ricardoa1
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Well here it comes another round of mods, at the same time Im trying to resolve some issues with the car all at once.
Starting with Kooks headers. Getting rid of the Mac shorties in hope that is a restriction in my set up, I will also be deleting the magnaflow highflow cats just in case those are clogged, I dont want to worry about the clogging evar. Then at the same time the Jay Motorsports K-member will be fitted to accept the proper late style motor mounts, intitial fitment proved to be perfect, work of art. Some issues that need to be address that will go with this round of mods. I have to replace the steering shaft boot, I think I need new wires as the number 2 and 6 boot are cooked, not sure if thats causing my stumbles. I took out the spark plugs and I seem to have lean conditions showing on the plugs. Not sure if its normal, aside they look ok. So I am confused about the stumbles.
Next part that needs attention is the suspension. I removed the lower control arms and the strut rod to cotrol arm bushings seem to be bad and the bushing at the Kmember on the arm also seems to be dryrotted. I hope this is the culprit for my suspension clunk/thunk when parking and moving the car around at slow speeds, the lower Bjoint seems to be loose but has no play. So I think I will change those during the upgrades.
I need to source out some teflon seals for the power steering fittings.
I wrote this about the Chucks MM but it got erased when I went to add pics ARGH anywho they need preventive maintenence as the bushing will compress over time and leave the bolt and nut loose and allow the bushing to rotate and shave itselft against the bracket. I will tighten it and hope for the best. I was the first to get these. I would have probably needed new Solid MM by now if I had the stock style.
Starting with Kooks headers. Getting rid of the Mac shorties in hope that is a restriction in my set up, I will also be deleting the magnaflow highflow cats just in case those are clogged, I dont want to worry about the clogging evar. Then at the same time the Jay Motorsports K-member will be fitted to accept the proper late style motor mounts, intitial fitment proved to be perfect, work of art. Some issues that need to be address that will go with this round of mods. I have to replace the steering shaft boot, I think I need new wires as the number 2 and 6 boot are cooked, not sure if thats causing my stumbles. I took out the spark plugs and I seem to have lean conditions showing on the plugs. Not sure if its normal, aside they look ok. So I am confused about the stumbles.
Next part that needs attention is the suspension. I removed the lower control arms and the strut rod to cotrol arm bushings seem to be bad and the bushing at the Kmember on the arm also seems to be dryrotted. I hope this is the culprit for my suspension clunk/thunk when parking and moving the car around at slow speeds, the lower Bjoint seems to be loose but has no play. So I think I will change those during the upgrades.
I need to source out some teflon seals for the power steering fittings.
I wrote this about the Chucks MM but it got erased when I went to add pics ARGH anywho they need preventive maintenence as the bushing will compress over time and leave the bolt and nut loose and allow the bushing to rotate and shave itselft against the bracket. I will tighten it and hope for the best. I was the first to get these. I would have probably needed new Solid MM by now if I had the stock style.
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