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  1. dumbo

    front lip

    think i'll pop it off tomorrow, for a bit, see what i think:icon_bigg seems like it qould keep dirt down a bit, but i'll give it a trial run without. edit: yah i need some fog lights( thats right both are cracked) want led, but gonna order regulars tommorow.
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    front lip

    what is it for?? i figure maybe to keep dirt out of the engine bay? might replace it, wanna remove it all together. any thoughts?? mine is cracked and all bowed out.
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    Wondering About 7M Heads

    maybe a straight edge and some feeler gauges???
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    Ebay Brakes

    isn't slotted really only for racing apps.? doesn't the slot shave off the glaze on the pads or somthing? and it reduces pad life i thought.
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    Cracked ct26. Put back on or not?

    you know what they say... cracks are like babies, you gotta let them grow:naughty: lol jk,
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    GTE Tach

    yah i know, i'm still collecting parts for the swap, but i had my dash apart so i put it in, if the gt tach wont work with the gte ecu/harness, how come the gte tach works with my gt ecu/harness??:aigo:
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    Feeling of 4.30s vs 3.73s

    ahhh.... yah i konw but if the gear is TOO short you wont fully boost and take advantage of the turbo, pretty sure.
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    GTE Tach

    anyone... kinda confused here.
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    Who is using r12? Who is using R134a?

    how cold does your guys climate control go!?!?!
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    "right stuff" gasket maker?

    Loctite 515(Gasket Eliminator) plus a gasket, applied on both side of gasket, plus a CLEAN surface, = no leaks:icon_bigg i work on 3,000,000 dollar engines, so trust me it works. as for cork gaskets, well we dont have those on the mkIII, i dont think. or is the oil pan gasket?? high tac...
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    yellow dash light

    yes... i have been noticing that sometimes my volt gauge reads about 12, someimte like 13-14.. DAMN i'm driving 16hours tommorow!!!:aigo:
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    calling all paint experts what is this

    yah i've never heard of macco doing anything right, but if its just water marks from drying in the sun... my cars black and who doesn't wash there car when its sunny, i hate water marks:aigo: i bought a armorall shammy, the more expensive one that feel really weird, but i start on the roof...
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    Who is using r12? Who is using R134a?

    my ac-r12 didn't work when i got the car, pressure low, purged system(just gas,no oil), put 2 bottles of tek12a, 50$ canadian tire. blows 18degrees celsius, as cold as the climate control goes!?!?, wich is like 65farenheit. how are you guys going into the 40's?? my climate control turns the fan...
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    yellow dash light

    mine quickly(very quickly) flashes everytime i put the brake on, but my lights all work fine, i dunno how it works, but maybe some kind of high resistance sensor??? bad wiring?
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    Feeling of 4.30s vs 3.73s

    i got the 4.3lsd, NA, goin turbo, a little worried about how short 1st is going to be, espicially with W58.(think 1st is even shorter) but man top speed is ridiculous, like when do you need to go 200km?? 120mph for y'all, eh:biglaugh:
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    GTE Tach

    ok so i just pulled apart my dash changed the oil pressure gauge(kg/cm2) switch to PSI( ironic EH i'm canadian, but imperial is WAAAy better) i have a 86.5 and i was told the TURBO tach was differenet as the 7m-gt tach wont work with the NA_T conversion i'm doing, so i put the turbo tach in...
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    Question about torque wrench use.

    thank you, they taught me that in school as well. you can use a forty foot extension and still have the same twisting force at the end and i'd never be caught dead using a needle type wrench..click, or digital but then again i can get freshly calibrated wrench everyday at work if i want.
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    Question about torque wrench use.

    not sure about a universal but a extension wont effect torque if you let it click and wait a second-impact very different !!! and if your using a wrench with one of those needles toss it in the garbage if its worth torqueing SNAP-ON MAC
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    2 pinion vs 4 pinion

    ahh ok, shoudla had more attention to deatail. so you sayign in nesutral, on tire jacked up, i set a torgue wrecnh to 80lbs, it should click before it spins. keep right tire on the ground?
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    2 pinion vs 4 pinion

    yah that is my thought exactly, all of it. albertan borther, by...lol so if i drop the clutch at 3g, i guess its not a test. how much to get new clutches(prolly rebuild i bet) shes 22 years old, but still runs better than i do.