The Little Saturn That Could

"EuroJosh" (eurojosh)
02/03/2014 at 16:17 • Filed to: None

I found this video of a kid driving his Saturn at a somewhat quick rate of speed! Oh wait... that kid is me! Its finally done! You've heard the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . You've seen the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Now its finally done! The new trans is in. I put a new clutch and slave cylinder in, since I broke the old one upon removal. I spent several hours in autoshop trying to figure out how to bleed the closed hydraulic system on the clutch. Finally, here is the end result, a little blast through my private racetrack. Its state forest and the only thing at the end of this road is a pond, so there's barely ever traffic. Enjoy!

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DISCUSSION (16)

AM3R > EuroJosh
02/03/2014 at 16:32

I like your taste in music haha.. It's a lot like mine

EuroJosh > AM3R
02/03/2014 at 16:38

The songs in the video itself are from a group called Cyne. Pretty obscure but I think they're good!

AM3R > EuroJosh
02/03/2014 at 16:40

Hearing a little earl sweatshirt in the beginning told me that I was in for a good video haha.. I'm gonna have to check them out.

EuroJosh > AM3R
02/03/2014 at 16:42

Ah yes. I do a little bit of filming at some events so I decided to make a intro that I could use for a while and that was my song of choice!

vdub_nut: scooter snob > EuroJosh
02/03/2014 at 18:02

Sounds like an aftermarket exhaust. Did you weld up your diff pin before throwing the new trans in? If not, continuing to beat on it could mean another incident.

EuroJosh > vdub_nut: scooter snob
02/03/2014 at 18:07

Which pin are you referring to? Cause I didn't weld anything.... and nope. Stock everything. Deleted intake resonator though.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > EuroJosh
02/03/2014 at 18:31

It's The piece that hold the center gear in place. It was rammed in place at the factory, but hard driving can cause it to slip out and shatter the case, which is what looks like happened toy our last one.

Kinja'd!!!

EuroJosh > vdub_nut: scooter snob
02/03/2014 at 18:32

Ughhh, I wish I would have known before hand. Guess I gotta be more careful.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > EuroJosh
02/03/2014 at 18:33

broseidon-tip: sudden shock to the system is what does it. AKA one wheel losing then regaining traction, or prolonged hard driving. Don't do burnouts.

EuroJosh > vdub_nut: scooter snob
02/03/2014 at 18:36

So wheel spin = bad? Would more solid shifts like in my video eventually cause that too?

vdub_nut: scooter snob > EuroJosh
02/03/2014 at 18:39

Not sure, but they could wear out other crap. The shifter cables like to stretch (all cable shifters do this :( get used to it), and the ball and socket in the shifter wears a bit too.

EuroJosh > vdub_nut: scooter snob
02/03/2014 at 18:42

I don't really to shift too fast because it always did feel like I was hurting the car by doing so, but when I'm accelerating, I tend to let out the clutch pretty fast and not really slip it because to me the slipping sounds really noobish. I can take my time with the gear changes, but I dunno if the footwork will hurt it

vdub_nut: scooter snob > EuroJosh
02/03/2014 at 18:47

well, in any car, dropping the clutch at warp speed (even between gears at speed) induces driveline shock, which isn't too good. But letting it out comically slow lets it slip and could wear it out faster.

EuroJosh > vdub_nut: scooter snob
02/03/2014 at 18:53

Ehhh whatever. Its not like I plan to keep it long anyway. It was a hand me down. But considering it has 227k miles. Its held its own.

Rock Bottom > EuroJosh
02/03/2014 at 20:18

The dif pin will live forever as long as you don't get a bunch of rubber on pavement. I never welded the pin in my turbocharged and methanol injected Saturn and it lived to the ripe old age of 200,000 miles... when it got traded in...

Treat it like it can't do burnouts, but otherwise beat the tar out of it. It wants you to.

EuroJosh > Rock Bottom
02/03/2014 at 20:27

That makes me so much happier to hear!