Grand Am Off Topic Thread

[xeroinfinity]

thanks for the kudos guys !

I live on just over 200 acres , the part I mow around the house is 125ft out from the house at 360 deg.
It is to keep the wildlife outta my yard, if possible.
Plus I'm surrounded by woods(so I doubt your eggs will make it that far Vipey)

I used to mow it with a 50" mower pulling a trail mower = 5-6 hrs of mowing.
Now I have a Dixan(Dixi chopr rip offs) it takes less then 3hrs now.

I designed and built the intire thing myself,
except for the brick work which I didnt have time for all that.

It'll be free and clear this time next year. opcorn:
I'll trade anyone house payments

Vipey I already have that RSM SC !!
the real reason I havent installed that is because as soon as I do,
I'll want moremoremoremoremore!!!

So I'm saving for turbo times
Might actually throw the SC on the GT
just to see how fast it would be with the stock equipment

I'm so indecisive ..... arent I .... and ... I'm all faired out !

[Vipey1337]

Originally Posted by xeroinfinity

thanks for the kudos guys !

I live on just over 200 acres , the part I mow around the house is 125ft out from the house at 360 deg.
It is to keep the wildlife outta my yard, if possible.
Plus I'm surrounded by woods(so I doubt your eggs will make it that far Vipey)

I used to mow it with a 50" mower pulling a trail mower = 5-6 hrs of mowing.
Now I have a Dixan(Dixi chopr rip offs) it takes less then 3hrs now.

I designed and built the intire thing myself,
except for the brick work which I didnt have time for all that.

It'll be free and clear this time next year. opcorn:
I'll trade anyone house payments

Vipey I already have that RSM SC !!
the real reason I havent installed that is because as soon as I do,
I'll want moremoremoremoremore!!!

So I'm saving for turbo times
Might actually throw the SC on the GT
just to see how fast it would be with the stock equipment

I'm so indecisive ..... arent I .... and ... I'm all faired out !

Option 2: Give me the SC and install it at your shop for free and I wear around the logo for your shop like that's gonna happen LOL

Time to install the PCM! While dodging ants the size of quarters that are infesting my driveway Yay for WD-40

[Gir-_-]

should lite the ants on fire... lol.. just hose em down.. make a wall of flames.. to you its just pfft w/e... them its high as the sky bring civilization down as they know it

you're gonna like that PCM, just get the CASE learn done asap... its gonna just shift all sorts of retarded lol, you'll be glad you did the synthetic swap in the trans, next time you go WOT you'll prob hear or feel it just ram it into gear... or maybe thats just mine

btw vipey, do you have new plugs/wires? just curious

E3 or AC Delco iridiums, with the spiro pro taylor wires from pfyc.com with the MSD Ignition coilpacks... its a good investment, I did the MSD and my car sounds a bit louder, runs so much smoother as well... ill get pics when its out of the shop and fixed...

[Vipey1337]

Originally Posted by Gir-_-

should lite the ants on fire... lol.. just hose em down.. make a wall of flames.. to you its just pfft w/e... them its high as the sky bring civilization down as they know it

you're gonna like that PCM, just get the CASE learn done asap... its gonna just shift all sorts of retarded lol, you'll be glad you did the synthetic swap in the trans, next time you go WOT you'll prob hear or feel it just ram it into gear... or maybe thats just mine

btw vipey, do you have new plugs/wires? just curious

E3 or AC Delco iridiums, with the spiro pro taylor wires from pfyc.com with the MSD Ignition coilpacks... its a good investment, I did the MSD and my car sounds a bit louder, runs so much smoother as well... ill get pics when its out of the shop and fixed...

I have the plugs and wires... I probably should get the ignition packs considering I'm on the stock ones (178k miles and climbing!).

Got it in! And by the grace of god I somehow managed to get EVERYTHING back in place... you have NO IDEA how much of a pain in the ass it was! I had to take off my kick panels, unhook my hood popping button lever thing, move the 4awg wire out of the way, pull a bunch of other wires out of the way, pull the wires to the PCM out of the way FORCIBLY that scared me... all upside down and trying to keep my feet away from the outside so I didn't get huge ants biting me to oblivion

I can proudly say I did the entire thing without ONCE touching my feet to the ground outside I kinda made a big circle of WD-40 around where my feet WOULD be if I needed to, and most of the ants stayed away, but a few brave ones crossed the barrier. Then I got pissed when I was done with the PCM and sprayed about 20 of them and laughed as they died I shoulda done the wall of fire!!!

