What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2023]

[CopperNick]

Lemmesee here...............aye'yuh, it's been around 46 years +/- since I put a hook anywhere near water, never mind got any kind of serious about hunting poissons. That sort of leisure time left the building the year I turned 16 and it became legal for me to have a job and work in the summer. Probably for the best. the river system we used to frequent got declared as being poisoned by mercury about the same time. You could still fish in 'em but it had to be catch and release; and just cut the line and let it go if it came up to th surface with multiple eyes on stalks or other similar weirdness. Don't even think about handling it otherwise unless you had a bunny suit on and had a pair of heavy gloves and some long handled tongs to disgorge the hook.



Nick

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

Got some of these..

 

[Supercharged111]

Fishasauruses.

 

[MrSony]

Backed the gfs impala out of the driveway to switch cars around and I got an "Engine Speed Reduced" message on the dash and it wouldn't do anything above idle. After panicking around the block trying to get it to fix itself, I pulled a plug to see if those might be the culprit.

I think something is missing 🤔

Anyway, I unhooked the battery while I looked at a few more (all also way past their usefulness), and it magically cured itself unpon restarting. Idk if I freaked it out by cranking the ac right away or not, but it is back to "normal". And I did forget to push the ac button, so it was just blasting warm air. Next next week I have a vacation and that poor 3.5 is gonna get its first set of plugs probably since the early Obama years.

I wire wheeled the plug to see the part number, it was completely rusty orange on the porcelain

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

Reduced Engine Power is a GM thing with something is decently wrong and may possibly damage the Engine. I've had to adjust a table in the tune on some cars that have mods because that will kick in. If I remember right there's one that compares airflow of the MAF to TPS position, if the air flow is more than it "should be" at a certain TPS it kicks that on thinking something is wrong. Headers and a bigger exhaust on a car with the tune properly dialed in has triggered it before so I basically raise the values of the differences so it doesn't trigger that code.

 

[joesregalproject]

Bought four new tires for the F-150 and had them mounted on four wheels I bought off of Craigslist that were in better shape than the ones I had. I went up two sizes on the tires and went from a highway tire to an all terrain. I think they look a lot better and match the leveling kit nicely. Still (barely) fits in the garage. I got the annual inspection and emissions done at the same time. Washed, clayed and waxed it too.

 

[mclellan83]

Took the GTO to a few shows this weekend, which always include lunch

 

[MrSony]

Reduced Engine Power is a GM thing with something is decently wrong and may possibly damage the Engine. I've had to adjust a table in the tune on some cars that have mods because that will kick in. If I remember right there's one that compares airflow of the MAF to TPS position, if the air flow is more than it "should be" at a certain TPS it kicks that on thinking something is wrong. Headers and a bigger exhaust on a car with the tune properly dialed in has triggered it before so I basically raise the values of the differences so it doesn't trigger that code.

This is a bone stock (apparently down to the plugs) 266,000 mile 2007 impala 3.5. Never did this in three years of my gf owning it.

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

Not too bad for a junkyard freebie, had a chance to get into it. Needed a new O-Ring on the cylinder and just clean up in general. Greased the front wheel bushings and riveted a plate of aluminum behind the plastic cover to protect it from getting broken. Should come in handy.

 

[CopperNick]

So the electrodes on the plugs have seemingly left the building and the mill still ran??? I've heard of recessed 'trodes but buried?? The script showing on the one plug almost looks chinese or ay-rab. They made in Pakistan or one of the other stans maybe?


Nick