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[quote=”speedingcheetah” post=183901]I noticed something on a lot of older Audi’s and Volvo’s…..HEADLIGHT WIPERs!
Are they really so useful…..or just a gimmick?[/quote]
I had headlight wipers on my SAAB. Took them off. They’re useful if it snows a lot where you live, otherwise they’re pretty much useless… and prone to malfunction. Although on a Merc (I’ve seen some of those on Mercedes’s) I suppose they’d work reliably. Because, you know, 80’s/90’s Mercedes. I think they’ve been gradually replaced with those high pressure-ish water jets on more recent cars.
Hi Eric,
First, you’ve pronounced my online moniker perfectly so far, congratulations. 😉
Quick update: I did the tune/mods I alluded to in my previous question, and the stock intercooler is holding the 24psi it wasn’t built for just fine. I might buy/build a bigger one later, when I have the time and money for it.
Question: I’ve noticed that my (other) car guy, while happy to see my car gaining huge amounts of power as I throw performance parts and tuned ECUs at it, seemed a bit nonplussed by my approach to performance gain. He’s a real technician and I guess he likes to work more “hands on” with engine parts, fiddling with carburetors, pistons and all those fascinating internal components I couldn’t dream of working on, while it just looks like I’m throwing random stuff in the engine bay and come out with 70+ more whp. I was wondering what was your opinion of car mods like I’m doing, and guys like me. I guess I’ve done my homework (like years of gathering data on my specific car, and the mods that I’m doing, and what I should be wary of, etc…), but at the end of the day, I’m just a car enthusiast with no real experience working on cars – except for this one – so I’d like to have your opinion as a technician with years of experience, and in the context of your recent (and on going) work on the Fairmount.
Thanks again for the endless goldmine of knowledge, and stay dirty!PS : For reference, the mods on the 1995 Saab 9000 Aero involved= 3.0″ complete exhaust, race cat, perf. wastegate, perf. blow off valve, high-flow air filter, bigger injectors, 3.0bar MAP sensor, more accurate boost control valve, E85 conversion, perf. fuel pump, perf. clutch friction plate, custom ECU tune. The car has been maintained meticulously ever since I bought it (because I love the damn thing).
Hi Eric,
Quick question: Do you have any vague project for the Mustang? The body seems to be in acceptable shape, maybe a budget build, naturally aspirated, or supercharged (but then it wouldn’t be a budget build anymore), since you’ve already got the turbo covered with the Fairmont? Or something crazy like an electric car… they seem to be all the rage, it would be fun to experiment and see what you could come up with, while going a bit outside of your usual area of expertise. I don’t know, I’d hate to see it stay the parts car forever.
Whatever the case, thanks for the knowledge you spread. I have absolutely no formal mechanical back ground, learnt what little I know from getting my hands dirty because my dreams are bigger than my bank account, but ever since I discovered your channel, I’ve learnt tons of practical and theoretical stuff that helped me dealing with many mechanical issues, projects, and saved me a lot of money. Keep up the great work. 🙂Hi Eric!
A quick update on a question I asked before and then quick question for real.
I asked you about my weird intermittent vibration issue while applying the brakes, that I had sort of partially solved with lubricating the sliding pins on the front calipers… there’s been some development since and I can say with 60% certainty that what was still causing the issue at the rear was most probably a faulty self adjusting mechanism on one or both of the rear calipers. Re-manufactured set is on its way, so all my fingers are crossed.Actual question:
I’m going to get a new tune for my Saab 9000 Aero, which will probably involve a higher boost pressure. I have all the hardware to support it, fuel delivery, exhaust, etc… but I’ll probably be using the stock inter-cooler for now, because I’m cheap. Should I worry about it blowing up catastrophically or is it just going to limit my potential peak power output (which I can live with, for a while)?
Thanks for all your great work. Best of luck with the Fairmont, too. Looking awesome so far. 🙂Hi Eric. Long time fan, first time asker of questions, here.
I have this intermittent problem with my car brakes: so sometimes, with no real way to predict it, my 1995 SAAB 9000 Aero would shake upon applying the brakes. The whole front of the vehicle, including the steering wheel, would shake violently. No ABS light or brake light would come up on the dash, and it would last for a couple minutes and then disappear. So, after some research – including some of your videos – I decided to take my front calipers apart and service them because why not. Discs were OK, pads too. I cleaned the calipers, and re-lubed the guide pin thingies (which were completely dry) with silicon grease and now the problem seems to have lessened a lot, but hasn’t completely disappeared. The car will still shake upon breaking from time to time, but the shaking in the steering wheel as gone. Am I right to think that I fixed something in the front and that I should probably do the same thing to the rear calipers?
Also, the pistons on the front brakes were functional, still are (car brakes in a satisfying manner), but were full of rust. I could get rid of some of the rust with a wire brush, but the surface is still a bit bumpy with hard rust spots… should I worry about that or just leave them like that?Thanks in advance and keep them videos coming! 🙂