New Guy Checking In.
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7th Gear
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From: Richmond Virginia
New Guy Checking In.
Hi all, I'm new here....well not really, I have been around for a bit just have not posted yet. I figure now is a good time to get started and show you my project I have been working on. Thanks for all the great information so far!!
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7th Gear
Joined: Dec 2014
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From: Richmond Virginia
Thanks for the welcome everybody. This has been quite an adventure so far. Car was running terribly when I first started on her. She is an early 1986 and so far i have replaced the plugs and wires, the fuel pump, and the hood lift shocks. I replaced the factory shocks with Bilsteins, man the 29yr old ones were shot!!! I also put new bosch fuel injectors in. This weekend I installed Tpis headers a magnaflow cat and Corsa exhaust along with installing the 17x9.5 and 17x11 Afs wheels..... Whew, that seems like quite a bit when you type it all out. I have also deleted all the air junk and egr as well along with a throttle coolant bypass. I guess I have been a bit busy!?
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7th Gear
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7
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From: Richmond Virginia
I discovered a collapsed pre-cat that puked its guts downstream into the main cat and caused a terrible running car!!!! She runs about 10,000% better now that problem has been resolved. I still have a bit of a idle issue as well as a tiny bit of throttle hesitation to figure out, but hopefully soon she will be better than new!
