Problematic DSM

[Tman1gtsi]

I am bored and am making a thread in regards to events when the DSM has broken when I really didn't want it to, I'm trying to get people to tell stories of when things went wrong so I don't feel as bad

1)shift fork on the way to school
2)parking ticket becuase of shift fork
3)throttle body pin comming out on the way to work
4)7 coolant lines broke so far, all at night and when I was on the highway or in extreme cold
5)Fuel pump 30 miles from home
6)Ecu melted at the same time as fuel pump
7)Driver side uv joint(axle etc) when i'm alone in duluth 25 miles from home
8)Upper side moutn piping comming off on the coldest day of winter in 2006, late to exam
9)Fuel filter
10)AND THE NUMBER 1 WORST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED----racing a modded civic and at 138 mph the oil filter unscrewed itself spraying all 4.6 quarts, this also occured 5 more times in the month

[bluntedelvis]

Holy PROBLEMS!!!! Nothing like that, I just keep destroying my intercooler couplers "On the coldest days of the year" And thats only cause Josh at LSE assures me I have a one off Intercooler plumming system one he's never seen before hahahaha, "he knows what im talking about". And lets see here Burning oil cause my valves are now next to useless. But other than that I'm good.

[Tman1gtsi]

damn you're a lucky one, I think I have more---plugs, wires roasted, exhaust downpipe unscrewed and fell off, blew out silencer in my exchaust, ohh dear lord i almost forgot, how about the time my 16g return line or dumptube or whatever it's called snapped so if I boosted at all it leaked oil everywhere so i went through about 2 quarts a day-here ill send you a picture of the oil leak on the road

[Tman1gtsi]

http://normandale.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30167443&id=199105840
hope the link works

[bluntedelvis]

http://normandale.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30167443&id=199105840
hope the link works
Says he have to log in too some site???

[tpunx99GSX]

LOL, im sure there are longer lists then that.
99GSX - now dead and gone...
Problems i expirenced with that:
Body kit fell off a couple times - Damn wood screws.
After 50 trim, expirenced cooling problems overheating on a regular basis.
Blown Auto Tranny.

95GST - Broke more times then the guys on pinks.
First of many tranny problems - Shift fork destroyed, syncros bad, Throwout bearing fucked, Bolts to the tranny broke, clutch destroyed. (took taking the tranny out 4 times to figure everything out.
Second main problem, Car was going through overheating issues, tried to race a silver gsx, beat him but at the next stop light a huge plume of white smoke followed my car, Head gasket destroyed. GG.
Third main problem, Front break caliper kept falling off due to gremlin inside engine bay loosening the bolt. Locktite fixed that.
Forth main problem, Second gear syncro destroyed along with third gear getting ready to go, reverse idler bad as well, Tranny in NJ getting race built as we speak.

Mind you there are a million other "Smaller problems" that have happened to this car, but its just to depressing to list.

[niterydr]

Blah I've broken more shit on cars that everyone in this thread combined.
Last year on the stealth:

Short list, last season:

Snapped a stock rod on the dyno. (early)
Streched a set of ARP head studs. (late)
Blew a headgasket due to improper grind on camshafts (early)
Fragged 2 oil pumps.(early, late)
Fragged 2 transmissions, first one was syncro's and shifter assembly, 2nd one is the one currently in there. (early, late)
Fused a clutch to the flywheel (middle season)
Melted 3 sets of shifter cables (all throughout)
Melted down a MSD DIS-4 (early)

Not a cheap year, and I didn't even break what I thought would break, the t-case.

We are waiting on the A1 research studs to show up, so we don't destroy the ARP's, and a set of syncros that are suspose to be stronger than stock.
::shrugs::

[turbotalon1g]

so yeah, maybe some of these problems are self-inflicted?
Don't take this as an insult, but a lot of problems i see are from people that keep on trying to work on cars themselves and just are having the best of luck to so speak.
But yeah some of your problems def. seem to be from some DSM gremlins

[tpunx99GSX]

so yeah, maybe some of these problems are self-inflicted?
Don't take this as an insult, but a lot of problems i see are from people that keep on trying to work on cars themselves and just are having the best of luck to so speak.
But yeah some of your problems def. seem to be from some DSM gremlins

If you do enough research you can do anything. Whats the difference between taking it to some shop that doesnt know the history of your car? Its still a human being doing the work. Sure some have had training, but (at least around here in CA) its hard to trust some of these shops.
A lot of them dont have the same goals as i do, they do things just to get them out the door. The only shops i have a good trust in would be LSE, DB, MAP and Elite. Only problem is that they are in MN. The reason i trust them is that i have met the guys from the shops and know the kind of work they do.
My big thing is i like to be at the place while the work is being done. I like doing it myself better then anything so that if it breaks in the future, i have already done the job so i should be able to do it again.
I recently applied at Pep Boys because they have a 10 bay garage, that made my mouth water, if i dont get the job oh well (as it is a second job) but it would be kinda cool to do that.

[TkrPerformance]

try build a evo III like I did and find parts for it. After you pay a shit ton for replacemnt parts you have to wait till it shows up from japan or the uk that take 3+ weeks. I am now on the quest to find a new ecu for it.