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    No thread has found a solution yet.

    At around 70 mph, my left front wheel well makes a very loud rubbing sound and increases with speed until around 80 mph. When I take the car out of gear or press in the clutch at those speeds, the obnoxious rubbing sound goes away! Ive found some information on sway bar links failing and that...
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    Huge power loss. please help

    To begin, I just installed an exhaust that deleted one of the cats and my check engine light has been on for a long time. Also, Ive had a cold air intake on for 6 months. Driving down the highway at 70, the rpms shoot up, speed falls, exhaust "poofs" from the tailpipe separate severely and the...
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    Exhaust soot

    This may be in other threads but I couldn't find the answers I've been looking for. I just installed a corksport power series exhaust with 1 cat deleted. What causes exhaust soot? too much fuel burnt and not enough oxegen? bad o2 sensor? some say protege 2003.5 will always burn rich but how...
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    Help with turbo flutter.

    Every forum I've been to has a hundred different explanations of what causes the turkey sound. I need some solid information on what it is. The only modification I've made is a corksport CAI so far. I have a small leak in my stock smic inlet hose leading to the stock bpv. For clarification...
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    Waste gate?

    I'm looking to install a manual boost controller. Is a waste gate actuator a secondary purchase or do these come stock on turbocharged vehicular transit devices?
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