Biggest mechanical pet peeve

[-83MONTESS-]

GM Failed SO hard with those. Still pisses me off to this day. It could've been RWD, LS powered. BUT NOOOO. All we got was the 3.8 and friggin fwd. Although the S/C 3800 was cool.

They had the 5.3 V8 in the 06-07 SS cars.

 

[-83MONTESS-]

Mine is incorrectly hooked up pcv. You know where they have the pcv valve in one valve cover and then a reg valve cover breather on the other. Irritates the #$%& out of me lol

Uhhh??? This was factory in a lot of cases and still widely considered the correct way....

 

[Injectedcutty]

Uhhh??? This was factory in a lot of cases and still widely considered the correct way....

Yep....

 

[L67ss]

and never had the s/c 3800, only the na version.



Ah .... but that doesn't matter, if the cars aren't certified here. The "certified configuration" is the only thing these rules know about. They literally will not allow you to retrofit a heated O2 sensor.

Endless catch-22s like these add up to California smog being my "biggest mechanical pet peeve."

EDIT: But I just double-checked the specs on that s/c 3800, and I think you'd be better off with the intercooled GN motor anyway, which is perfectly legal in any G-body. Heck, you might even be better off with the non-intercooled "Hot Air" motor.

You've never seen the way the sc 3800s run once modded have ya? Lol. And stock for stock a gtp and a gn are about even in the quarter.....only the gtp has easier engine parts to find

 

[L67ss]

Uhhh??? This was factory in a lot of cases and still widely considered the correct way....

I've never seen a factory pcv with an open breather cap. Because then it isn't considered POSITIVE crankcase ventilation. It becomes a vacuum leak.

 

[L67ss]

They had the 5.3 V8 in the 06-07 SS cars.

Not a car that promotes Ls swaps lol

 

[Wageslave]

People that use standard and metric hardware on the same project. Is it so hard to buy a bag of nuts and bolts?

 

[L67ss]

People that use standard and metric hardware on the same project. Is it so hard to buy a bag of nuts and bolts?

You mean like gm did in 1986 on my cutlass? 😉

 

[Wageslave]

You mean like gm did in 1986 on my cutlass? 😉

Oh my 83 is just as bad, especially since I have some parts and hardware from a 79 on mine.

 

[HAFROD]

How about replacing our USA made worn out parts with new overseas replacements???