the most stupidest thing we did, at a mates place who had a big back yard, another friend brought his old old corrola over, we went to work cutting rust out of it etc, took the bonnet off, and he had this big big big electrical industrial extraction fan, was huge, phase 3 powered one, which my mates house had. so we made up a box around the carburettor, and plumbed this big fan into it, sat it on the bonnet, electrical super charger hahaha, it raised the idle by a whole heep, didnt go much faster, if any at all, and we drove it around things in his back yard doing motokana time trials, yes, with extention lead following the car.. is that pretty stupid?

Quote: Originally Posted by Mad-Biker the most stupidest thing we did, at a mates place who had a big back yard, another friend brought his old old corrola over, we went to work cutting rust out of it etc, took the bonnet off, and he had this big big big electrical industrial extraction fan, was huge, phase 3 powered one, which my mates house had. so we made up a box around the carburettor, and plumbed this big fan into it, sat it on the bonnet, electrical super charger hahaha, it raised the idle by a whole heep, didnt go much faster, if any at all, and we drove it around things in his back yard doing motokana time trials, yes, with extention lead following the car.. is that pretty stupid? Video or pic Please

haha, it was 15 years ago, no vids or pics back then... sorry....

Quote: Originally Posted by Mad-Biker the most stupidest thing we did, at a mates place who had a big back yard, another friend brought his old old corrola over, we went to work cutting rust out of it etc, took the bonnet off, and he had this big big big electrical industrial extraction fan, was huge, phase 3 powered one, which my mates house had. so we made up a box around the carburettor, and plumbed this big fan into it, sat it on the bonnet, electrical super charger hahaha, it raised the idle by a whole heep, didnt go much faster, if any at all, and we drove it around things in his back yard doing motokana time trials, yes, with extention lead following the car.. is that pretty stupid? HAHA THATS HILARIOUS. Only would be stupid if something ****ed up

Quote: Originally Posted by vlcts i borrowed car ramps to change my disc pads... hahaha classic. My missus freinds car broke down so she got it towed to my house i quickly discovered the motor had seized so i undid the sump plug to check the condition of the oil but what came out blew me away, It was like playdo had to scoop it out with my pinky it was thinker than mud. So made a phone call to her and ask when it was last serviced she said she had never had it done but they said it was done when she bought it at 100,000km so i went and looked at the odometer it read 225,000km 125,000km without so much as a inspection Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

well we ran over the extention leads a lot, kept unplugging it, got one wrapped around the back axle too, ran over the buckets we were using as witches hats. realistically, it was a 1.3l engine with a 2 speed automatic, even the big very very loud supercharger, didnt make it go much faster, personally i dont think it actually pressurised anything, more of just blew air into it. ill have to go through my old film pictures, does anybody remember those, and find out if i have anything, i dont think i do though, pre dates owning a camera i think... the first photo of my commodore was taken by the realestate agent who came around with this sony digital camrea that took 3.5mm discs, i gave him one, and he took a picture of my car..

So that was many years ago ???? Sounds pritty nuts

well about 15 years ago, i was still in highschool at the time..

clutch recently went in my vt so i replaced the flywheel and the clutch, mate said spicket bearing is 20 bucks you might aswel change it while its out, me being lazy didnt do it 300kms later spicket bearing shagged.. Also a apprentice/recently qaulified mechanic at my work done the following... left 4 wheels loose on a car lowered it off the hoist and drove it up the workshop before realising all the wheels were wobbling haha filled a engine up with oil using the oil gun walked away while it was pumping came back to the engine overflowing.. changed a oil presure switch but forgot to put the new one on resulting in 6ltrs of oil over the ground took the door off a falcon to take the dash out.. lol also gave him a jerry can and asked him to go fill it up with gas he came back 10minutes later red in the face haha

Bump LOL there are some pissers in here.. Worst luck i have had is did a manual conversion on my old vp calais went out and spent 300 bucks on a service. got it all finished and wouldnt run right would coff and splutter and heat up quick so i gave up. Took out the plugs and leads and put them on my vn when i got it and ran like **** wouldnt go proply. put new plugs in and bang runs perfect.. Damn was i pissed, i scrapped a 1 owner engine with 190xxxkms cuz of premiem plugs lol Another one on my old vp exc fuel pump blew. Put a new one in and was up to putting the tank back in, had a jack holding the car and another holdng the tank and during the night the jack holding the car slowly drop squishing my tank through the middle...

took of my radiator cap off while under pressure.... coolent doesnt taste too good, and it hurts ur eyes too.

