Biggest mechanical pet peeve

[STLRegal]

our cars are not all metric

Actually I change my original answer to this. Half metric half standard. Has anyone ever made sense of it on these cars? It seems like most of it is metric but then they'll be that one bolt that's standard.

 

[L67ss]

On my olds the bolts that held the trans mount to the trans were metric. The but that held the mount to the cross member was sae lol

 

[STLRegal]

On my olds the bolts that held the trans mount to the trans were metric. The but that held the mount to the cross member was sae lol

Haha it should be the top pet peeve of all of us because it comes straight from the factory that way.

 

[jiho]

What I read is its perfectly legal to supercharge your engine as long as its c.a.r.b. approved.....which the factory m90 is.

You still don't quite get how things work here. 😀

A factory supercharger is only "CARB approved" for those applications that had that supercharger as a factory option. For the 3800 that means FWD, since there were no supercharged RWD applications in the US.

That's why I asked where you read it, so I could go look at the exact claims being made. It's natural to assume if something makes sense it must be ok with CARB, and vice versa. It ain't necessarily so. 😀

Basically, I'd want to hear this one from a Referee.

EDIT: We're kind of hijacking the thread in a different direction with this ongoing bs ....

 

[L67ss]

You still don't quite get how things work here. 😀

A factory supercharger is only "CARB approved" for those applications that had that supercharger as a factory option. For the 3800 that means FWD, since there were no supercharged RWD applications in the US.

That's why I asked where you read it, so I could go look at the exact claims being made. It's natural to assume if something makes sense it must be ok with CARB, and vice versa. It ain't necessarily so. 😀

Basically, I'd want to hear this one from a Referee.

EDIT: We're kind of hijacking the thread in a different direction with this ongoing bs ....

Technically its my thread me and you are highjacking so its OK 😉

 

[L67ss]

And if I were to swap a series 2/3 into a rwd car I wouldn't use an m90 anyway. Id go with a csc like from procharger etc

 

[jiho]

Well, if you insist ....

I did have a go-round with a Referee once, on several points. One question I asked was about G-bodies with the DualJet Buick V6 (VIN A), and replacing that DualJet with FI. I was told you can't use the Buick FWD FI system (VIN 3 or B), but only because the FWD exhaust from heads to cat is considered part of that system and won't work in a RWD car. However, the Buick SFI turbo system (VIN 9 or 7) is fine, because its exhaust will work. I'm assuming the opposite answer awaits anyone who wants to supercharge the 3800 in a RWD car, but for the same reason.

In other words, in one case you MUST boost, while in the other you CAN'T. So straighten up. 😀

 

[L67ss]

With a centrifugal supercharger you dont have to touch the exhaust or injection(tho upgraded injectors are a good idea). Only parts you have to modify is the air filter tube and of course the belt drive

 

[UNGN]

Haha it should be the top pet peeve of all of us because it comes straight from the factory that way.

My Jaguar (XK8) had a mix of Std and Metric bolts from the factory into the mid 2000's. At least on a G-body they usually use bolts with headsizes that take either metric or std (like 13 &14) and just the threads are different. On the Jag, bolts are between mm's like 11/16's, so a a 17 doesn't fit and an 18 rounds it off..

 

[pontiacgp]

My Jaguar (XK8) had a mix of Std and Metric bolts from the factory into the mid 2000's. At least on a G-body they usually use bolts with headsizes that take either metric or std (like 13 &14) and just the threads are different. On the Jag, bolts are between mm's like 11/16's, so a a 17 doesn't fit and an 18 rounds it off..

I had and MGB from fsactory had SAE, BSW and Metric