Team3S: 3000GT & Stealth Tuesday, January 20
2004 Volume 02 : Number 349
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:24:28 -0000
Subject: Re: Team3S: Turn signal lever not returning
Check out TSB 08-02-92 at
or directly
to see if Mitsu's solution helps.
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Subject: Team3S: Turn signal lever not returning
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 21:16:06 -0500
The summer before last my left turn lever stopped returning. I had
to
manually do it. The right turn was working okay. However just after I got
my car out of winter storage last April, the right turn stopped returning. Has
anyone had this problem, and do you know if it is a big deal to repair the cam
or whatever might be causing this?
Thanks,,
Dan
94 Stealth R/T
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:05:37 -0700
Subject: Team3S: Importance of speed rating for tires
I will need to purchase tires for my 92 RT TT shortly. I have purchased
Z
rated tires prior a couple of times prior but I wanted to know if I
have
other options?
My car is mostly a daily driver with long road trips every 2-3 months
400
miles+. My first priority would be treadwear then handling then noise.
I
have stock 17" rims.
I am currently looking at
Continental ContiExtremeContact ( Ultra High Performance- All season)
WR Speed Rating
or
Sumitomo HTR+ ( Ultra High Performance- All season)
WR Speed rating
Thoughts... suggestions?
Greg
92 RT TT
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:28:42 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Team3S: Light Weight rims
I just spent the past few weeks looking for replacement wheels for my
97 VR4. After narrowing the choice down to Volk GTC ($1600, but light
weight) and Ronals ($1000 and similar to stock weight) I decided to
go
with the Ronals since I dont want to dump any more cash into the VR4
at
this point. (60k service coming up, insurance premiums due, needed
new
tires also).
I'll let you know how the Ronals work out if you are interested. Where
are
you located ? Are you selling your stock rims?
Mike
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:02:11 -0500
Subject: re: Team3S: Importance of speed rating for tires
I can't comment on the importance of the speed rating on the tires,
but
I will share my experience with the Sumitomo HTR+ tires. I
originally
purchased these tires because I was loooking to sell the car and
wanted
something inexpensive to put on it (as the old tires were shot).
I
picked up the HTR+s from Tire Rack and had them installed.
Since then I've put quite a few miles on them (I kinda lost my desire
to
sell the car once the DR500s were in). The HTR+s were on my car for
the
Grassroots Motorsports article and I even took them to my first and
only
road course experience at Little Talledega. They do scream loud
when
pushed, but they hold really well. I've never had any issues from
them
at all. Rain, dry... it doesn't matter. They do their job
well. For
the money I don't think they can be beat. Even after the abuse I
have
put mine through they still show great tread.
I'll find out how well they 60' once the drag racing season gets
going
again. I'm pretty sure they will hold up to 1.7 60' times, but
I
won't know for sure until I do it. :)
- -- Travis
'94 3000GT VR-4
'97 Eclipse GSX
'97 Supra TT
>I am currently looking at
>
>Continental ContiExtremeContact ( Ultra High Performance- All
season)
>WR Speed Rating
>
>or
>Sumitomo HTR+ ( Ultra High Performance- All season)
>WR Speed rating
>
>Thoughts... suggestions?
>
>Greg
>92 RT TT
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:14:14 -0700
Subject: Re: Team3S: Importance of speed rating for tires
Hi Greg,
I did the same thing- just couldn't pass up a deal on eBay, and
couldn't
afford the Z-rated tires.
The only problem I ran in to was trying to find a shop to put non
Z-rated
trires on! Since Mitsu specifies Z-rated tires, I had to go to about
3-4
shops before I found one that would mount the tires on my rims and
install
them on the car. I had a couple of shops that were willing to mount
the
tires on the rims, but wouldn't put the rims on my car! I finally
managed
to convince Discount Tire to do it since the tires had identical ratings
to
what was specified by Mitsu except for the speed rating, but it did
take
some looking around. For a while I thought I was going to have four
brand
new tires that no one would install unto my car!
Just thought you might want to be aware of this unexpected difficulty;
it
really surprised me that it was such a big deal to so many places,
even
though the size and all other specs except for the speed rating were
as
recommended by Mitsubishi!
Paul Rupp
Albuquerque, New Mexico
- ----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:05 AM
Subject: Team3S: Importance of speed rating for tires
> I will need to purchase tires for my 92 RT TT shortly. I have
purchased Z
> rated tires prior a couple of times prior but I wanted to know if I
have
> other options?
>
> My car is mostly a daily driver with long road trips every 2-3 months
400
> miles+. My first priority would be treadwear then handling then noise.
I
> have stock 17" rims.
>
> I am currently looking at
>
> Continental ContiExtremeContact ( Ultra High Performance- All
season)
> WR Speed Rating
>
> or
> Sumitomo HTR+ ( Ultra High Performance- All season)
> WR Speed rating
>
> Thoughts... suggestions?
>
> Greg
> 92 RT TT
>
>
>
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:34:27 -0800
Subject: Re: Team3S: Importance of speed rating for tires
As long as they are V rated or higher, they shouldn't give you any
problem.
Z is actually an older term that has since basically been replaced by V,
W,
and Y, though many manufacturers still use Z. Any tire shop should know
that
Z is not necessarily better than V, W, or Y...
