Black_Havoc
15+ Year Contributor
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- Aug 17, 2003
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Beaverton,
Oregon
Ok So the last week or so my AWD has been running GST mode. We thought it broke a transfercase or rearend. This morning coming to a stop, then taking off I hear a loud bang, and then no forward movement, NOTHING not in ANY forward gear, 1st-5th. Reverse works FINE! I backed it up all the way home. I've heard linkage, center diff, front diff, rear diff, x-fer case, but not sure where to start looking. Anyone ever heard of this happening at all? I've never heard of it with ANY car let alone a DSM. Only drivetrain mods are the symborski shifter kit, brass bushings in the cable ends, and an ACT-2600 with street disk. I had been running with severly retarded timing for a while since the rebuilt top end. I had just set base timing up to 10-14 BTDC and boost up to 16.5 psi settling to 15 at redline with no knock. That made me happy, as I was making quite a bit more power than before the new top end. I'm guessing 30-35 HP was added over what it was before the top end rebuild. Would that of been enough to liquify the tranny? Need help soon, I'm down to the Starion, and it has its own tranny, and rear brake problems!