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I've been gone for a while, got really into dirt biking and let my Syclone sit for a while and decided to fire it up again. It runs like crap now, I think m Ostrich is having troubles. I am unable to save any in to it and would like to be able to run my truck for a bit without the Ostrich. I...

I'm not really a new member but starting to finally have a bit of interest in my truck again. After having just about everything possible go wrong with my truck last year I finally got fed up and just parked it. I'm feeling like it's time to start turning wrenches again and finally get the...

I bought my truck with the AC needing recharged in October. Since it was winter I never bothered and when I finally went to a shop to get a quote on recharging the other day they said since I've had it emtpy so long the inside of the compressor would be corroded and that I'd need to replace it...

A lockright is out, I want something that will handle well, I'm planning on setting my truck up for autocrossing and keep reading about the horrible understeer caused by the lockright sending power to the inside wheel when you're cornering, instead of the outside where you need it. I hate to...

So I was coming home from the track Saturday night and I heard a loud rubbing/grinding (I'm not real good at differentiating those two) noise along with a brief screeching/squealing type noise while I was cruising along at 60mph. I immediately pulled over and found the noise to be speed...

Anyone from Washington or Oregon up for the Canadian SyTy Nats? You need to go, we all know those damn Canadians can make Syclones run 10's for $53, (and that's $53 Canadian). Ever wondered how they all get their trucks running so fast for so little money? Drive on up with me and maybe we'll...

A neon, WTF? Guess they don't remember Syclone's at my local track, when I roll up next to a Cobra they hold me back and make me wait to line up next to a Neon. No big deal I guess, It was my first run with everything back together and I was taking it super easy anyway, launched with 3lbs...

So I got my truck running well and decided to head out to the track Saturday night. I get through tech and after wating in line a while finally get lined up and had forgotten to put my headlights on. Once I put my headlights on my tailights turned off, nice. I ended up having to back it up...

Here's my dilemma, what I thought was a cracked head turned out to be a blown head gasket. It was a Cometic .065, custom thickness ordered from them. They say it will hold up just find if I move to studs instead of bolts in the head but it will take two weeks to get another one. I really want...

I've seen a few posts lately mentioning how most syty'ers play follow the leader when building their trucks. I can see why, we have so little info to go on and the policy here of not being allowed to report things that suck means the only way we have of knowing if something really works is...

I tried to upload it but failed, I get 39kb allowed. Even zipped it's 121kb. 39kb, can't do much with that anymore :( I have a 160 degree thermostat in there, but it's running a bit hotter than that. I'm wondering if the sealer I used for my cracked head and leaking radiator didn't reduce...

So I was out datalogging on my truck running around (actually got datalogging to work for a while, sorta) and comparing readings to my newly plugged in temperature gauge to...uh...gauge it's effectiveness :) I found that my engine temp was around 160-170 whether I was idling or on the freeway...

Finally got my truck looking decent. I need to get decent pics sometime, without the glare but this is what I have for now. I'm taking it back to the body shop next week to have them polish it up a bit so in some of the shots you can see that the doors and fender aren't as dark as the bed and...

Ok, I feel stupid for asking this so no need to point out my incompetence, but can anyone give me some hints on how to find the wire that should go to my temp sensor in the head? When my engine was out I remember seeing the wire, and noticing that it didn't have a connector on it so I went out...

When I first bought my truck the previous owner lent me his scan tool to take with me for the drive up from California in case I had any problems, which I sent back to him once I made it home. I've been doing the datalogging thing a bit and find it a huge pain in the ass, having to have my...

Either not finding anything fast on the street, or they don't want any, or they want the wrong thing. Pulled up next to a 350z, he says "No way, I know what those are". Then I hear an STI romping on it going the other direction to me, I spin around and catch up to him to see if I can get him...

I've bought two connectors now, one from a parts store, and one from GM and neither one looks correct. I bought my truck with no connector to plug the guage into the temp sensor in the head, just a wire hanging down with no connector on it (a green wire, I think that's the one anyway). Is...

I just checked my coolant today and found it low so I added some. As I was filling it would do the usual fill up, then drain back down, fill up, then back down. Once it finally stopped draining down I decided to start it up to make sure everything was cirulated in case there was room to fill...

I need to measure the oil pressure going into my turbo, see if it's excessive and causing my oil leaking past the seals. I happen to have a fuel pressure guage, but not an oil pressure guage, can I use it to check my oil pressure?

My truck has one breaker in it, in the pwr spot. My buddies truck has two breakers, can't remember where they are at. Anyone know which are supposed to be breakers from the factory? How do these things work, do they self reset after a while? What's the point? I thought one of the benefits...