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also they are only body kits, to my knowledge they arent a performance package.
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good way to personalize your ride, not many people actually get it done.
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factory remotes remain operational, all it does it piggyback onto the keyless
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yes most of the time the remote start bypass will just tie into your factory alarm and disarm and arm with unlock and lock buttons.
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youre going to spend more rebuilding than buying a factory rebuild. my borg warner super t-10 died, they wanted 2500 to rebuild it, and keep in mind mine is only a 4 speed, so i found a reman for 1500 and paid an extra 3 to get a 1 year warranty. get reman, depending where you go itll come with a warranty.
stop doing neutral drops and your tranny will last.
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if you cant find anything make it, get some 2.5 inch stainless exhaust pipe, 120volt welder, and a pipe bender.
it wont be true dual unless you make your own header pipes as its transverse mounted. or they may sell headers somewhere will probably be expensive
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wiring is shorting out somewhere check your door wire bundles and check if any of them have gotten pinched or caught in the door somehow.
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I don't know about the OEM vs Aftermarket deal but I'll tell you one thing. NOBODY spends thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours to design a part that breaks. Would you buy a
car that was designed to give you problems?
they cant design parts that will last forever the R&D cost + manufacturing would be staggering, trust me ive asked the same thing, its all about money. timing belts give troubles when they are about to go... they are only designed to last 120k km (dunno what that is in miles for you americans) so in essence yes we do and will continue buying products that are not designed to last as long as its in the automotive field. but all problems that people have with cars are usually associated with lack of maintenance or improper work being done.
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If its got white smoke from exhaust it could also be the piston rings, maybe when you blew the head gasket the rings also got fucked up.When I bought the car I drove it 3 months and had to replace the rear head and gasket in it because it cracked. drove the car about 30,000 miles then it blows a head gasket so i get a complete rebuild kit with push rods,lifters and a metal head gasket and had someone rebuilt it. Ran great for about 10,000 miles and from experience it looks like another head or gasket must be cracked again. I have white smoke pouring out the exhaust but I have not seen any oil in the radiator and the oil looks fine does not smell or have a milky color to it.
Edit just read the part of losing coolant. I almost wonder if you may have a cracked block at the water jacket, because a mechanic should be able to install an intake manifold with gasket pretty easily.
if hes got a cracked block an intake manifold and gasket wont fix the problem.. cracked block means new engine time as its not cost efficient to pay to repair it. But the part about the piston rings is a definite possibility.
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from the sounds of it your mechanic friend also blows white smoke out his ass, you got an internal head gasket leak, as in your coolant is gettin into the intake and bein burnt. just remember those gaskets dont need rtv, big mistake people and admitedly me before doing a number of gaskets. also if you dont properly torque the head in the proper sequence leaking is inevitable. replace the manifold gasket while youre at it, unless the gasket says its reusable (paper gaskets not reusable) if your lifters and pushrods were replaced did you have the valve lash corrected?
one little mistake fucks the whole thing up.
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doesnt look like you need a bypass...
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COIL PACK!!!!
Pulled off the $$ MSD Performance coil and put in the 23 Year Old original coil... and vroom. Fired right up.
Thanks again Zapanater, you were spot on man!
haha it always baffles me how OEM parts tend to be way fucking better than expensive aftermarket parts
I have a friend who is the former head mechanic and now general manager at Arrigo Dodge here in FL (MASSIVE dealership), he says he prefers to use OEM parts for everything less suspension. He tells me that since they are engineered for maximum service life, not performance, in their respective applications they function best. Most parts are engineered and perfected for years to be paired precisely with the other parts they interact with, the vehicle model, and engine. That is why most OEM parts only receive revisions to their designs to improve them or lower production cost with a tight tolerance for performance loss and even more strict a tolerance for useful service life loss. Labor is big money, not parts, so parts are made to outlive the duration and mileage the most ridiculous warranty packages include at least.
actually parts are not meant to make it the life of the vehicle, if they did dealships would make no money from people bringing in their cars to pay for the labour, im in automotive right now, car companies really have everything done out to a science on how to make money. because honestly thats what the automotive industry is for, to make money, parts are designed as cheap as possible without any thought as to how serviceable or how easy they are to service.for the most part will have less problems going with OE parts as they were already designed to work with the system.
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haha in canada we dont know what that smog mumbo jumbo is. i got a vehicle registered with cat removed, and muffler leaking.
so do you have a true dual setup with an xpipe? who cares about noise, if it sounds good people wont complain, if it sounds like 14 mexicans farting after a burrito binge then people will absolutley complain.
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oil galleries are part of the engine... i know what im talking about. motors NA from factory remain naturally aspirated, the oil pump is before the oil filter plate, therefore the engine oil pump feeds the turbo just like i had said... i dont eeven know what youre talking about. you must be drunker than me
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its not that they arent reliable its that coil packs are more efficient as the spark is provided almost instantly instead of having to travel through plug wires which if they arent maintained can crack and lessen spark, coil packs never have that problem.
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find a system with high flow cats, your engine was designed to use cats for a reason, they help scavenge and help with fuel economy, even guys that run high horsepower LS7 engines run cats for a reason thats the way the ecm was tuned with that a part of the system
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distributors are not stupid... take it back, if you dont maintain them they die yes otherwise they are fantastic.
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that would be because your door locks are a one wire lock system, -330 ohm pulse for lock -100 ohm pulse for unlock so what you need to do to test it is, get a 330 ohm and a 100 ohm resistor too test lock attach your test light to ground then put the 330 ohm resistor on the tip and tap either exposed wire (may need to strip the purple/drk green wire in drivers kickpanel) or shove the end into the harness clip, same thing with the other resistor.
your locks are supposed to be negative trigger so they should be resting at 12v plugged in, that is quite wierd
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yup a snapped timing belt would do that, wouldnt have that problem with a v8 though
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thats very little info what else have you tested, is it getting spark? check the ignition module, what happened on the instrument cluster when it shut down? does it start now? is the a check engine light? how do you know the fuel pump still works? have you checked fuses?
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youre going to need an electric oil pump... not sure if anybody makes those, much easier to run together, notice all the pros run oil to turbo from the engine, because it works, you shouldnt go into a project with the assumption in your mind that its going to fail, thats a bad way to start a build. anyways turbo seals can be replaced just like any engine gasket .
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holley or edelbrock make really good carbs, demon carbs if you feel like shelling some dough. is your carb vaccuum secondary or mechanical secondary? is it electric choke?
assuming you only got the carb and nothing else
youre gonna need:
-fuel line splitter for fuel to get to both bowls.
-air filter to carb horn gasket
-carb to intake manifold gasket
i need to know more info before i can tell you what else, pm me a picture of what youve got.
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unless you got a v8 it aint gonna sound like one.
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The actuators should last a long time if they are the same quality as factory actuators they usually last life of the vehicle, so thats why im doin research finding the best one so i only have to do it once.
timing chains are boss
After engine repair, Intrument Cluster (trip ODO) resets when key is turned off..?
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maybe something wasnt plugged back in after the swap