Recent content by dark steed

Hey, sorry I haven’t been on here for a while. Yes I got my spark plug tool back, I think I broke three out of eight at 100,000 miles. Yes, I hate that you couldn’t use that hood, you drove a ways to get it. I apologize for the inconvenience and frustration. I wish they would get Tapatalk fixed...

Dang, I am sorry to hear that. I had no idea it was unusable, but it hasn't been on the car in 10+ years. Send me your PayPal (or other payment app) info and I will refund you the money.

This has me thinking that I should just remove the heads on mine. I have what sounds to be a broken lash adjuster. I have new hotrod cams, lash adjusters, springs, timing kit, new oil pump, and water pump are on the way. I’m not a spring chicken anymore, and the thought of trying to do all that...

I recently had both key fobs for my 2012 Edge Sport go wonky (at the same time!) The rear gate would randomly open, it would lock, unlock, etc when the key was in my pocket. At first I thought the sensor in the vehicle was bad because both fobs started acting up. I removed the batteries and used...

I see you’re in the Atlanta area; I have the Lisle extractor tool if you want to have one handy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have a black ‘07 hood, but the scoop is long gone. It’s been sitting out behind my brother-in-law‘s shed for about five years now, I’m not sure exactly how good of shape it’s in. I am on the east side of Atlanta near Athens. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mine has developed a pretty loud tick on the left bank as well. My plan is to replace all of the lash adjusters when I replace the cams. It sounds like it’s time to start on that project. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I guess I got lucky and got 100,000 miles out of the clocked strut mounts with no failure… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

When I lowered using the FRPP K springs (1.5” drop), I used the GT500 strut mounts, rotated them 180°. That was about 100,000 miles ago and I’ve never had uneven wear on my tires. It works… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, that’s kind of what I’m feeling. I have 275/40/R18 Nitto 555’s on it now. They seem to be a little short. Yeah, but a little taller tire for $17 more is ok with me. I’m sure the increased mileage wear will be good. Besides, my car is NA so I’ll probably have more tire than I need with the...

Mine is a 2007, it has had the Mishimoto radiator in it for several years now, but never ran hot on the OEM setup. It did run hot on my daughter the other day on a 93F day in heavy stop and go traffic. She was coming to a family birthday party and had to run the heat wide open the rest of the...

OK guys, I’m pulling the trigger today or tomorrow on a set of tires. The Michelin’s are still not back in stock and the sale goes off tomorrow. So it looks like I’ll be going with the DWS06. My dilemma is between the 275/35 and the 275/40. I am leaning more toward the 40 and it’s only about $17...

I’ve had mine since 2008, and this is the first I’ve ever heard that it will not advance timing. I do know for an empirical fact that I got better fuel mileage on premium fuel. It was not a computer calculated mileage, it was physical hand calculated mileage over several tanks of both types of...

I will say that years ago (before a CAI/tune), I got better fuel mileage on premium in my 2007 C/S. And that was hand calculated over several tanks of each. The “butt dyno” felt like it had improved performance, but the calculator proved that the mileage increase more than offset the additional...