what is my car doing this time... tons of 3800 questions.

[Yaj Yak]

she's got some miles on her now...

lots of stock stuff. lots of beat on miles.


my car does goofy shit. i can't tell if it is blowout from my plugs not being gapped perfectly (had this in the past... tightened the gap- car was fine) or if something with my trans/torque converter is messing up...

the car once it hits 4-5psi or so... stutters pretty badly.

what does a torque converter wanting to quit life feel like?


if a trans chain is about to fall out of a car and has stretched significantly can something be felt as far as that goes?


if i were to just get the chain replaced- is that possible to do without rebuilding the entire trans?

is it possible to do with the trans still in the car?


my plan is to hopefully on sunday throw some new plugs at it... see if that helps it. cuz that is the easiest/cheapest/quickest etc...

currently what is the best plug wire & coil setup.. my car has oem original 157k coils on it iirc... and probably not the best wires...

thoughts?


my other thought is that i may have popped a head gasket a tiny bit and it gets noticeable when the car gets into more boost... my car smokes some white smoke lately when started from cold albeit it is cold as fuck lately outside. i haven't seen any coolant or evidence of coolant in my oil... but my low coolant light came on today. heat blows warm...


i dunno. as typical. just my ramblings. ill get it figured out. and typically these threads just document my dicking around to figure it out


any thoughts from the gu roooos?

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[Yaj Yak]

gameplan is probably this though... swap plugs for new ones tighter gapped...

possibly do a compression test now to rule out the head gasket thing...

then if it's still stuttering up top liike it is wires... then coils cuz it probably just needs them...

then if it's still being gay car... cry and get it to somewhere to look at the trans.


i have never ran slicks/drag radials and never left all too hard from a dig. ever. albeit i have ran my 18s for a long while.

 

[boostedguy05]

your car is fucked. sell it quick and cheap.

 

[02BlueGT]

Meh, My car has had an exhaust backfire at Idle and low boost for 60k+ miles.... No fucks given by the 3800. Run it till it breaks

 

[Yaj Yak]

lol it isn't running right though it won't accelerate hard once it starts doing it. im not gonna just leave it




ps mook and staff of tcg.

you have bitchen SEO.

http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/3800-discussion/125901-turbo-3800-guys-what-plugs-gap-2.html

i found that from this google search:

3800 turbo misfire

 

[Yaj Yak]

measure your primary and secondary resistance and look for something out of range but youll have to grab good coils and swap out one at a time while test driving to fully sort out whic coil may be weak

before ya pull the plugs out put a mark down the top of the porcelin to see how the current plugs are aimed. also would highly suggest getting an indexing plate for going to parts stores and testing all their plugs for your future sets.

i should do this. like james already suggested once.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Lately i kuat have people swap through my spare set of blues to see if one of theirs is weak/broken
Cheap set of msd8.8 universal v8 wires gives you 6+2spares for diagnostics/repairs
Your wire may be fried inside so ohm em out too...look for one thats higher resistance by a good bit

 

[Yaj Yak]

i love when james posts because i have to read through it a few times.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Lately i kuat have people swap through my spare set of blues to see if one of theirs is weak/broken
Cheap set of msd8.8 universal v8 wires gives you 6+2spares for diagnostics/repairs
Your wire may be fried inside so ohm em out too...look for one thats higher resistance by a good bit

are those good wires then ?

 

[G_T_O]

are those good wires then ?

I've never had issues with those wires. There on my dads Chevelle and numerous friends ls1 cars. None yet to have an issue. There like 62 bucks

 

[02BlueGT]

are those good wires then ?

I've had mine for 90k, Bru had one of my spares, Billy might have it now if it's still on that car... But like stated before, my car runs like garbage, so maybe not the best example

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

im getting used to this whole fat fingering a touch screen while posting using a smart phone on the shitter

 

[SleeperLS]

Buy my prj plug wires and stock coils and buy my motor. Kthnx

I have nothing to suggest Besides what you already said though.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I've never had issues with those wires. There on my dads Chevelle and numerous friends ls1 cars. None yet to have an issue. There like 62 bucks

link?

 

[Yaj Yak]

Buy my prj plug wires and stock coils and buy my motor. Kthnx

I have nothing to suggest Besides what you already said though.

how many dollras

 

[SleeperLS]

What stuff you want?

 

[Yaj Yak]

prj wires

how old are the coils and what are they.

 

[1quick]

I have a few sets of coils but they are all l26 but all less than 30k miles your welcome to take them, I used a set of them on my car last year and it was ok no cutting out

 

[SleeperLS]

Stock coils FTW. I have no idea how many miles. I know they work flawless though. I would be willing to give you the assembly that includes the ICM. PRJ wires are red and i just cleaned them out. They still seat just fine and arent loose at all YGPM

 

[PANDA]

stock GM wires
stock GM L67 coils
NGK TR6's (not sure on gap for turbo)

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

one of your fat sloors probably chewed on one of your oem blue coils and broked it

 

[Yaj Yak]

Stock coils FTW. I have no idea how many miles. I know they work flawless though. I would be willing to give you the assembly that includes the ICM. PRJ wires are red and i just cleaned them out. They still seat just fine and arent loose at all YGPM

THIS ALL FICKSED IT. YAYYYYYYYYYYY

Car moves out reaaal nice like now.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Did the coils fix it or did the wires fix it?

 

[SleeperLS]

Good shit man! I am glad that stuff worked out for you.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Did the coils fix it or did the wires fix it?

Rofl. I did both