Grand Am Off Topic Thread

[grfnkl]

34F that had to suck with no heat! Brrrr! It was 14 this morning when i left for work( 8am), and that didn't even include the windchill... It's not fun to drive with no heat... it's torture to sit there and touch anything in the car. soon enough you can get everything all fixed. DIY stuff though can be frustrating though even with all the tools, cuz you'll find one screw or bolt that you just don't seem to have the right tool. opcorn:

PFYC must have either dropped the throttle body or the link must be down. They did that with the Sc/t Body kit as well. I had the saved link which i could get to it from, but from the main site it was no where to be found.... then it suddenly reappeared! Contact them and ask them what's the deal.

[Gir-_-]

I went ahead and found myself a ebay seller with the throttle body... I put $200 down on the bid and he'd only put $100 up for it... I really want that thing lol for that low of a price?? I dont mind it being used lol as long as its not cracked or broken on the plate

[xeroinfinity]

Gir those pumps are diferent smaller resivoir and smaller pulley.

No heat would suck!
I jsut saw 62mm TB at PFYC earlier today

I didnt see any 62mm TBs on ebay, just a stock TB for $50.
I have been shoping on ebay for the past 2 days.

Looked for a TB and anything else .
I actually went through all 1286 grand am parts yesterday
Most were those mirrors and regulators

It doesnt take much to make the 62mm TB just bore it our,
replace the butterfly woth a larger diameter one .

I need to make my own
I did find a few spoilers I like but I need other mods first.
Probly going to hack the exhaust up on the GT this weekend,
I picked up another ol trusty today, #42583

So speaker upgrades will be needed soon also
That will make a couple more R&R's for our subforum.

[Gir-_-]

I might of gotten lucky, I dont even know wtf pump it is to tell you the truth

looks basically the same, but I dont have my old one to size it up with

either way, it works .... I bought a seal kit from the dealer rather than a whole new pump... its an actuator or something that sits in there.. and it has like 3 o-rings... my guy was telling me he re-used the old one because it couldnt be found anywhere but the dealer... so we're going to replace all the seals and o-rings and put it back together

tomorrow im going back up to the dealership to see if I can get that bolt so the pulley can be pressed on a little bit more

[xeroinfinity]

YA Gir those O rings on that VAS unit will get damaged sometimes when you remove/install it.

I usually just replace the whole thing rather then mess with exchanging parts.

Well I had a snag today with the GT exhaust.
I didnt have enough pipe to do the whole thing so I just hacked the resonator off, and replaced the muffler with a Flo-master.
I didnt even have any good splits dual tips, just single tips for now.
I found some I liked though, they are $80 each
The pipe and muffler didnt cost anywhere near that much

Heres a pic of it & my shity old Lift....
GT Flo M1

PS Gir I seen that 62mm TB, you are lucky I dont want it

[xeroinfinity]

Well drove the GT around tonight and broke in the
new pipes.
Though its not that loud it seemed to raise up all sorts of furry critters.

Well On my venture I roused a very large raccoon,
(they seem to like the GT) and he took out the front bumper,
again #3

Then dragging the front scraping home,
I scarred up a herd of deer!

These stupid animals ran in every direction.
Luckily they didnt run into me sitting in the middle of the road.
Well they all cleared but this one small doe,
she just kept running down the middle of the road for about 1/2 mile.
Finally she ran into the woods,
and I made it safely home.

So I guess now I need to find a new front end,
and some new driving lights.....
.....they seem to be out as well

[grfnkl]

I feel your pain XI. damn animals they should know when you are coming and realize to go the opposite direction you are coming in. The most i ever ran over was a rabbit, in the G/a gt going about 55-60 mph, it looked like an explosion of white fur everywhere and i had a squirrel commit suicide on me... hahaha the damn thing ran into my tire this happend on the 88 g/a. I didn't run him over, he ran into my tire and died.

If this makes you feel any better the 6's front bumper is all sorts of messed up within the last few days. First i get the car washed, pull out onto the road, go about 100 feet down the road a large cardboard box flys across the road into the front driver corner, paint scratched and chunk of paint missing. The next day.. still windy outisde, driving home from my girls house, a garbage can going probably about 30 mph across the road into the front passenger side, leaving a huge mark and scratches across the entire side of the bumper. Then it snowed, so now it's all dirty again.