So yeah test drove it... got vids and pics, and since , I will get them up asap. It shifts very funny, almost like it's shifting twice rather than once, and at very strange RPMs... my first gear fooking KICKS HARD, but the other ones are really confused until I get my CASE relearn done... I'm sure it will be better then hehe

But yeah, pretty cool so far, can't wait to get it completely fixed Looking into the ignition packs now!

EDIT: I just found a really long zippo lighter i got for xmas a few years back... ohhh man this is gonna be good tomorrow

[Gir-_-]

I TOLD YA LOL it just doesnt know what to do on the shifts... but once thats cleared up with the CASE learn you'll be happy with that purchase

the MSD packs prob wont be nearly as hard as all of that sounds... its a snap er 'bolt-on' just gotta remember where you put the wires, (label the top of the packs as you do each one individually 'that helped me lol') and dont lose the long bolts that're used haha

[Vipey1337]

PIX TIME!!!!























Boom!!!

[xeroinfinity]

Hahaha ! I'd never have ran that power wire so close to the other wires
The magnetic field could effect something...
I'm not a magnetic field expert or anything but it just makes sense to keep it away from the wires and PCM....

Oh yea the fifth pic up from the bottom...
what the heck is that ! ?

Looks like a pencil sharpenr

Today was a good day to tackle such a task.
Its been pretty nice the past 3-4 days realy.

btw thanks for the weather notification too Vipey

[xeroinfinity]

ps: vipey those wires look like a spagetti mess clean that up man!




J/K

[Gir-_-]

good god man, hearin what you described on the phone seemed hard... it looks impossible lol, I get to a point on some projects to where I just finish it another day lol

glad you got the car started tho, was it on the first try? that threw me off on mine lol

getting that $100 back is nice when you send in your core, they were pretty quick about it too... I just took my old one, same package, same stuff inside to a UPS store and said here ship it to the address from where it came from and paid $10 or something. You'll get a check, just cash it at ur bank =)

[Vipey1337]

yeah it was a PAIN... started on second try tho

so yeah I talked to like 4 places in town and the fourth one actually knew what a CASE relearn is (I had to all a pontiac stealership... god I hope they don't charge me an arm and a leg LOL). THe one guy I wanted to talk to didn't pick up so I called a pontiac stealership and they're gonna do it. If they charge me, w/e because I get my $100 core charge back at least and they know NOT to reflash the PCM, or I'll... never mind not appropriate for an open forum

[grfnkl]

JEEZ vipey, those ants are the size of a small animal! DAMN! What the heck are they eating? Steroids or nuclear waste? DAMN! Good luck with the CASE relearn, especially at the stealership! We all know how they like to work!!

[xeroinfinity]

Glad to hear you gotter in!

It usually will start up it just runs like caca until you get the relearn set up. To bad you guys couldnt get a DHP tuner, thats the way to get the most out of your Dhp pcm.

Also remember to benifit you'll need premium fuel to get all those ponys pounding the pavement

[Gir-_-]

Originally Posted by xeroinfinity

Glad to hear you gotter in!

It usually will start up it just runs like caca until you get the relearn set up. To bad you guys couldnt get a DHP tuner, thats the way to get the most out of your Dhp pcm.

Also remember to benifit you'll need premium fuel to get all those ponys pounding the pavement

ya vipey, I noticed when using the new PCM gas does matter lol... I usually either get 93oct from Shell or Techron... they seem to work best... cheap gas sucks.. seriously lol.. u put it in and ur umph is gone lol.... opcorn:

btw...

Happy Bday.. TO ME!

[Vipey1337]

youngin

Originally Posted by Gir-_-

ya vipey, I noticed when using the new PCM gas does matter lol... I usually either get 93oct from Shell or Techron... they seem to work best... cheap gas sucks.. seriously lol.. u put it in and ur umph is gone lol.... opcorn:

btw...

Happy Bday.. TO ME!

[grfnkl]

Originally Posted by Gir-_-

ya vipey, I noticed when using the new PCM gas does matter lol... I usually either get 93oct from Shell or Techron... they seem to work best... cheap gas sucks.. seriously lol.. u put it in and ur umph is gone lol.... opcorn:

btw...

Happy Bday.. TO ME!

Hey... how come no one told me about the cheap gas sucking?!??? LOL! Actually it seems to be reversed over here. The cheap stuff does better then the name brand stuff or IMO.

That's right... today's ur b-day.... just one more year til you're "legal"! Have fun and keep it safe today or this weekend which ever you prefer.