Biggest mechanical pet peeve

[Texas82GP]

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

Give this man his cigar!

 

[L67ss]

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

sadly sometimes that's the only option

 

[L67ss]

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

Oddly gm used a mix of sae and metric bolts on 3800s till 2008 lol

 

[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.

In case you thought I was joking that car had a bone stock short blocks tock crank, rods, pistons, and all hardware. Was also done by a company with no real performance knowledge(tho in the last year or two they've actually hired some decent guys) that had a tendency to slap stuff together. They are also known for crappy PCM tunes.....to the point I'll run a stock PCM on a custom motor over one of theirs. Series 2/3 3800s have been proven reliable up to 600 whp

 

[Wageslave]

Heres one - Torx head bolts. Those thing are made by the devil himself.

 

[Injectedcutty]

Heres one - Torx head bolts. Those thing are made by the devil himself.

Especially the seatbelt mounting ones

Looks like the torx bit GM used has rounded tips....all the ones I've ever bought are pointed. Ima round off one of them and see if it helps to go pull a couple bolts from a yard car.

 

[-83MONTESS-]

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.

Not to hijack the thread but a proper PCV system uses a PCV valve in one valve cover and a breather in the other. The vacuum created at the PCV valve draws air through the breather. I guess more emphasis should be put on "ventilation" rather than "positive" because I see what you mean by vacuum which would be a negative "pressure".

 

[L67ss]

Not to hijack the thread but a proper PCV system uses a PCV valve in one valve cover and a breather in the other. The vacuum created at the PCV valve draws air through the breather. I guess more emphasis should be put on "ventilation" rather than "positive" because I see what you mean by vacuum which would be a negative "pressure".

Not to hijack the thread but a proper PCV system uses a PCV valve in one valve cover and a breather in the other. The vacuum created at the PCV valve draws air through the breather. I guess more emphasis should be put on "ventilation" rather than "positive" because I see what you mean by vacuum which would be a negative "pressure".

A pcv valve with an open breather is not a pcv system. It is a negative crankcase ventilation system. The way pcv works. You have the valve in one vc running to base of carb. On the other vc there is a tube or hose running to the air filter. The tube helps keep the pcv valve closed till there is blow by pressure in crankcase...is possitive crank case pressure. The valve then opens and draws it out. To give an idea of the hokey way guys tend to run just a breather cap in one and pcv in the opposite vc affects the running I was tinkering with my brothers c10. Had that very setup. I put a vacuum cap on the carb in place of hose for pcv. Truck idle dropped 300 rpms and we had to red just the carb and timing to get it running correctly. Same as you'd do on an engine that was adjusted to run with missing vacuum hoses. His oil consumption also dropped. So I stick by my original post

 

[pagrunt]

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

I kinda get too excited when the made in location is outside of Asia.

 

[pontiacgp]

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

our cars are not all metric