Most embarrassing DSM moment?

[pointblank9957]

Stock "redline" and rev limiter on a 4g64 is 6k. Stock "redline" on a 4g63 is 7K but the rev limiter is 7500.

Well I can rev over 7k with mine without hittin the rev limiter...

 

[Extremities]

I was with my girlfriend at Busch Gardens. It was about 9 in the morning and we're sitting in the parking lot getting our stuff ready and a grand prix pulls up next to me and this lady drunkenly stumbles out and smashes her door right into my Spyder. So when we were ready to go home, my teenage mind thought to key their car from bumper to bumper. Sure enough, I got into my car and the battery was completely fried. Had to sit in the blazing summer sun for a few hours until my dad came and got us. I guess thats embarrassing mixed with karma.

 

[undefined0000]

Well I can rev over 7k with mine without hittin the rev limiter...

Well

1.) Why are you doing that?

2.) Do you have a modded ECU of some kind?

The guys on here know what they're talking about a good amount of the time.

No front O2 sensor? Open-loop fo lyfe. I wouldn't believe that for a second because I doubt the ECU's ability to calculate HP/Torque from electronic readings. Nothing more true than a good dyno.

My most embarrassing moment has been trying to mess with a honda and breaking my shift cable. Ugh. Luckily it was a friend and he helped me limp home.

 

[dalawoi]

Hanger broke on exhaust and drug my exhaust down the whole 1/4 mile

 

[dsmcurse]

In high school I was drivin a plymoth lazer 2.0 non turbo front wheel drive and in the parking lot I was parked right next to the HOTTEST GIRL in school. Well come luch break, we were gettin into our cars at the same time, and I was SO just checkin her out and not payin attention, and right in front of her instead of backing out. Like a IDIOT I threw it in drive and only made it about 8inches untill I RAN OVER THE PARKING STOPPER CURB! Car was half ass high centered and totally on the verge of being completley stuck. Damn that was like 11 years ago and I still remember how bad my face turned red...

 

[H@xtGSX]

Hanger broke on exhaust and drug my exhaust down the whole 1/4 mile

That would be embarrassing... And very noisy. Why didn't you stop when it banged off the pavement? I would expect it to flop around enough to make some ugly noises smacking the bottom of the car and bouncing off the strip that you'd let off immediately.

 

[Eagle96TalonTSi]

Pulled up next to a new beamer with my girl in the car and started chirping at it.

Guy flicks his dome light on with full police uniform, rolls down the window, and I see the words coming out of his mouth, "Im a ####ing cop dude..."

 

[spyderdrifter]

Back when I first got into DSMs, I had a friend that had a well built '95 GSX. All I had was my '96 Talon ESi. We ended up going to a car show with some other friends, and of course, we parked by each other. He went off somewhere, while I was still hanging out withour cars and other friends. Some other tard came up and started asking about his GSX, so I talked to the guy like it was my GSX Bad idea. Once he asked how much boost it was pushing, I had to tell him I was full of sh@# because I knew nothing about turbos back then.

Told my friend when he came back and he just laughed his ass off because I was so retarded....

 

[Diamond Star Werks]

i was in my 93 rx7 going down the freeway at like 1am after a fresh set of mods, new intercooler, new exhaust, new intake..ect. anyway, i get passed by 4 cars going like 110mph, some crappy chevy impala, a dodge stratus, some other normal looking cars I couldn't identify, Anyway, I got cocky and sped up to show them what fast really looked like (assuming they were racing eachother) so I pull up along side of them while they are going 110, THEN I downshift, floor it, and take off, right around 140mph I look in the rearview only to notice that ALL FOUR OF THEM were unmarked cops. Red and blues everywhere.

Got pulled over, got yelled at, got cuffed, They were laughing because they kept asking if I was ####ing stupid, and I kept saying... "yep.. I really am"
long story short, they were on the way to some drug bust thing and let me go.


Not a dsm story but seemed worthy to share.

Hahaha i did that once. Lol I passed the ricer hangout in town going to my gf house and revved at the kids & then hit the highway. Well very soon I seen two sets of headlights coming up fast. My thought was "are these stupid kids really trying to run me down?" So i sped up to about 100 & and they were still coming so soon as they got near I was just stepped on it in fifth.

