Recent content by T man

Hey guys. My coolant system is relatively new but on the drive to work the cars thermostat starts to climb as I go over 70mph. I burped the car yesterday and just went for a test drive but it's still happening. The car runs I believe 2500 rpm @ 75 in forth but I can run the same rpm around 50...

I've been without a car for about a month now trying to figure out what's been wrong with it. I was having problems with the car over heating, it turns out the fan was only working sometimes before it completely died. Found out my A/C clutch was not engaging also, and read the two parts were...

Im in need of the aluminum housing for our thermostat (1998 mk8). Maybe one of you guys has one laying around? :o

To make a long story short-my coolant keeps over-flowing out of the reservoir. It started on idle, the car would spontaneously spit all of its coolant out of the reservoir while i was venting the air (in the cabin). So i filled it incorrectly, and it happens again. It basically spits out ALL...

So on a long drive home (4 hours), the car started to overheat when i would do 2500 rpms + on the highway in 4th gear. I have a new T-stat, fan, radiator and coolant. I pulled into a rest stop to see if it was low and cracked the coolant cap slowly and coolant started to leak out so i knew it...

I have no idea if its the transmission, T/C, driveshaft or rear... I'm getting a noise vibration cruising at constant throttle, and braking (once the car gets to about the 2000-1000 RPM range there is a loud vibration noise). It does not do this when i brake with it in neutral. The...

What should i gap my spark plugs to for an S/C set up? (I lost my book with all this stuff in it... haha). And maybe i'll get a second opinion as well... My cars idle is bouncing up and down fast, and it seems like the passanger side exhaust is exhaling more than the drivers side. Smells rich...

The steering in my car is getting really right (like have trouble turning the wheel) and sounds like its grinding under acceleration in 1st gear (say accelerating through a U-turn). What gives? I just put on some kooks? idling around a corner is fine, its just when i accelerate. And only...

Just drove the mark now that it is basically all new :D I replaced the transmission and T/C (9.5in 3k stall). Installed the kooks headers attached to 2in straight pipes with stock mufflers. Also got a completely new motor. The old motor was leaking coolant out of the water pump, oil out of...

For those of you that know mopar... A friend of mine has a 07 (i think) charger, its a super bee. He's got a cold air intake and a mail order tune. He wants to race... How fast do I need to be to win? 12.5...? :confused:

I have the chance to install my long tubes on my SCed mark now. Would I have to get it retuned since it's probably going to result in a loss of boost? :confused:

I thought a few people on here would appreciate this car... I know i want it :cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOX4IWoAbQ8 Custom 1967 stang... Uses 4.6L (i think marauder block) with a procharger and viper 6-speed transmission. On ebay they're claiming 700hp

I was driving back from Fridays tonight with my girlfriend who's thinking about selling her 97 celica. We were talking about what she should get instead and I suggested a Mark 8, and the reply was something as follows: "No offense but I think your car's really ugly... It just reminds me of an...

would the check engine light go on in the mark if any of the 02 sensors were bad? i've been reading in some other forums that 02s should be changed every 100k miles. Could this cause a lean condition and a stumbling idle?

Would welding 2.5in long tubes up to the stock 2in LSC exhaust yield any performance improvement or would there only be an improvement with 2.5in pipes?