So I transferred the good guts of one trans into the newer case..The only thing I didn’t touch/change on the newer bought case was the valve body.Put the w4a33 in the car. Filled with fluid and nothing. Put it in gear and the car does nothing. Doesn’t attempt to lurch or move.Lifted the...

So, engine was pulled out for mechanical issues.... while that’s out, I figured no better time than now to freshen up the 25+ year old weather beaten harness.I’ve done plenty of wiring tuck jobs and custom harnesses for other people. However, as usual, my car always gets left out due to time...

Short story long.Have a buddy running a w4a33 auto. He’s been through three pumps in just under 6 months.Car went 300 miles and then lost the pump. Replaced the pump and then made it 20+ miles. Then that pump broke.By the third time, he asked for my help as I’ve rebuilt a handful of autos...

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when turn head lights on and/or off. They continuously cycle about 5-7 times before coming to a stop. The left and right will stop in different positions.I've tried to reset or calibrate them by turn the headlight switch off. Then adjusting the headlights to the closed position to time them...

In need of the center diff. Roller(cone) bearing(s) number. Can't find them anywhere and in none of the rebuild kits.Starting to get a bit irritated as It's the last piece of my rebuild. Been looking for two weeks.

In 2009, I bought my 1g back that I owned in high school. Well because of "life happns" the car has sat and I've literally put 5 miles on the car since it's purchase. I've spent a lot of time working on it though.Owner made a lot of claims during the purchase, but could never verify as he had...

Short story long, my 6 bolt was built with "money doesn't buy you brains" mentality. This guy spent the big bucks and got the best of the best. However, a lot has went wrong with this motor from his inexperience.Engine was built prior to my purchase. Everything checked out to what the owner...

Removed one headlight bucket and after reinstalling it. I turn the lights on and the headlights flip up and down several times instead of stopping in the up or down position right away.Then they also oscillate instead of being in timed. Also, the head lights never turn on an omit light?Any...

Went through an tried to clean the wiring up the best I could.Given my living conditions and strict apartment policy against working on vehicles. Plus the car has to be gone due to no plates(found a different storage place).With about a couple days of pretty much undoing and then being...

This may seem like a wasted thread, but I pulled the cables completely out a long time ago.Trying to remember where the black w/red goes. I could swear it went from the starter to the B+ of the battery. However, after seeing the awesome thread by 19Eclipse90. He has both black w/yellow and...

Here I go beating a dead horse again.However, went to pull the smaller spring due to the adjustment screw backed all the way out and still getting surge/flutter.I Assumed it was a knock off greddy bov as there's no Greedy stamp or sticker anywhere. After popping the top I noticed the...

As most I've always been a die hard drag strip kinda guy. However, as I have gotten older the Road & especially autocross scene has really been gauging my interest. Finally have a few friends getting into it which is causing me to be less interested in drag racing 24/7.From what I can gather...

91' eagle talon tsi awd manual.Decided I was going to finally start my wiring tuck job. Removed all three main harness's that come out of the fire wall. Have my game plan of what I want to do.However, inspecting my wiring and peeling the sheathing/tape off the engine harness. I'd spend more...

Pulled the intake manifold off to do some other misc. Stuff.Had some down time at work, and free primer and paint(black holds heat, I get it). It came out ok, but we will see if it will hold up to even installing it.

I keep digging deeper into the car and finding so many things that look like shade tree mechanic repairs.Its been almost a decade since I've seen a factor 1g knock sensor. The black tar on the back of the senor is hard and does not come off.However, if it's a factory sensor, then they did a...

Just figured I'd vent a bit, so don't mind if I do.After 4 years of not touching my talon, I finally get it home and in the garage to begin what I put off for to long.I have had the car home at my townhouse in the garage for about two weeks. Well I had the garage door open the other day an...

So I've been trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together of what fuel pump, fuel, & fuel injector size to run with this ported 68hta. Older 68 that they claimed (47lb/min).Soooo. A. Still no compressor map after all these years for the 68B. Every thread seems to be a e85 injector size...

Figured I would try a different twist on the build journal. Not the typical "Bought a new downpipe today" and then post a picture with it.As the joke goes...."Are you going to give us your life story"......... well kindaA heads up to people that cant stomach reading. This will probably cause...

So went down to good ole pep boys. Had the idea to drill and tap for extra fittings into the manifold. Would rather everything have its on vacuum source.Of course as always, I buy something and then seconds later find something even better and more practical. Haven't seen much feedback on...

So I did some of my own upgrades and noticed that the previous owner did some cobbled bs to my turbo oil feed line from the head. He took out the eyelet/restrictor and went with a open 90 deg fitting..... Should I be worried about a pressure or volume issue?I'm running a ported fp68hta turbo...

I bought my talon back years ago, I was overseas and was not present for the buy back of the car.Pretty much it was the exact talon I had owned back in high school(2006). Never really wanted to get rid of it, but I knew I just needed it back.Supposedly the owner after me rebuilt the 2.0 I...

So short story long,Tried contacting Thomas at ecmtuning, however, I'm sure he's busy up to his eyeballs, LOL...Its been a lonnnggg time since I've been on the forums, but just as long since I've had time to work on the talon.Since getting the car running I've had a knock sensor...

well my car has been stored for the winter in a not heated garage.With it sitting for so long I figured I might want to prime the engine at least for a bit before starting it in about 3 months. any suggestions on how to accomplish this the easiest way?I've done it before on small...

