Author Topic: What did you do to your Kappa today! (Read 1272791 times)

JimmyBaja · « **Reply #1050 on:** June 14, 2010, 01:00:21 PM »

How were those racing seats on the long trip?

kennysabarese · « **Reply #1051 on:** June 14, 2010, 01:12:16 PM »

They are great. The stock seats used to cause me to have lots of lower back pain. No problems with the Kirkeys. I love them and prefer them apart from the occasional hard bump.

JimmyBaja · « **Reply #1052 on:** June 17, 2010, 07:49:09 AM »

I know what I'd like to be doing to my Kappa today....installing the new rear diffuser that Norm told me he was going to ship last Thursday...for the third time.

Someone else is enjoying my first diffuser - hope the color matches.

It's been over 2 1/2 months now, Guess I got put off for more important things.

Anyone know if Norm made it home from Canton OK? I've tried to call but get no answer & the voicemail/answer machine says it's full.

kennysabarese · « **Reply #1053 on:** June 17, 2010, 07:57:14 AM »

What's up with kappa vendors being so slow. I hope it's because they are all so busy selling stuff, but I'm worried they might be busy trying to find second jobs if business isn't going well for them.

elff · « **Reply #1054 on:** June 17, 2010, 10:52:11 AM »

Jimmy

I'm in the same boat. I was hoping to get mine at Nationals. No Such Love.

Long waits are the price we pay for quality products sometimes.
I'm ok with that

BlkDragon · « **Reply #1055 on:** June 17, 2010, 11:34:06 AM »

Spent a bit of time polishing up the Solstice and packing a few things for a weekend trip with my sister. She lives in Oregon and is coming up in her Porsche Carrera. I'm heading over to Vancouver today and we leave Friday morning. Spending the first night in Vernon and the second in Whistler. Hope the weather improves!! Route map follows:

NormSky · « **Reply #1056 on:** June 17, 2010, 12:11:14 PM »

Automatic windows up and down, thx for the write up Soup!

Vanguard · « **Reply #1057 on:** June 17, 2010, 12:17:02 PM »

Changed out my wheel studs.

Word to the wise...don't have your car's ignition on while doing this. When you unplug the TCM, the system will freak out. I had to take it to a dealership to have them reset the TCM and ABS system.

Brazen17 · « **Reply #1058 on:** June 17, 2010, 12:34:54 PM »

Changed the oil and rotated the tires. Also spray painted the center caps on the wheels.

Treeman · « **Reply #1059 on:** June 17, 2010, 03:35:08 PM »

Quote from: BlkDragon on June 17, 2010, 11:34:06 AM

Spent a bit of time polishing up the Solstice and packing a few things for a weekend trip with my sister. She lives in Oregon and is coming up in her Porsche Carrera. I'm heading over to Vancouver today and we leave Friday morning. Spending the first night in Vernon and the second in Whistler. Hope the weather improves!! Route map follows:

Looks like a blast!!! I am GREEN!!

IBDRINKEN · « **Reply #1060 on:** June 17, 2010, 05:26:19 PM »

Just got back from spending money at DDM

1LILNDN · « **Reply #1061 on:** June 18, 2010, 10:09:39 PM »

Today I washed & Waxed Louise and then polished the wheels .Except for the scraches after the snow She looks Good .

Uranium-238 · « **Reply #1062 on:** June 18, 2010, 10:49:43 PM »

I looked at the empty spot in the garage where my car usually sits, does that count?

No word from the dealer yet.

kennysabarese · « **Reply #1063 on:** June 19, 2010, 06:21:41 PM »

I whined on the forum.

I made my own temporary turbo cover.

Screwed around with my pedals some more, gunna post about that soon.

Failed state inspection because of my cat-less downpipe, gunna post more about that as well.

Cleaned the MAF sensor

Started the Chevelle, which it actually was able to do on its own power.

