Post a pic of your car as it sits currently

[Pontiac_guy99]

Originally Posted by [ChaosweaveR]

My music rules.

Originally Posted by TDavis

Sure, lets go with that.

Hahahaha!! Quote of the day.

Originally Posted by TDavis

Where did the 10% of sleepy saying weird sht come from

Jus meant weird pedo/rapist jokes about him that other people say. Not him directly.

[mfuller]

Originally Posted by Pontiac_guy99

Grand am gt.com:
15% discussing mods that will never be finished.

Hey, I take offense to that.
I actually finished what I started.

[tw0123]

^^ lmao yeah... what'd it take like 4 months for an oil change? Hahaha

[AaronGTR]

Well, I actually had a problem with my cold air intake last night... for the first time in 12 years.

We had near record rainfall here in SE Michigan. An entire months worth in one night, and most we've seen since 1925. Rivers were flooded, storm sewers were backed up, and bunch of streets were closed.

I of course had no idea it was going to rain that hard for that long or I would have stayed home. Went to the gym and it poured the entire time I was inside. By the time I left, I pulled out of the parking lot directly into a flooded lane. Of course I could see it had standing water in it so I pulled out super slow (like idle speed, no throttle) but I didn't know how deep it was. Splashed water right up on my hood. Car immediately started running rough so I pulled it over and it stalled. Good thing I wasn't on the gas at all. Since it did that instead of immediately shutting off/locking up I doubt it was hydro-locked. Probably just wet filter/MAF which threw off the air reading and AFR.


Let it sit for a few minutes with the ignition on/engine off to dry the MAF and it restarted. Just ran a little rough. Made it through the intersection and it was flooded on the other side too! Was creeping through it, but A-holes in the other lane were going fast making wakes that splashed up on my filter and made me stall again. Got it started though again and kept going. Had to dodge several intersections with a bunch of stalled/stranded cars in them and turn around several times. Normal 10 minute drive took 45 minutes. Got to take the filter off now and see if it's still wet... but it's focking raining outside again!

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Originally Posted by Pontiac_guy99

Hahahaha!! Quote of the day.

He's just mad his music makes him a basic bitch.

[tipnitty]

Well my car is sitting in the middle of the garage with the guys of the rear end out. Was a huge pain in the ass to get the c-clips out that hold the axels in. Was and even pain in the ass to get the bearings off the limited differential. Took a solid 2 hours just to get 3 bearings off. But I got the new bearing pressed in, on both the diff and pinion. Just have to re install th and replace the axle bearings and make sure it's lined properly. But it was late last night and would finish today, but was called to work so my car still sits scattered across my garage.

[Jake]

Hit the dyno the other day and had it tuned, I am overall happy with the numbers it is putting down. Next mod will be a 102mm TB and 3.91 gears. (Currently the vehicle has 3.27's)

[xUnderCoverHoBo]

Nice. I do like the look since the roof got painted black

[tipnitty]

Put the gears in yourself they said. It's really not that bad they said. **** this I say.

[TDavis]

People said the same with headlights retrofits. It'd be fun they said. For my first time was a pain in the ass. But I'm sure just like how mine ended up, the performance in the gears will be worth it.

[tipnitty]

Oh it will be. Found some really ugly **** that I don't like to see under the car. I'll have to take some pictures of what I'm talking about. Most of them are nothing, but one is a pretty big issue and might explain some issues the car has had.

[H.O. Driver]

Originally Posted by AaronGTR

Well, I actually had a problem with my cold air intake last night... for the first time in 12 years.

We had near record rainfall here in SE Michigan. An entire months worth in one night, and most we've seen since 1925. Rivers were flooded, storm sewers were backed up, and bunch of streets were closed.

I of course had no idea it was going to rain that hard for that long or I would have stayed home. Went to the gym and it poured the entire time I was inside. By the time I left, I pulled out of the parking lot directly into a flooded lane. Of course I could see it had standing water in it so I pulled out super slow (like idle speed, no throttle) but I didn't know how deep it was. Splashed water right up on my hood. Car immediately started running rough so I pulled it over and it stalled. Good thing I wasn't on the gas at all. Since it did that instead of immediately shutting off/locking up I doubt it was hydro-locked. Probably just wet filter/MAF which threw off the air reading and AFR.


Let it sit for a few minutes with the ignition on/engine off to dry the MAF and it restarted. Just ran a little rough. Made it through the intersection and it was flooded on the other side too! Was creeping through it, but A-holes in the other lane were going fast making wakes that splashed up on my filter and made me stall again. Got it started though again and kept going. Had to dodge several intersections with a bunch of stalled/stranded cars in them and turn around several times. Normal 10 minute drive took 45 minutes. Got to take the filter off now and see if it's still wet... but it's focking raining outside again!

Some area's of Detroit had 6" of rain. One of the towns said their drainage system can hold and pump 50,000,000 (yes million) gallons before backing up, well it backed up.... some picture from the detroit forums.







The last thing I heard on the news was that they had Dive teams at the 696 I-75 interchanged diving for sunk cars and looking for bodies. The southwood freeway had 14' (yes feet) of water in some of the underpasses.

[AaronGTR]

Yep. It was pretty bad. I guess I have to say... it's not all that bad not having any problems running a CAI until the day we get more rain than we've had in 89 years.

[blckgagt]

Yeah i wouldn't really chalk the CAI as a bad thing. Like you said, its not every day you get a record rainfall like that. I've run mine for a few years now with no issues, even with what i would of called heavy rain. As long as it is protected by splash guards, and in my case, a homemade shield, you shouldn't have any issues.

The rainfall in the Detroit area looks about as bad as it was a few years back when in Middle Tennessee. Practically flooded the whole downtown area along the river there. And of course me, still in the military at the time, still had drill. What BS.

[Pontiac_guy99]

Originally Posted by [ChaosweaveR]

He's just mad his music makes him a basic bitch.

Is he HOT AND DANGEROUS??

(That's the only basic bitch music I know )

[TDavis]

Took the inserts out. Was a pain in the fking ass.

Looks much better though, plus that 50bhp from dat air flow

[sleepyalero]

All that airflow to a stock motor

[blckgagt]

Originally Posted by TDavis

Took the inserts out. Was a pain in the fking ass.

Looks much better though, plus that 50bhp from dat air flow

Looks good man. I envy your paint.
I know some people complained that removing the grill inserts allowed their engine bay to get quite dirty, but I do agree they look better now.
I love the XXL Flat grills from Customcargrills. Cleans up the front and they are pretty durable. I'm hoping they will also better protect my intercooler from road debris without sacrificing air flow.

[geldartb]

Originally Posted by blckgagt

I know some people complained that removing the grill inserts allowed their engine bay to get quite dirty, but I do agree they look better now.

probably all depends on where you drive. i've had the carbon fiber sc/t hood for awhile now and except for when it was going to rain i left the scoops open.

my engine never seemed dirtier than it would normally get with a regular hood.

[sleepyalero]

My engine compartment gets so dirty since my fans are tuned to be on 24/7 basically. So much dust under the hood. To hard to keep clean so I dont bother with detailing it.