The one got right up to my rear in the other lane then i started pulling off. About 130 now, right as i start pulling off the guy flashes his blue lights. Im like oh shit!! So I got let off and slow down. And they just pass me. Turned out it was two blacked out impalas. Thankfully they didn't stop and just kept going

 

[AK Maniak]

My senior year in high school I decided to show off at school in my super fast 98 RS that was 99% stock. I threw it in reverse went a little bit then slammed it into first dropped the clutch and floored it. Had a pretty good burnout going until I heard what sounded like a grenade going off under my car. When I went to drive away I didn't have a single gear. So I got out to see what happened I saw my cars blood literally flowing out on to the pavement. My tranny had a hole the size of my fist on the bottom and the rest of the case was completely spider webbed.
I blame the 420a for having so much power

 

[Diamond Star Werks]

My most embarrassing dsm moment is probably after swapping engines after my wreck and going to columbia to hangout and trying so hard to keep up with this gutted wagavan. Unknown i had reused a rip coupler and had a horrid bl. The car was bucking so bad. I could barely get to 100. I did let anyone know i was actually wot. Lol

That coupler was ripped 50% round. I felt so stupid when i found that

 

[Rsawd95dsm]

Mines not so bad but I went to putt oil in it with one of those 5 gallon jugs and I was like "I know I put the oil drain plug in so im good to go" Bad idea, it wasnt in and I had put almost all 5 gallons in before I relized it. And then to top it all off... I didnt have any oil dry around and have to go get some so the oil just leaked everywhere, and the floor in my barn is uneven so it ran everywhere as well.

Now I check prob at least 4 times to make sure its in before I put oil in any car

 

[H@xtGSX]

Mines not so bad but I went to putt oil in it with one of those 5 gallon jugs and I was like "I know I put the oil drain plug in so im good to go" Bad idea, it wasnt in and I had put almost all 5 gallons in before I relized it. And then to top it all off... I didnt have any oil dry around and have to go get some so the oil just leaked everywhere, and the floor in my barn is uneven so it ran everywhere as well.

Now I check prob at least 4 times to make sure its in before I put oil in any car

Don't feel bad. I have done the same thing... I blame the nasty ass beer we were drinking that day. It does suck showing up at the autoparts store again to buy more oil after having just been in earlier buying the same thing... They always ask me what I f**ked up when I do that.

 

[Rsawd95dsm]

I waited a week to go get more oil i was so bummed

 

[DynastyLCD]

i was out with my girlfriend, pulled up at a stop sign behind my friend who has an old, beater Escort. he sees me in his rearview, and drops the clutch. so we start rippin up the hill, and i'm laughing because i keep letting off the gas to keep from hitting him. he signals for his driveway, i back off. he pulled in, i go WOT to give him the wastegate salute, builds 26 psi til 4k RPMs, then the boost gauge goes to zero and the wastegate just shuts... compressor nut backed off right in front of wastegating an escort it was only an ebay turbo but it was still definetly epic fail material

 

[Nicklepage1010]

I got spanked by a minivan.

apparently in like 1989 dodge made a turbo minivan that responds very well to bolt ons.

 

[undefined0000]

i was out with my girlfriend, pulled up at a stop sign behind my friend who has an old, beater Escort. he sees me in his rearview, and drops the clutch. so we start rippin up the hill, and i'm laughing because i keep letting off the gas to keep from hitting him. he signals for his driveway, i back off. he pulled in, i go WOT to give him the wastegate salute, builds 26 psi til 4k RPMs, then the boost gauge goes to zero and the wastegate just shuts... compressor nut backed off right in front of wastegating an escort it was only an ebay turbo but it was still definetly epic fail material

Holy crap... My heart would have been through the floor.

 

[pearl4gtsi]

I got spanked by a minivan.

apparently in like 1989 dodge made a turbo minivan that responds very well to bolt ons.

! Sorry, I know that was a big ego bruiser to get beat by a minivan, but still funny. My jaw would have been on the floor...

