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Tom, you need to find the guy here with the voodoo doll that is cursing you like this.

Posted by: Nate (Baba Ghanoush) on 2008-08-20 05:25:04
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In Reply to: UPDATE: Valvetrain and clutch woes posted by TomRitt (Homebrewed) on 2008-08-20 04:43:30

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Understeer: When you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: When you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: How fast you hit the wall.
Torque: How far you take the wall with you.

Thread:

UPDATE: Valvetrain and clutch woes - TomRitt (Homebrewed) 2008-08-20 04:43:30 (256 views)

GREAT SUCCESS!! - RallyVermont 2008-08-20 13:08:43 (22 views)

we should race.... - iHazAwesome::Sig 2008-08-20 12:32:36 (38 views)

I guarantee Tom would win, what with those hobbit hands of his... - Kris Hansen 2008-08-20 12:50:20 (37 views)

yea and he pulls it in less than a night usually, expecially after blowing holes in the block - ScratchRob13 2008-08-20 13:02:27 (21 views)

Well I have so much stuff that has fallen off over time that there isn't really a whole lot - TomRitt (Homebrewed) 2008-08-20 13:35:05 (35 views)

Damn!! Im calling you if i need fast engine/trans removal - Audi4orce 2008-08-20 09:17:45 (33 views)

do it once, do it twice, do it 3,4,5,6... I think you get good at it. - Jon-1.8t 2008-08-20 09:24:51 (25 views)

10th times a charm : / - TomRitt (Homebrewed) 2008-08-20 09:32:54 (21 views)

Wow!! my------------------->Hero!! - Audi4orce 2008-08-20 10:01:17 (19 views)

wanna come down to NH for the 11th... - Jon-1.8t 2008-08-20 09:38:31 (34 views)

did you say beer?! I'll be there just let me know when and where lol - TomRitt (Homebrewed) 2008-08-20 13:31:19 (24 views)

cool, I appreciate it. Joe has a better idea when the motor is done - Jon-1.8t 2008-08-20 13:32:55 (22 views)

i'll come to that party... better find yuengling for tom though! - ScratchRob13 2008-08-20 10:30:47 (21 views)

I'm serious... - Jon-1.8t 2008-08-20 10:56:06 (32 views)

It's not that bad, a few weeks back we did a full refresh sans Pistons..... - bassed 2008-08-20 13:48:52 (23 views)

honestly its not that bad the wiring stuff... did you keep the harness all together? - ScratchRob13 2008-08-20 13:01:41 (24 views)

ya, all the wiring is together, so its just a matter or plugging everything in - Jon-1.8t 2008-08-20 13:30:59 (20 views)

Woot! - bassed 2008-08-20 08:57:54 (14 views)

did you fix/replace the plate & the exhaust lifters at the same time? - Aarononymous 2008-08-20 07:03:46 (32 views)

Respekt - BSK auf Arbeit 2008-08-20 06:36:16 (18 views)

Sweet Tom! - Kris Hansen 2008-08-20 06:18:31 (16 views)

Yay for you! ;-) - Roving DungBeetle 2008-08-20 06:16:07 (18 views)

weren't you just in there replacing a bad throwout bearing? glad you found it. I still listen to a - Silver Streakin' 2008-08-20 06:13:49 (37 views)

how hard was it to replace the lifters? - ModifiedA4 2008-08-20 06:01:31 (24 views)

I know you have to pull the cams, so you'd have pull the timing belt off also. - Jon-1.8t 2008-08-20 06:05:41 (20 views)

that makes sense...by lifters people mean the cam followers, right? - ModifiedA4 2008-08-20 06:09:04 (22 views)

lifters being the hydralic lifters that move the valves up and down. - Jon-1.8t 2008-08-20 06:10:02 (20 views)

which contact the cam? - ModifiedA4 2008-08-20 06:10:51 (25 views)

yep - Jon-1.8t 2008-08-20 06:17:15 (18 views)

lol... same thing yes... folks used to working on pushrods call them lifters. - über güber 2008-08-20 06:13:47 (22 views)

whats the life cycle on the lifters compared to valve guides? (which wears faster?) - ModifiedA4 2008-08-20 06:22:16 (27 views)

Growing up I remember folks would always have to replace valve guides more than lifters - über güber 2008-08-20 07:18:30 (39 views)

thanks for the info! - ModifiedA4 2008-08-20 13:32:45 (19 views)

sweet, glad it's all sorted out! - Steve_Ag Arrow 2008-08-20 06:00:31 (21 views)

nice job - Jon-1.8t 2008-08-20 05:58:51 (18 views)

Nice work. It was exhaust valves causing the valvetrain noise? - über güber 2008-08-20 05:47:27 (36 views)

Tom, you need to find the guy here with the voodoo doll that is cursing you like this. - Nate (Baba Ghanoush) 2008-08-20 05:25:04 (25 views)

When you double,triple or quadruple the stock HP you yourself are the voodoo doll and the sticker of - A400 2008-08-20 05:54:03 (56 views)

So you're calling me a n00b then huh? - Nate (Baba Ghanoush) 2008-08-20 06:08:16 (51 views)

Not at all, just commenting on what you take on when you hot rod - no-one is really prepped to take - A400 2008-08-20 08:39:03 (39 views)

A 500hp B5 feels like this: You know that woman of your dreams, I mean *those* dreams----> - Roving DungBeetle 2008-08-20 06:29:57 (70 views)

A+ - Tgr_Clw 2008-08-21 06:18:52 (16 views)

LOLLL... although sometime u get left high and dry with a big KKKAABBBOOOOOOMMMM - TomRitt (Homebrewed) 2008-08-20 10:05:37 (21 views)

Cars dont talk back though! - A400 2008-08-20 08:40:54 (16 views)

Orly? When they blow hoses, spit oil, and generally run like crap? =) - Kris Hansen 2008-08-20 08:57:07 (33 views)

You just need to follow DungBeetle's advice "caressing her under the hood on her luscious turbo" - über güber 2008-08-20 10:44:17 (27 views)

LMFAO! - Nate (Baba Ghanoush) 2008-08-20 06:47:36 (37 views)

:) I was actually laughing pretty hard while i was typing. Reminded me of high school or something. - Roving DungBeetle 2008-08-20 06:48:53 (25 views)

You have a very vivid imagination my friend.. - Kris Hansen 2008-08-20 08:57:38 (19 views)

Guilty - long winters up here. ;-P - Roving DungBeetle 2008-08-20 15:00:50 (20 views)

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