What have you done to your MSP today?

[StealthWyvern]

mine are either 44 or 42 maybe 40 haha..... cant remember kind of close to you. Ill be taking my wheel off tomorrow so ill let you know.

cool let me know all your specs if you dont mind... I need two tires and I think 2 of my wheels might be slightly bent so im looking at wheel options as well.. Something close to stock size but lighter and everythign i see is like 38-42 on offset. I also like to keep the stock tire size if at all possable. my car and steerignwheel shake at 70mph slightly even after an alightment and wheels balanced!

 

[destineal]

Cut the piece off the AC bracket that gets in the way of 3" down pipes. Anyone know the torque settings for the bolts? If not, I'm just gonna torque them the same amount the AC compressor calls for.

 

[Ricktalife]

So I have a noob question for anyone who has used seafoam on their MSP. I am just looking to clean the exhaust, injectors and such so I don't want to dump it in with the oil. Should I just pour it into the gas tank? I have a funnel so that's what I had planned on doing, but I don't want to screw s*** up or make it go to waste. The bottle tells me to pour it into a vacuum line?? I'm not sure I want to do that. Also, should I leave the car running when I pour it into the tank? Seems like there are a few methods to this stuff.

 

[HKPRO5]

Pour it in the gas tank or pour it in a vac line.

If you pour it in to the vac line, turn the car on, make sure that you keep the car idle (it helps to have a someone help you) Take the line off the brake booster. Then add about 1/3 of the can in. Let the vac line suck up the fluid. the car will want to die, when it does that stop the feeding the line with seafoam. Wait till the engine recovers, then pour again.

Once you are done, turn the engine off, and let it setttle for 5 mins. Start the car and keep it at about 2500 rpm until the smoke from the exhaust clears. (large white clouds.

 

[hornsfan10609]

I just want to say about Seafoam, I used it in my 94 cobra through the brake booster vacuum line, not two weeks later both of the rear O2 sensors had to be replaced. I seafoamed my 91 Chevy truck the same way and a month later I had to replace the primary O2 sensor. And I seafoamed my P5 and not a week later the primary 02 sensor went out. Coincidence? Something tells me the "Safe for use on all sensors" may not be exactly true. I would love to clean up the engine in my MSP but O2 sensors aren't that cheap.

 

[hornsfan10609]

Oh and taking out the washers that I had to raise my hood somehow made my AC work MUCH better. It blows really cold now.

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

I just want to say about Seafoam, I used it in my 94 cobra through the brake booster vacuum line, not two weeks later both of the rear O2 sensors had to be replaced. I seafoamed my 91 Chevy truck the same way and a month later I had to replace the primary O2 sensor. And I seafoamed my P5 and not a week later the primary 02 sensor went out. Coincidence? Something tells me the "Safe for use on all sensors" may not be exactly true. I would love to clean up the engine in my MSP but O2 sensors aren't that cheap.

totally agreed.

 

[StealthWyvern]

I just want to say about Seafoam, I used it in my 94 cobra through the brake booster vacuum line, not two weeks later both of the rear O2 sensors had to be replaced. I seafoamed my 91 Chevy truck the same way and a month later I had to replace the primary O2 sensor. And I seafoamed my P5 and not a week later the primary 02 sensor went out. Coincidence? Something tells me the "Safe for use on all sensors" may not be exactly true. I would love to clean up the engine in my MSP but O2 sensors aren't that cheap.

I think its either your doing it wrong (not sure how thats possible) or your sensors were already on the way out. I have done it on multiple cars with well over 100k on them several times and have had no issues what so ever.

 

[hornsfan10609]

I definitely didn't do it 'wrong'. There are many factors that come in to play but it's hard to deny the fact that Seafoam must have caused them to fail. I always see people raving about seafoam and how great it is and I want to be sure everyone is aware of the possibility.

 

[StealthWyvern]

I definitely didn't do it 'wrong'. There are many factors that come in to play but it's hard to deny the fact that Seafoam must have caused them to fail. I always see people raving about seafoam and how great it is and I want to be sure everyone is aware of the possibility.

