Tonight the car overheated on the way home from work. I pull over and the reservoir is dry. A squeeze of the upper hose suggests that it's also bone dry. There is white residue all over the radiator.3 weeks ago the same thing happened: radiator puked coolant all over the engine bay. The...

Here's how it started: Awhile back I posted a thread about my coil pack harness getting wound around my axle and getting yanked out. I repaired the harness and the car drove fine since then, except when I got over 10# of boost, the car would bog like crazy and I got no power. Didn't feel like...

A fellow DSMer suggested blacking out the top part of the taillights. I couldn't picture it so I threw up a (very quick) chop. No ragging on my skills here ;) . Just post your impressions. I already have the center section painted.

I need the pinout for both sides of the coil pack harness plug as well as which connects to which. The wires on one side got yanked out of the plug (story below) and I need the pinout of both plugs to be able to match them up again. I'll likely have to buy an aftermarket 3-prong plug and redo...

I got a Turbonetics cast T3/T4 manifold to replace my SFP that has welds so cracked you can see daylight through them. I got the manifold on, tried to bolt the turbo to it and discovered that the compressor housing is contacting the block with a good bit of room to go :mad:Now, since that...

I've done various searches and the only result that described my problem didn't have much of an answer.The car vibrates when the speed is above 45MPH, and I start getting on the throttle to accelerate. The problem isn't present when giving just enough throttle to maintain speed. The...

When I took off the transfer case to swap my power steering rack, I may have discovered the source of the tranny leak I've had for months. Every time I wipe it off, a little bead comes back down. It's a VERY slow leak. Is this enough to diagnose it and if so, where's it coming from?

As the title suggests, my P/S rack is leaking as confirmed by a mechanic. I have yet to crawl underneath since it got back, as some guys installing windows in the house have had their big ass van in the driveway and set up shop right there. Apparently, a rebuild kit costs about $120, which puts...

Just like the title says , went to start my car and lately it's been taking longer and longer to start. Fired right up today and died just as fast. Fired it up again, died within a couple seconds. Then smoke come out from under the hood. I open the hood and the DIS-II is smoking like it's going...

I've always had a TINY leak in one of the seals in my transmission. As in so small that I'd only have to fill it once a year. Recently it's been accelerating, so it's time I tore into it. Logic dictates that the engine is to be dropped in order to properly inspect the transmission. I had a shop...

As the thread title suggests, I have a multitude of problems. Since this morning I haven't driven the car since coming home from work on Friday. When I started the car up, it idled at the usual 1500 until it got warmed up and slowly dropped. This time it dropped to around 500 and stayed there...

Have some new photos up. These are much better than the old ones as I put the new rims on and waxed the hell out of the car. This one, however, is easily my favorite:Obligatory engine bay photo.

The gasket material that I have that's made for exhausts and is allegedly "hi-temp" burned the first time my wastegate opened. My exhaust gas temps are always very reasonable, and it looks like I just need to pick a better material. I am considering getting copper sheet to make my own. Brass is...

It went from steady sub-freezing temperatures in Ohio to over 70 degrees in a matter of a few days. I had to interrupt my day of studying to take the car out for a few pulls and tune it a little. Here's a result thus far @ 14.7psi (I know I need to turn it up): Assume 100% steady full throttle...

Don't worry, it's not another thread on the "lincoln memorial" dash light, so you don't get to use the funny picture. It's the rightmost, lowest yellow light on the group of them. It depicts a container of water. I know it's not brake fluid or oil. My coolant resorvior is full, adding power...

Last night was a good one to see auroras. I live in northeast Ohio and saw them while coming home. I've never seen them before, but I know they crop up occasionally in this part of the world. There was a very small window when the cloud cover was sparse enough to see them on (mostly)the eastern...

I had the trunk stripped surveying the area for a killswitch mounting location when I finally get the battery mounted in the back. Of course I want a location that's out of plain view until I want it to be. The 1g guys are spoiled with that little panel beside their license plate, but we have no...

I've seen a lot of logs posted that wer unreadable because they were posted as plain text. Even if you try and "format" the log into columns using tabs or spaces, all but one space will be deleted. Only one whitespace character is allowed between two text items. You COULD use multiple...

I'm still tuning the car. I can make my own inferences, but I'd like to see what those more skilled in tuning than I have to say about this. Feels pretty strong but seeing as I have no knock, it looks like I can go leaner from 400Hz on up. This is on only 15psi.<table border="1"...

