Car Questions

mesarius · #1 (**permalink**) 09-25-2008, 12:29 AM

Since these sorts of questions have been popping up everywhere lets try to consolidate them all in one place. If you have questions about cars; what parts do, where they are, what a certain part or modification does, what order to do mods in, anything car related, feel free to ask. At least one of us will help you out.

cyberwaste · #2 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 01:36 PM

i have a question witch thing should i do first?

exhaust(my header leaks when its cold)?

window tint?

5speed tranny swap?

aftermarket cam?

or

fix my rust and shity paint?

i neeeeeed to do any of these but i want to....what do you think

sccavette · #3 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by cyberwaste

i have a question witch thing should i do first?

exhaust(my header leaks when its cold)? You need to fix this problem. This will play he!! with the O2 sensor.

window tint? Who are you trying to hide from? I would only do this if the wondows have 0 scratches or nicks in them. bad windows look like crap when you tint them.

5speed tranny swap? Sounds like a reasonable mod given it is not a major expence to do.

aftermarket cam? Do you have the Exhaust, intake and heads to support more camshaft? If you do how much camshaft you are going to run will determine when to do this mod. If it is enough camshaft to require more stall speed then you would want to do the 5 speed swap first. Keep in mind a cam swap usually involves new springs, retainers, and seat pressure adjustment.

or

fix my rust and shity paint? This would be where I would start. There is no reason to spend a lot of money in drivetrain mods and still have a $300 rust bucket car (just using as example not towards your car). This will be expencive to have done or time consuming to do yourself but either way it will be money well spent and you will notice a big improvement for money spent. When a car is painted overspray goes EVERYWHERE and you will spend hours trying to get it off everything. This is why I do this first, as I do drivetrain mods I cure the overspray problem.
i neeeeeed to do any of these but i want to....what do you think

Just my 2 cents!

cyberwaste · #4 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 02:28 PM

thanks

the cam i was looking at was compcams and i have already looked into it and i wasnt going to have it professionally installed and it worked with my ecu and everything

but i want i to do the tranny swap because it will add more power overall

and it will cost me about $500

btw my o2 sensor is before the leak so it runs good its just a crappy ebay header...lol

sccavette · #5 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by cyberwaste

thanks

the cam i was looking at was compcams and i have already looked into it and i wasnt going to have it professionally installed and it worked with my ecu and everything

but i want i to do the tranny swap because it will add more power overall

and it will cost me about $500

btw my o2 sensor is before the leak so it runs good its just a crappy ebay header...lol

I would still do the body then go for the trans swap. As for the O2 it will still cause you problems and hurt performance. The leak decreases backpressure that is needed to heat the O2 (unless you have a heated O2) and being that close to the engine the exhaust will still suck back fresh air across the O2. Most highly modified cars will use a heated O2 to overcome these issues, I had to do this on my car because of the 3" exhaust with the race mufflers would not allow the O2 to heat up enough to get a accurate reading causing the car to run VERY rich.

cyberwaste · #6 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 04:34 PM

i thought of that in that way i guess maybe i should get that fix asap

and my car isnt rusty it has a few dings but the rear fenders are rusty and the clear coat is completely shot on the roof of the car and going to **** on the hood

and finding a transmission for my car isnt really easy and and then i well have to get the pedal cluster and the master cylinder thing and new axles and ecu

kendallcschm · #7 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 06:02 PM

go with the tranny.. then exhaust header (no fart cannons it is damn annoying to hear the cars) and then the camshaft... don't bother tinting the windows... go with performance mods... if your car looks shitty but goes fast then its a sleeper and when you race ppl they can't call you a ricer

mesarius · #8 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 01:36 AM

The problem with the cam is that you really can't run it without the "fart cannon" exhaust because you wouldn't get the flow to support it since it actually requires a freer flowing exhaust to use. I would wait on the cam myself, that's something that you do long after all the stage 1 mods (intake, exhaust, pulleys, etc) is taken care of.

My two cents, I would fix the exhaust leak first, then the body. If you have a decent stereo in your car maybe go for some tint if your windows aren't scratched. Save the cam until after you've done exhaust, intake, pulleys, maybe some level of forced induction and increased fuel set up.

cyberwaste · #9 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 05:23 AM

i have a header and a full exhaust and an intake and a flowmaster muffler and i dont want to turbo my car

i will go with fixing my timing belt problem then my header then swap my tranny but if i can find a bigger motor like an ls swap or gsr swap in do that instead but a new tranny for my car is about $300 but then i would still need all the other stuff to go with it

and yeah if you guys find any thing i could use let me know

and what next for your rides?

sccavette · #10 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 08:53 AM

Just take the easy way out and spray the crap out of it!

A good dual stage kit should do the trick.

EDIT: Come to think about it I am pretty sure this is how GOAT1966 gets his cars to go fast. I am pretty sure they are all stock 2BRL motors with a LOT of spray.

Now I personally would NEVER use the stuff!

Goat1966 · #11 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sccavette

Just take the easy way out and spray the crap out of it!

A good dual stage kit should do the trick.

EDIT: Come to think about it I am pretty sure this is how GOAT1966 gets his cars to go fast. I am pretty sure they are all stock 2BRL motors with a LOT of spray.

Now I personally would NEVER use the stuff!

I had my pointer on the infraction button, but since you were only picking on me i guess that is ok!! Actually you are correct!! The GTO is a stock 2BRL but it has three of them on it. The buick on the other hand is just a single BRL to the plenum. Since I was only worried about being faster than your car I decided I didn't need to put spray on either one!! But thanks for the complement (saying they are so fast that they must have spray!!)