RE: suspension

[Josh Hignight <Josh.Hignight@phoenix.edu>]

Coolant checked out. Coolant was at the same level as it was when I picked
up the car. Problem with flashing light came from when I took out the air
box to swiss cheese it and moved the water bottle out of the way, forgot to
mount if back correctly and it was tilted so the sensor read wrong. The
stuff on the #1 cylinder's plug wire was old fluid the mechanic had spilled
into the plug hole (after the plug was installed thankfully) and just
decided to burn off.  I drove the piss out of her yesterday after checking
everything and in town, would get to right above the coolant light, on the
highway, would go down to the bottom side of the light. Cool!

Thanks for the advice though. I do want to make sure everything else is
okay, but I'm tired of it riding like an eldorado!

Joshua Hignight
Student Services/Technical Services
New Mexico Campus
(505) 821-4800

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Huff [mailto:scirocco86@home.com]
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 12:53 PM
To: Josh Hignight
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: suspension

I will speak from experience here when I say, LOOK INTO THE COOLING PROBLEM
COMPLETELY FIRST!@# :) Please? I let it slip for a while on my 16v car, and
it turned into a pinhole in exhaust port of cylinder #4 which dumped coolant
into the combustion chamber -- fucking weak. So do yourself a favor, and
make sure you're 16v motor is all top notch and so forth first, because IIRC
you just did the conversion. Low temp thermostat and fan switch, plus make
sure your radiator flows right. I had mine powerflushed & tested by a local
guy, and everything was about peachy after all that. A long time ago, that
mistake forced me to drive a 3spd automatic geo metro 1.0l 3 cylinder for
many months -- a fate I wouldn't want to force on anyone except oh lets say
Osama bin laden.    
        -ghuff

On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 01:19:38PM -0700, Josh Hignight wrote:
> Well, I'm going to upgrade my suspension in about 2 weeks (provided my
> coolant problem I emailed earlier doesn't pan out to lots of $$$).
> I'm looking at the H&R coilovers, per Mr. Harder's recommendation and
seeing
> how nice his car seems to handle. I wanted coilovers anyway, and H&R in
> general seems to get the lists praises fairly often.  These will be bought
> through Potterman of course.
> So, what else should I get. I will do whatever bushings/bearings I can
> afford to take care of at the same time (I'll have about $1400-$1600 to
play
> with I'm thinking), and do the others at the end of October. Obvious is
> upper strut tower brace, and install lower from the 16v donor, front top
> bushing/bearing, and rear top and bottom bushings. That right there might
> top me out, but if not, what else should I checkout.
>
> Joshua Hignight
> Student Services/Technical Services
> New Mexico Campus
> (505) 821-4800
>
>
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