My car went into the sand traps w/o a filter or MAF screen and FTRA!
11-09-2002, 09:23 PM
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My car went into the sand traps w/o a filter or MAF screen and FTRA! OK, so today at E-town, my car club, Long Island F-body Association had a race day.
Well, my girlfriend begged and begged to take my car down the track, everyone said "eh, it's ok..." convinced me to, and she has done it before at the Westhampton track over here.
I was a tad hesitant but let her go down anyways.
I wanted to put the filter back in cause i was all done runing, but she said "NO, i'll run slower". So i left it in and made her happy.
Well, somehow she missed the turn-off and went straight into the sand trap at the end of the track by accident. Luckily she didn't get hurt, and wasn't on the gas still so i don't believe she sucked anything up. <img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" />
Me and Pete (bspz28) took the maf, lid, and fernco mod apart to check for sand, rocks, or dust. And LUCKILY we found nothing.
As a precaution i'm going to change my oil, and i was thinking top-end cleaner (haven't done it yet...and i have 60k miles now).
Which top-end cleaner should i do?
And, what else should i do? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />
Thanx a ton! <img border="0" alt="[hail]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_hail.gif" />
Well, my girlfriend begged and begged to take my car down the track, everyone said "eh, it's ok..." convinced me to, and she has done it before at the Westhampton track over here.
I was a tad hesitant but let her go down anyways.
I wanted to put the filter back in cause i was all done runing, but she said "NO, i'll run slower". So i left it in and made her happy.
Well, somehow she missed the turn-off and went straight into the sand trap at the end of the track by accident. Luckily she didn't get hurt, and wasn't on the gas still so i don't believe she sucked anything up. <img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" />
Me and Pete (bspz28) took the maf, lid, and fernco mod apart to check for sand, rocks, or dust. And LUCKILY we found nothing.
As a precaution i'm going to change my oil, and i was thinking top-end cleaner (haven't done it yet...and i have 60k miles now).
Which top-end cleaner should i do?
And, what else should i do? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />
Thanx a ton! <img border="0" alt="[hail]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_hail.gif" />
11-09-2002, 09:57 PM
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Re: My car went into the sand traps w/o a filter or MAF screen and FTRA! Oh i woulda been really pissed. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" /> I dont let anyone drive my car, let alone RACE it. Altho, none of my gf's have ever really known anything about cars or appreciated them.... so that could be one reason i've never considered it. Anyway good to hear your engine didn't suck any up. As far as the top end cleaner, i think most people reccomend the GM top end cleaner.
