so i hate my firehawk

**rsg98Z28** · 02-27-2008, 05:04 PM

Yea i dont thinkthose heads are stock it looks like you hve 97/98 valve covers

**blackhawk01** · 02-28-2008, 03:05 PM

moving on to change the fuel filter and spark plugs saturday...buddy of mine rode w/ me and said he could hear my car start to ping at around 5300 RPMs

**Cayenne97** · 02-28-2008, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by blackhawk01

moving on to change the fuel filter and spark plugs saturday...buddy of mine rode w/ me and said he could hear my car start to ping at around 5300 RPMs

How many miles on that 'hawk?

**blackhawk01** · 02-28-2008, 07:48 PM

77777...changed the fuel filter...it doesnt ..drop off at 5200 anymore...but it sure pings like hell and it feels like im running over rumble strips...i know a buddy of mine advanced the timing to 28 degrees if I can remember correctly. ...but after it gets up around 5200 it just starts to ping real bad...any info on what this could be?

**Cayenne97** · 02-28-2008, 08:26 PM

sounds like you might have bought a lemon dude. Take your car to a skilled mechanic and have it fully diagnosed. Save yourself all of the other B.S.

**Redegal** · 02-29-2008, 04:24 AM

[QUOTE=blackhawk01;1340589]77777i know a buddy of mine advanced the timing to 28 degrees if I can remember correctly. ...
Wow, no wonder it pings.

**blackhawk01** · 02-29-2008, 07:35 AM

im trying to sell it so I can possibly buy another T/A or camaro

**Redegal** · 02-29-2008, 09:53 AM

How much do you want for that lemon? Keep us posted.

**blackhawk01** · 02-29-2008, 12:41 PM

ok so I got XXX Motorsports to reflash it to stock for me..great..no knock..but now if I drop it in neutral and rev is...it only revs to 2200 and dies....does the same thing when im shifting sometimes..I will shift..the car will die down..and then pick back up and jerk the hell out of me...i don't fucking know...im tired of spending all of the money to fix the problems with it

**blackhawk01** · 02-29-2008, 01:07 PM

$16,500 Obo

**dpinson** · 02-29-2008, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by blackhawk01

$16,500 Obo

funny

**blackhawk01** · 02-29-2008, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by blackhawk01

ok so I got XXX Motorsports to reflash it to stock for me..great..no knock..but now if I drop it in neutral and rev is...it only revs to 2200 and dies....does the same thing when im shifting sometimes..I will shift..the car will die down..and then pick back up and jerk the hell out of me...i don't fucking know...im tired of spending all of the money to fix the problems with it

CAN ANYBODY HELP ME WITH THIS

**99blueZ** · 02-29-2008, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by 180ls1

you might want to make sure that you still have the ls6 intake also. that would suck if you did not.

good idea. If someone went through the trouble to put a set of 806 heads on the car and kept the better 241 heads, then they probably put on a LS1 'vette intake and tuned out the egr code. Not to scare you but you might have an entire engine from a '97-'98 car with even more than the 77k!!

**blackhawk01** · 02-29-2008, 04:19 PM

I sitll have the LS6 intake

**99blueZ** · 02-29-2008, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by blackhawk01

I sitll have the LS6 intake

well atleast thats a positive!!

**blackhawk01** · 02-29-2008, 05:12 PM

does anyone know how to turn off Drivetrain Abuse Protection?

**t-rock** · 02-29-2008, 07:02 PM

your car seems as if it has had foul play. my stock hawk beats stock c5 vettes. so be patient and get to the bottom of your problem. i had a simple vaccume hose with a tiny hole in it on a 02 ta i used to have which gave me loss of power so be patient and start getting numbers off everything and do some research to make sure you have what your supposed to have.

**99blueZ** · 02-29-2008, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by t-rock

your car seems as if it has had foul play. my stock hawk beats stock c5 vettes. so be patient and get to the bottom of your problem. i had a simple vaccume hose with a tiny hole in it on a 02 ta i used to have which gave me loss of power so be patient and start getting numbers off everything and do some research to make sure you have what your supposed to have.

+1 ... a simple fix could change your car completely. I had an issue with my MAF about 2 years ago that drove me nuts and took months to figure out. Car felt like a dog and it pissed me off. Once I figured it out the car ran like new and felt 10x faster!! Don't give up on your hawk!

**Rikki_SeVeN** · 02-29-2008, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by 99blueZ

+1 ... a simple fix could change your car completely. I had an issue with my MAF about 2 years ago that drove me nuts and took months to figure out. Car felt like a dog and it pissed me off. Once I figured it out the car ran like new and felt 10x faster!! Don't give up on your hawk!

something like that happened to me... a bunch of little things... Maf, O2... Plugs and wires... and a few months later... It's runnin better then ever...

**99blueZ** · 02-29-2008, 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by Rikki_SeVeN

something like that happened to me... a bunch of little things... Maf, O2... Plugs and wires... and a few months later... It's runnin better then ever...

yep! I hate playing the guessing game and buying parts to figure out whats wrong!!