Ya, so today my sister called me at work to ask me for help. It seems her 2002 Alero with the 3400 engine died on her way to work. She was really pissed off about it and then told me that there was certain lights on her instrument cluster (oil and battery) and it wouldn't start up again. Anyone who had an n-body car from '99-05 probably noticed that those lights come on whenever you have the key turned to the ACC position.
Anyway, she's all pissed off, and then she mentions that the gas was low and that the light was on.
So obviously she ran out of gas...
Anyway, I left work 40 minutes early and zipped over there with a gallon of gas and decided to see if it'd start without me putting gas in. I put the key in and all I get is a single CLICK. Ok, so the battery is dead, nice. I figure that there's something wrong with the electrical, and that it can't be out of gas, as she claims that the light only JUST came on yesterday, and she's only like 2 miles from home. I gave it a boost, and it started up and immediately started sputtering and died. Ok, so she's out of gas AND she has a dead battery, NICE!
I put the gallon of gas in and then started it up again, and success!
So now to get on to the point of my story: Lately I've been feeling that my GTP just needs more power. After driving her car to the gas station to fill it up, and then driving it for another 20 minutes to charge the battery, I realised that my car really DOES pull pretty damned good. At half throttle with the GTP in fourth gear on the freeway my car out-accelerates hers at full throttle.
I used to drive a Grand Am GT with the same engine that she has, so I now KNOW that I made a HUGE step up in the power department. I guess that 65hp and 35lb-ft of torque really do make a huge difference.
I think I'll never be truely happy with the amount of power that my cars have. I need a Z06 or a Viper.
Anyway, she's all pissed off, and then she mentions that the gas was low and that the light was on.
So obviously she ran out of gas...
Anyway, I left work 40 minutes early and zipped over there with a gallon of gas and decided to see if it'd start without me putting gas in. I put the key in and all I get is a single CLICK. Ok, so the battery is dead, nice. I figure that there's something wrong with the electrical, and that it can't be out of gas, as she claims that the light only JUST came on yesterday, and she's only like 2 miles from home. I gave it a boost, and it started up and immediately started sputtering and died. Ok, so she's out of gas AND she has a dead battery, NICE!
I put the gallon of gas in and then started it up again, and success!
So now to get on to the point of my story: Lately I've been feeling that my GTP just needs more power. After driving her car to the gas station to fill it up, and then driving it for another 20 minutes to charge the battery, I realised that my car really DOES pull pretty damned good. At half throttle with the GTP in fourth gear on the freeway my car out-accelerates hers at full throttle.
I used to drive a Grand Am GT with the same engine that she has, so I now KNOW that I made a HUGE step up in the power department. I guess that 65hp and 35lb-ft of torque really do make a huge difference.
I think I'll never be truely happy with the amount of power that my cars have. I need a Z06 or a Viper.
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