QOTD September 29, 2007
Seen on the forums:
“Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you.”
— Anonymous
Clamps September 22, 2007
Since replacing the cold-side intercooler coupling I’ve had a problem with it coming undone at the other end, on the throttle body. I ordered a bunch of replacement clamps a while back but with the transmission problems it hasn’t been a priority for me to fix. Today I finally got around to it. Pulled the pipe out completely, replaced all four clamps, and this time I’ve got the pipe jiggered so that there is much less movement — hopefully neither end will be able to work their way undone again.
Of course this probably means that I will soon discover the next weakest link in the IC piping…
My busted tranny is sitting on a pallet in the warehouse at the office. Next week I’ll get it strapped down and shipped to Andrewtech.
Annoyed September 1, 2007
So I talk to the guy selling the 6-speed, get a quote from Japtrix on the labor (stings but not too bad), talked to Jorge about maybe doing it ourselves at his buddy’s garage, and this morning I woke up to find that the guy started a new 10-day eBay listing for the whole car yesterday.
WTF?!
Not sure if I should wait it out or call Andrewtech first thing Tuesday. I’m really not enjoying driving around like a pansy for fear of breaking my original transmission…
