the tranny attached. You just have to angle
the whole assembly
at it comes out so as to clear the frame rail. My
main problem with pulling
the trans seperately is that it is large and
cumbersone. It is also a LOT
easier to line up and install the trans
with the motor out of the car. In
the end I guess it just comes down to
personal preference :)
Jeff V.
1991 Stealth ESX Twin Turbo
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From:
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[mailto:owner-team3s@team3s.com]On Behalf
Of Jannusch, Matt
Sent:
Saturday, July 14, 2001 11:15 AM
To:
'JCZooM@iname.com'; Team3S
Subject: RE:
Team3S: Engine removal
> Question: Does the block come out
from the top or
> is it lowered thru the bottom?
Comes out the
top.
> Question: Does the clutch/transmission stay on
the
> block or must it be unbolted/removed?
You might* be able to
get it out with the tranny attached, but it'll be
easier if the tranny is
off. I took it off when I pulled my motor.
> The manual didn't
say so, but surely the front half
> shafts must have to be removed from
the transmission.
Axles definitely need to be removed before pulling the
motor. The air
conditioning compressor can be unbolted and left out of
the way, as should
the power steering pump on the rear side.
http://www.geocities.com/majannusch/-
-Matt
'95 3000GT Spyder VR4
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Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 19:32:37
-0500
From: "Jannusch, Matt" <
mjannusch@marketwatch.com>
Subject:
RE: Team3S: Engine removal & Matt's Motor
> I've actually found
that it's a little easier to remove and
> install the engine with the
tranny attached. You just have
> to angle the whole assembly at it
comes out so as to clear
> the frame rail. My main problem with
pulling the trans
> seperately is that it is large and cumbersone.
It is also
> a LOT easier to line up and install the trans with
the
> motor out of the car. In the end I guess it just comes
>
down to personal preference :)
That's definitely good info! When I
reinstall the motor I'll try doing it
with the tranny attached. I'm
using a chain hoist with a trolly that rolls
along an I-beam on my garage
ceiling, so I don't have a lot of side-to-side
movement available without
just muscling the motor around. I could see that
it would be easier
with a floor hoist, that's for sure!
I just got the block stripped down
today. Verdict: All six pistons are
damaged to various
degrees. #4 is pretty much destroyed, similarly to
Roger's #4 (
http://www.rtec.ch/PISTON1x.jpg)
although mine fractured the top
portion above the ring instead of the land
below it. There were no pieces
in the oilpan on mine, and none in the
cylinders themselves, other than a
small section of ring (apparantly from #4)
in #2.
Basically just a bunch of bad news for my motor. The
cylinder walls look
good, and the crank looks good so far...
I'll post
some pictures when I have a chance to pull the images off
the
camera.
Ugh.
- -Matt
'95 3000GT Spyder
VR4
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Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 09:47:02
-0400
From: "WALTER D. BEST" <
WDBO39@erols.com>
Subject: Team3S:
Question for those with Big Reds regarding rotors size
Hi
All,
Since there are quite a few of you who either have or know a heck of
a lot
about the Big Red set up I have a question for you.
I had heard,
since I don't have the Big Red set up yet, that the pads over
lap the 94+
stock rotors by a fraction of an inch. First is this true and
if so has
anyone found a rotor, from maybe a Surpa, or something, that might
fit the
Big Red set up better? Or even spoke to Porterfield to see what
they
have available, if this is the case?
As soon as I can hook up with Flash,
I am going to try one of my wheels on
his car to make sure I have clearence,
before I decide what I am going to
do.
Thanks,
Dave
Best
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