Recent content by Riptide

I have a TVS setup on my car and breathers installed along with a oil cap breather. On the passenger side the check valve is still installed. After reading through this thread I still don't understand. I've asked vendors like JPC about this in the past and they said no need to remove the one...

Ken@VMP got back to me today. Per their tech, this sounds pretty normal to them. I'll be changing plugs more often moving forward and will probably switch over to NGK on the next change. The oil on the plug threads is caused by blowby (they recommended a catch can, though I already have...

I'll call VMP next week. There is no catch can installed. I am running breathers on the valve covers and an oil cap breather. There is also no excess output on those breathers either. The driver side generally stays dry and the passenger side tends to see some oil seep through the filter media...

Car recently developed a miss and eventually threw this CEL. Info on the car: Replacing the coil pack on cylinder 2 did not resolve the issue. I pulled the plug. The plug was fouled with significant carbon buildup. There was oil on the spark plug threads but no oil visible on the tip or...

Drove the car last weekend and took it WOT in 2nd gear from a roll a couple times. First time wanted to go sideways, second time was better. Pavement was pretty warm, starting to think these M&H are showing some age since they've been driven on the street a lot and sat over the winter in the...

Currently I run the stock 18s with an M&H 275 drag radial. I have a set of 17" welds sitting in the garage just haven't got them back on the car yet. Been in storage so need a good polish. Also not a big fan of the 19"+ look. It's popular though.

I pulled the bosch pump out of my system and replaced it with a GT500 pump. I also removed the fans, which should hurt at idle and help while the car is moving. The change was negligible, about 2-3 degree improvement at cruise speeds with worse idle temps. I expected the latter. Maybe my...

Mine isn't modded to any serious degree realistically, and it would not be possible to pass emissions in CA. Assuming here, you live in Sacramento. I moved to Sparks NV a couple years ago, and to pass emissions here I have to use some trickery to do it. Where I used to live, Montana, anything...

Sorry to hear you're thinking of getting rid of it. It's a common thing. I remember years ago Chevykiller basically saying the same type of thing on here. Wishing he had just left it streetable with just a blower kit on it and that's about it. Reading these stories is partly why I kept mine...

Car has been sitting. A lot. Weather hasn't been that great, and beyond going for a cruise, not much else to do at the moment for obvious reasons.

When the coyote first came out I remember reading that people with autos could get away with stock control arms and bushings. No wheel hop. The manuals seemed to be much more prone to it.

Been driving it as much as I can as long as the temp is over freezing. Cold enough in the morning that I can't really drive it to work with the pavement being in the 20s. More worried about the drag radials getting destroyed by the low temps than anything else. Noticed that apparently I'm...

I enjoy visiting LV. Wife and I saw a show at the MGM last year (cirque du soleil) which was really pretty cool. Great places to eat there too.

Ah yes, I remember the days of Chevykiller. Still have my 2014 car. Not getting rid of it for a new one either. It's with me until I wreck it or sell out of necessity. If I grenade the gen1 stock engine then it'll be a roller for a while until I put a new one in. Facebook is OK but I prefer...

My 2014 makes a funny noise too, and has for some time. Not really sure what to make of it. It isn't a knock, more of a tick but kinda hard to characterize it. One of these days I'll post a video up, if it doesn't let go before then. I'm lazy, and really don't feel like tearing it apart to...