Team3S: 3000GT & Stealth Sunday, January 11
2004 Volume 02 : Number 342
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:46:38 -0700
Subject: Re: Team3S: VPC HELP!
Checked the pressure sensor, it isn't reading correctly. According to
manual it should be around
1.74 volts at atmosphere, it reads 1.44 volts! Anyway I can clean it out or
something or do I just
need to buy a new one?
Donald Ashby
'93 3000GT VR-4 (RIP)
'92 3000GT VR-4 (Vroom!)
"Don't drink and park, accidents cause people!"
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:55:48 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Subject: Re: Team3S: Had her towed....
Towed or hauled ?
If you towed it you may have more problems that idle.
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 17:50:29 -0600
Subject: Team3S: engine dressup question
I suppose I'm going a bit farther than most people would but...that's
the
way I am.
I'm in the middle of some more engine detailing over the winter and one
of
the things I wanted to do was clean up my ign coils. They are 13
years old
now and they show. The paint is flaking off and then are a sore-spot
in my
engine bay. I'm wondering, is there any problem with sanding down the
coils
and painting with high temp primer and paint? I'm kinda worried
about
sanding down the coil/transformer part on the stock coils where its
"ridged"
with a bunch of lines... seem to me like an electric field would be
generated in that area, like a transformer, to create that level of
high
voltage. Would sanding this down a bit to make it acceptable for
painting
cause a problem? Just curious. I just dont' want
everything to go boom,
heh.
I also dont feel like shelling out $100 for new coils from Mitsu.... Plus,
I
want to paint them red instead of the standard black. I'm just
too cheap
to spent $300 for a set of aftermarket coils when I don't really NEED
them
on a basic BPU car....
Jesse Rink
Eagle, WI
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 17:57:56 -0600
Subject: RE: Team3S: Tire Pressure Monitors
Actually, it is a government requirement. I forget the exact date,
but
it is stated somewhere that all new vehicles model year 200X and
later
have tire pressure monitoring systems.
Remember reading about that just recently actually...
- -Cody
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:02:04 -0600
Subject: RE: Team3S: Welded Center Diff?
Same drivetrain setup... Same labor...
- -Cody
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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:48:50 +0000
Subject: RE: Team3S: Welded Center Diff?
> Same drivetrain setup... Same labor...
Not really the same drivetrain setup... Our center diff and viscous
is significantly different than on the DSMs, and the viscous isn't right on the
end of the shaft where you can easily get at it.
:-(
- -Matt
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:49:16 -0600
Subject: RE: Team3S: Welded Center Diff?
Sorry, what I should have put, is that it is the same labor to remove
the transfer case and tranny (for the most part), therefore getting
to
the coupler is very similar...
- -Cody
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 21:38:10 -0500
Subject: Team3S: Racer X Motorsports
My brother-in-law just got "sponsered" by racerxmotorsports and I was
wondering if anyone knew anything about them. I know they are supposed to
be the sponsers behind Jack Sheppard, but under thier sponsers they list
him. Also, if it isn't a "scam" as my husband is afraid of, then do they
send money after the contracts, or just the value of the contract in parts you
choose?
Thank you,
Carol Decker
91 Stealth R/T TT
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 22:20:17 -0700
Subject: Re: Team3S: Racer X Motorsports
It's a scam, lots of people fell for it:
Basically what it is is you send them $80, they offer you products at a
discount from MSRP, from
what I've heard the prices arn't too good either...
Donald Ashby
'93 3000GT VR-4 (RIP)
'92 3000GT VR-4 (Vroom!)
"Don't drink and park, accidents cause people!"
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 23:22:17 -0600
Subject: RE: Team3S: Racer X Motorsports
Yes, believe me, if it was that easy to get sponsored, everyone would
be. For me, it's been lines and lines of legal issues, contracts
and
such.
- -Cody
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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 01:59:33 -0500
Subject: Re: Team3S: Racer X Motorsports
You guys got it all wrong! It's Racer X who is getting sponsored!
Philip
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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 01:17:28 -0800
Subject: Re: Team3S: Tire Pressure Monitors
> Actually, it is a government requirement. I forget the exact
date, but it
is stated somewhere that all new vehicles model year 200X and later have
tire
pressure monitoring systems.
> Remember reading about that just recently actually...
> -Cody
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Correct. All passenger vehicles made after November 2003 must have
tire
pressure monitoring systems.
- --Forrest
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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 10:28:01 -0600
Subject: RE: Team3S: Had her towed....
>Last night moving along at 60 and suddenly the engine lurches and I'm
going
> 50, then 40, 30, 20, 10. The engine starts but
there's no power. Where
> do I start looking now? ECU?