Well A friend and I have had some success working with fiberglass. He works on expensive race boats and I've done some misc. work with it.So Today we ordered all the stuff to start making some carbon fiber parts. Obviously nothing on a big scale, but just to test the waters and see what...

Just got the letter stating Mercedes Benz selected me for their 26 week long training program in Jacksonville, FL.I was just wondering if anyone was from the area, and could tell me how the area is?

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After all my modding and getting the tools/gauges to watch my a/f.I've Been left with the question of "what's a good a/f ratio"Do I shoot for a traditional 14.7 to 1? Or do I go richer for base idle?Do I want 10 to 1 at wot and what other numbers should I shoot for in between.Yes I...

Looking for pretty much a blue print of the 4g63 for a 1GA.Stroke, bore, valve size, engine cfm, etc.I'm in my high performance class and we have to go a car on the pc builder program.Any input and/or link would help out greatly!

Something as simple as taking the valve cover had turned into a pain in the A!Was wondering if I have to pull the cam sensor for it to come off?Also, yes all bolts have been removed, but it's like the prior owner Krazy glued this sucker on. I'm a little to paranoid of using a screw...

The idea/question popped into my head today. With this tablet craze, and most of the automotive industry and aftermarket world is making the change or option available for tuning and diagnostics on tablets.So my question is, has anyone heard any info if the ecmlink guys are going to make it...

So long story short, car starts up just fine. Oil pressure looks good, and no dummy light.However, after a few minutes and cars almost to operating temp, the oil pressure drops to almost nothing and the dummy light comes on. But when you give the slightest blimp of throttle the light shuts...

So I was letting the car run for awhile to warm up but noticed my oil light came on, the light goes away after even the slightest blimp of the throttle.So I figured I'd pop the oil fill cap off and peak in to ensure oil was being sent to the cams. Well when I popped the cap off white smoke...

How much friction modifier do you add when servicing the differential? And what's a reputable company to go with?

So as the title says, I am dealing with a nasty lifter tick!The motor was recently rebuilt as a 2.3l and has maybe 300 miles if that on the rebuild.I figured it was me running 20w50 in below 50 degree weather to a 10w30 based oil. Still no luck. The tick also, does not go away at all...

Anti-lock warning lamp is on. However, no DTC's present on link.Yes, I have failed to look to see if it would even show a DTC'S due to being obd1, But it just starting happening recently.I did get a malfunctioning knock sensor DTC, however I don't see the relation between the two? Yes...

After doing some research I've learned the boss should not be touched to adjust idle!If this holds true, where or what is the factory setting for it?Should I turn it all the way in and back it off so many turns out? If so, how many?

I would like to personally start a petition against pinks all out or at least speed channel!I've watched toooooo many episodes of bullshit slow ass muscle cars running,but mutiple DSM's make amazing passes and then left in the dark!Last I checked my grandma isn't watching this show so...

So ive been on a tear to clear and doll up the engine bay.Just looking for someone that does or knows a good place to do a custom valve cover?I'd like to have it powder coated if possible(can't seem to find a poser coat place other than say a factory/business)Also, I'd like a certain...

Pulled my fill cap after hearing a tick, looked inside and at idle the amount of oil coming out the squirts looks like when you prime the engine with a drill(basically barely coming out! Should there be enough oil to where there's a certain level or should it just be enough to lightly coat cams...

Was wondering if there was a time frame for a manufacture to honor a recall on a vehicle?Such as the recall on the AWD transfer cases that was posted for my 91' Talon.Was just curious due to the fact I cant find any records showing my car was inspected or had the recall on the T-case...

So the other day I decided to get some tuning done with link. Started the car and noticed the oil pressure gauge was barely moving, maybe an 1/8th of an inch of the low side. However, I didn't even notice it until my idle went below 900(about 870-890 ball park) and the oil warning light started...

Ive been doing some research on not only the first awd(not 4x4) but true AWD with full time awd. Now awd or 4x4 is dated back to the early 1900's, and full time awd is dated back to the mid 1970's. However, this brings up my question as to what was the first car to fully use full time awd in...

So I have a k1500 gmc z71 with a lot of miles on her! Looking to do an oil change, but I was looking for the best, but safest internal engine cleaners to use? Also, best fuel and valve train cleaners I can dump in my Gas tank. I've run across stay away from the STP's but never an awnser of what...

Looking for former or present UTI (Universal Technical Institute) students.I have currently finished course 1. Now many of my course 1 classmates and I are trying to figure out who recieved student of the course(SOC)? Now, we recieved our progress reports today and from what we understood...

So to start it off. The car drove abd mechanically ran just fine before I put mods on.Now under a certain load or/and on deceleration I'm getting a clunking noise that sounds like something smacking or falling out of the driver side front end. It doesn't sound like its directly in the...

So I read that its not recommend to use brembos drilled rotors with a set of high performance compound pad? Was wondering why they dont recommend it, and what problems would it cause if you did run a set up with those components?

Well to start off Took the grey bastard out for a drive. So my cousins bf was with me when I got going good in 2nd to let him feel that FP68HTA :D. However, after getting on it a bunch of clunking noises happened on decelerating and the ANTI LOCK came on(No blinking, just a steady light) got...

Well mine turned out fan####ingtastic! It really started out as stress test. Finished my first course at UTI, and destroyed the course final.I say it was a stress test, because a fellow student and myself have been going back n' forth the entire course for top seat as student of the...

Long story short, Threw a lot of hard earned money from the military into my car. Moved from michigan to chicago (rent went from $600 a month, to 1100 plus a month in chicago). So in a nutshell having a rude awakening trying to go to school, and afford a very expensive bill.Now! after...