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I*ve also noted my 2003 trans as smoother shifting and no grind for second or third gear except by occasional user error. Either way, that*s what*s going on my *02, cause it*s what I can afford to do. Stronger forks will be nice since I*m pretty sure I broke one in the 02

n Thanks. Got some girls who wanna help me out and who have a little more experience with transmissions than I do, so it*s really a matter of figuring out a day to do it all.

was doing some runs on the local touge and I broke my gearbox. It*s stuck in fourth. I*m gonna swap in the trans from the white car soon.

So I broke my trans today while running touge. Lucky for me, I still have my totaled 2003 P5 with a perfectly good (and better maintained over the years) gearbox in it, so Im gonna just swap that one into my 02. Now, I recall reading somewhere there were revisions to the trans for the 03 model...

Two capfuls of generic cheap ATF. Doesn*t matter what it is when you*re burning it

That was the case on my black car when I bought it, but the one I was replacing had no cracks in the roof moldings or rack, so I swapped them around. From what I can tell, they get brittle easily

One of my buddies is a pro mechanic, and recommended I do it to clean out carbon deposits and get anything in the compression rings that the engine flush may not have. Also good to attack the rings from both top and bottom in this scenario I suppose. Either way, it mad an improvement in power...

Yes it did turn very dark. I noticed some smoke this morning, but it was pretty white and could easily have been either condensation (was 50f and foggy), or some leftover ATF that didn*t completely burn off yesterday when I poured some down the spark plug tubes to let it soak in and clean up the...

Just did CorkSport shift bushings. Feels a little tighter than I*d like, but significantly less play in the shifter so it*s a win.

So I tried Liqui-Moly 2037 Engine flush, as well as a couple capfuls of ATF down the spark plug holes (warm engine day after flush). Holy s*** the car starts more easily, sounds quieter, runs smoother, and most importantly, doesn*t smoke much at all, whatever is left is probably just leftover...

Okay so time for an update about my car: I*ve stopped ignoring all my oil loss and re-sealed both the oil pan and the valve cover, both of which were leaking a bit. Also I*m in the process of flushing out the engine to get rid of the sludge in my oil rings, as it*s been burning a decent amount...

So I have the Smokey start up for sure, but there IS also a mess of oil in the engine bay lmao. Dunno where the PO got the JDM engine, but Im starting to get tempted to yank it out

So I have the Smokey start up for sure, but there IS also a mess of oil in the engine bay lmao. Dunno where the PO got the JDM engine, but I*m starting to get tempted to yank it out

Ive been losing a quart of oil maybe every thousand miles. Ive re-sealed my oil pan which showed signs of leaking, replaced the valve cover gasket and put RTV sin the corners specified by the service manual, but it still loses oil. Where else should I be looking? My previous P5 had more miles on...

Actually everything looked really good and the resistor fix worked perfectly.

Okay so I know the AC flickering for speeds 2 and 3 is well documented, but my car happens also flicker on speed 4, and I can't seem to find a documented fix for this one. Anyone have experience there? Also, how easy would it be to swap the better AC condenser from a 2003 model into my 02?

Last time I was on that road my pressures were near that point, but it gripped way better today after putting it at 32psi all around

Little bit of plow but I had it mostly under control.

Was running touge earlier today with some local car people, and the two quickest cars in the corners were an NA Miata and my P5, which the Miata couldn*t really pull away from even in the hairpins. Given that I have no additional chassis bracing, old suspension bushings, and old swaybar...

Snapped an engine mount today while driving local backroads with a group of other car people. The PO had left one of the mounting bolts out of it (damaged threads in the hole), which probably led to metal fatigue. So I installed a new one, put the right bolt in the hole that was previously...