So my SVT Contour is finally gone. Decided it was too much stress, because there was a laundry list of things that were wrong with it, and really the car would just go up in flames at any instant. Found a place that took it off my hands for 2K so I was happy with that. Enter my new 03 PT GT. For those not in the know, basically like a SRT4 in a PT shell with a Getrag 5-speed. Differences between the SRT4 and the PT GT are pretty numerous, but not enough so, so parts will interchange. Mainly the Stage 1 computer and injectors, Stage 2 BOV (stock leaks boost bad apparently), and a couple of others here and there. Unfortunately Stage 3 won't fit (without serious modification), SRT4 aftermarket intercoolers won't fit, and some others. Otherwise pretty quick, and i'm getting addicted to the BOOOOOOOOST.
The third day I had the car, the CEL came on, luckily I already had an appointment at Bob Rohrman to have the car looked over to make sure that it was in good condition with no issues. They told me I needed a new knock sensor. I thought that I could drive it without issue as I drove it there with no problem. As I'm taking it away it starts missing horribly off idle and pretty much through the rev range. Take it back, have to rent a car and leave it with them to fix. Try to pick it up the next day, drive it out of the service bay, let it warm up for awhile, start testing it out, get into the boost and at about 4K rpm, it backfires bad and continues to miss. I'm quite upset and bring it back to Rohrman. I take the tech for a drive, and show him what it's doing. Leave it there, and they end up replacing all the plugs and wires, ok something I was planning to do anyways, but they beat me to it. Drive it off the next day to discover it is STILL missing at around 1500-2000 rpm. I am super pissed now, take the service manager and the tech for a ride. They end up replacing a bad plug on cylinder 3 (they said it was a bad plug, i say the tech cracked it when he was installing it). Now it runs like a dream, no issues at all. It was a little bit of bumpy start to the ownership, but luckily i didnt have to pay anything for the repairs, the dealership where I bought it paid for everything since it was still under their warrenty
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The third day I had the car, the CEL came on, luckily I already had an appointment at Bob Rohrman to have the car looked over to make sure that it was in good condition with no issues. They told me I needed a new knock sensor. I thought that I could drive it without issue as I drove it there with no problem. As I'm taking it away it starts missing horribly off idle and pretty much through the rev range. Take it back, have to rent a car and leave it with them to fix. Try to pick it up the next day, drive it out of the service bay, let it warm up for awhile, start testing it out, get into the boost and at about 4K rpm, it backfires bad and continues to miss. I'm quite upset and bring it back to Rohrman. I take the tech for a drive, and show him what it's doing. Leave it there, and they end up replacing all the plugs and wires, ok something I was planning to do anyways, but they beat me to it. Drive it off the next day to discover it is STILL missing at around 1500-2000 rpm. I am super pissed now, take the service manager and the tech for a ride. They end up replacing a bad plug on cylinder 3 (they said it was a bad plug, i say the tech cracked it when he was installing it). Now it runs like a dream, no issues at all. It was a little bit of bumpy start to the ownership, but luckily i didnt have to pay anything for the repairs, the dealership where I bought it paid for everything since it was still under their warrenty
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, I don't want to go crazy with this. There are project cars that I would much rather have to modify. I'm just gonna keep this pretty well stock. I want to get it into really good running condition, fix the few issues there are, and drive it for the next couple of years.