[Gir-_-]

so many animals lol gah

we just have suicidal squirrles and rabbits...

rabbits are only at night tho, they WANT to get hit but you have to dodge em left and right.. they go in pairs or 3s

[xeroinfinity]

Thats for the support guys.

This was already broke when I bought it, but I have fixed it 2-3 times and this time its beyond repairs.

So my trouble now if what front to get.
DO I get stock, or AAS, RK Sport, SOMO, Combat, Vader
And while I'm at it I'll probly get those headlights replaced.

Was looking at tail lights too since these have shorted in the past like most GAs do

SHIT this stuff's not cheap!!!

I decided to get those Hedmen Tips from PFYC for the GT.
Then I remembered the the SE has some crapy chrome tips. Doesnt take long for them to start rusting and I hate rust.
Still looking on those, though I like these that I saw on summit web site. I liked th ePace Setter ones but they are not stainless.

Thier goes my tax return

Have a great weekend everyone !

[Gir-_-]

Gauge has been ordered!!



I just grabbed my aeroforce tech gauge... and Im feelin the empty wallet even tho I just got paid... sucks paying so much for a gauge...

I decided Im going to make it 'Clean' at least if im spending this much... I went ahead and did custom...

AeroForce Tech Interceptor Scan Gauges - Special Order
Selection: Single Gauge: Pontiac Edition
Display Color: Blue/Black
Face Color: White Face
Bezel Color: Chrome Bezel That'll be like an icy look but sooo nice opcorn:

[xeroinfinity]

That is a nice gauge.
The only reason I havent bought one is I have to many scann tools as it is

So how did the Ebay bid go on the TB?

I found some realy nice tips on their that are sweet and $99 for a pair Duals.

I'll at least get one pair to see how they look,
they dont show the ends/opening of the two "OO"

Not gonna get scamed

Enjoy your gauge Gir,
now you can check your own codes as they pop up

[Gir-_-]

Originally Posted by xeroinfinity

That is a nice gauge.
The only reason I havent bought one is I have to many scann tools as it is

So how did the Ebay bid go on the TB?

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Enjoy your gauge Gir,
now you can check your own codes as they pop up

lol nice

The ebay I think went well, the guy said he was sending it out friday morning so I should expect here in the next week hopefully...

as for the gauge, its not even goin to ship untill 5-7 days.. then I gotta wait even more for it to ship lol.. sucks but oh well.. worth the wait =)

I never really get engine codes at all now that I think about it... crap just breaks and I already know ahead of time lol

[xeroinfinity]

I was going to bid on that TB,
but I only was going to bid $102

I have heard that about PFYC being slow on shipping.
Alot of times they dont even have the parts in stock untill someone orders them

ANd you get no DTC's that good I guess, but unusuall.

[Gir-_-]

Originally Posted by xeroinfinity

I was going to bid on that TB,
but I only was going to bid $102

I have heard that about PFYC being slow on shipping.
Alot of times they dont even have the parts in stock untill someone orders them

ANd you get no DTC's that good I guess, but unusuall.

PFYC.com shipping, is somewhat accurate.. I get stuff in 2-3 days from the yellow area

and the parts thing, Ive found that alot of the stuff on there is from other companys... remember back when they had the doctor speed intakes for a short while?

lol bid just $102? ... man I REALLY wanted that TB lol. I put $200 down

[grfnkl]

well i hit a new top speed for me in the 6 this morning. I was keeping up with an infinity g35 doing 105mph + , while i stayed right on his back bumper! Man do i love this car. I would have continued after him but my exit was right there for work... so i had to get off and slow down.

Gir: let me know how that gauge works out... since i really wanted it as well when i had the g/a. Maybe they'll update it and make one for the g6...

XI: I never had any DTC's on my g/a either. Things just broke, just like gir.... hell i had the dealer say to me how the hell am i driving the car this way and why am I not getting check lights or codes. LOL, I basically did one of these.....

Back to sleep....I mean work...