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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 06:58 AM
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Window motors.. must be a big problem with you guys..I am stuck with the Roll-ups..
I wish I had roll ups.
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 07:56 AM
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tie rod ends
starter
tires
motor
wheel bearing
exhaust manifold
oil sending sensor
couple water temp sensors
bent a torque arm
and i've collapsed two struts....lol

i lose....
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 08:31 AM
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I sheered off the caliper botls and dropped the caliper, made some carnage, cause it took out the brake hose and e brake cable when the caliper spun around the rear
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 08:33 AM
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So far only a head gasket here, due to a hypertech thermostat that failed. Yeah I won't even buy a thermostat if Hypertech's name is attached anymore.
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by the_merv
Window motors.. must be a big problem with you guys..I am stuck with the Roll-ups..
I bought a whole wreaked V6 camaro JUST for the manual windowns. Gotta wait till the car goes in for paint to put them on though

Jeremy
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 08:55 AM
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i ripped my old edlebrock torque arm in half, the part that bolts to the housing had an "E" reverse cut out of it, and it split right up through the middle of the E. i called edlebrock and the sent me the new style torque arm free of charge.
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 09:06 AM
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Im on my 4th A4 right now other then that nothing
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 09:06 AM
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Head gasket,Broken bolt in the driver side head(that was when I put the headers on),Opti,now stock replacement clutch is heading south.(have a new powergrip to put in)
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 09:13 AM
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Trans mount
TCI converter
4L60E
U-joints
Trans cooler
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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I think a list of what I havent broke would be shorter......
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 09:57 AM
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1 stock lt1 motor
blew a hole in bbk shorty headers
broke motor mount
broke tranny mount
3- 4l60e's
2 sets of gears (3.73's)
1 pcm.
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 10:43 AM
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I forgot about going through 6 alternators and 2 startes...
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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I forgot starter,and ignition switch

Edit: Also three sets of MSD 8.5 wires

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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by TwoFast4Lv
I think a list of what I havent broke would be shorter......

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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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1month after I got the car, I had to change the head gasket
2 months after that, I did a burnout but forgot to check my engine's RPM with no cutoff!!...2 days of beating after, I saw the oil pressure go down after a 6500rpm shift in 4th gear!...the rod's bearing just melted! I got the engine rebuilt...
1 week later, I just explosed my 3.42 gear...
500 miles after the rebuilt, I heard a big scary noise in the rear end on my 3.73 setup while racing a modified iroc-z in a bumby curv...I hope the Richmond 3.73 is rock solid!!
This is a high cost first year!!
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by YellowB4Z
I bought a whole wreaked V6 camaro JUST for the manual windowns. Gotta wait till the car goes in for paint to put them on though

Jeremy
Why do you have to wait till it goes in for paint..they are easy to put in bro, I did it for someone in a couple of hours.
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 12:57 PM
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hmm lets see here but the car....month later tranny case broke in half...took out oil filter..spun bearings from lack of oil....tranny and stroker put in......wp.....5 gm optis....4 aftermarket optis...front shock bearing plate.....uncountable bolts.....2 sets of tires.....new lt4 timing chain set....timing cover..........fan{{{{tired forgot to hook it back up in the shroud and drove over it...lol.}}}}new electric wp 10 miles after install....prob lots more if i think about it hard....all this and i've only put about 800 miles on the car since i got it...lol....oh yeah and new valves in my new heads after the chain snapped
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 01:11 PM
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I blew out the rearend fishtailing a corner. Rebuilt the rear and 3 days later raced a buddies 98 Z28 and blew out my a4. The most recent driving to school on the highway going 70 cruise control and everything and kaboom. The crank pulley and balancer fell off. Broke number 1 piston, rod, and the crank went from 8 to 6 cylinders. Broke it right after the first set of rods. Blew a whole in the oil pan and the timing chain cover broke but not the chain. So now I am rebuilding a 383 with cough nitrous cough.
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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spun two rod bearings,broke piston ring,two wps,timing chain,two optis,three rear ends,2 ta mounts,1 coil,cps,tps,2 02sensors,clutch,rear main seal. and now with the new motor(2k miles) so far so good, and had my dad rebuild my rear for me, and so far so good. thinking the other three rear ends were due to shitty work.
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 03:00 PM
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Tranny mount first week or two, axle, brake rotor and bent frame a little a month after owning. One stock rim and 2 tires. And my transmission is on the way out.
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