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The guy that did my system told me that if I wanted the system to be nearly as quiet as stock it would be easy to put one more small high-flow muffler between the front collector and rear muffler. Personally, I like a little growl. I rented a stock M last week and I missed the performance of Big Red, including my exhaust growl.
The emissions return system is separate and has a metal tube beginning at around the same part of the engine to the back passenger side of the engine where a big valve is, and it has a metal tube that gets split and then goes into the bottom of the intake manifold on either side of the TB.
The rubber hose is to make up for airflow when the PCV valve stops doing whatever it does. The PCV stuff returns emissions to be burned as well, but it seems to be separate from the emissions stuff described above. The Service Manual doesn't say much about where the PCV hoses go.
I have had considerable experience w/LH bodied autos -- a '93 Concorde, '94 LHS, and a '99 LHS (17" chrome wheels & Michelin Pilots). All three cars have been driven a total of well over 200K miles. All had front wheel vibrations at one time or another. It appears to be an LH design problem. Even my earlier '88 Merc 560SL had similar wheel vibrations.
If your rim is bent, a good tire guy can verify the problem. If it is bent, you probably would have remembered hitting something which would do it. I wouldn't depend entirely on the dealer.
You didn't indicate if the vibrations occurred when braking at 45+ mph or when just driving at that speed. I have had both and all of those kinds of vibrations since '93.
The following items have alleviated, but not totally solved the vibrations (they do come back as the equipment wears) --
Ensure that your front rotors are not warped; if they are, replace them and the pads; grinding rotors doesn't work for very long. Chrysler has had poor rotors and pads for years.
Secondly, ensure that your wheels are properly balanced, preferably on a Hunter machine. If you rotate wheels (recommended), be sure to also balance the spare wheel.
Have your suspension checked out by the guy who does Hunter alignment; if he is competent, he should check your springs/shocks and be able to get your system working correctly.
According to my manual and dealer, the chrome wheels are a warranty item so long as you are not out of it and do not cost $700 each.
When braking, be sure to avoid pumping the brakes as it can warp the rotors, particularly at higher speeds. The generated heat will mess them up. I find that, when possible, always brake with smooth, even pressure which keeps the system optimal. Sometimes, I actually can feel the vibration begin and then go away by modulating foot pressure when braking for a stop light, etc., as the rotors/pads settle in.
HP 255
Torque 257 lb-ft @3900 RPM
Both figures when using premium fuel
My comments on the "Special":
Interior - I like the seats, carbon fibre nice, but not much of it , and no wood trim wheel.
Skirts - Should be body color
Headlights - nice!
Duals - Our member's quad tips look better
Engine - Why did they bother?
Wheels - Look nice, wonder if those center caps will fit our wheels?
These may be informative:
http://www.baldwinfilter.com/engineering/tsb_94-2r.html
http://cardogz.com/columns/auto/archive/1999_10_18.html
http://www.misterfixit.com/pcvvalve.htm
Chris
Silver.
Sorry you folks had problems getting into the chatroom Wed nite....I had no problem getting on @10pm... Hope dustin's and his wife are doing okay......today's birthing day!
There were about 10 of us in the chatroom..avalanche was there--seems his sister and my oldest daughter's boyfriend are in the same class @college..talk about 6 degrees of separation!
The Fed in its infinite wisdom will be letting us poor folk leave a llittle earlier today.....hope you all have a safe and pleasant Columbo Day weekend!
Doc
5 pages.
However, I will say this is very short-sighted of DC -- trading short-term sales increases for degredation of their flagship car...however, they probably rationalize this by the planned phase-out of the LH cars, anyway... ):
I got a pneumatic jack from K-Mart some time ago (just pass it from car to car for like $25. It's great - I swapped my tires once (spare to left rear, left rear to front rear, front rear to spare) and it took all of 20 min total. However, I lost the plastic screw thing that keeps the cover on the spare down...
anyone know where I can get another??
Although I have to say, that the costco near me is great. They'd do this for free (tire rotations are $16 - unless you buy them there and they are free). They also have a torque wrench and a chart for the wheels. I've watched them, they torque it by hand which I like...
So I say you look in the newspaper every weekend (Sun-Sentinel has a ton of car ads) and if you see something that you like and you think that the price is right - go for it.
We got my wife's 2001 RX300 like this LAST year. We just saw JM Lexus advertising some crazy lease deals in the paper.
I say if you are tired of M, look at the 2002 Max or 2002 Altima, and of course the longest M's competitor Acura TL-S. I hear you can pick up the 255 HP Maxima with HIDs for a good price.
on a side note, i didn't realize that abbreviating japanese would be considered derogatory, so sorry
I'd be very surprised if a car came along any time soon that I would really salivate over.
Resale value? What a strange concept...
;-)
Look for the light on in the window - that tells you hot fresh out of the oven doughnuts are available now, and then you must get inside quickly!
All the interior lights (including all led read outs), headlights, turn signals and tail lights blinked in rhythm. The first time I saw it was at night in my driveway and it was very impressive and would have been funny if it had not been MY $30,000 car. I also heard the "tink...tink" electrical noise from behind the dash.
My seat is solid as a rock and I'm a big ol' boy, too with 6'2" and 325 lbs. pushing on it. The "speed and handling tests" I've given it through the 20 miles of back roads I drive each day to work haven't caused the slightest movement.
Good luck!
MOPAR or no car!
my back is out and i'm confined to my bed please forgive the rantings...all cards and sweets can be sent to: ahhhh
TIA...
It's funny how they keep on about 'more' light output - if you test the actual light output they are the same (they have to be...) It's just that the bluer light appears brighter - but all in all that can help
scotian:I know what you mean Unfortunately I went with the lease on my M and don't know whether it'll make sense to buy it out at the end - prolly not... But I know I'd love to keep it (or another of it at the end...)
TIA...
It's funny how they keep on about 'more' light output - if you test the actual light output they are the same (they have to be...) It's just that the bluer light appears brighter - but all in all that can help
scotian:I know what you mean Unfortunately I went with the lease on my M and don't know whether it'll make sense to buy it out at the end - prolly not... But I know I'd love to keep it (or another of it at the end...)
Hey fuzzy, go the full performance route. Get something German. (try and M3) LS won't even come close to one of those.
It's just that I'm concerned if you be able to build it that late in the game. We'll see. 2.5 years is a long time, maybe things will turn around for Chrysler. I just thought the LX and the HEMI would be instrumental in that.