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It's just a failed piston in the brake. The calipers I have coming in are pre-built so it ought to be an easy fix
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Yeah, piston slap is what happens when the piston hits the cylinder wall/liner either from being worn or from the engine not being up to temp yet.
LT1/LS1 engines can and will usually suffer from it on cold start till the piston expands from heat to fit the cylinder perfectly.
Never heard it mentioned in regards to brakes.
LT1/LS1 engines can and will usually suffer from it on cold start till the piston expands from heat to fit the cylinder perfectly.
Never heard it mentioned in regards to brakes.
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Yeah, it's just the best description I had for the issue.
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Dropping the s4 off at a shop in the AM for diagnosis. 273 USD just for them to look at it.
I hate it.
I hate it.
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Thanks to @Caesare for the suggestion.
Blonde bombshell Mamie Van Doren washing her 1954 Jaguar XK120. Whitewall tires, white clothes, white woman, white suds. Just beautiful all around.
Blonde bombshell Mamie Van Doren washing her 1954 Jaguar XK120. Whitewall tires, white clothes, white woman, white suds. Just beautiful all around.
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Contrary to what I hoped, owning my E63 AMG has only made me wish we got these even more.
AMG have fucked up so bad. Look and listen at what we lost, above. Replaced by this. Look what they took from us!
AMG have fucked up so bad. Look and listen at what we lost, above. Replaced by this. Look what they took from us!
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As an owner of 3 LS motors yeah it happens. You can and should just like any motor wait till you are at temp.
But I gotta say it sounds kinda diesel like and I definitely would smash the gas leaving my development lol.
Never had any issues at all with them related to that or much at all in any of those cars.
Measured for lift and all... It'll be in before July. So excited, aside writing the check for it.
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A car I always wanted to own is a Saturn Ion Redline. I know it's a Saturn and it's the definition of a shitbox. But I think it looks cool.
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There was a big ol' Tornado that went near Spring Hill, TN recently. I told my friend it was God himself bellowing "WHERE'S MY SC2 REPLACEMENT?!"
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I'm pretty sure it has an enthusiast following now. The Ion Redline is basically the Cobolt SS supercharged in the Saturn Ion shell.
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Actually the Redline got the LSJ engine a year before the Cobalt SS did. The only difference is that the Cobalt SS is more refined compared to the Redline.
Funfact: The LSJ is based on the Saab B207R engine.
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With the late winter/early spring messy weather behind us, I took my Rolls-Royce out for the first drive of the year this morning.
It's a 1972 Silver Shadow LWB (Long Wheelbase). Engine is a 412 ci V-8 with dual 2-barrel carbs and a 3-speed automatic transmission. Everything is mechanical vacuum assist and old fashioned relays, not a chip to be found. It even uses old-fashioned fuse wire instead of the snap-in glass tube type fuses. There's a drop down panel under the steering column with a reel of fuse wire and a cigar-cutter looking device to cut a proper length of wire to replace a melted wire on the fuse panel. The dealership installed 8-Track tape player is there and it still works.
As far as older RR goes, it's one of the more affordable models, and factory as well as aftermarket parts are readily available. Even with the all aluminum body the damn thing still weighs 4650 lbs. Gets 13 mpg going downhill with a tailwind. Found it in a barn, spent the better part of 5 years restoring it.
It's a 1972 Silver Shadow LWB (Long Wheelbase). Engine is a 412 ci V-8 with dual 2-barrel carbs and a 3-speed automatic transmission. Everything is mechanical vacuum assist and old fashioned relays, not a chip to be found. It even uses old-fashioned fuse wire instead of the snap-in glass tube type fuses. There's a drop down panel under the steering column with a reel of fuse wire and a cigar-cutter looking device to cut a proper length of wire to replace a melted wire on the fuse panel. The dealership installed 8-Track tape player is there and it still works.
As far as older RR goes, it's one of the more affordable models, and factory as well as aftermarket parts are readily available. Even with the all aluminum body the damn thing still weighs 4650 lbs. Gets 13 mpg going downhill with a tailwind. Found it in a barn, spent the better part of 5 years restoring it.
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I've seen two classic rolls royces sitting in a hangar and someone's yard respectively. There seem to be quite a few of them just sitting around for some reason or another. Parts availability? I remember looking under the hood and seeing a massive brake fluid reservoir and, to a lesser extent, AC compressor. The fuse wire thing sounds like typical british electronic retardation. They never could get things right electrically. Other cars of the era used ceramic fuses.
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Yeah I remember reading years ago on LS1tech that it was a design feature on the early LT/LS engines so it never caused any harm to them. Always loved 4th gen F bodies.
In other news going to get the resonators removed finally on my cl55 but not sure whether to do the secondary cats at the same time? I don't want to pay for exhaust work and find out the cars still too quiet thus needing to pay again to have the cats removed and I'm not wanting to remove the cats at the same time incase it's too loud....what the hell do I do. Resonators will be getting replaced with a 3" X pipe.
Watched a hundred youtube videos trying to guess the sound but they all suck due to shitty phone mics.
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I don't know those cars too well off top of my head but have you thought keep resonator and ditch mufflers? I know BMW guys do that a lot.
It's a MB V8 it'll sound good, err of more loud than more quiet lol.
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Yeah its completely soulless on start up or if cruising under 2000rpm. Don't get me wrong if your hammering it over 3500 you get that AMG noise but thats not always economical or safe lol.
I just want a bit more noise but not enough to take away from the cars class. I did think about doing a muffler delete but grown kinda fond of the stock AMG tips.
I just want a bit more noise but not enough to take away from the cars class. I did think about doing a muffler delete but grown kinda fond of the stock AMG tips.
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I have heard one E63 that had exhaust work (not sure what exactly) and it just sounded like a charger with an aftermarket exhaust. Those videos you hear where it sounds crappy without the resonators and cats, it might actually just sound crappy that way. AMG did a pretty good job keeping rasp to a minimum and making that generation of V8s sound nice.
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You're sending it to a shop thru could reuse tips. (Tips are tied to muffler?)
I understand what you mean and it's always a pain using net stuff because compression and bad mics.
The resonators will keep rasp down hence my thoughts of muffler delete. Maybe swap their style to a race muffler / glass pack ?
I understand what you mean and it's always a pain using net stuff because compression and bad mics.
The resonators will keep rasp down hence my thoughts of muffler delete. Maybe swap their style to a race muffler / glass pack ?