Aspenrose · « **Reply #1064 on:** June 19, 2010, 06:43:10 PM »

zilch. I did glare at it as I walked by on the way to the garage, mumbled a few choice words about possibly having to buy a new CAT next week.

elff · « **Reply #1065 on:** June 19, 2010, 09:18:51 PM »

I drove the kappa today because I had to do a bunch of work on the jeep.
The other day I replaced the broken axle shaft with the warranty one.
As a result of not having an axle in it I lost a lot of fluid so I drained the remaining oil out of the front diff
had to remove the knuckle to knuckle custom tie rod so I could take off the old diff cover and installed a new one that has a higher fill plug and better clearance.
I'm going to let the RTV set over night and fill it tomorrow.
Then adjust the drag link to re-center the steering wheel

As soon as that's all done, I can offroad again and break something else

DeepBlueGXP · « **Reply #1066 on:** June 19, 2010, 09:38:17 PM »

I took her for a run with the Viper and Lotus crowd. Yesterday I installed the third brake light pulsing module on both the vert and the coupe and finished installing the 6 bulb strobe light kit.

elff · « **Reply #1067 on:** June 19, 2010, 09:46:44 PM »

Joe

Do you have a link for that strobe light kit?

Gentleman Jack · « **Reply #1068 on:** June 20, 2010, 02:19:46 AM »

I have been ignoring fast Betty for over a week now. I built a raised vegetable garden and got the planted, installed an irrigation system in the back yard, and a few other yard "to do's" I was feeling guilty for not paying any attention to the car, and tonight at 9 pm I couldn't take it any more and went out to the garage and washed and waxed the car. She looks pretty good from what I can tell in the garage. Guess I will find out in the morning how I did. Then I came in and realized the car was cleaner than the kitchen, so I went to town on the stove, microwave, counters, floor, sink, cabinets... the whole thing.

If you were wondering, no I did not use the same cleaners or towels for the car and the kitchen. I did go thru 3 magic erasers in the kitchen. Those things rock!

Now, I can sit back, relax and watch the US Open all afternoon.

GJ
occasionally domesticated

TomatoSoup · « **Reply #1069 on:** June 20, 2010, 09:34:46 AM »

Used "Great-Stuff" expanding foam injected into a bag to fill-in the gap and support under the center console cover (arm-rest).

Went for a drive and hit a constant 24 lbs boost (woo hoo!) most I've ever seen! I only have the GMPP tune and before this, only seen a quick peak of 20.

Sol Asylum · « **Reply #1070 on:** June 20, 2010, 01:06:27 PM »

Quote from: Gentleman Jack aka Bubble Gum on June 20, 2010, 02:19:46 AM

Then I came in and realized the car was cleaner than the kitchen, so I went to town on the stove, microwave, counters, floor, sink, cabinets... the whole thing.

GJ
occasionally domesticated

Your going to make a wonderful wife someday GJ

So as not to be accused of hijacking the thread. I washed and waxed the car yesterday, and plan to clean the house today. Where is that irony emoticon?

IBDRINKEN · « **Reply #1071 on:** June 20, 2010, 02:12:55 PM »

I messed up my freshly powder coated intake and ic pipes from DDM. I took them off and sent then back to be recoated again.

timlange3 · « **Reply #1072 on:** June 21, 2010, 10:17:47 AM »

Hi, WanderingSol here. I took off the horse shoe shaped trim under my steering wheel. The left top was sticking out
about 3/8" and would not stay in. I heated that side for about five minutes with a hair dryer keeping a constant
tension on the tip to bend it in shape while heating it and until it cooled. I put it back in and it now has a perfect fit.
Checked it a day later and it still is fitting perfect.

Nice to look down and not see a large gap between the trim pieces!

kennysabarese · « **Reply #1073 on:** June 21, 2010, 11:00:38 AM »

Quote from: TomatoSoup on June 20, 2010, 09:34:46 AM

Went for a drive and hit a constant 24 lbs boost (woo hoo!) most I've ever seen! I only have the GMPP tune and before this, only seen a quick peak of 20.

Was it hotter than normal? Usually the boost will go higher to make up for the less dense air.

TomatoSoup · « **Reply #1074 on:** June 21, 2010, 11:14:07 AM »

Quote from: Kenny on June 21, 2010, 11:00:38 AM

Was it hotter than normal? Usually the boost will go higher to make up for the less dense air.

Wasn't particularly hot (maybe in the 70's) but I'm guessing that was a big factor, plus I was hammering it in 4th gear... Still nice to see that the GMPP tune was actually there! (I was worrying that something was wrong before.)

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