Recent content by piranha971

I use gorilla splines (not locks) with Apex wheels.

I hope you are not expecting a real "free" alignment. Sure, they will "align" it and give you paperwork showing it all in spec.

DWS06 are great tires. I have used them year round before. I now have old Michelin Pilot Sport A/S3+ that I carried over from my ATS-V, wheels included. They are good 7 years old and though they don't grip like they used to, they are adequate for my driving in Chicago. I don't commute by car, I...

I almost bought a car that had its transmission replaced due to this issue.

Even the retailer selling these is not making any claims of power gains. It has long been understood that air filters and intakes on this platform don't do anything for power. It has also been established in objective testing that aftermarket gauze and oil type filters just don't filter nearly...

Normal behavior of this transmission, as others have said. Some are better than others. My ATS-V was horrifically bad. Fluid change and a clutch bleed improved things quite a bit, but was still notchy and required a lot of effort. My 4bw 1st to 2nd shift is wonderful with just a hint of notchiness.

This kind of oil consumption is completely unacceptable and you should elevate this to GM if you are being blown off by the dealer. Amsoil isnt going to fix it and there is no reason to spend that kind of money on oil when no less quality oils are available at half or third the price of amsoil.

$1.5 funnel from Walmart works amazing.

No that's not normal. When I took the car in, they did what I have asked them to do and to look at. And I never had to wait weeks for an appointment.

Yea :) I tell them that the only thing that touches paint is air and water.

Yea, but our kids don't. Mine has a piece of PPF put on the door edges. It has taken a few nicks, from what I can tell.

Downpipes without a crossover on an LF4 sounds pretty bad. That was understood a few years into the ats-v life cycle. And the deal about downpipes without an CEL.....If they are not reducing cat efficiency (since there is no CEL) to flow better, what makes them less restrictive than OEM?

Its a 4 but no reason you cant do the same. Two sets of Vibrant resonators of two different sizes.

There isn't much to it. All the screws that hold it together are now exposed. Just take a look at it and it will be very obvious.

The bushings wear out very quickly and shifter starts moving around. Creative steel makes bushings that last longer than OEM.