2.8L exhaust leak, causing sluggish accleration?

[robertisaar]

Stage 1 weight reduction kit!

i think stage 1 would require more than the couple of ounces a few nuts and bolts weigh.....

but it's been a while since i played need for speed, so it might be that defined now

[pocket-rocket]

Actually, stage 1 weight reduction would probably be more popular on Gran Turismo (I own 1, 2, 3 and 4). IIRC, stage 1 was seats and interior stuff, stage 2 is steel body panels and replacing them with carbon fiber, 3 is taking stage 2 a little farther.

[robertisaar]

^ i haz GT3 and 4... can't remember ATM... been a long time since i had time/working equipment to play them....

BUT, i do know some NFS games use the "stage" nameing system for upgrades...

oh..... i miss my working ps3

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

i has 4. and im an addict for the game, my fav car? the Buick Special. my only beef with those little squinty eyed rice farming smart little bastards that made the game is they really REALLY dropped the ball on american cars.

[pmaniac69]

Stage 1 weight reduction kit!

no, just means I did a good job, I was able to keep the whole car together with fewer bolts

[robertisaar]

i has 4. and im an addict for the game, my fav car? the Buick Special. my only beef with those little squinty eyed rice farming smart little bastards that made the game is they really REALLY dropped the ball on american cars.

that is my one gripe about the GT series, they have all these EXTREMELY common, junk-bucket japanese cars, but the only american ones are the ones everyone knows about...

i like camaros, but come on, i want to pilot a 600+HP FWD Monte Carlo...

[WrathOfSocrus]

no, just means I did a good job, I was able to keep the whole car together with fewer bolts

HAHAHAHAH! On my own car with the old engine coming out I didn't exactly label much or save many bolts but that's my car. If I was working on a car for someone else I would have a bit more respect for their belongings. Since his car isn't mine I figured I would explain it with the best chance of success. Especially being under time constraints, it would be a real hassle to have to drive to the junkyard and buy bolts or take pictures of unlabeled wiring just to get that part done and find yet another missing bolt or wire misplaced. Or get another one of those posts saying 'Where does this go?' followed by a grainy picture of half the engine bay and no arrows, circles, or GOOD explanation of what they are pointing towards. I love those posts!

I wont go any further off topic. A thread this long with so much useless stuff in it means only the people following the thread are going to respond because there is no easy way to see what has led up to this point. Anyway, I am certain the time spent labeling things will be time saved tenfold for installation if this is your first swap.

EDIT - Just in the last 7 pages alone the off topic posts of one person and his agitator make up 2 pages. There is so much of it there are a few important notes even I have missed, and I have followed this thread rather closely. I don't think junking up someone's thread for whatever reason is very fair to 2.8 grand prix.

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

that is my one gripe about the GT series, they have all these EXTREMELY common, junk-bucket japanese cars, but the only american ones are the ones everyone knows about...

i like camaros, but come on, i want to pilot a 600+HP FWD Monte Carlo...

that and they dropped the ball on muscle cars too. there was a total of like what, 8 in GT4? wow. how many versions of an integra could you get? or skyline, lancer... whatever, they have like every year of every car from japan in there. its stupid. get rid of like ATLEAST 30% of the used japanese cars, the older ones. and get MORE cars from around here! it was cool to see the GN in there, but thats just not enough. does olds even have a carlot in there? i dont think you could get an old school 442 in there.

and omfg whats up with no roll overs and no do nuts?

[pmaniac69]

whats a do nut?

I've heard of a doughnut

[robertisaar]

whats a do nut?

I've heard of a doughnut

if i had to guess, i would say it's a slight cultural difference between the US and Canada...