I hate my car
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Re: I hate my car
Check your axle? Maybe it was bent...possible bent rims, out of balance, torn tire chord, etc. There's a LOT of differet reason for your vibration. Did it only happen while accelerating? did it happen when you were coasting @ those speeds? did it happen when you braked?
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Re: I hate my car
Originally Posted by hitmanWRX
Travis bought the perrin remember... you took the TXS during the grand Hitman wrx liquidation sale
Of course, he has no engine right now, so maybe I'll snag it back.
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Re: I hate my car
Originally Posted by hitmanWRX
Why do you think i took all of my shit off mine?????
Lets count the shit and money ive wasted on it so far....
1. 5 different BOVs and none of them ever worked properly ($75-150 a pop)
2. Stage 4 Turbo set up. Never could get the A/F tuned ( 700 turbo + 200 injectors + 800 UTEC + 100 Fuel pump + 1000 FMIC = One fucked up 3rd and 4th gear knocking non running car!!)
3. 3 different up pipes... all developed leaks even the one Joey welded! (avg.$150)
4. 3 different cat backs and now im back to stock
5. 4 different intakes (2 i borrowed and 2 i actually bought... none worked right back to stock box)
6. Header that did nothing but take away all the cars low end power.
7. Currently on second clutch and I have only been to the track once!
Currently:
1. Bad turbo with fragged compressor wheel
2. Bad Boost solenoid
3. Who knows WTF is wrong with the suspension.... keep going through front pass side tires and always have a vibration when driving. Took it to get aligned and the car wasnt even out of alignment so who knows????
4. Brake rotors warped
5. Tranny first gear synchro going out
6. the freakin mystery exhaust/vacuum leak that no one can seem to find
7. Turbo leaks oil
8. Fuel leak somewhere under the hood
So bitch about your some more!
Setting in my living room is a new turbo, gaskets, and factory gutted up pipe that i dont have the money to get installed.
The thought has passed through my head many times of dumping mine off a cliff!
Lets count the shit and money ive wasted on it so far....
1. 5 different BOVs and none of them ever worked properly ($75-150 a pop)
2. Stage 4 Turbo set up. Never could get the A/F tuned ( 700 turbo + 200 injectors + 800 UTEC + 100 Fuel pump + 1000 FMIC = One fucked up 3rd and 4th gear knocking non running car!!)
3. 3 different up pipes... all developed leaks even the one Joey welded! (avg.$150)
4. 3 different cat backs and now im back to stock
5. 4 different intakes (2 i borrowed and 2 i actually bought... none worked right back to stock box)
6. Header that did nothing but take away all the cars low end power.
7. Currently on second clutch and I have only been to the track once!
Currently:
1. Bad turbo with fragged compressor wheel
2. Bad Boost solenoid
3. Who knows WTF is wrong with the suspension.... keep going through front pass side tires and always have a vibration when driving. Took it to get aligned and the car wasnt even out of alignment so who knows????
4. Brake rotors warped
5. Tranny first gear synchro going out
6. the freakin mystery exhaust/vacuum leak that no one can seem to find
7. Turbo leaks oil
8. Fuel leak somewhere under the hood
So bitch about your some more!
Setting in my living room is a new turbo, gaskets, and factory gutted up pipe that i dont have the money to get installed.
The thought has passed through my head many times of dumping mine off a cliff!
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Re: I hate my car
????????
I would say check axles(and axle nuts) first then wheel bearings.
Drag radial isn't rubbing on the strut at all is it?
Could be a thing called death wobble- the front tires fighting each other back and forth and neither can go straight.(too much/ not enough toe or loose suspension)death wobble usally occurs on lifted trucks/jeeps with a front track bar.
Is the steering wheel shaking back and forth? or is the car just shaking?
I would say check axles(and axle nuts) first then wheel bearings.
Drag radial isn't rubbing on the strut at all is it?
