My Integra sucked up water once and quit (actually it's happened twice but other time was with snow ) when I was idling through a parking lot. Hit a really deep puddle and the CAI sucked up a bunch of water.

And as you know my engine's still ticking, hehe.

5/2/2014 12:41:25 PM

Good luck duke!

5/2/2014 3:44:45 PM

Getting a low(er) mile engine and a rebuilt trans in the Dakota. Should have been finished yesterday or today, but....

got the trolling motor for the boat reassembled after cleaning the gearcase and clearancing some parts and replacing the steering motor. Less than $10 in parts sure beats a $250 gearcase.

5/2/2014 5:55:26 PM

A day later, the starter worked fine again. I pulled the fuel pump relay and cranked for a while several times (with nice long cooling periods for the starter); it shot a fair amount of water out of a couple cylinders, and a little out of at least a couple more.

I R&R'd 10x spark plugs. Changed chocolate-milky looking oil & filter. Runs fine in the driveway...no unexpected noises; no smoke. Blew a shitload of water out the exhaust for 5 minutes or so when I fired it up.

Only issue is that if you have if revved any and release the throttle, it cuts off. I think it's an air/fuel metering issue due to my having the intake taken apart. My Z06 did the same thing if you had the intake disassembled.

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5/3/2014 11:49:28 PM

that sounds promising!

5/5/2014 8:21:46 AM

Don't ever buy a northern car.

Siezed brake calipers on the front of the 2.5RS, took 7 hours to change the front pads...

Not in a rush, but damn, that sucked. Did those while helping a buddy pull his engine from an 02 WRX, install lightweight flywheel and clutch and reinstall the engine.

5/6/2014 9:20:07 AM

That sucks. Can still happen to southern cars though. Happened to my Integra one year at Spring Break in Panama City. Parking brake was on all week and I didn't drive it anywhere. Rear caliper seized up and wouldn't disengage. Had a shop unfreeze it and then clamp off that brake line. Drove back from FL with 3 brakes

Took the Cayman on a camping trip last wknd. Fit in it:
50 quart Igloo cooler
6 man tent
sleeping bag
camping chair
tarp
small charcoal grill
food in small hard cooler
lantern, clothes, towels, etc.
my dog

was a bit snug

5/6/2014 11:59:36 AM

Bomber is a small 30lb dog... His volume in the passenger seat is negligible man!

5/6/2014 6:57:06 PM

Well I mean...I can't put anything else on the passenger seat. He could be 50-60lbs, no difference

5/7/2014 8:50:12 AM

The external gate (see manifold pic on last page) sits a bit close to my brake master cyl. Not much room for pipe routing, even with sharp 90 degree sections. Doubt I'll be able to snake a dump tube down to the turbine outlet elbow.

sumfoo1, looks like you might get your open-dump-out-of-the-hood wish

5/7/2014 10:22:07 AM

Lol I was joking but it will def get you some drift cred...

I'll look at the pic again see if I have any ideas... Dump tube is not as critical to have laminar flow as say headers are (not really laminar but uniform and smooth) waste gate works more on pressure differential than flow rate down stream of the gate)

Couldn't you cut a wedge out of that tube an rotate it to point wherever you have space?

I have a hand full of stainless 2" short radius weld els too.


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5/7/2014 11:50:38 AM

Good point on the flow. A few sharp turns leading to a flowing exhaust might still create a better WG flow rate than no sharp turns dumping straight to atmosphere.

There's a stock catch can that sits somewhat behind the WG (don't want to remove it, as its baffling drains back into the block, unlike most aftermarket cans), the BMC is almost right next to the WG, and the charge piping pops up just in front of the WG. I'll be able to mock it up better once I put the new manifold in, but preliminary measurements compared to the current stock manifold isn't looking promising.

It's 1.5" piping btw. I have a fairly long section to play with. I could still pie cut it and re-route it if possible. Orrrrrrrrrrr I could be lazy and dump it out of the hood (hell, I haven't even had my hood on for a few months now anyways) with the single bend that I've already made.

5/7/2014 12:32:35 PM

Ok.

I'm gonna get my welding station setup with weekend.
Give me some time to knock the dust off and I'll help fab shit if you want.

5/7/2014 1:29:21 PM

haint nothing wrong with a hood stack

5/7/2014 1:37:37 PM

Thanks for the offer. I actually bought a Lincoln 140C a few months ago. More than enough to make this dump pipe.

5/7/2014 5:05:06 PM

I look forward to seeing the outcome.

5/7/2014 5:52:40 PM

Eventually. The manifold is a pain to take off (has to come out with the turbo, outlet elbow, and oil/coolant lines attached), so I'm in no rush

5/7/2014 7:35:03 PM

^I bet if you tube the front end, it will be easy to work on

5/7/2014 8:42:44 PM

have a weird squeak in my front driver's side when I go over bumps... thinking about inventing a squeak location device that uses triangulated microphones and noise filtering. 55k miles is too early for this shit

5/7/2014 8:54:51 PM

It's a Volkswagen. You're way overdue.

5/8/2014 8:18:35 AM

Oh no! What's wrong with volkswagens?!

