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Ive now re-replaced the starter and my problem is gone. It was definitely a pain in the ass having to pull and install this stupid thing twice to solve the problem, but at least its done now and I can put this sucka back up for sale.

OK, so now I have replaced the starter, both battery terminals, upgraded my ground cables, and just now I eliminated the switch that allows the car to start only when the clutch is in (thinking that crappy plastic switch might be my culprit) and still the problem persists; intermittently the car...

Lousy car!!!!! So I swapped in a rebuilt starter, and now the car will at least turn over without me having to crawl under it and hammer the starter, but now it will only intermittently turn over. Half the time I get nothing, and half the time it starts without any issue at all. I thought...

Starter choice?? Stupid Car!! Starter choice My starter is going kaput on me, and Im looking to replace it. Before anyone asks, yes I did service the battery connections, and unfortunately that did not solve the problem. The car will occasionally simply refuse to start (no partial turn-over...

Sadly, Im running at virtually stock HP/TQ levels. So the sting of having spend time and $$ to solve this problem isnt going to be at all tempered by the comfort of performance. A bum pressure plate makes sense. Ill do a search for clutch shudder, & start shopping around for parts at the same...

Im looking for a little clutch expertise. For about the past year my car has displayed an intermittent problem. Occasionally when I shift gears, after selecting a gear and beginning to release the clutch, my car will shutter and seem to engage the gear poorly, although I still move forward. The...

Great, thats just what I wanted to hear. Thanks again

I bought a set of 4 BFG sports from them about a year ago now and the duty fee was very minimal; $17 if I remember correctly. But even at 10x that charge the purchase still would have been well worth it in my case. I paid something like $90 USD per tire from tirerack.com, when all the dealers...

If I utilize the optional injector and ignition harnesses to directly control my fuel and timing; will the e-manage unit still be capable of performing its basic function of altering MAF signal via the rotary knobs on the unit its self? I know that altering MAF signal can in some cases be an...

Can anyone give me some quick advice on how to remove my valve stem guides please? Ive disassembled my spare head, in preparation for decking, and would like to de-shroud my passages before I send it out. Id like to remove the stem guides/seals so as not to damage them, but Im not sure how to do...

Right, but setting proper baseline valve timing would be difficult without proper index marks to line up, correct?

A few months back I bought a set of SR adjustable cam gears off of another member here on the board. I had a quick look at them when they arrived but didnt examine them in detail. Last night I started disassembling my spare head (getting it ready for all the goodies Ive been buying over the last...

Thanks twilightprotege, I think a repinned Jspec intake to exhaust cam is the way I'll go. I wish I had figured this out before I placed my order for just 1 Jspec cam though

What about buying a second J-spec intake cam and having that re-pined as an exhaust cam? Better lift, better duration, seems logical. Anyone see any drawbacks to a set up like that (aside from the fact that I could have ordered both at once and saved myself a second shipping fee)? I suppose...

Ive purchased an FS-ZE intake cam from CorkSport thats on its way to me now. My question is in regards to what I should do with my stock intake cam once the J-Spec unit is installed? After doing a quick search Ive read that some people have re-pined it and used it as an exhaust cam (since it has...

flat_black quick question for you; Im in the midst of an ITB project for my Protg as well. At the moment Im working on transitioning my newly fabricated individual runner intake manifold to the intake ports on my spare head (port matching). But Im not quite sure what to do about the cut-out (in...

does anyone know how the EMU that didnt work was hooked-up? I remember hearing that the origional e manage would not work in it's most basic form (altering MAF signal) in our cars, but could be functional when the optional harnesses were attached to directly control components. Maybe this is a...

Laser03pro where did you find it? I need one too.

Thanks for the links flat_black Brian, Boston, & Yeller as far as I know you are very correct. I've picked up a bad habit of referring to the J-spec cams that I was looking to buy as Mazdaspeed parts; only because there are several retailers that use the terms interchangeably, misrepresenting...

Alright, my thinking at this point is to go with a .020 head gasket and deck the head .010 (just to true it up) thanks for your opinions guys. Now, I had planed on purchasing my Mazdaspeed cams from SR, but after a quick search I see that several members have been less than impressed with them...