rosendo192000
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i from trial and error off a 86 crxsi doing a b16 swap on it.and friends here there. Oh and the forums Really help aswell
HOw did you learn
- Thread starter The Jaberwoky
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-Fixing my constantly broken MX-3.
-Reading through shop manuals for hours at a time.
-Reading forums such as this one.
-Getting into AutoXing. You learn alot when little things make a big difference.
-Having a great group of friends who are just as obsessed as I am.
-Hanging out at a perfomance shop almost all summer.
-Fearlessly diving into projects and teaching myself as I go:
ie- taking apart the interior/exteriors of cars, changing fuel pumps, mounting tires, suspension work, wiring just about anything, installing MBC's, installing a supercharger on my friend's old b16 integra, etc etc
I've never taken mechanic classes, but I'm fairly mechaniclly and electroniclly inclined.
-Reading through shop manuals for hours at a time.
-Reading forums such as this one.
-Getting into AutoXing. You learn alot when little things make a big difference.
-Having a great group of friends who are just as obsessed as I am.
-Hanging out at a perfomance shop almost all summer.
-Fearlessly diving into projects and teaching myself as I go:
ie- taking apart the interior/exteriors of cars, changing fuel pumps, mounting tires, suspension work, wiring just about anything, installing MBC's, installing a supercharger on my friend's old b16 integra, etc etc
I've never taken mechanic classes, but I'm fairly mechaniclly and electroniclly inclined.
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I've always been a tinkerer. I learned cars and their respective parts through toying with things on my old Escort. When I popped the engine, I had the confidence to replace the engine myself in my own driveway. After successfully accomplishing that feat, I've since realized that performing, really, any work on cars is not that bad. Maybe a bit time consuming, however (planning is key!). I've since performed no less that three engine swaps on race cars as well as various other tasks.
It's all about hands on. Start with the simple stuff and work your way up. There's not that many things on a car that can result in adverse effects. RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH. The internet, shop manuals, and talking to other people are the best ways to gain knowledge.
Remember, righty tighty, lefty loosey.
It's all about hands on. Start with the simple stuff and work your way up. There's not that many things on a car that can result in adverse effects. RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH. The internet, shop manuals, and talking to other people are the best ways to gain knowledge.
Remember, righty tighty, lefty loosey.
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I need to learn more. I have a few friends who went to UTI and learned some stuff there but I think the way to learn is hands on. I need another car that can be my garage queen and just tinker with. (Looking at a 96 gsr for $4000.) I have done a motor swap in a z28 but that is really simple. Especially running no emissions and and a carb instead of fuel injection. I have rebuilt 2 stroke motors and whatnot as well. I think I am going to read Maximum Boost by corkey bell for my next learning experience.
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Re: How did you learn
When I became interested, I started to read alot and ask alot.
Many of the questions were stupid but at the time, I didn't know.
Read Basic Books...
Corkey Bell - " Maximum Boost " Buy It!! Read It!! Read It Again.
(p5white)
Willing to help.
The Jaberwoky said:
When I became interested, I started to read alot and ask alot.
Many of the questions were stupid but at the time, I didn't know.
Read Basic Books...
Corkey Bell - " Maximum Boost " Buy It!! Read It!! Read It Again.
(p5white)
Willing to help.
eting_pro5
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- '03 Pro5
www.howstuffworks.com has some cool stuff on the different stuff in a car....it's not gonna tell you how to fix something, but you'll definitely have a better understanding of things
LowMileLude
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- Looking at a '03 Protege 5
Much trial and error... Also learned from my dad (ASE), uncle (old school car nut) and the shops I worked at back while I was in high school.
I've been wrenching since 14 (almost 23 now...) I've worked on personal/family vehicles: 95 Chevy Van, 78 Pinto, 89 Probe, 86 Toyota Truck, 87 Celebrity, 86 Prelude, 94 Lumina, 87 Delta 88, 91 Tempo... the list goes on.
That doesn't come anywhere near what I've done in the shops either. One day I come in and my boss has his tractor's desiel engine torn apart and has one of the other guys scrubbing the parts down. We had the "priviledge" to put it back together.
My co-workers ask me to do this or that or what they think is wrong with their car... I can give them my educated guess. If they ask me to do some things I'll straight up tell them to go to a shop. Without proper tools or experience on THAT specific vehicle... I don't want to be responsible.
I've wanted to take some classes but with work I've been pretty busy. Check your local colleges/technical schools for any classes. Here they're $70-150/credit hour AND they you can get a grade for working on your own car. i.e. one of my friends (met online when I needed help changing my first tranny) is taking a class for tranny rebuilding. Her project included swapping out a clutch and syncros in her '95 Prelude. Another guy took a fiberglassing class and got his car (19?? Nova) patched back up.
I've been wrenching since 14 (almost 23 now...) I've worked on personal/family vehicles: 95 Chevy Van, 78 Pinto, 89 Probe, 86 Toyota Truck, 87 Celebrity, 86 Prelude, 94 Lumina, 87 Delta 88, 91 Tempo... the list goes on.
That doesn't come anywhere near what I've done in the shops either. One day I come in and my boss has his tractor's desiel engine torn apart and has one of the other guys scrubbing the parts down. We had the "priviledge" to put it back together.
My co-workers ask me to do this or that or what they think is wrong with their car... I can give them my educated guess. If they ask me to do some things I'll straight up tell them to go to a shop. Without proper tools or experience on THAT specific vehicle... I don't want to be responsible.
I've wanted to take some classes but with work I've been pretty busy. Check your local colleges/technical schools for any classes. Here they're $70-150/credit hour AND they you can get a grade for working on your own car. i.e. one of my friends (met online when I needed help changing my first tranny) is taking a class for tranny rebuilding. Her project included swapping out a clutch and syncros in her '95 Prelude. Another guy took a fiberglassing class and got his car (19?? Nova) patched back up.
