I've had idle problems on my car for a while and i finally sourced the "revised" ISC. I took the throttle body off today and the two screws that hold the ISC to the TB are completely stripped....I took it to a local hardware store and i cant seem to find the exact size.Does anyone know if...

Okay here's the problem. my car drives fine in all gears but once i let off the throttle while still IN gear the car jerks(slightly but can be felt) and makes a whining noise...this is happening in EVERY gear. It seems to be slightly worse in low revs..Im guessing its something related to the...

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okay. i have a bit of annoying problem driving my talon. in the morning when i first start driving, the clutch engages where it should be. towards the bottom(thats where i like it :D) but once you start driving for a while the clutch engagement point gets higher! only thing i can think of is...

its finally going to start snowing tomorrow in NY. not where i live but further west. for most AutoX guys in northeast, the season is pretty much over and your cars are all going into the garage for that "winter project" but you know what i'll be doing? still racing:D im getting ready for...

okay i picked up my 3rd baby last week(96 TSi awd) and i noticed that when the car is standing still, and when i try to steer, its hard to explain but ill try my best. its like someone is kicking the counter way i try to steer. its weird..it has a brand new PS belt, fluid is full. no problem...

i dont think there are alot of active DSMers in the upstate area. it makes me sad. so who is from where? lets introduce ourselves. we need to get the DSM scene back in the game. Im from Albany, and i see a couple of 2gs around here and there and two kids at my school. but i really dont think...

well the weather channel just stated that were getting snow tmw and wednesday.im sure it wont be building up on the road but its getting colder and colder.(mid 40s) and im gonna ditch the summer tires and put winter tires on sooner or later im trying to go as thin as i can with the stock...

im getting sick of my head for multiple reasons(lifters,oil leak etc.)i have a 95 head pulled out of my old gsx and im planning on getting brand new components...cams/cam gears/valve/lifters/etc.. so heres my question. how the heck would the CAS work?? i have done some searching around the...

i finally found a loose ground in my wiring harness and fixed my stereo/interior lights(some) etc. only problems i cannot find out is the door ajar and the trunk light.they seem to be staying on all the time. i got a fresh pair of the rubber buttons by my door and no good. i had to jump my...

ive been losing bits of oil and i was looking around the engine bay for possible leaks.and i see oil saturated in the middle of my exhaust manifoldWTFsomewhere between cylinder #2 and #3.i checked the valve cover but its sealed tight and no sign of leaks at all.any...

so i decided to do a compression test on my car today and i got a reading of 180 all across.stock compression seems to be 160 give or take.is it a tad bit high or is it badWTFthe motor was rebuilt not TOO long ago. its got about 60k or so on it

i got a weird problem with my turbo. i noticed recently that my turbo was not spooling up like it should. its a evo III 16g. it looks like my wastegate is opened all the time and i can swing the arm back and fourth! it holds 7psi now :notgood:so i decided to screw the crappy wastegate and go...

i have no clue.:rolleyes:

i got a small problem i need to fix before winter hits. the falling leaves warn me that theres gonna be trouble ahead of me soonROFL.i have to crank the car for about 10 seconds in order to start it and even when it does starts, i cant hit the throttle more then 20% or else the engine dies...

im getting sick of not having a working cd player nor interior lights. my 10A fuse for the interior lights(next to the 10A radio fuse) keeps blowing. where is a good place to start for short circuit?? i just rewired/properly grounded the cd deck. i dont see any cut wires or anything in the...

okay i understand dsms are over 10 years old now but this is getting really frustrating.. has anyone ever had their rubber waterlines(not turbo water line nor the main line behind the manifold from the waterpump) tearing/ripping around the engine bay? it seems to be happening to be once a...

i've started a couple of threads regarding my taillight short problem. and my top suspect seems to be the dimmer switch. i was driving home from work just now and i knew that i was going to blow the taillight fuse after turning on the headlight but i said what the heck, ill turn the dimmer...

im looking for that grey socket that plugs into the turn signal bulb i cant seem to find them anywhere. ive tried autozone,advanced auto parts and junk yards around here arent big enough for me to find a dsm with a headlight lolany online stores? ive tried rockauto and jnz. no luck. maybe im...

okay so my safc(I) has been reading the throttle way off.when i start the car its at 0% then the reading jumps about 0.5% per second and when it reaches around 77% it just stays around that area constantly.i put a brand new TPS sensor in and no good. its doing the same thingive...

are they the same? i have a spare one and my buddys N/T needs a new one

heres the deal. the car just wont rev past 5k it is a misfire and feels like im hitting the rev limiter.. ive changed and gapped the spark plugs to NGKs and checked the sparkplug wires did a boost leak test... now what?

wow i have no clue whats wrong....my rear pass. side wheel is being annoyingly loud.. it was doing it ever since i got my car and i JUST got a brand new set of rubber and checked the stock rims and were fine. it sounds like a industrialized machine spinning..:confused: it gradually gets louder...

i have a greddy profec b boost controller and i have it set to 9psi low and boost just keeps creeping except 1st gear. 1st gear holds at 9psi all the way to redline but once i WOT in 2nd it creeps up like i dont have a boost controller....scared to WOT and i have no idea..i checked all the lines...

okay when i bought my car off my friend,the fans did not work. and the car overheats ALOT. it takes roughly 10 mins to drive my car to school from home and when i pull in the parking lot, its steaming up. its embarassing really.so i got a new radiator, radiator hoses, 2 new slimfans, a new...

okay to make long story short, ever since i got this car, i've been running into overheating problems. basically i cant drive my car for more than 10 mins, or the coolant cap starts hissing out steam and the thermostat goes above(ROFL) red. first i noticed that i did not have a coolant...

my friend was selling his 97 gsx for 2800 so i just took it off his hands and i went for a drive around the block and the gearbox felt like i was pushing a car. it takes alot of effort to put it in gear and im not sure this will be the solution but im planning on trying a different tranny...

i recently found out that my isc went bad so i said okay. and i replaced it with another one.before i had my old isc, there was a major idle surge in cold. but once i got my replacement isc in, the surge stopped but my idle jumped up to 2k!i was driving home from my friends house tonight...

okay. i guess winter started already.. it was just snowing for about 2 hrs in eastern NY and im starting to get worried about spinning out, etc.now the problem is that i don't know when my tires came on my car and no clue on mileage or year. my question is that can you find your thread...

which turbo is this? i've done some search and i found out that TD04 is a 13g but i haven't found one thread about TD04HL. if it helps, i run @14psi

my check engine light came on and i found out that my ISC is bad. when i start my car in the morning it just runs like crap. so i have to give gas in neutral to not let it stall. but heres my question, my alternator went bad not too long ago and i got it replaced to my friends one thats sitting...