Chelly03PZEV wrote: Whadya mean you can't play along?
My car is stock - Well, mostly...engine and everything else. I don't plan on doing anything to that right now. Just dressing her up nice.
I'm sorry you've had problems. What were you running for an intake? Why did you have to go back to stock? Have I missed something?
AEM CAI (the long tube).
i'd ruined three throttle pressure sensors
and, apparently, the throttle body,
in just a few months,
without ever knowingly sucking in water.
just "road mist" on long drives in the rain
were destroying the car.
various precautions to avoid this were futile.
basically,
the more active i am here,
and the more i see everyone else's cars,
the longer my List gets,
and the less content i am with the car.
since i can't afford the List,
and i can't afford to replace the car,
that only option
is to take steps to shorten the List.
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than
it is lucky to be smart.
You can still be here and have your list just modify it a bit. Hell if you saw my list you'd think you just have a small note on a napkin. 3 of the exteriot mods I want to do add up to about $800 alone. I have a list of stuff to do and one thing on the list is another focus. Everyone has a long list of what they would like to have but we all realize that its all just a pipe dream andtake the car for what it is and how it is.
As for the intake situation did you ever get a bypass valve? Did you ever think about getting a short ram air? how bout somthing like the IceMan for the Zetec(stock routing with larger tube diameter)?? See there are many ways to getthings done but like all performance or lack of can be part of the price, but you got an SVT so its all good to start with...
You can still be here and have your list just modify it a bit. Hell if you saw my list you'd think you just have a small note on a napkin. 3 of the exteriot mods I want to do add up to about $800 alone. I have a list of stuff to do and one thing on the list is another focus. Everyone has a long list of what they would like to have but we all realize that its all just a pipe dream andtake the car for what it is and how it is.
As for the intake situation did you ever get a bypass valve? Did you ever think about getting a short ram air? how bout somthing like the IceMan for the Zetec(stock routing with larger tube diameter)?? See there are many ways to getthings done but like all performance or lack of can be part of the price, but you got an SVT so its all good to start with...
i'm not very good at being content
in the face of what i can't have.
that's just how i am.
as far as i'm concerned,
a short ram would be a step backwards.
the stock SVT intake pulls from the front grill.
so going to an intake that pulls in engine heat
doesn't make much sense to me.
also,
a fellow SVT owner with the same intake as mine
got his car dyno'd and discovered
that there was essentially no meaningful HP increase
(less than 5hp),
so,
given all the grief its causing me,
i decided it was easier to get rid of it.
the only exterior mods i'm interested in
are getting the HID lamps mine didn't come with,
which is about $1,000 unless i get them on eBay,
which from what i've seen, doesn't save -much-.
everything else i want to do is performance,
and after spending $2000 in the last few months
on a dented wheel, 4 new tires and these ongoing repairs,
there's no way i'm justifying the HID's or anything else
to my wife.
also,
more than anything,
i just need to fall in love with the car again
and not think of it as something that needs improving.
____________________ it is smarter to be lucky
than
it is lucky to be smart.
Have you seen the Euro headlights? Coroner19 has a thread "look what I just got" and there are pics of them in there. They are around $380 with all wiring you need to install. they also have the blacked out ones, basicly all chrome is black(except around the bulbs of course). The black ones are about $410. It just a thought. The HIDs are nice tho.
I just hope you like your car again and don't fall off the wagon again
fx3 wrote: Have you seen the Euro headlights? Coroner19 has a thread "look what I just got" and there are pics of them in there. They are around $380 with all wiring you need to install. they also have the blacked out ones, basicly all chrome is black(except around the bulbs of course). The black ones are about $410. It just a thought. The HIDs are nice tho.
I just hope you like your car again and don't fall off the wagon again
i don't have $400 for headlights,
even if i liked them a tenth as much as the HID's,
which i don't.
the point is,
that i'm at a point in my life
where i can't justify spending $30 on the car,
let alone the $1,000's i want to spend,
so its just better to not think about it.
____________________ it is smarter to be lucky
than
it is lucky to be smart.
Sorry to hear about your troubles....I've had no problems (thank God) with my SVTF and the mods I have....Nothing wrong with a stock SVTF though...driver skill is one of the best mods for a car and that shouldn't cost much...Like someone on this site sig used to say..."It's not what you've got under the hood that matters but what's behind the steering wheel." or something like that sorry to the person whose quote this is that I probably butchered...
Last edited on Thu Mar 17th, 2005 02:44 pm by Blurry
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i believe that's tiff's quote.....and yes it's very true...
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