suberdave

i would just start looking fot a new trans

i have a set of wagon wagon wheels that are already painted Bronze. ill take a pic, mabey they are something you will want to pick up for say... $50.00

i have had 4 jdm engines now. if you can go up to lynwood and take a look at the engines at FOREIGN ENGINES,INC, thats where i got mine. if you go there you can pick the one that you want. the last one i had delivered, looked like it had been sitting in a bucket of salt. so i had to send it back and get a new one. if i would have went and gotten it myself i could have had it running a day sooner. but i say GO JDM!

another thing to do other than opening the TB is to pull the fuel pump fuse. with the fuel spraying every time the ign is turned on. the fuel can wash down the cyl's and cause a low comp ratio. this could be likely if the first 2 cys's are the ones at 100psi and the last 2 are at 60psi. pull all plugs. hold the TB open pull the Fuel/IGN fuse that will give you your best ratio. thought i would give you my $0.02.

video worked. looks like fun

no more discount, dont work there anymore. i went for the Ebay discount, found the belt kit (both belts, 2 tensioners, and an ilder) for $75.00 shipped. they wanted $30 just for the ilder

on the way to work friday, my car left me on the side of the road, so my wife had to come take me to work. and my friend AAA took my car home. it sounded like a timeing belt, but i had just replaced them less than 10k ago. well i did a compression test 25psi in the left bank and 130psi in the right. pulled the front covor and found this... i think its broke. so i ordered a new timeing belt kit. new idler 2 new tensioners, and 2 belts.

here is an awesome deal on a belt kit, i called napa and they want $160.00 for this kit, here it is $75.00 shipped. i ordered one paied on wednesday night and had the kit at my door on friday afternoon. awesome deal, i bought two kits just in case...

i wired my check engine light to my low brake fluid light so it would come on then go out when the engine was started, the light was always on if i didnt do something, and tape over the bulb dose not pass smog. car ran awesome and blew close to 0 out the pipe. so smog wasn't a problem. just my $.02

arnt your XT and your Wagon both turbo cars? if you want to turbo a n/a engine, you would have to use just the block, and then use the heads and intake from a turbo car. unless it alredy has duel port MPFI heads. as far as i know almost all N/a motors were SPFI, and i think its very hard to turbo that fuel system. just my $0.02

i am working on that for my wagon right now. i have one done, but the other is not done yet. i guess you beat me to it... looks good!

i have a bubble balncer that will work, i live in Covington, WA. just a few mins from renton, i could balance them for you

hey Jibs, i could put it on my server, i want to see it, if you can email it to me ill put it up david@suberdave.com

if the car has been sitting for a while. it could be lifters with no oil, or sticky valves, probably sticking open. if it has not been sitting but you just did lots of work to it, thin im not sure, but remember the only things you need to make a engine run are: compression, fuel, and fire. hope this helps

i know its not an XT6 TB but it is bigger and using a plate like this you could put any TB on a spider I finally got my GM 2.2l Ecotec throttle body on my spider intake. It’s about ¼ inch larger bore and it has an idle air controller for MS&EDIS Here is the spacer plate that my little brother cut for me on a waterjet. This is what it looks like all put together. Now I just need to get my MS&EDIS so I can use the IAC. And I guess it has to be in the car before it will work….

i know you just did head gaskets, did you check the heads for flatness? did you do both gaskets or just one? maybe you still have some air stuck in the system somewhere? what came first: the overheat or the bad head gaskets? maybe you had an overheat prob first and that caused the HG's? just a few ideas, hope they help.

congrats, good to hear its back on the raod.

The last few days have been very productive, (man its nice not working on Saturday) Well I finally got my GM 2.2l Ecotec throttle body on my spider intake. It’s about ¼ inch larger bore and it has an idle air controller for MS&EDIS Here is the spacer plate that my little brother cut for me on a waterjet. This is what it looks like all put together. Now I just need to get my MS&EDIS so I can use the IAC. And I guess it has to be in the car before it will work….

what the heck is that? is it an XT6 wagon? or what? kinda cool though

you have to make the computer think that the car is in N or P to get it to start, but it has to be in D for the cruse to work, i rigged up a switch so it is in P to start and then i can switch it to D when i want to engage cruse, and it makes a good theft switch, if its in D a car jacker cant even hotwire it at the ign switch. thats what i did, im sure there are other ways to to it. thats my $.02

all LSD are 3.7:1 do to the fact that they all come out of turbo cars. and i have herd word of a 3.9:1 in an XT6 but have never seen one. anyone that has a 3.9:1 LSD has taken the carrier out of a 3.7:1 diff and installed it into a 3.9:1 ring gear. the gear ratio is writen on the Diff lable/sticker. and the front ratio will be the same as the rear ratio, otherwise massave tire bind will accure this is how i understand it, correct me if i am wrong

thats your A/C condenser, no worries, just pull the radiator out and leave that in there. if your A/C works, dont cut the lines or put a hole in it, doing this will cause the A/C to not work any longer... good luck

you have to use a sprigh compressor, then beat all the dirt out of them and turn the base, its pritty easy

paint to match. when its a different color it looks like you didnt have enough money for both the kit and the paint. like a honda ricer with a red car and yellow body kit... my $.02

i am curently working on a larger TB for my spider, it came off of a GM ecotec 2.2L. the reason i am using this TB, is it has a larger bore, and it has the GM IAC for my future MSnEDS system. the throtle setup is also much smaller so the TMIC fits better. i will take pictures soon.