i am sure a lot of it is true to a degree but how many are affected. tim run a twin disc hd and like he said, he launches the hell out of it and no issues with the master cylinder with the ams ring on it.

the relay i will say was affected in mine. i did change it for the more expensive green one.

anyway we don't need to turn this into a X forum.

 

every new car that comes out has bad paint according to everyone..

 

slipknot satanic? not quite. they're just for show.

and 666 has nothing to do with satan. it's the number of the antichrist.

 

btw i was just informed that i will be at the manayunk brew pub tonight with my wife and her boring friends . i encourage anyone to come out and hang with me tonight.

 

I think the paint issue is magnified when you don't have the SSS package. Also depends a lot on the kind of roads we drive on.

The relay issues is legit because IF it goes bad, damage is guaranteed. The mere fact that a better part is available for 12 bucks and it is more likely to prevent expensive problems in the future is enough reason to convert IMO.

The diff pins issue is definitely more visible on higher HP cars that experience launches and more abuse than normal. Again, its just good insurance.

BTW, chris just called and said it would be about 2 hours more labor to install the pins since he'll need to pull the tranny out. He was initially planning to just put in the clutch without dropping the tranny, but his price still seems reasonable. I'll be sure to post a long term reliability review of his work.

 

Yea i know, it seems everyone i talk to with a new car from infiniti's to mitsubishi's to toyota/honda have bad paint.


steinvb12, you went to the track last night rite? How you make out?

 

I have to go to WC again tonight. A friends 21st, not so much a friend of mine, more of the wifes and her family. Not really looking forward to it, I got pretty drunk last night. I just wanna chill, watch Darlington and eat some ice cream. If I could do that I'd be perfectly happy.

 

They are pretty closely related though 666 is actually a big brother thing, if i remember the book right.

 

666 is the number of the beast.

 

the beast is the antichrist. when he comes is when there is a huge battle at a mountain in israel called magedo or something that is where the word armagedon (i am too lazy to check my spelling) comes from.

 

dan i'd come out tonight, but i dont really like you very much! lol just kiddin, manyunk is just too far, and way to many hills to be drunk driving on.

 

just do rt 1 south to main street and it is right there, biatch. i don't like you much either but we could make the best of it.

 

Ok, it was you. You weren't broken down though. I was pulling out of the Domino's across from the Rainbow school and you drove past. I was in my sister in laws Toyota so there was no reason for you to notice me.

 

Yeah that was me. I live on that side of the city.

 

OK, I just came back home with the new clutch.

1) The chatter is evident but not unbearable by any means.
2) I am glad Chris finished everything in time. Dropped the car at 9:00 sharp and got it back at 5:45 -- 6:00. He did a bang up job doing the job in the promised timeframe
3) Got the pill removed, so engagement is really low. I stalled thrice trying to pull out from GV's lot. But I was fine by the second or third light I stopped at.
4) Chris was kind enough to take pictures of everything when it was opened up, on my request.
5) he also gave me back all the stock parts for pictures sake. will be posting up something soon on the X forums for comparison sake.
6) He also said there were no signs of wear and tear apart from the normal, he said even my diff pins looked good given there were almost 27K miles on it. He's seen worse apparently for so many miles.
7) He aslo suggested strongly suggested against any dyno pulls before piling 200 miles or so. I'm just gonna take his word for it.

Will be posting a long term review as well eventually.