Could be a thing called death wobble- the front tires fighting each other back and forth and neither can go straight.(too much/ not enough toe or loose suspension)death wobble usally occurs on lifted trucks/jeeps with a front track bar.
Is the steering wheel shaking back and forth? or is the car just shaking?
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From: Virginia
Re: I hate my car
Originally Posted by Spooln4
I have an on going list of problems, on top of a 2k tranny I'm paying off.
$4200 tranny.
.....and numerous bullshit problems or things that bother me at least.
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Re: I hate my car
Originally Posted by moooopar
????????
I would say check axles(and axle nuts) first then wheel bearings.
Drag radial isn't rubbing on the strut at all is it?
Could be a thing called death wobble- the front tires fighting each other back and forth and neither can go straight.(too much/ not enough toe or loose suspension)death wobble usally occurs on lifted trucks/jeeps with a front track bar.
Is the steering wheel shaking back and forth? or is the car just shaking?
I would say check axles(and axle nuts) first then wheel bearings.
Drag radial isn't rubbing on the strut at all is it?
Could be a thing called death wobble- the front tires fighting each other back and forth and neither can go straight.(too much/ not enough toe or loose suspension)death wobble usally occurs on lifted trucks/jeeps with a front track bar.
Is the steering wheel shaking back and forth? or is the car just shaking?
I crawled my monkey ass under the car today and grabbed the axle’s and tried to wiggle them. The passenger side wiggled a bit but not much. I then spun the wheel and there is a bit of a clicking noise in the passenger’s side axle. I started the car and the wheels started to spin so I climbed back under the car and the passenger’s side shaft has a visible wobble in it.
I’m going to go to Joeys in the morning and get him to take a look and see what he thinks...
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Re: I hate my car
Originally Posted by srt4hokie
This does not feel like a engine problem. It feels like the wheels are loose or something.
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Re: I hate my car
Originally Posted by moooopar
????????
I would say check axles(and axle nuts) first then wheel bearings.
Drag radial isn't rubbing on the strut at all is it?
Could be a thing called death wobble- the front tires fighting each other back and forth and neither can go straight.(too much/ not enough toe or loose suspension)death wobble usally occurs on lifted trucks/jeeps with a front track bar.
Is the steering wheel shaking back and forth? or is the car just shaking?
I would say check axles(and axle nuts) first then wheel bearings.
Drag radial isn't rubbing on the strut at all is it?
Could be a thing called death wobble- the front tires fighting each other back and forth and neither can go straight.(too much/ not enough toe or loose suspension)death wobble usally occurs on lifted trucks/jeeps with a front track bar.
Is the steering wheel shaking back and forth? or is the car just shaking?
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Re: I hate my car
Originally Posted by srt4hokie
I talked to Donald and he said the same thing happened to him. Just driving along, went around a curve and bam the car started to shake when accelerating. He said it’s probably the axle. A few others that have had the exact same thing happen say it’s either a busted CV joint or the axle rod is bent.
I crawled my monkey ass under the car today and grabbed the axle’s and tried to wiggle them. The passenger side wiggled a bit but not much. I then spun the wheel and there is a bit of a clicking noise in the passenger’s side axle. I started the car and the wheels started to spin so I climbed back under the car and the passenger’s side shaft has a visible wobble in it.
I’m going to go to Joeys in the morning and get him to take a look and see what he thinks...
I crawled my monkey ass under the car today and grabbed the axle’s and tried to wiggle them. The passenger side wiggled a bit but not much. I then spun the wheel and there is a bit of a clicking noise in the passenger’s side axle. I started the car and the wheels started to spin so I climbed back under the car and the passenger’s side shaft has a visible wobble in it.
I’m going to go to Joeys in the morning and get him to take a look and see what he thinks...
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Originally Posted by Turblowedneon
yeah mine kinda feels like that but only when you merge right! may be wheel bearings
i told you what the problem was. fix it.