What have you done to your P5 today?

[bgibb68]

picked my car up from one shop.....and it gets dropped back off at another on mon for awhile for a redo....ugh.....i just want my car back and good

 

[fishdonotbounce]

Just got off the phone with Ken. Just like I was expecting, he took care of me. USPS fails at life but Ken got me all squared away. Great guy.

 

[slideshow240]

looked at it in the driveway for about 10minutes.
then GF drove it to school...going to change oil tonight

 

[dxaveP5]

Finally got the engine timing to line up correctly at the shop today.
tomorrow is reinstalling all the belts and covers. Timing belt turned out to be a real PITA compared to the little honda engines which seemed ALOT easier and more simple.

 

[magnumP5]

Picked up a pack of what has to be nearly 1000 resistors all just for 2 of the 5 2.2 ohm resistors it contained. The sad part is, this entire set of resistors cost less than ordering just two 2 ohm resistors online. Stupid minimum order and shipping costs. Two $0.29 resistors would have cost me over $15! I now have more resistors than I know what to do with and it cost me all of $12. Oh yeah, I think I have this seat/side airbag thing worked out

 

[Shadow102]

Well got the mid pipe on...kinda. Got a wicked exhaust leak where it bolts to the cat back. Both the original stock gasket and a brand new gasket are leaking so now I have to figure out where my problem is.

 

[dxaveP5]

^^^ wow that stinks, hope all goes well.

 

[fishdonotbounce]

Just got done wrapping the turbo exhaust mani in heat wrap. What a PITA. If it was a tubular mani it would have been a hell of a lot easier. It's all wrapped up and ready to go and I've still got about half a roll for the s-pipe and downpipe when it's all on there.

 

[marcs_sp20]

these parts arrived today

will post pics on monday

 

[TWISFM]

got this in the mail today

 

[pureliquidhw]

Just got done wrapping the turbo exhaust mani in heat wrap. What a PITA. If it was a tubular mani it would have been a hell of a lot easier. It's all wrapped up and ready to go and I've still got about half a roll for the s-pipe and downpipe when it's all on there.

I have heard mixed reviews on heat wrap. Let me know how that all works out.

 

[Rockin03mp5]

my car smells like burning plastic now...

 

[fishdonotbounce]

I have heard mixed reviews on heat wrap. Let me know how that all works out.

I will for sure. I gotta wrap my downpipe and s-pipe when we get ready to install it because one of my IC pipes will be very close to the downpipe and I'm trying to prevent a lot of heatsoak.

 

[pureliquidhw]

I will for sure. I gotta wrap my downpipe and s-pipe when we get ready to install it because one of my IC pipes will be very close to the downpipe and I'm trying to prevent a lot of heatsoak.

I wonder if you could wrap the IC pipe as well for double the insulation.

edit: of course you could but would you realize any gains or just be wasting money.

 

[THE Phen]

More than likely waste money and time.

Any potential gains would be negligible.

 

[bgibb68]

I wonder if you could wrap the IC pipe as well for double the insulation.

edit: of course you could but would you realize any gains or just be wasting money.

probably a lil bit of both

 

[aMaff]

I think you guys are discounting this a little too early. We used a header blanket on the miata last season and ended up with underhood temperatures after an autox run 40 degrees cooler than without it. And that was with an N/A car. Imagine the gains to be had in terms of keeping your intake charge cool in a turbo'd application. Heat wrap is a hell of a thing if deployed properly

 

[THE Phen]

I think you guys are discounting this a little too early. We used a header blanket on the miata last season and ended up with underhood temperatures after an autox run 40 degrees cooler than without it. And that was with an N/A car. Imagine the gains to be had in terms of keeping your intake charge cool in a turbo'd application. Heat wrap is a hell of a thing if deployed properly

If being the key word. It's also an FS-DE which responds like a water bottle on an oil rig fire to modifications. Of course, you already know that.

My opinion, it could work. It could add 2-3 hp. Will you notice in daily driving? Probably not. I guess in my mind, I would be analyzing what I plan to do with the car, and weighing the cost vs time spent vs potential gains. If you're auto-xing, doing HPDE's, or whatever else, it could very well make a difference.

 

[aMaff]

I know folks that spend hundreds of dollars to pick up a few horses on the competition. If a $20 roll of heat wrap is properly applied doing the same thing...

 

[pureliquidhw]

25 degrees Celsius negative change = approx 10% increase in density at the same pressure level so I'm guessing that in a FI application that could make quite the difference. But that is only in theory...

PV=nRT