The Sophia Project

SS_Firehawk

Thinking of selling my CS V2 fenders. Wife doesn't care for them.

I noticed when in hauling a$$, I can smell rubber, not coming from the tires. I'm thinking it's the belts. Anyone else notivce that before? Also one of my pulleys look slightly tweaked, gonna double check when I get a chance and snap a pic.

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SgtGoldy

I love the V2 fenders. I'd keep em! (I like the look of the RS1 Vented Fenders a bit more though )

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SS_Firehawk

Well, one of my belts is shredding and I believe it's from that tweaked pulley. Will post pics in a few








And the pulley failed and belt is off. Car still drives normally at low speed luckily, I didn't hear the belt break or the pulley fail, it just did. I was only a couple miles from home when it happened so no big deal. Just a lot of rubber in my engine bay i need to clean now.

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Orestp

That one is pretty easy to get at - looks like it just got loose which put it off kilter and then it just went downhill from there.

I had one of the main drive belt idlers seize up but caught it in time - had to put another washer behind it to get it running freely - but you have to drop the rad fan to get at it - not fun.

Is that a stock rad fan? Looks quite different from mine.

Also - did GTM put on some sort of bracket to hold up the coolant reservoir?

I had to take a torch to the reservoir - heat it up and push in the corner / edge that would otherwise have been in contact with the pulley that you had fail.

Cheers

Hotrodz

That blows...

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SS_Firehawk

On the contrary... Blow, it does not.

Update: Sam called me and told me he's going to send a transport vehicle to bring it back to GTM and see what's going on. This is a big relief and I'm definitely happy to hear they are going to take care of things. I'm still 100% happy with everything, and I'm sure it will be fixed. Got burned by the mod fire, but thankfully, not catastrophic.

Also, to answer Sgt Goldy's question below, no update on when I will get her back. I'm hoping by the 23rd. That's when I'll be back home again.

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Rusty

No, that sucks.

Glad to hear that Sam wants it back.

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SgtGoldy

Dang, any idea when you'll get her back?

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SS_Firehawk

Thanks for the info. The radiator and fans are upgraded. I'm sure you know, it's tight in there. I'm hoping they find a flaw in design if there is one and fix it before more of them go out to other customers. I am impressed by how quickly GTM called and made contact and by the end of the day confoirmed a transport. Not sure about the coolant reservoir, it still like in the stock location. The pulley wasnt touching anything except maybe the adapter plate on the block.

Edit 11/12/2013: Car was taken today on the transport vehicle. That's about the only good news I got. Found out my automatic CC payments are paying some other @ss hats accounts. So I have to do three notaries from my bank to get the money refunded and the bank charges me $29 for each account to stop any future payments. I'm going to the bar and eye rape some Twin Peaks servers.

Edit 11/13/2013: Car received by GTM. They called because I only gave them the fob and no key. I guess everyone gives them fob and key. Pablo also told me to call and bother them every day till I get it back lol.

Edit 11/13/2013: Sooo... NST is offering own size pulleys in their group buy. I threw myself on that list. I've been asking for the better part of 6 months lol. I love the throttle response they give and the car revs up and down so much quicker with them compared to stock. Combined with a lightweight flywheel, I'm hoping for even faster rpm response. No clue what color I want. I know GTM doesn't care for them, but I had no issues from my last set before they were removed. Not only that but I've read somewhere supercbargers help with resonant frequencies. Not sure how true, but again, I've never had any issues.

Edit 11/15/2013: GTM called and confirmed pulley failure. They are now trying to figure out if it was an isolated issue with that pulley, if there is a flaw in all of those pulleys, if it was the bolt that holds the pulley in the adapter, if it was an install issue, etc. The could have just fixed it and sent it back, but ghey would rather it not happen again and it come back to them. I agree. So I'll he checking back next week to see what's up.

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paperboy42190

dang thats crazy for the belt to shred like that!

Mr&Mrs

Sorry brother I hope they get it fixed quickly for you....and for little to no out of pocket.

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paperboy42190

any interest in getting your headlights painted or add any halos/leds while your car is in socal?

SS_Firehawk

Well I called GTM and I have good news. The car is up and running again. They will have it for another few weeks because I'm too busy to try and get it, it works out though as they have plenty of time to observe it and put some miles on her.

Unfortunately for me, this month has hit hard and I couldn't partake in black Friday or Cyber Monday deals. NST extended an offer to me and I couldn't even wing a spare $200 for the pulleys I've been waiting so long for. I'll get them when I can. Likewise my headlights. They are on my to do list.

To make things tougher on my car needs, Wifey wants an Xbox One lol. I did sell my fenders and front lip to recoup some funds. I also have two computers for sale. One has been my pride and joy for a couple years now with progressive updates, but it's time to start from scratch again. If you know anyone who needs one, I'll pay $50 for referrals.

On the upside, taxes should be pretty nice next year, and I will be filing asap. I'm hoping to knock a couple things off my car list.

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SS_Firehawk

A little ear porn for you all. My dads 11' 5.0 making beautiful music. Don't mind me in the vid, I had a few drinks (half bottle of red wine, glass of white wine, and 3 beers).Car has wax on it, so yeah, swirls. (vid is in the process of being flipped to landscape instead of portrait)

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SS_Firehawk

WooT!!! I love my Wife. She surprised me with a car rental so I can get my car Saturday morning. We debated whether we could afford it last night. I lost and accepted the defeat of my car not being home while I was home for the holidays, so this was really nice to see.
I'll get her all cleaned up when I get home. I planned a meet at PT's Pub parking lot this Sunday. I'm glad I can bring her out again. I'll update this weekend with videos.

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