Kinda cool though, a minivan sleeper... Hmmmm

 

[H@xtGSX]

I got spanked by a minivan.

apparently in like 1989 dodge made a turbo minivan that responds very well to bolt ons.

There is a guy on here with a modded minivan that'll run... 1BadVan I think is his name on here. He did some pretty impressive work to that van.

 

[Shadow21]

i was in my 93 rx7 going down the freeway at like 1am after a fresh set of mods, new intercooler, new exhaust, new intake..ect. anyway, i get passed by 4 cars going like 110mph, some crappy chevy impala, a dodge stratus, some other normal looking cars I couldn't identify, Anyway, I got cocky and sped up to show them what fast really looked like (assuming they were racing eachother) so I pull up along side of them while they are going 110, THEN I downshift, floor it, and take off, right around 140mph I look in the rearview only to notice that ALL FOUR OF THEM were unmarked cops. Red and blues everywhere.

Got pulled over, got yelled at, got cuffed, They were laughing because they kept asking if I was ####ing stupid, and I kept saying... "yep.. I really am"
long story short, they were on the way to some drug bust thing and let me go.


Not a dsm story but seemed worthy to share.

Both times that i got pulled by a charger cop, was at night and i thought they wanted to race me.. .. Needless to say i dont drop gears before i do full inspection. Damn this story just made me fall out of my chair

 

[Nvrloze1]

I was going on the highway when all of a sudden a caddilac passes by me hauling ass, my friend points it out saying " that car is fast", so me in my stock 2g gst (first turbo car) goes wot and I hit 130 slowly passing it, i turn to her and say "is it fast now?", within 3 seconds the other car pulls away nasty and gets a good distance and turns on their warning signals.... Epic fail

 

[Simadowna119]

Awesome thread. Good read!

I broke my 3rd to 4th shift fork when roll racing a Sr20'd 240sx this past summer. The thing is this 240 guy is well known around here and he had backed down from racing me a few times previous so surley my car breaks when we finally race . Closest to embarrassing I have. I didn't stop and talk or stop by the crowd I just kept driving, . I had to drive all the way home In 4th gear wich did a nasty number on my clutch.

 

[Total Eclipse]

I had replaced the front wheel bearings on my Eclipse, unbenounced to me there were a bad batch at the part store, and had all 5 wheel studs snapped off while driving through a Fry's grociery parking lot. The front right wheel came completely off and the car slammed onto the ground and slid about 3 ft to a stop destroying my fiberglass fender and side skirt. And of all places to do it, it was RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MAIN ENTERANCE! Tow truck couldn't get the car on to take it home (too low) and it had to sit there while I went to the part store, picked up another one, and had to change it right there in front of the store with everyone walking out (also had to tape the fender together to get it home and change it)! That day SUCKED!

 

[1MeanTSI]

Not DSM, but my mos ego shattering moment by very far:

I had sold an old beat up 240 to a buddy and was on my way mack to my house to put my bike up (It was raining) and my at the time girlfriend (now wife) was following me home. I looked back at her and smiled all cheesy and went to make a right from a stop sign. I had thumped the throttle while cornering and the bike went sideways and out from under me. . . I was only going about 3 mph so the only thing hurt was my ego. . .

Another good one was when I was replacing a burnt 14b with a new one. I took the old turbo off, cleaned it up a bit and put the new one on. When I drove it, no boost at all. When I got home I pulled the intake pipe off and noticed the wheel was all chewed up . . .I put the old one back on and the new one was still on my work bench. . .

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Was changing the oil one time, drained, put plug back in, removed
Filter and put a new one on,
After
Filling 4 qt i realized the old filter gasket was still stuck on the ofh so it was double gasketed and leaking everywhere!!! Bad day. I always check everything multiple times before filling .


Also was i stalling my shep trans and after installing the last mount i tealized i didn't greece the input shaft, had to pull it again lube the shaft then stick it back. For those of you that have done a tranny install... It's a bi*** to line the input shaft up when you got it on your lap trying to line things up with the trans on your knees. The silver lining is i can remove and install a trans in 2 hrs now . Too much mary j that day