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  1. sarmikgar

    The Time Has Come.. Maybe..

    Hey guys, long time member here, and I do some lurking from time to time when I can, but don't post much. I don't know if the planets aligned or something, but after all these years my 03 GT is now off the daily driver list should I choose. Wife's daily finally upgraded to this .. and yes, I'm...
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    Need A Third Opinion..

    Hey guys, don't post much on here but vist a couple times a month to try to keep up. I am replacing oem intake manifold for the second time on my 03 GT, was about 40k ago I replaced the original, car has ~111k on it now. I ordered a new oem pi manifold, accel coils, bbk fuel rails and a few...
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    Intake manifold replacement, I think.. couple questions

    Hey all, looking for some help with this one. 03 GT auto 85k on it, stock form right now, tuner and cai but they arent on the car. Car has been running a little rough and sometimes has a slight stutter/miss in D at idle(wont do it in N it seems) and while cruising 40+mph for about a week now...
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    Trans issue or something else?

    Trans issue or something else? // vids added // Car is all stock except a cai. Has had sct tune and Am tunes on it but was only a few days before back to stock. Has 74k on it and drives normally when cruising around town or on highway. Just made 500+ mile trip during holidays with this problem...
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    Keep tuner or no? Opinions please

    I have had nothing but bad luck with my sf3 tuner since I got it a couple months back. None of the sct tunes ran right, and after getting three tunes from AM things arent getting any better. My wife is mad(her car, she drives it daily) because she wanted exhaust and views the tuner as a waste of...
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    Tensioner replacement

    Cant find any info on it in my manual.. I assume its just the one bolt, just wanted to check if I was correct and if it was regular old lefty loosey or not? Thanks. edit: I did search, but didnt find the exact info I was looking for :D
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    Pinging on SCT tunes

    Got my SCT SF3 today, installed the 87 tune with some changes to the shift points and shift firmness.. result was not so great, the trans was acting really funny, it would like hunt for a gear but always go back to the same one(this was in second I think)under normal driving conditions, the car...
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    Tuner questions

    I have been doing some reading and I am about to order a SCT SF3, will be the first mod(cai in box still) on a 63k 03 GT auto. I just wanted to double check on the order of the "build" I want to go in and if/how the tuner will be used, not sure I understand it all yet. Here is what I would like...
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    Poly steering rack bushings=alignment?

    Have some of these I want to put on, they are not the offset ones. Will I need an alignment from just putting in the new steering rack bushings? Figured if I do I would wait for next month when I get new front tires and do it all then.
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    Headlight cleaning

    Got tired of looking at my discolored nasty looking headlights, I almost went out and bought one of those restoration kits, but my drill is on "loan" to friend so I thought Id give it a try by hand. I went 600-800-2000 paper and used Meguiars PlastX to polish with, repeated that twice and...
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    First oil change, what to use?

    Hey all, I am new here, I bought a 03 Silver Auto GT about 2 months ago with 52k on it, was completely stock and I have put a cai on, loving it so far! Have put about 2k on it since buying, including one 600 mile round trip to San Diego and back and I wanted to change the oil. I have no idea...