Just a curiosity question, but in a thread I saw in a search a few days ago, someone was talking about their stock (I believe) 2.3 and mentioned peeling out. Maybe its just me, but unless we're talking "Oh $#(@ my car has a lousy turn radius and I screwed this U-y, quick reverse it then throw it into drive before getting massacred by the marvellously patient people of Northern VA." and you get a little squeak of the wheels, this is by and large quite an alien phenomena to me.
When my car started going really screwy the first time, I dealt with it for a few weeks. That started to suck, so I got vengeful one day, popped the hood, doused the whole engine bay with Orange Blast, scrubbed it, then attacked it with a hose on jet blast setting. Let set for about 15 mins, then started it up. A wierd thing happened, it would drive like it normally did, then it would feel like something "opened up" and it would get more power when I pressed on the gas than I normally did. It got more sporadic as I drove, and by the time I started the car again later that evening, it was gone. Vacuum hoses got replaced later, as well as a broken thermometer, but I still have yet to feel a power gain like I did that time.
So this has turned into a two pronged question.
1. Can any of you NA guys actually do any form of peeling out (doesn't have to be 20 foot tire marks, even a squeak counts).
2. Given my car cannot in anyway shape or form do this and generally feels like it is being hindered by something, does that mean something is screwy with my car? (Besides its cast iron internals and it isn't turbo)
I'm starting to suspect a blown headgasket, as there is fresh oil on the exterior of the block after I cleaned it (which has been done 3 times, and looks almost new). So that's gonna be fun.
At any rate, do you guys suffer from the same dilemma, or is something wrong with my car? And yes, it is sadly an a4ld
so that probably affects it.
All comments wanted and appreciated.
Dan
When my car started going really screwy the first time, I dealt with it for a few weeks. That started to suck, so I got vengeful one day, popped the hood, doused the whole engine bay with Orange Blast, scrubbed it, then attacked it with a hose on jet blast setting. Let set for about 15 mins, then started it up. A wierd thing happened, it would drive like it normally did, then it would feel like something "opened up" and it would get more power when I pressed on the gas than I normally did. It got more sporadic as I drove, and by the time I started the car again later that evening, it was gone. Vacuum hoses got replaced later, as well as a broken thermometer, but I still have yet to feel a power gain like I did that time.
So this has turned into a two pronged question.
1. Can any of you NA guys actually do any form of peeling out (doesn't have to be 20 foot tire marks, even a squeak counts).
2. Given my car cannot in anyway shape or form do this and generally feels like it is being hindered by something, does that mean something is screwy with my car? (Besides its cast iron internals and it isn't turbo)
I'm starting to suspect a blown headgasket, as there is fresh oil on the exterior of the block after I cleaned it (which has been done 3 times, and looks almost new). So that's gonna be fun.
At any rate, do you guys suffer from the same dilemma, or is something wrong with my car? And yes, it is sadly an a4ld
All comments wanted and appreciated.
Dan
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i was pretty impresed the first time i tried