5/9/2014 7:10:57 PM

^^inorite? those things are the worst.

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/the-10-least-reliable-car-truck-brands.html/?a=viewall

5/10/2014 12:49:26 PM

What's Tag & Tax?
I see my inspection is not required in the mail notice, but I'm prevented from paying online.

5/10/2014 1:58:06 PM

A (flat) fee and a percentage-based tax paid to the state. If you can't pay it online, go to a DMV office.

5/10/2014 3:41:26 PM

Ordered this bumper.

5/10/2014 4:27:51 PM

And a backup camera I hope.

5/10/2014 9:10:20 PM

those consumer reliability reports are shit

I want 150k tests, not 36k

5/11/2014 5:39:26 PM

By the way, the Ram ran fine once I put the intake back together. Seems to have suffered no long term I'll effects!

5/11/2014 8:25:42 PM

^Glad to hear that.

For my part, replaced plug wires on the Crown Vic. Intermittent vibration still evident. Next suspect is a failing coil; need to figure out which one

5/12/2014 3:00:29 PM

Just put new radiator and all new hoses in the f150. The oil cooler lines were a bitch. Pays to buy quality hoses, they all fit with no cutting or kinks. Still have to fix weeping trans connection in the Morin before work.

5/14/2014 10:14:12 PM

Flushed the brakes on the beeeeeemer.

5/15/2014 7:25:43 PM

New clutch and flywheel in my 94 civic. Tomorrow I have to fix the exhaust leak that I caused today, taking of cross threaded nuts on the downstream end of the header.

5/15/2014 9:33:48 PM

Left my car in the park and ride lot at RDU while elsewhere for bidness.

5/15/2014 10:01:59 PM

My M3's hood cable snapped, so I removed the normal hood latches and added AeroCatches.

I've been in the process of getting it more track ready, so at this point everything interior wise (including carpet) is gone behind the front seats. I had a roll bar welded in, basically the back half of a full NASA/SCCA legal cage:


Next I installed two Recaro Profi XL (for the height mainly) seats in the car with 6 point harnesses. Finally finished that tonight, just in time for a track day at CMP this weekend. I really like how it came out in the end:

5/15/2014 11:59:09 PM

I love Aerocatch latches...

5/16/2014 1:00:36 AM

Swapped out the 302 for a freshly rebuilt one. Waiting on my Saginaw PS pump before I swap it out with the garbage one that's in there now.

5/19/2014 4:59:19 PM

Whatchu drive sayer?

5/20/2014 12:44:46 PM

Jek why is the SRS module still in that car? With the harness you wont want the airbag.

5/20/2014 8:30:04 PM

^ Good eyes No real disadvantage to leaving the airbag system in for now, and potential legal disadvantages to taking it out. Right now, although not ideal, the car is still driven to the track. Might as well leave it in for now.

And yes, I know 6 point harnesses are of dubious legality on the street. It hasn't been an issue so far in TN though, cops don't seem to notice/care.

5/21/2014 10:57:28 PM

sold the civic for exactly double the amount. best car e-v-A-r. 3 week ownership.

5/22/2014 1:19:05 PM

added a new exhaust system on the whip

5/24/2014 12:27:24 PM

washed my truck. should be good another 6 months.

5/24/2014 1:36:30 PM

Gonna do oil change and state inspection this afternoon.

5/24/2014 1:58:15 PM

-changed oil in red truck; noticed bronze material in old oil....we're going to just ignore that and wait for the hair dryer to screech to a halt.

- cleaned air filter in red truck

- installed O2 sensor in friends car, cleaned his filter at same time as mine

5/24/2014 4:58:31 PM

^^^ haha I wash my Ram maybe once every couple of years. it's a beater, though...I don't think there's a piece of metal anywhere on the body that is straight and rust free. The frame isn't straight, either, so there are gaps on the order of a couple of inches between some of the panels, too...haha.


I dropped the 7 off at Maaco the other day for a paint job. The car doesn't warrant a nice paint job, but $800 should make a significant improvement in the cosmetics. I figure it'll add at least that to the resale value of the car, too.

I went with Porsche Guards Red (they didn't have any Lotus colors in their books)...so it's a British car by design and title, with Japanese drivetrain and rear suspension, in a German color, built in 'Merica (by an Army helicopter pilot in Alabama, no less).

5/24/2014 5:11:18 PM

no British racing green?

5/24/2014 5:21:02 PM

thought about it...tempting, but the '66 Chevy pickup is going into the paint/body shop within the next week or two. It's going to be green (original color).

5/24/2014 7:21:12 PM

put in that header finally after the muffler shop wouldn't when they put in the exhaust...something about not being allowed to remove a cat...w/e

now I have a three to five inch gap between the header flange and the exhaust flange

and the muffler shop is closed today so they can't weld together an extender

5/26/2014 2:28:48 PM

Jekis your M3 black with a VIR sticker?

5/26/2014 5:44:39 PM

BlackJesus, it is a black coupe, but no VIR sticker. I live in Knoxville, TN so I doubt you'd see me unless you are up this way or at VIR/CMP/Road Atlanta

5/26/2014 11:39:11 PM