Ok, admit it. What parts do you regret?
 

I gotta say, even though I like the sound and I got it for a screaming deal, the more I work with my 3" dual exhaust on the Nova the more I just shake my head at how much it's a PITA and not necessary. The clearance is not that great, I had to heat and hammer the pipes to get it to clear the tires, and it's pretty heavy. :evil:


So nut up. What have you guys bought that you wish you hadn't?

Rod ends on the suspension... god dang the car makes so much noise now driving around sounds like its falling apart...

JW :D

I went all poly for that reason, drive the car too much to deal with that.

Coated pacesetters

I am sure I will regret anything related to current build.

The crap arizona speed headers on my Camaro - waited forever for them and the y-pipe hangs low enough to till soil...

I do enjoy preemptive regret! :)

My level 1 performabuilt transmission and stall shoulda got a level 2 and 4000

Putting in the 3:73 gears (stock was 3:23) and finding out it ran the same times in the 1/4 mile. Too much low end torque with the stock tires requires I walk it out of the hole, so that unless I use drag radials, I lost too much top end and gas mileage.

The Holley TB I bought was junk...shiny but junk. I was allured by the shine of the unit and red TB blades you would never see but I had the kick the throttle to get it back to idle. The throttle was also overly "tight" with a lack in fluid movement. Thankfully I sold it for close to what I bought it for and moved on to the AS&M unit which I love.

Used pacesetter headers, sight unseen. Idiot move.

Getting a non-TCS rear end also caused a ton of headaches in this current swap. I thought getting a 3.42 3channel for $150 was a great idea. Well, I learned there were some compatibility issues as I went along. $40 for a non-TCS throttle cable, $120 for custom rear brake lines (I upgraded to braided lines as well), and a 3channel ABS block. A whole lot headaches too. $310 later, I realized I should have just found a 4-channel, Traction-Control-Equipped, rear to begin with!

Like the one I have for sale?

Traction control? Wats that lol

I regret HP Tuners somewhat. Should have gone with EFI Live.

MSD LS1 ignition coils. They lasted maybe 2000 miles then started causing misfire problems. I swapped in a set of used stock coils and all was great after that.

Back in my 94 T/A days...Dominion heads, Grotyohann headers, Electromotive Opti-Eliminator, the whole dayum 94 T/A for that matter!

headman long tube headers no one makes a y pipe for them or a true duel for a third gen camaro

Moser 9"
Poor fitment
Looks stupid
After all that still scattered it all over the track...

Everything in the 84 because it would've been cheaper doing an LS1 swap and I'd probably enjoy it more too.

That truck I bought some weeks ago :|

If you wanna talk full cars, then I got a list..... lol

long tube headers for an v8 s10 i built... after noticing I had to cut the firewall and floorpans to make them fit I gave up. they are sitting in my basement still.

double timing chain. such a pain in the ass clearance with an after market oil pump, which involved major grinding and poking a whole through a brand new pump.

I'm sorry :facepalm:

Not keeping it bolt ons.