Akkmeds Thot build

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02-20-2015, 11:17 AM

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chrisaltima

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Car looks great ... but I am shocked that happened. What year is this, how many miles ?

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02-20-2015, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisaltima

Car looks great ... but I am shocked that happened. What year is this, how many miles ?

Car is a 04 with 75k. Update: Car started making a noise last night as I pulled into my garage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxvM7N_VjKA

Not sure what this noise is. The oil is new and the level is fine. I drained it to see if there where any shavings in it to be on the safe side. No shavings found, oil still like new. Replaced the brand from Mobil 1 (Heard people had problems with that brand) to Castrol GTX. People saying its the valves that need to be adjusted, So I guess I'll start there.

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02-23-2015, 05:07 AM

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Beautiful car, plus these pictures make me miss the southwest. Plus top down in February, sigh...

That's an interesting failure... Agree with your change, Mobil 1 is garbage oil. I've been using the Syntech blend of Castrol for many miles now and the car doesn't burn a lick of oil.

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02-23-2015, 10:04 AM

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Beautiful car, plus these pictures make me miss the southwest. Plus top down in February, sigh... That's an interesting failure... Agree with your change, Mobil 1 is garbage oil. I've been using the Syntech blend of Castrol for many miles now and the car doesn't burn a lick of oil.

Update since my brother is too lazy to do so himself...

Turns out the valving was off and one of the cylinders. Re-valved now and everything is running smoothly for now.

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02-26-2015, 03:15 PM

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Update since my brother is too lazy to do so himself... Turns out the valving was off and one of the cylinders. Re-valved now and everything is running smoothly for now.

did yall do the valve adjustment yourselves?

one of my favor silver 2ks for sure. I didn't even know what THOTs were until some high school kid finally told me hahahah.

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02-27-2015, 07:16 AM

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did yall do the valve adjustment yourselves? one of my favor silver 2ks for sure. I didn't even know what THOTs were until some high school kid finally told me hahahah.

Yes. With guidance from the helms manual

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03-15-2015, 09:45 PM

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A not so big update:

Got my new steering wheel setup in yesterday, and spent all day driving with it and love it! It's a Momo Montecarlo 320mm with a Momo hub and NRG QR. Will post more pics along with some new exterior shots later on