Nerves....

[91blackeye]

Any one else get very nervous about their cars? Almost like..."I know you will break, but when?"

I gave a friend a ride home from school today and for whatever reason, he felt inclined to open my glove box. Upon seeing the afr, aem doodads, boost gauge...he(not being car savvy at all, he drives an 04 accord, not ricer status) asked me what they were for.

I remained silent, taking very random turns, looking for a good city block of open road.

He asked me again "uh- Brent? What are these things, they look cool all star treky"

I reply- here, let me show you" and mash the throttle from second gear! He starts screaming, begging me to stop, so I did. But not by choice. I blow the intercooler hose off hahahahahah

Then later tonight my check engine light came on. Dunno what for. Could maybe be from running super duper rich? The car is running exactly the same as before it came on, that's what I find odd.

Also, I think my fear of the engine breaking or having massive failure may also be somewhat misplaced as it does have a nice metal head gasket, and arp's, new rod bearings....junk like that...I just am paranoid...

Do any of you ever feel the same???

 

[hvyman]

Some peopke are lije that. Some people feel that unless its new its going to break down. idk that is how they are.

 

[91blackeye]

Well...I wasn't nervous about my first gen celica, or my camry wagon, or my other supra's...the one that just blew made me crazy ass paranoid though...I think that is it...plus, since my bov goes to the atmosphere, sometimes after a blip on the throttle, or a good hard run, the car shut off and dies...wastegate should fix it, right?

 

[hvyman]

Ya any kind of abnormality makes non car people skeptible.

 

[Devin LeBlanc]

Your blow off valve needs to be recirculated to the turbo let so the AFM doesn't see any unmetered air.. Thats why the car stalls after a hard pull or you let off the throttle quick

 

[shaeff]

...plus, since my bov goes to the atmosphere, sometimes after a blip on the throttle, or a good hard run, the car shut off and dies...wastegate should fix it, right?

No.

Your blow off valve needs to be recirculated to the turbo let so the AFM doesn't see any unmetered air.. Thats why the car stalls after a hard pull or you let off the throttle quick

Kinda. Recirculate to the accordion intake hose so that you're not releasing metered air. Having an atmospherically vented BOV doesn't let unmetered air INTO the system, it lets metered air OUT, thus causing a rich condition, and often times stalling/backfiring, etc...

 

[Supra0089]

I get nervous when I'm doing something I havn't researched extensively...which is why I do my research before I install/modify a setup. For example...I'm installing Meth in the spring...but only after CajunKenny and others get theirs running well...so I can pirate their information/setup

 

[GrimJack]

Nope, I don't worry about it. I put my 7M car together, and I'm confident it was done right - and furthermore, I'm confident that if it breaks, I can fix it again. My 2J car was put together by someone I trust, so I don't worry about that one either.

 

[Chambers]

I don't "worry", but after a catastrophic failure, I do lose confidence. But I always regain it back after getting in it and driving again.

 

[te72]

Eh, it could blow at any time, just like any other car, new, old or indifferent. Just make sure you can trust the car and know your way around working on it a bit before you try to take any long trips in it...

Hell, I was about to take a 2000 mile road trip in my current car the day after we got it running. Changed my mind, but it would have made it just fine.

 

[mkIIIman089]

You get nervous because you haven't got a clue what you're doing, and didn't personally install anything yourself.

 

[shaeff]

Forgot to add- no, I'm never nervous because I extensively maintain every car I own and make it a habit to pick it apart piece by piece upon buying them. That way I know what I'm getting my self into. If it breaks, I fix/upgrade it so that part won't fail again- unless it's designed to.

My M3 is a perfect example.

 

[Flateric]

 

[IJ.]

I would routinely jump in my car on weekends and go for a 1000KM/620mile drive no matter the state of modification it was in, never worried about it breaking down and it only ever had to be towed home twice in the 13 years I owned it, once due to a connector on the ECU not being plugged in properly and the second time after I crashed/killed it.

 

[Koenigturbo]

IJ,
does your car drive under water now?

 

[IJ.]

IJ,
does your car drive under water now?

I'm at 500M on the up side of a Hill so no probs for me but man is it PISSING down rain right now!! :aigo:
(buying AWD cars when I moved up here was a smart choice)

 

[mjsn1]

The only way you can really trust your car is if you get your hands dirty. when my camry was in the shop i had to go to work in my mk3 and its a two hour drive each day. I was surprised that nothing went wrong for the two weeks i was driving it.