[Shotimes] Looking for an active list.

[Carl Prochilo]

Unless they all went NOMAIL, they should answer when they get back.

$1500 should buy a lot of good parts, can you elaborate on exactly what you
had done?  Is your car an ATX or MTX?  If the former, the suspension tuning on
those is by definition softer than the latter.  The Monroes are NOT liked by
people on this list.  Tokico, Koni or newer KYBs are okay too.

The brakes on the 93s are still the lousy original design.  The 95s and 94s
had a redesign that was the best system on the original SHOs other than going
for the 96 upgrade, or something more exotic like Baer or Wilwoods.

If you have a lot of play in the steering, you may have loose U-joints in the
steering column.  There's one by the firewall on the inside and one further up
towards the steering wheel.

Check your subframe bushings.  They are rubber and if never replaced on a 10
year old car, they cause problems.  Did your car have the recall done to
replace the rear subframe bolts?

I'm just slinging stuff, so you'll have to provide more info to get better
answers.

Since the problem occurs under acceleration, it could also be one or both of
the half-shafts is bad.

Finally, if you're located near one of the SHO gurus, it might be worth a
visit to one of them to get a more educated first hand evaluation of the
problems you are having.

Cheers,
Carl P.
92 Red

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nottingham" <nottingham@alltel.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Looking for an active list.


> This is usually a VERY active list, but with the convention going on this
> week it will be pretty quiet.  You may want to repost your question next
> week, when everyone should be back.
>
> Ron N. - Dalton, GA
> 90 SHO
> 89 325i
> "It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jonathan Zane" <jonzane@kc2ena.com>
>
>
> > I am a long time SHO fan and Ford Enthusiast.  A few months back I
> purchased
> > my first SHO, a silver 1995 with 89k miles for $4500.  The car was in
> > pristine condition.  I was very happy to find a car in that condition for
> > the price.  6 weeks later I was hit by a very bad female driver.  Pictures
> > can be seen here: http://www.kc2ena.com/images/accident/.  After the
> > insurance paid for my loss I purchased a white 1993 with 140k miles for
> > $2000.  No where near as nice of a car but it was cheap and I needed
> wheels
> > fast.  After $1500 in suspension/brake parts and an alignment and this car
> > just does not drive like the 95 did.  It's depressing actually.  There's
> > nothing else to replace under the car and it it feels like I'm driving a
> > POS.  The steering wheel rocks back and forth gently under medium to hard
> > acceleration.  The car doesn't seem as stiff as the other one did.
> Braking
> > is not impressive, you can see and smell that they get way to hot.  The
> > parts I purchased where mostly run of the mill parts except I made sure I
> > got decent struts (Monroe Sensitrac).  Can I chalk up my problems as cheap
> > parts?  I use products from the same store on all of my other cars with no
> > problems.  I still have a valve cover, timing belt and tune up planned.  I
> > spent 2 days running wires and installing my stereo system which also
> > involved pulling it from the 95.  I hate doing things twice!  I'm starting
> > to get disgusted with this car.  I'm almost to the point of trying to sell
> > the car and hopefully breaking even.  The only thing stopping me is the
> > aggravation of pulling the stereo system and dealing with more DMV
> bullshit.
> > I still have the 95 sitting in my drive way.  I could fix it as there
> > doesn't seem to be any damage to the frame.  I was hoping to eventually
> fix
> > it anyway and have both cars.
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