So, I finally got around to pulling apart the T/A last week and found some interesting things. A little backround on the car, I always thought that it smoked a little more than it should but wrote it off as the typical LS1 puff. This spring I installed a pair of PRC stage 2.5 5.3's along with an MS4, flycut the pistons, etc. After driving the car for a while, 2k miles it felt like power was falling off. I was at the dyno with another car and strapped mine down just to see what kind of power it was making. It went 410whp and 372wtrq on a mustang, knowing it was low I did a comp. test and found #7 down around 110psi (all others 225-230). After that I only drove the car a couple of times and it started smoking much worse. So here is what I found!
Other things to note, there was NO cylinder scuffing and the top of the piston looked perfect as did the top comp. ring. There is a lot of very fine aluminum in the pan so everything will be coming apart. I will be forging it up, cleaning up the heads and stepping up the cam a little in prep for next spring. Then will come the nitrous, lots of it!!
These do run crazy offsets(something like 52/54mm) def need spacers. Also backspacing is a bit off from ours (5x120.65). I have seen some guys put them on the GTO.
These do run crazy offsets(something like 52/54mm) def need spacers. Also backspacing is a bit off from ours (5x120.65). I have seen some guys put them on the GTO.
Hey, do any of you guys know of a place in the SW metro area that swaps out tires for a low price? I'm buying some used blizzak snow tires for my winter beater. I stopped by a Tires Plus today and they wanted $95 bucks to do this which I thought was completely ridiculous! Thanks!
$20-$25 a tire is about the going rate, unless you know someone who has their own mounting/computerized balance equipment...
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06 Spice Red Metallic M6, 1 of 632. Born on 04/06. Factory 18s for winter, TSW Mondello 18x8s on Nitto NT555s for all other seasons. SLP LTs, 18" Sweet Thunders, New Era intake, GMM Ripshifter, SAP spoiler and DashHawk. ProLumen 5k HID kit. HPTuned by Carl. Passport G-Timer for fun - Passport 9500ix to stay out of trouble.
Hey, do any of you guys know of a place in the SW metro area that swaps out tires for a low price? I'm buying some used blizzak snow tires for my winter beater. I stopped by a Tires Plus today and they wanted $95 bucks to do this which I thought was completely ridiculous! Thanks!
Try 3-T Repair on 169 and 41. Tell them "Ditch" told you. Ask for Nick or Betty. They can quote you a price.
Hey, do any of you guys know of a place in the SW metro area that swaps out tires for a low price? I'm buying some used blizzak snow tires for my winter beater. I stopped by a Tires Plus today and they wanted $95 bucks to do this which I thought was completely ridiculous! Thanks!
If you want really cheap take them to Walmart for a mount/dismount. Probably run you 20-25 for all 4.
2004 GTO Owner
06 Spice Red Metallic M6, 1 of 632. Born on 04/06. Factory 18s for winter, TSW Mondello 18x8s on Nitto NT555s for all other seasons. SLP LTs, 18" Sweet Thunders, New Era intake, GMM Ripshifter, SAP spoiler and DashHawk. ProLumen 5k HID kit. HPTuned by Carl. Passport G-Timer for fun - Passport 9500ix to stay out of trouble.