A fellow DSMer suggested blacking out the top part of the taillights. I couldn't picture it so I threw up a (very quick) chop. No ragging on my skills here ;) . Just post your impressions. I already have the center section painted.

Problem: my factory boost gauge does not work. At all. The needle is perpetually buried at the bottom of the gauge and has been since I bought the car. This was never a problem until I recently got DSMLink and now want the gauge to read knock. The help I'm looking for is this: on the plugs the...

When I bought the car last year, it came with some slick AP Racing (CP5200 I think) calipers on 330mm discs. However the best part about them is that they were scored all to hell, which means if I want to use them I need new rotors (way too thin to turn) and pads. I've been telling myself since...

We had a low of 0F last night and it was only a few degrees this morning. I let the car warm up, and I had the problem of a sticky, sluggish pedal as I was driving to school. It'll stick about halfway for a brief moment after I let off of it, then spring up as normal. This happens after...

Today I removed the intake pipe on the inlet side of the compressor to do some work on my shifter cables and not thinking anything of it, tried to spin the compressor wheel with my finger to check the free spin. It was difficult to move, but with a fair amount of force it moved. However...

I've had a set of Dunlop Wintersport M3 tires on a set of stock Talon rims I bought. The tires at 225/55-16 fit the stock rims very well. They came to a total of a little over $500 including shipping, mounting, and balancing at my nearby friendly Goodyear/Gemini store. They originally wanted...

Anyone have a formula? Thanks. Just curious so that I can interpret my logs better.

I assume a lot of you are asking for stuff for your car for the holidays. Post what you're asking for, just for the fun of it. Me: Symborski shift kit with Mach V cable stiffeners (I have about an inch of slop on my shifter knob because the moron that put the kit on neglected the shifter...

Just like the subject says, the interior lights on the rearview mirror work just fine for opening and closing the doors, and flash like they should when I engage the (stock) security system, but the switches don't turn them on. Perhaps the ground for those switches is disconnected or burnt out...

If you want, just skip down to the question a couple paragraphs below:First of all, it'd be a good idea to list my fuel setup as it stands: Walboro 255, SX FPR on 1g fuel rail, stock lines with FP gauge on filter, RC 550's.Now here's what I did and what happened: fuel pump rewire...

If you've had your intercooler for awhile, it probably looks like this:I've tried a few things to straighten those fins out like thin files, knives, paperclips, etc. and then I tried tweezers. Those worked the best hands down. Grab a pair of tweezers, a can of compressed air, and a...

I am about to install a 1g throttle body in my car and I wanted some information on throttle plate shaving or knife-edging. Obviously you can't change the profile of the tb plate or else it'll accept more air at idle (not good). Has anyone had any experience running cars with this modification...

All I want is for someone with a 2G DSM with stock transmission, stock (or as close to stock as possible) tires, etc. To tell me what their speed is in 5th gear at 3000 RPM. I need to calibrate my speedometer needle, and it's close, but no cigar. I have 245/45-17's on my car, which is only a 3%...

This guide will tell you how to fix your broken door handle for only the cost of a piece of bar stock and the tools you may be missing.First of all you'll need your handle OUT. Follow the directions here to get that done. Okay so now your handle is off. Did you fish the broken pieces out...

I just got done installing my repaired door handle last night, it works awesome, but sticks out about 1/16" over flush. I took tons of pictures of the procedure, and was wondering if anyone could use a writeup. My search for a replacement door handle in salvage yards turned up that every one of...

Hey guys. I've been reading this forum for a couple months looking for a DSM and I finally got one in the form of a 1995 Talon TSi AWD. I got it for $9500 with 64k miles on it and all the mods listed in my profile (not all mods in my profile are listed, just the major ones). Pics are in my...

I'm looking for a provider for a car loan, and since there were no topics posted on this (search for 'loan' returned 0 results)...Post your loan provider, your loan amount, interest rate, car (make/model/trim, year, and mileage), and relative credit risk (if you're comfortable). Or just if...

Hi guys. First post here. I'm going to be a proud DSM owner soon. Here's the car I'm looking at: Here is the AutoTrader link Make sure to check out the photos as well. In addition to what's listed, the owner has informed me of the following mods currently on it: John Shepard tranny triple...