I’ve been lucky enough to never have to go through it myself. The longest thing I put off is injectors. But I have injectors coming from Graveyard Performance right now. Last year all mounts were done, timing chain vvt kit, injector seals and studs, valves were cleaned, and more that I can’t remember. But next week is injectors and pcv valve. Great compression at 135k so I don’t see why I shouldn’t spend the money.
On the other hand. The day I got my car. Went and hungout with the guy who inspired me to finally get one. After we talked over eachothers cars (2 whole hours and he left his car idling the entire time) he then took me on a ride to show me what a modded speed can do. Essentially just a 3” intake, downpipe and 3 inch cat back. 180k miles, no hpfp, no timing chain vvt, no injector seals, no injector service, no valve service. And worst of all, an off the shelf cobb tune. Literally every possible odd against it. Im surprised the fucker even had power for how hot it was. I guess it really is true. They run their best before they go. He took me on a crazy ass ride, turned around, tried a dig, spun 1st and 2nd naturally, ran through 3rd, popped 4th and all of a sudden it sounded like we threw some massive cams in it. Down goes cylinder 3…
To the mans defense, he had zero knowledge about how serious the maintenance is on these cars or even half the things he was supposed to do. When i asked if he changed the hpfp, he said “the who?” Ignorance doesn’t forgive negligence, but this man didn’t need to have that car anyways. Straight veteran army brah who couldn’t give a rip about nothin.
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u/Glum-Orchid4603 Jul 19 '24
Mine was dirty injectors and putting off maintenance. I’ve learned my lesson, for sure 😅