Here are the ratings:
V - 149 MPH
W - 168 MPH
Y - 186 MPH
Z - 149+ MPH
I would also highly recommend the HTR+s. Best high performance all
season
bang for your buck IMHO. They are my daily drivers, as well as my
pouring
rain tire for the track, and they don't do half bad in snow.
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:26:46 +1300
Subject: Team3S: Limited Edition
Can someone enlighten my to what the difference is between a 1992
3000GT
VR-4 Twin Turbo Limited Edition to any other 1992 3000GT? I
have
purchased a second GTO (3000GT) in New Zealand, which is imported
from
Japan.
Many thanks for your help.
Doug
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:40:15 -0700
Subject: Team3S: Compression test results, how concerned should I be?
rear bank left to right: 110-105-105
front bank left to right: 105-90-110
havn't tried a wet test yet, it was pretty frigid out when I did this,
around 30 degrees. double
tripple and quadrouple checked the low cylinder, got the same value each
time (just a hair over 90).
How bad is this?
Should just that one cylinder being low cause all the problems I'm getting
with boost or should I be
looking elsewhere as well?
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: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:07:45 -0600
Subject: RE: Team3S: Compression test results, how concerned should I
be?
I would be very very concerned.... I believe low service limit is
120
psi. I would definitely make sure to try again on a warm motor.
My
Talon had 150-155 compression across all 4 (7.8:1 static CR), with
150k
miles on the motor....
Sounds like you have some piston ring wear...
- -Cody
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:06:30 -0700
Subject: Re: Team3S: Compression test results, how concerned should I
be?
I just realized I'm a moron and forgot to warm up the engine before testing
the compression... That
might change the numbers a bit...
I'll do a warm test and a wet test tomarrow if I get time, hopefully I see
some better numbers!!!
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: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:10:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Team3S: Oil cap leak?
Hey guys;When I got to work today I noticed smoke rolling out from
under
my hood.Upon further inspection I found oil leaking out from under
the
oil cap.Cleaned the oil and cap and reinstalled making certain that
it
was tight. 8 hrs later I drove the car home and checked the cap again
and this time there was oil all around not just the gravity
side.Engine
has 105k on it and has never leaked before.Could not find a
"soft"gasket
or any vestiges of one in the cap.Should there be one or would
replacing
the PCV valve help? ( Smoky in Vegas)
92 RTTT Pearl White
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:10:34 -0500
Subject: Re: Team3S: Turbo and NA 328-355mm StopTech Brake Kits!
Erik,
What I least want to do is start a discussion "my kit versus yours". TCE
kits are different. Last time I checked the TCE site these kits were not
listed there, so I did not know that they were already available, sorry.
The price looks good. The performance, perhaps too, on the bigger kit.
However you can't just say that my 332x32mm kit is "practically
identical"
to one of the TCE kits because the kits are not even similar except for the
rotor dimensions. Just compare each kit component at a time from rotors, to
hats, to calipers, to brake pads.
Todd is a great guy and this far his kits work fine for the cars he worked
on. We chatted via email but a cooperation did not happen because we have
similar resources and capabilities but he is about 2K miles away from me,
so communication and logistics become real issues. This is where it ended
until he started posting various questions about my kits on 3Si in not a
very friendly manner. I like answering questions about my products but his
questions obviously do not have an aim to buy my stuff. He does not have a
3/S car to use in on. Please ask him not to waste his efforts because he
will not win or gain anything by doing this. That is my friendly
suggestion.
I am in a way a competitor to TCE, because I make my own kits, but Roger is
not. If he liked Wilwood kits he would be already distributing them in
Europe just like any other kits. I have my own reasons not to use Wilwood
calipers and this is a result of many months or technical research of all
major US and foreign brake manufacturers. This is about as much as I want
so say about Wilwood without sounding as if I am trying to discredit their
products.
As far as the rear kits go, do I have to post preview pictures and list
them as "available" on my website too? The first rear kit is sold and will
be ready to ship in two weeks. Others will come when I get a positive
feedback. Parking brake is included.
Philip
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> Your mid line kit "332x32mm for $1,795 is practically
> identical to the TCE kit...
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:45:06 +0100
Subject: Re: Team3S: Limited Edition
Each local division can call their cars limited edition and there is a
little special like the color. Here in Switzerland the "special edition"
are the black first gen cars without sun roof. In Germany there was a
special edition called Beckenbauer that came with 17" OZ Futura 3-piece
wheels, Remus mufflers and colored in yellow or red. So it might be that
you have a strange color combination or non-standard rims. The exhaust only
exists in Europe. It's also easy that an owner put a sticker on it.
Roger G.
93 & 96 3000GT TT
At 18:26 20.01.2004 +1300, doug wrote:
>Can someone enlighten my to what the difference is between a 1992
3000GT
>VR-4 Twin Turbo Limited Edition to any other 1992 3000GT? I
have
>purchased a second GTO (3000GT) in New Zealand, which is imported
from
>Japan.
>
>Many thanks for your help.
>
>Doug
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 03:56:38 -0600
Subject: RE: Team3S: Oil cap leak?
Start the car, let it warm up. Open the oil cap. If there is
lots of
air / oil coming out, could be a sign of a motor on it's way out.
That's generally blow by. If you don't get it at idle, it is
probably
doing it under boost. Do a compression check to ensure all
cylinders
are ok. Chance are it's just a gasket / o-ring on the cap, but
I've
never heard of one leaking that badly...
- -Cody
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