**** your lucky you can still see out of them... assuming you can ? if not my bad Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

redone head gasket, on a hq ute, draqined oil out and ready for a service,, put the engine bac together tried starting it wouldnt start, figured out there was loose wire on the dizzy, then started it, it was shaking rattling, turned it off realised no oil was in it, after that it was rough as guts! i thought i was the only one! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Fuel lines on the wrong way on my VL... New fuel pump and filter then relised wot was goin on... Farkwit

tryna see why my car wasnt running right, wiggling the leads pulled the lead that goes to the centre of the dizzy, when the car was on **** it hurt wen i first got my car when i was 17 gernied the engine bay at car lovers... lol cut the front springs on a vl while the car was on just a jack ....many....many times grinding, grinding, grinding, DOOOOJJJ ***n grinder flies and almost smashes me in the face every time Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by SHIZNT [View Post] Misses old Subaru Forester was due for a service so I drove it up onto the ramps, popped my head under, found the sump with the oil filter attached to the side of it so cracked the nut and started draining the oil out... was puzzeled when red transmission fluid started coming out then worked out it was the transmission sump! FML Later found the oil sump and filter hidden under the splash guard on the front on the motor. So anyways went down to the shops and brought some transmission fluid, popped the bonnet and found two unlabled dip sticks, one on each side of the motor. So I downloaded a service manual off the internet which said the transmission dipstick is on the drivers side so I start filling it up with fluid but only took about 500-600mls WTF!! Was an American service manual so the drivers seat is on the opposite side... I was filling the diff with transmission fluid! so then I had to dump the diff fluid, go to the shops, brought a big bottle of diff fluid and had to flush the diff a few times... Car recieved a engine, tranmission and diff service that night! LOL **** that right off man, simple things are usally the ones that end gaylord

Yeah was my first time working on a EJ20... Such a weird motor to work on if your used to inline 6's and v8's.

ok so personally i have one minor story.. i was taking my axles out of my vl to convert to disc was doing the reverse the drum trick 2 nuts and pull.. jack stands were in good spots, one of the axles was being difficult so kept bashing away.. car was moving slightly so i got a friend to push back on the car the other direction so i didn't pull it on myself, he got lazy and wasn't timing it right so i almost watched my car fall of the jack stands with no wheels.. scary cause i had never even had i registered.. same mate a few weeks later had lost a little fluid from his brakes in his vh, so he filled it up with AT fluid.. a few hours later while driving the brakes were on a little and getting harder cause of all the swollen rubber seals.. it took him about 2 weeks to get the new master cylinder and recondition all the calipers and flush the lines with metho.. copped a bit of crap for that one for a while..

If anyone can beat this I would be suprised http://mustangforums.com/forum/5-0l-...-this-car.html (http://mustangforums.com/forum/5-0l-general-discussion/368307-im-done-with-this-car.html) Quote: I'm done with this car! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My car was idling like crap the other day so I figured since I just got it, it may have been awhile since anyone changed the oil out. I decided to go ahead and change the oil. I used Mobile 1 synthentic oil like I was reccomended on here. Anyways, I drain out the oil and noticed it was extremely dark and even after 10 minutes of draining, it was still coming out. I decided to go ahead and flush it to make sure all the bad stuff got out. I hooked up the hose, ran water through the engine, started it up and was waiting for the water to come out clean (The engine never went above idle so I was told this would be ok). Anyways, About 3 minutes into this, then engine starts shaking and shuts off. I figured it was all cleaned out so I plugged it up, added the oil and figured I was ready to go. WRONG! The car won't freaking start now. This car has been nothing but trouble for me, I think I am done with it. ---------- Post added 23-03-11 at 14:06 ---------- Or this for that matter: http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=226570 The guy on the above forum put in the NOS energy drink in his road bike instead of the NOS fuel injector cleaner LOL.

Quote: Originally Posted by AVL012345 [View Post] If anyone can beat this I would be suprised http://mustangforums.com/forum/5-0l-...-this-car.html (http://mustangforums.com/forum/5-0l-general-discussion/368307-im-done-with-this-car.html) ---------- Post added 23-03-11 at 14:06 ---------- Or this for that matter: http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=226570 The guy on the above forum put in the NOS energy drink in his road bike instead of the NOS fuel injector cleaner LOL. hahaha the energy drink int he gixxer is a pisser