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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 05:09 PM
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Just when you think you have them fixed they break on your *** again. Just got myself a sweet new nitrous kit, got my new brakes installed.... less than a week later bam throw out bearing starts moaning I me F*CK wtf do the damn gods of motoring have against me

Luckily I had planned on doing a clutch soon... just not THIS soon. After swapping the trans out I was hoping it would stay in for more than 9 months before it came out again. Gonna buy a new clutch once I have the money and install it. But that means no driving the Firehawk until then

Hopefully setting up a techday for an install wont be too hard I will provide beer and burgers for anyone that wants to help when the time comes
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 07:37 PM
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Jeez, and i thought i was the only one!
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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Yea **** happens...
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 07:55 PM
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So true, this is more of just a vent thread
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 08:04 PM
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yup did h/c/i at the beginning of the year and it has been all down hill since then trans, a/c, then tune went south, headlight motors "nothing" and a/c again lol
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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yup did h/c/i at the beginning of the year and it has been all down hill since then trans, a/c, then tune went south, headlight motors "nothing" and a/c again lol
Good lord man
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**** im still waiting on a valve seal.
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**** im still waiting on a valve seal.
*head bang desk*
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Originally Posted by avengedws6
**** im still waiting on a valve seal.
Damn man I though that car would have been running by now. Sucks when it's only a small part holdin you back. You back in town yet, I see you had a thread a while back where you had some roller rockers that you were waiting to install. Just hope they perform as nice as they looked.


To the original poster... it's always like this. I had a nieghbor that had an 86 c10 and swore that every race car leaked oil. If it didn't leak oil it wasn't a race car. I don't know what that meant but he was always working on it. I believe in doing everything right the first time and then there will be no looking back. Good luck on the swap.....and its only as hard as you make it.
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I did a H/C at the end of May, converter gernated and tranny went with it. 4 days after new tranny, 2nd gear didnt want to play any more! I get the car back and someone keys the holy living **** out of the driver side. And I need gears too
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 09:58 PM
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It is part of the game.
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ZONES89RS
It is part of the game.
Leave your transportation stock, and cut your nuts off. There goes about 90% of the guys problems on this board.
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 10:09 PM
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that **** sucks man, nice car btw.
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by xfactor_pitbulls
Leave your transportation stock, and cut your nuts off. There goes about 90% of the guys problems on this board.

Then your ***** would look bigger!
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No matter what your ride, the hot chick or the hot ride, they're both high maintenance. Only the ride doesn't bitch about it.
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Been down that road be for motor,transmission, turbo, and gears went in the same month!
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Originally Posted by Blue's_Z28
No matter what your ride, the hot chick or the hot ride, they're both high maintenance. Only the ride doesn't bitch about it.
True sometimes it feels like my car is like that though it has it's own way of bitching
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue's_Z28
No matter what your ride, the hot chick or the hot ride, they're both high maintenance. Only the ride doesn't bitch about it.
Sig worthy!
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 01:03 AM
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lol i just got some kooks, went to the track to get some base times before i started modding and burned up the stock clutch and window motor the same night. along with the headlight motor acting up.
lets not even get into what happened to my truck after the 1st couple bottles. you dont remember your stock numbers do you?
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by badinfluencelsx
lol i just got some kooks, went to the track to get some base times before i started modding and burned up the stock clutch and window motor the same night. along with the headlight motor acting up.
lets not even get into what happened to my truck after the 1st couple bottles. you dont remember your stock numbers do you?
Stock numbers?
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