Calgary - random talk thread
ya like everywhere but where the coil packs are has been sanded. right now im working on it with 120 grit because i was trying to get the pitting out. then my dad suggested sandblasting so im going that route
You're back in town?
We should meet up!
I spent most of the day doing a power window motor swap in the GA - it went smoothly, then I went for a cruise and upon pulling into 7-11 for a slurpee the POS plastic thingy which is the "inbetween" for the window mechanism and the glass took a crap...
so took it back apart, (luckily found a spare in my mess of a garage), then upon reassembly realized that when I disassembled the whole guide setup I put the pivot on backwards!
So I ended up doing it three times!
I agree which is why I have not one but two mufflers...
As a matter of fact I took it off the road for roughly a year while I dragged my feet making a new exhaust... 80% of the time the car is probably only 3/4 of the noise it used to make... then I goose it an all hell break loose
Actually I used to have:
long tube header -> 2.5" pipe -> dynomax cross flow muffler (marketed for Grand Nationals and 1982-2002 F-bodies)
It was so loud I disconnected the muffler to see if it was doing anything... it was
So this time around I used only mandrel bent pipe that when to a dynomax "Y" after the rear axle, then reduced the pipe diameter (but tried to keep the same sectional volume), into two small body mufflers...
I am thinking of when I next take it apart (because it's not 100% done) of adding a resonator before the axle...
It's no rocket ship - but it's my fun weekend cruiser.
...and yes, it will kick the crap out of SUV's;
as a matter of fact yesterday afternoon some moron in a Jeep SRT8 gassed it beside me...
When it was over I had to shake my head because he didn't get ahead of me;
I mean that should tool me ~ if it can't he shouldn't even waste his gas.
I haven't lined up against many vehicles - but the biggest notch on my belt is an SSR (300hp version iirc)... to many it might not be much - but for a naturally aspirated 4 banger, it's an ego boost.
Last night I went for a cruise and a base model Cobalt passed me (going the opposite way) - which when cruising was at least three times as loud as me...
Last edited by soundjunky; Aug 14, 2011 at 09:38 PM.
since it passed me on Ogden road going the other way I didn't get a good listen... only that it was loud at cruising speed...
If I had no muffler I probably wouldn't get three blocks without being pulled over;
it has been said by dirt track racers that the engine I use is the noisiest four banger ever - it's even louder than possibly any V8;
which might explain why when GM started de-tuning the engines for NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) the first thing to change was the exhaust ports (reduced in size)...
Why? - do you know a Cobalt that sounds like a "gay angry bees nest"?
(it was red iirc)
If I had no muffler I probably wouldn't get three blocks without being pulled over;
it has been said by dirt track racers that the engine I use is the noisiest four banger ever - it's even louder than possibly any V8;
which might explain why when GM started de-tuning the engines for NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) the first thing to change was the exhaust ports (reduced in size)...
Why? - do you know a Cobalt that sounds like a "gay angry bees nest"?
(it was red iirc)
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since it passed me on Ogden road going the other way I didn't get a good listen... only that it was loud at cruising speed...
If I had no muffler I probably wouldn't get three blocks without being pulled over;
it has been said by dirt track racers that the engine I use is the noisiest four banger ever - it's even louder than possibly any V8;
which might explain why when GM started de-tuning the engines for NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) the first thing to change was the exhaust ports (reduced in size)...
Why? - do you know a Cobalt that sounds like a "gay angry bees nest"?
(it was red iirc)
If I had no muffler I probably wouldn't get three blocks without being pulled over;
it has been said by dirt track racers that the engine I use is the noisiest four banger ever - it's even louder than possibly any V8;
which might explain why when GM started de-tuning the engines for NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) the first thing to change was the exhaust ports (reduced in size)...
Why? - do you know a Cobalt that sounds like a "gay angry bees nest"?
(it was red iirc)
You're just going to get the "deer in the headlights" response anyway...
Why didn't you buy mobile1 like I said to? - it's on sale now anyway!?
Last edited by soundjunky; Aug 14, 2011 at 10:26 PM. Reason: didn't want to seem to be contradicting Steve
all the mobil 1 was gone. im calling you now jonathan. and steve, i hammered the socket on there and it still stripped, and there is no way it will get tighter than that
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btw the sale ends tomorrow just so everyone knows
trust me there is always a way to get it off, and if you have to hammer the socket on there there was something wrong with it to begin with.
trust me there is always a way to get it off, and if you have to hammer the socket on there there was something wrong with it to begin with.
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the correct tool used in the first place (not saying you did anything) should slide right on without any force unless there is a huge amount of dirt and mud caked on it but even then you would clear that off before putting the socket on