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I know everyone says this, but HELP!

Crankshaft position sensor. It tells your car when the pistons are at TDC/BDC (top dead center/bottom dead center) and thus when to fire the spark plugs for the power stroke. Not to be confused with the CPS (cam position sensor) which tells the fuel injectors when to open and close :) . ps...
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- Post #14
- Dec 8, 2003
- Forum: Gen 1 & 2 - Engine, Exhaust, Drive Line & AC syste
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HELP!! Where Can I FInd a "Crank Shaft Disk"? I don't know......

while we're on the topic of cam/crank sensors, do SHO's have knock sensors?
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- Post #14
- Dec 8, 2003
- Forum: Gen 1 & 2 - Engine, Exhaust, Drive Line & AC syste
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Water in Oil

It looks like someone ripped off the head and wretched directly into the block :) How much "disassembling" are you planning to do? If you're dropping everything out including the internals, why not just have the block magnafluxxed, that'll tell you about any cracks/other misfortunes. If...
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- Post #6
- Dec 7, 2003
- Forum: Gen 1 & 2 - Engine, Exhaust, Drive Line & AC syste
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Low profile tires on Slicers, is it ok?

For real. Say hello to even more wheel gap :) If you don't have suspension mods/aftermarket wheels, why are you going low-pro? I'm just curious. You won't notice that much more "acceleration benefit", just a rougher ride, less treadwear, and more people staring and thinking wtf... :confused:
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- Post #8
- Dec 4, 2003
- Forum: Gen 1 & 2 - Wheels, Tires, Interior, Body, and Cos
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Aftermarket Wheel Pictures

Why thank you :) I think thats why I like my rims so much, because there is not one other car in the world that has them. They came carbon black - I hand sanded the lip down to silver...about 40 hours later I was rollin' on one-of-a-kind wheels! :)
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- Post #36
- Dec 4, 2003
- Forum: Gen 1 & 2 - Wheels, Tires, Interior, Body, and Cos
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Aftermarket Wheel Pictures

Dr Evil, those rims look really stellar. Opal Frost - just because a company doesn't advertise rims in your size doesn't mean they won't drill them for you :) On my cougar in the below photo I have konig blatants in 4x108 (one of the hardest bolt patterns to find rims in) They didn't make...
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- Post #32
- Dec 4, 2003
- Forum: Gen 1 & 2 - Wheels, Tires, Interior, Body, and Cos
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piston rings... Q

What is the stock compression on an SHO supposed to be?
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- Post #10
- Nov 24, 2003
- Forum: Gen 1 & 2 - Engine, Exhaust, Drive Line & AC syste
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Spun bearing :(

Just making sure I wasn't losing my mind. :) Beautiful engine there.
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- Post #14
- Nov 24, 2003
- Forum: Gen 1 & 2 - Engine, Exhaust, Drive Line & AC syste
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Spun bearing :(

muahahahahhahaha, you'll be seeing a lot of me around the shoforums, get used to it luigi :)
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- Post #12
- Nov 23, 2003
- Forum: Gen 1 & 2 - Engine, Exhaust, Drive Line & AC syste
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Spun bearing :(

I'm confused. Wouldn't you use plastigage to, say, check for oil clearance on a journal? If you were going to check for oval/out of roundness on the journal, wouldn't you be using a micrometer to measure it?
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- Post #10
- Nov 23, 2003
- Forum: Gen 1 & 2 - Engine, Exhaust, Drive Line & AC syste