This car has been a pain in my ass from day one. With that said, I am still making progress. I found out that if I brake a little sooner and don't smash the pedal my brakes work just fine after installing a rebuilt pm3. If I drive like I normally would in any other car, which I admit is aggressive, the pump sticks on and I lose brakes. It happened to me twice, but I have driven it a few hundred miles now "gently" and it seems to work fine. The car stops well, I guess I was the problem. :icon_redface: I still have no odometer or speedometer and the HUD reads zero. I bought the correct VSS, but when I went to change it it did not look like it would interchange, looked just a little different. That pisses me off.
When I first start it, it runs AWESOME. As it starts to warm up and when it is warmed up, it start hesitating and running like a pig. If I light throttle it and gradually get into it, it runs pretty strong. If I just hammer it, it stutters and goes nowhere. I haven't changed anything on the drivetrain yet. I want to do the basics, plugs wires, and injectors. It is not high on my list because it runs well at times, and breezes through emissions, so I really doubt its issues are there. Do these symptoms sound like the stock tune? Maybe a chip would help it out? Also, it stalls occasionally, completely randomly, VERY irritating! And dangerous. I looked at the crossover, and it looked new, and not like a stock unit. But I will have to investigate that more sometime.
The gauges are nowhere near accurate, the driver side window sticks on the way down and sounds like a machine gun going off, and I have had a hard time finding any of the parts I want and need. Yep, been a great car so far. :icon_lol:
WELCOME TO OWNING A PONTIAC TURBO GRAND PRIX :icon_biggrin:
I have a few other toys and the TGP was a complete impulse buy because I had never seen another when I found it. It had sat for 5 years, and with all the issues it has / had, it is amazing it actually daily drives right now. At least it seems to be reliable, finally. God knows how many hours, days, hopefully weeks that lasts. But I think it should run so much better than it does. I am also on the lookout for a parts car. I need a lot of interior stuff. If I could just get it to be a solid runner I would be a lot more enthusiastic about getting it painted etc. For what I have already, and plan to throw at it money wise, I might as well just keep it. The holes deep, might as well keep digging! Any other daily drivers left around and do they give you the same grief and issues?
yea somthings wrong with the PM3 cause i can drive mine like its stolen with no issues
Quote from: killinprixs on June 28, 2010, 05:01:11 PM
WELCOME TO OWNING A PONTIAC TURBO GRAND PRIX :icon_biggrin:
LOL quoted for truth!