Thanks for all the help everyone has given me on this site. It has helped me greatly. I have two issues that I'm dealing with at the moment that I could use some assistance with.

1. My car will start fine every time I turn it on but sometimes I will hearing it start differently. It sounds like it's hesitant for less than a second then it will rev and idle like normal. Sorry if that makes no sense at all.

2. When I replaced my oil pan gasket about 2 months ago, one of the bolts came out with the block threads on it. So I'm unable to tighten that are down at all. I have not been leaking from that area at all so I'm not sure if this can possibly be a potential problem in the long run. There are 3 bolts on the passenger side of the oil pan and which the bolt in the middle is the dead one. Any ideas or should I not be worried about this.

Thanks!

If its not leaking now you shouldn't have to worry about it. I would helicoil it next time you have the oil pan off.

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I would fix the bolt next time you have it apart. Its not leaking now, so I wouldnt lose sleep over it.

As for your car starting, I wouldnt worry about that either. Depending on temparature, interval of it sitting, it will "start differently" as you put it.

For example, if my car is warm, it starts, idle blips, then back to normal. If its cold because its been sitting all night, the idle will hang for a second or two longer.

Ok cool. Thanks for the help! One other thing. I was looking into engine mounts and studying the different between them. I don't have any issues with my mounts now but I noticed better engine mounts allow the engine to transfer more power since it's not wasted when the engine moves. What I'm trying to figure out is, are all after market engine mounts going to make the car idle rough? If not, which ones do you prefer?

They will all give you a rougher idle. The idle per se isnt rough, its the vibrations caused by the engine having less to room to move.

You get used to it. Maybe just do your front motor mount and see how you like it.

i have the energy suspension tq mount inserts and i noticed a major differince in performance. Wheel hop is greatly reduced during launch and every shift comes off with more immediate acceleration. The worst vibration i notice is maybe 2 sec during startup. Otherwise i've hardly noticed the idle. If you don't like the idle vibration you can turn your idle to 1k rpms. That does it pretty well. If you really don't mind vibration, get the solid metal front tq mount inserts and side insersts...hehe. They will rattle your brains out like bass in your face.

Haha OK. Maybe I will try just the front motor mount and hope my skull doesn't crack.

Thanks