Lol it was my moms GTO and my step dads lincoln in the way, they always bitch about moving the cars. I drove it this morning to school and it didnt stall at all so i think its fixed.
Ok guys i cleaned out the TB and such and that didnt help. I bought a TPS and put it in and started it, it seemed better but i cant drive it because im blocked in the driveway. I will tell you all tommorow if it completely fixed it.
you're much more patient that i am, i woulda keyed whoever blocked me in, unless its family visiting....then i would have just told them to move their crap piles.
i know i say this alot but i'm not 100% how this works on these, with that said
the TPS could be the source of all the problems. if the TPS tells the computer that your throttle is somewhere else, it expects to see differnt results from the MAP and EGR, so it says they're bad too.
i'd go ahead and replace the TPS and inspect/clean the MAP and EGR, also seafoaming the intake wouldn't hurt(as per BV's suggestion)
it all depends on what tires you choose, 18 is pushing it unless you get low profile tires
and it also depends on the width of the wheel, the backspace and if it has room to clear the calipers(which most should clear stock calipers)
some of the biggest mistakes i've seen involved tires that were the same size but had differnt backspacing and/or not enough room for calipers. saw the aftermath of a guy who got new calipers that didn't fit under the stock rims....not pretty.
so, take careful measuerments, OR find somewhere or someone that has the exact limits that we can fit. you can never be too careful with stuff like that.
I'm not going to harp on this and I understand that these cars are getting old and not worth putting the extra money into unless you plan to keep the car for another 10 years. The decision is totally up to you and i'll just point out the difference between Auto part store parts and Moog parts.
Auto part store tie rods have a metal ball that sits in a plastic socket. Now if it is properly lubed and kept sealed so moisture don't get to it, they will last quite a while. If your tie rod boot is worn out, cracked or has a hole in it, moisture is going to get in. This goes for Moog parts as well. Replacement boots are rather inexpensive. Oem tie rods are no better than part store parts.
Moog has a metal ball that sits in a metal socket. Therefore, it will last years longer than a plastic socket will as long as moisture is kept away from it via a good boot.
Sure TRW has a lifetime warranty but I doubt that warranty covers labor and an alignment when or if they do fail. Inner tie rods are not the easiest parts to change out on a car.
yeah, well if i get the TRW, i'll probably have the time to change them myself AND we have an alignment rack at school. also its the outer tie rods that are shot.
but yeah, as i said earlier dang you for giving me a decision to make , i'd like to get the moog, but right now my budget can't handle it, im a poor college student i just got a job and it should help, but i'm not going to get a paycheck from them for about a month(they pay bi-weekly and the first check is delayed for processing) so that should help, but it willl remove the opportunity for the free alignment.
hey that perfectly discribes my car.... lol i was gonna take a junkyard trip when it gets warm, and ill see if i can't locate some (i love junkyard diggin, find all kinda of interesting....and sometimes creepy stuff), if not ill PM ya, and work out the details from there.
and as far as the tie rods, the TRW sound alright as long as they lifetime warranty. ill look into the moog, but i'd always rather go and pick them up than have them shipped, that way if there is a mix-up i can get it solved in hours, not 3-5 bidness days. and there isnt the "oh you weren't home to sign for these so they've been shipped back to kentucky
and for the tie rods, it basically boils down to the more it costs, the longer before i can scrape the cash up to do it. and if i get it in three weeks, i can wrangle up a free alignment (yay, community college automotive program), if not i'll kinda be guessing....and i know my alignment is ate up. but ill be working more this summer, so i suppose i could drop it off at sears sometime, eh...ill look into it....dang you for giving me options.... but thanks for the advice
It's official, I'll be at Union Grove Great Lakes Dragaway this Sunday from 9 to 5. Hope to see you there. I'll be taking more video so if you can't make it I'll post some runs for you.
take lots of videos, and a burnout vid/pic....i'd love to see those back wheels smokin.....OMG this thing is awesome.
So i just realized I can never own one of these, with haveing to feed it and keep tires on it I wouldnt never make it more than a block in any direction.
actually the 5.7L hemi gets the same MPG as the 3.5L v6, its because of the MDS, so if i get one im going to go for the R/T
gaahhh, dangit pep boys....i lost the centercap of one of my wheels, they didnt forget to put it on, i would have noticed, i didnt notice today til i went to get gas and it was gone....dangit....
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, i'd like to get the moog, but right now my budget can't handle it, im a poor college student 
i just got a job and it should help, but i'm not going to get a paycheck from them for about a month(they pay bi-weekly and the first check is delayed for processing) so that should help, but it willl remove the opportunity for the free alignment.
take lots of videos, and a burnout vid/pic....i'd love to see those back wheels smokin.....OMG this thing is awesome.
