Cars, motorcycles, and other things that move

[Pilgrim]

In my case, it could be absorbed water or just degraded fluid. The car is 19 years old and the fluid has to be original. Everything else was. Plan is to swap it to a synthetic fluid.

I assume you've done the same for brakes, installing a hi-temp fluid.

 

[Jared]

does it have a steering cooler? i used to watch autocross and most had coolers
for the steering.

I’m not sure honestly. It’s be easy enough to add since the reservoir is remote on the Kappa cars

 

[Jared]

I assume you've done the same for brakes, installing a hi-temp fluid.

I’ve flushed the brake fluid twice with Wilwood fluid. Doing a complete change is hard since the brakes and clutch share one master cylinder and there is no way to bleed the clutch. It is self bleeding. I’m going to do another brake fluid flush soon. Brake fade was not an issue even slowing down fast from over 90 mph.

I used Redline synthetic in the transmission and OEM fluid with the friction modifier in the rear differential. Everything I’ve read on the posi rear diffs in those cars suggest AC Delco fluid as the go to. Tires are Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 V2s. They got very sticky once they were hot and weren’t bad cold.

I need to do a stick test from the windshield to the roll bar while wearing a helmet before I can schedule anything else. The Saturn is a 2007 so technically, it doesn’t need a roll bar for track day events but the car could be turned away depending on who’s running tech that day. They told me the bar would definitely pass tech as long as I had clearance above it. From what I’ve read, the Kappa cars have some issues passing tech at some tracks because the bar supports go forward and the angle isn’t very big. Sone tracks will allow the bar I have just based on who fabricated it. RPM has a great reputation for roll bars.

 

[armyadarkness]

Man it was hard to find this thread!

 

[mktrat]

Phuc’n Pentastar

And its Phuc’n oil pressure sensor junk

The Phuc is THAT!!!!





I can’t be that surprised, there are two broken clips and a couple wire retainers snapped off or not put back.

 

[ponchonlefty]

Phuc’n Pentastar
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And its Phuc’n oil pressure sensor junk View attachment 25643

The Phuc is THAT!!!!



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I can’t be that surprised, there are two broken clips and a couple wire retainers snapped off or not put back.

what ya doing? fixing the tick?

 

[mktrat]

what ya doing? fixing the tick?

Replacement of the faulty oil pressure sensor. And some seals while I’m in there.

 

[ponchonlefty]

Replacement of the faulty oil pressure sensor. And some seals while I’m in there.

have relatives with trucks like that different yrs. one has a knob to select
gears. htf do you get pissed and shift gears? i would tear the knob off.
i think i like the older versions better. less electronic stuff. just a hemi
and that's enough.

 

[Pilgrim]

have relatives with trucks like that different yrs. one has a knob to select
gears. htf do you get pissed and shift gears? i would tear the knob off.
i think i like the older versions better. less electronic stuff. just a hemi
and that's enough.

Do you mean shift paddle on the steering column?

We have them in our 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the 5.7L Hemi and I love using them.

 

[ponchonlefty]

Do you mean shift paddle on the steering column?

We have them in our 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the 5.7L Hemi and I love using them.

its a knob on the dash. paddle shift is cool not a knob. i saw a ford with one
on the console just not my idea of the car experience. i guess im more used to
old tech. not really a fan of key fobs either.

maybe im an amish hot rodder?

 

[ponchonlefty]

Replacement of the faulty oil pressure sensor. And some seals while I’m in there.

dude my eves are getting bad. i thought that was a dodge ram.

 

[4strings]

I installed a new intake on my car. It took one hour, not bad. Finding the goddam fucking socket extension I dropped into the abyss of the engine bay - took one hour, that sucked salted sphincters.

 

[4strings]

Salted Sphincters is also the name of my new sea shanty cover band. The 'Sphincters will be dropping something hot soon.

 

[ponchonlefty]

I installed a new intake on my car. It took one hour, not bad. Finding the goddam fucking socket extension I dropped into the abyss of the engine bay - took one hour, that sucked salted sphincters.

them tools must go where the corn wont grow. this i know
they never show. then there is a sound of something hitting the ground.
i look many times all around. they never show. where the corn wont grow.

 

[armyadarkness]

Im very fortunate... my tools are like Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Cereal... They always pass right through.

Whereas your tools are like Mexicans... Always getting stopped at the border.

 

[armyadarkness]

When I look in the GTO engine compartment, I can see what color shoes everyone is wearing. When I look in the Vette engine compartment, I think about sending a robotic probe into the abyss, to see what's really on the other side.

 

[4strings]

When I look in the GTO engine compartment, I can see what color shoes everyone is wearing. When I look in the Vette engine compartment, I think about sending a robotic probe into the abyss, to see what's really on the other side.

Yup. I like the old cars, where dropped tools land in the driveway. Or in the intake manifold if it's a bad day. Btdt. I dropped the nut for the air cleaner into the carb on the 72 Vette. I don't remember how it got past the butterfly valve, but it did. Still, it was easy to get with a magnet.

 

[Pilgrim]

Yup. I like the old cars, where dropped tools land in the driveway. Or in the intake manifold if it's a bad day. Btdt. I dropped the nut for the air cleaner into the carb on the 72 Vette. I don't remember how it got past the butterfly valve, but it did. Still, it was easy to get with a magnet.

That's one of those "If I had a nickel for every time...." occurrences. It used to make me nervous any time I'd remove the air cleaner on a carbureted car - I tried to always remove the fastening wingnut first so it wouldn't roll off the top of the air cleaner and into the carb.

 

[ponchonlefty]

That's one of those "If I had a nickel for every time...." occurrences. It used to make me nervous any time I'd remove the air cleaner on a carbureted car - I tried to always remove the fastening wingnut first so it wouldn't roll off the top of the air cleaner and into the carb.

i usually put the wingnut in my pocket. then remove the lid.
lost a few before that.

 

[Pilgrim]

Over time, I have become much better at looking the engine over and stuffing shop rags into open holes, or taping over them.