Post up your BIGGEST mistake working on your LTx lets hear 'em guys!
03-06-2008, 11:14 AM
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My biggest mistake was doing no research, and having no plan, prior to getting my car out of long term storage. We just got it out of storage and started going at it. I replaced all of my fuel injectors with GP Sorenson from Autozone & Advance. I'm sure I could have gotten better injectors for less money.
I also didn't bother replacing the sending unit on my fuel pump because it was so damned expensive from the dealer, so my fuel gauge doesn't work. It would have been much cheaper from someone like Jason Cromer, and I probably would have done it had I known then what I know now.
Other than that, I don't really have any regrets so far.
I also didn't bother replacing the sending unit on my fuel pump because it was so damned expensive from the dealer, so my fuel gauge doesn't work. It would have been much cheaper from someone like Jason Cromer, and I probably would have done it had I known then what I know now.
Other than that, I don't really have any regrets so far.
03-06-2008, 11:14 AM
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1) paying other people to work on my car and going back over there work to see that they did a pretty shity job, I do my own work now, id rather have it down for a month and done to my likeing than done shity in a week.
2) buying mac mids instead of nice longtubes
2) buying mac mids instead of nice longtubes
03-06-2008, 11:17 AM
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Not paying attention to where I routed the plug wires after I changed my plugs. About 25 minutes after starting the car and driving it, the car started missing really bad. Turns out one of the wires was right against my header. So then I just had to get right back under the hood and change the Wires too. That's about it though. (crosses Fingers)
03-06-2008, 01:35 PM
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I know I know, I am a HORRIBLE person for choosing the hotcam and explaining why... hmm maybe i should have gone 503, no wait gm 847 NO NO NO cc 306 !!!! why stop there? maybe i should go fully forged, 200 shot! yes yes!
nope- think ill stick with the hatecam, good enough for me.. or is it?
wait no on this board, apparently justifying and settling for less is something you're not allowed to do.
pfft.
nope- think ill stick with the hatecam, good enough for me.. or is it?
wait no on this board, apparently justifying and settling for less is something you're not allowed to do.
pfft.
03-06-2008, 02:05 PM
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I don't get where people come off telling me I'm trying to justify my mistake... my mistake? who are these jokes. give me a break
03-06-2008, 04:41 PM
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well for me...... stripping out the damn exhaust manifold bolt- it was the last one too (offf courrssee) and was in the tightest spot (offf courrrssee) and was RIGHT NEXT to the downtube making it impossible to get a normal socket on. set me back an entire day. eventually I had to buy some stud removal sockets and got that @#$@!% out.
what do you guys got ?
what do you guys got ?
03-06-2008, 04:46 PM
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I used the wrong kind of sealant on the back of my intake because I was in a rush and it ran down into the oil pan and sucked up in the pump. Once I put my 700r4 in and forgot to hook up the detent cable which in turn caused my transmission to blow up. Also I accidentally dropped a piece of a helicoil in the intake port of my head and it scored up one of my pistons. All this caused me to rebuild. That was a mistake I will never make again. Never rush your work.
03-06-2008, 05:25 PM
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after installing my headers, i was trying to fit my y-pipe in between the headers and my already installed borla catback. well got frustrated, started pounding on the ypipe with my open hand and sliced my hand off of the heat shield. needless to say my hands were covered in grease from installing the headers and i got 14 stitches at the hospital.
