:rofl2:

Well I did mention to him a vibration during 70kmh or faster braking.... said possibly so they looking at it.

Maybe I'm just a crappy driver :(

TIFU - Snapped a bolt while carefully tightening up the intake manifold bolts in an attempt to fix a vacuum leak. :mad:

how did u manage to do dat, kingkong! :icon17:

Moved the Z from one garage to the other :ugh2:
Most its been driven in 2 weeks :icon17:

Did get the lights up while it was moved though :tup: Yes, I know the right hand side is not lined up perfectly, will be done later.
http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps5epzrigl.jpg

I couldn't feel the "click" from the torque wrench, and I was still dealing with vacuum leak from underneath one side of the manifold. So I thought it wasn't fully torqued yet and snapped the bolt. :owned:

ouch! sorry to hear. :(


sometimes experience tells me just use a regular wrench and go by feel. :D

Would that be a vacuum leak or a pressure leak.

I guess it depends much on the frame of reference you pick.

:icon17:

LOL thanks. It might already be an issue before I started maintenance work since I planned on doing a leak test, but I guess the leaky intake manifold pretty much explains it.

:)

I do feel for your having to deal with broken bolts. Always a major pain.

especially when the rest of the threads are binding (cross threaded) :ugh:

Ugh... I hope it's not too bad. I'm trying to get help as I don't want to further sink this ship.

What did you do with your Z today VI (ON TOPIC DISCUSSION ONLY)
 

Got my Z dyno'd today at AWDTuning in Flower Mound, TX. They use a Mustang Dyno.
Good gains though. Temp. here was 90 degrees and very humid so the numbers seemed low at first glance but Keith, the tuner, put up a file of a stock Z's baseline he tuned last year and compared it to my bolt on modded +tuned Z and it's a drastic increase.

See pics below! (excuse the dirtiness)


Results


Video

good stuff :tup:

Traded her in. It's bittersweet.