piece of shit or what??? im about to trade it. im getting sick and tired of bullshit.

 

wire the fans strait to an accy power sorce and there goes that problem.. what tranny mount is broken? if your shifter is going up and down than that mount is easy to fix. theres an easy way to see if your losing coolant... turn your car on and let it idle on a flat surface for a while... if your losing coolant youll get a puddle... probably a loose connection somewhere and something easy to fix.. do you have any trouble codes thrown? there are a few things that can cause hesitation. o2 sensors is a popular one. pull em if they are old ac delcos they are probably shot... replace them both.. its a wise investment anyways... other problems with this could be iginiton control module or loose connection on coil, idle air control gone bad, (probably not this) and something that could cause hesitation and 12 second 0-60 times is an extremely clogged cat

go to http://shbox.com/page/index.html to try to troubleshoot... he has a lot of diagnostic and how to articles that will help you A LOT!! good luck and pm me if you need help

 

cat is gutted, i was talking to my boss today and we came to a possible conclusion that my O2 sensor may be bad. the fans...i gotta figure out how to do it. the coolant, i think i found the trouble hose, coil was just reinastalled...that fucker is in there tight.

when i started my car up after work, i let my boss listen to it...he said it sounds like my exhaust manifold is loose/rattling. so what the fuck do i do about that one? where should i be looking?

 

there are six bolts on each exhaust manifold... if they are loose you have a nasty exhaust leak and it will make a ticking noise (makes it kinda sound like a lawnmower) tighten the bolts when the motor is cold.. i thought of something.. i had some spark plug problem once.. it ticked just like rod knock or valve tapping or an exhaust leak.. it got very bad one day and i took it to the shop.. ended up being something with the spark plug... just a suggestion if you havent checked those in a while...

 

time for some header install fun. and dont get too down, you'll have problems with any car thats 10 years old. seems like all the stupid little problems always happen at once though

 

lol you think you have it bad?? i just put 2 optis in in the period of 2 weeks.. now have to get my car retuned to run with the greater spark output and i still havent figured out why my car starts on 7 cylinders then kicks in all 8... o by the way in the past 2 months ive tore my clutch to pieces, been thru 2 optisparks, had to replace both alternator and battery, and had to replace countless sensors including o2.... oh and these problems started only 3 weeks after i got my blown headgasket fix...
the cars are a neverending process.. enjoy