>
>y-pipe? Sounds like an intake leak to me.
>Chuck Willis
>
Chuck is right. Classic case of the Y-pipe coming off. The way you
describe
it is exactly what happens. Look at the end of the Y-pipe, where it
goes
into the big air box at the rear of the engine. If you see an opening,
the
Y-pipe came off.
It's an easy fix -- a screwdriver, lots of cursing, and some torn
fingernails, and it goes right back on. Just loosen the clamp where
it
goes into the air box, and wiggle it back one there. Make absolutely
sure
the inner rubber gasket gets positioned correctly. If the Y-pipe slides
on
easily, that means you don't have the gasket on correctly, or the gasket
is
missing (look inside the air box for it).
If the Y-pipe came off once, it'll probably come off again. So after
you
get it back on there, jam a tennis ball between the Y-pipe and the
battery,
and it'll stay on.
Been there, done all of the above. Y-pipes coming off are like crashed
disk
drives: if it hasn't happened to you yet, it will.
Rich/slow old poop
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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 10:42:12 -0600
Subject: Team3S: Qs on water injection
How much does a water injection system cost?
Who sells them?
What are the benefits of water v water/alcohol injection?
Do I need a metal Y pipe, or can it be installed in the plastic stock
pipe?
Rich/slow old poop
94 VR4
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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:00:34 -0600
Subject: Team3S: My super tuner strikes
My tuner, Mike Willis from Des Moines, diagnosed an ailing car, and I
thought the group oughta know about it, cuz (to me) it was an
interesting
problem and solution. I have never heard this one before.
It was a Stealth TT, and it was hesitating, spitting, idling rough, and
so
on.
Mike had already ruled out spark, fuel, and so on, so it was time for
some
advanced diagnostics, such as a system pressure check, data logging,
etc.
Mike spotted the "tour/sport" light flashing, so he disconnected the
electronic suspension somehow and it cured the sputter. It seems,
according
to Mike, that when the wiring goes bad on a strut, the car computer
may
misinterpret the resulting weird signals from the electronic suspension
as
abrupt changes in speed and adjust the air/fuel mix erroneously (I
didn't
quite follow all this logic).
Suffice it to say, if you have a sputtering TT, and your tour/sport
suspension light is flashing, there might be a connection.
By the bye, we now have two local TT cars that have busted connectors
on
their front struts. Is there an easy replacement for the connector
that
plugs into the strut?
Rich/slow old poop
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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:05:20 -0600
Subject: RE: Team3S: My super tuner strikes
Doubtful it's the strut wiring if that cured the problem. There
are
other sensors in that system as well. For instance, the vehicle
speed
sensor may have been affected by a faulty ECS computer. That would
be
my guess at least. There is also a G-sensor and a steering
wheel
angular sensor that are parts of the system. Again, my guess being
a
faulty vehicle speed sensor.
- -Cody
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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 18:11:27 +0100
Subject: Re: Team3S: Qs on water injection
> How much does a water injection system cost?
Depends on what system do you want
> Who sells them?
Almost any shop .. .depending on what do you want.
> What are the benefits of water v water/alcohol injection?
The engineers of the WIS systems do not recommend spraying alcohol into
the
intake path. Especially some pumps do not like the alcohol on their
O-Rings
as well as uncontrolled conditions may appear. An alcohol mix of 10% is
good
to prevent freezing in winter.
> Do I need a metal Y pipe, or can it be installed in the plastic
stock
pipe?
See above, if you inject water I do not recommend a cheap steel y-pipe.
My
first setup was on the stock y-pipe.
Roger G.
93 & 96 3000GT TT
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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:41:59 -0600
Subject: Re: Team3S: Qs on water injection
Thanks Roger.
Can you be more specific? I don't know what I want, which I why I was
asking the wizards for recommendations.
What do you recommend? Spearco? WIS?
Rich
At 06:11 PM 1/11/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>> How much does a water injection system cost?
>Depends on what system do you want
>> Who sells them?
>Almost any shop .. .depending on what do you want.
>
>>
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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 18:04:06 +0000
Subject: RE: Team3S: Welded Center Diff?
> Sorry, what I should have put, is that it is the same
> labor to remove the transfer case and tranny (for the
> most part), therefore getting to the coupler is very
> similar...
I guess what I should've asked is: how much disassembly does it take to get
at the viscous coupler and center differential units once you've got the
transaxle off the car?
I assume that it wouldn't be possible to tear it down far enough with the
tranny still on the car, correct?
- -Matt
'95 3000GT Spyder VR4
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