I hear you but at the same time if it affected the sensors you would think it would kill off the ones on cars with well over 150k on them first. I've done 4 cars with over 150k and one with 220-230k on it and the sensors are still fine.

Edit: and I've done every car I've ran seafoam on multiple times and not a single one has had a sensor go bad. So I just think you just have extremely bad luck with the product or somethings in your car in your area

 

[hornsfan10609]

My Cobra had about 160,000, my truck had 80k and my P5 was at 75k. Odds are it was the seafoam I put in the engine that is supposed to break up carbon deposits and it probably blew a bunch of crap into the O2 sensors and clogged them up. That seems more likely than the same exhaust sensor failing after doing the same thing to three entirely different cars at different times.

 

[StealthWyvern]

My Cobra had about 160,000, my truck had 80k and my P5 was at 75k. Odds are it was the seafoam I put in the engine that is supposed to break up carbon deposits and it probably blew a bunch of crap into the O2 sensors and clogged them up. That seems more likely than the same exhaust sensor failing after doing the same thing to three entirely different cars at different times.

Yeah that does sound like a more feasable issue. Your cars must of been carboned up like crazy.

 

[hornsfan10609]

I was pleased with the way the cars ran afterwords but after the sensor in my P5 failed I was done with the stuff. I have had a can sitting in my garage since I last used it on my P5 and I know the MSPs run rich as hell and benefit from a good cleaning but wasting $7 on a can of seafoam is alot less than a new O2.

 

[StealthWyvern]

I was pleased with the way the cars ran afterwords but after the sensor in my P5 failed I was done with the stuff. I have had a can sitting in my garage since I last used it on my P5 and I know the MSPs run rich as hell and benefit from a good cleaning but wasting $7 on a can of seafoam is alot less than a new O2.

I understand but i guess its different with every car. I've ran it 3 time son my MSP so far with no negitive results to date and have 115k on the clock currently. My old p5 has close to 170k on it and I've ran the stuff through it god only knows how many times with no negitice affects.

 

[Ricktalife]

Well I didn't really like the idea of pouring it into the brake booster, so I just dumped the whole can in my gas tank. I filled up this morning and drove about 20 miles so I figure using the entire can would be fine with a full tank. Though before I dumped it in, I noticed I had a lot of condensation coming out of the exhaust. My boost gauge doesn't indicate any vacuum leaks, but I am running rich as hell in boost so I suppose it could be straight fuel coming out lol. God damnit I want my EMS-4 installed so bad but I just don't know enough about tuning to do it myself. Anybody local that wants to help a brother out?

 

[HKPRO5]

Take it up to Jersey and have Dino at SpeedCircuit tune it for you. =)

 

[Ricktalife]

Well that would be wonderful, but I don't exactly have that much time lol.

 

[fatti03msp]

Installed the 505 Intake mani

DAM!!!!!

have alot of bugs to work out, have a leak for sure. Was at 11psi and now at 9psi but it pulled WAY harder. AFR's are at a safe 12 too.

 

[Outlawstar98]

Coils installed, Lowered some. Not lowered enough. CUstom enlinks on. Front brakes are installed. The passenger size rotor has a BAD scratch in it, but i can wait with it some till i get $ for a BBK.

 

[hornsfan10609]

Well I didn't really like the idea of pouring it into the brake booster, so I just dumped the whole can in my gas tank. I filled up this morning and drove about 20 miles so I figure using the entire can would be fine with a full tank. Though before I dumped it in, I noticed I had a lot of condensation coming out of the exhaust. My boost gauge doesn't indicate any vacuum leaks, but I am running rich as hell in boost so I suppose it could be straight fuel coming out lol. God damnit I want my EMS-4 installed so bad but I just don't know enough about tuning to do it myself. Anybody local that wants to help a brother out?

Honestly i think going through the vacuum line directly into the engine is much more effective. When i did it i just stuck a funnel into the vac line and slowly poured while it idled and when it was near the end I just dumped it which usually kills the motor altogether. If you let it sit a while it will smoke like crazy when you drive it around.

If there was any way I could run the engine with the O2 sensors temporarily removed from the exhaust I would probably seafoam the car. I just put a new WB in so im not risking ruining it.