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Hello, Can someone share the locations of the grounds for a 2007 MS6? My thermometer goes from C to F every morning and I've been having some random long crank start issues lately. Thanks Spooler

Hey guys, My car is experiencing something weird under cold weather (below 15F) at startup. With transmission in neutral, the RPM drops drastically (like 500 rpm) when I release the clutch. What concerns me is that the car moves or squats if the hand brake it is engaged. So power is making it...

Hey Guys, I am having some on and off issues with my 2nd gear. When cold the car is cold, it is difficult to select 2nd gear. Today I even had some difficulty with 1st gear. It seems to get better when the car warms up. No grind, just the rubbery felling you get when you can't get it into gear...

Hey guys, After another beautiful canadian winter, my AC stopped working. The light on the dash goes ignites, but the compressor does not engage. I looked at the 10 amp fuse inside the car and it's fine. No way to check if the relay is working. The dealership mentioned that sometimes the AC...

Yes, time had come. It comes a time in life where a car should be able to carry at least a stroller and muffler music gets replace by baby crying. As of last Friday my beloved (and sometimes hated) 2003.5 Mika Yellow MSP (a.k.a the banana) has found a new owner. Many good times were had with...

Hey guys, Does anybody in Montreal/Laval have the stock pipe from the turbo to the intecooler? The stupid nipple going to the bvp cracked and I want to replace it before I trade in the car. Let me know Spooler

Hey Folks, Driving around yesterday night, the car started to suddenly lossing all power past 4000 RPM, bad jerking, like hitting a wall. I suspect it is the wastegate. I did the "blow in the wastegate vaccum line" test and I am able to get some air in (not easily, but still). So does the...

Hello, I decided to go ahead and perform a boost leak test. Bought all the hardware and built the tester. I removed the pipe going to the turbo inlet. Right there I saw the poor craftmanship of the turbo piping. There is a nipple that connects the cold pipe to the intake pipe to some valve, you...

Hey folks, I wanted to share some points after my car inspection yesterday. My car had been having some fuel cut issues, boost seemed fine around 6 psi but the car would have no power at WOT when hot. For some time I thought it was a combination of the standard fuel cut problem along with heat...

Hey folks, First of all, best wishes for 2009. Does anybody know of any place in Montreal / Laval with good prices on Protege MSP parts? I need to replace the front and rear swaybar links and bushings, looking for OEM grade parts. Also looking for online options (Canadian sites, we get nailed...

Hey guys, Do you know of any place were we can get rear brakes for a good price? Not looking for super race brakes, just OEM grade stuff. Dealership tried to charge me $460 for OEMs and $360 for jobbers. Keep it spoolin'

Hello, Car is at the garage and they mentioned that the PCV valve needs to be replaced. It's nothing expensive, so I told them to go ahead and replace it. Just out of curiosity, is there any performance impact from a faulty PCV valve? Car has hesitation at WOT (flashed, no mods), I wonder if...

Hello, Ok, let's start by saying that speeding in a public place is stupid.....but I'm sure you've all done it.....and got caught at some point!!! I think we'll have some intersting stories on this thread....let me shame my stories Driving to pic up my buddy John for his birthday at around 10...

Hello, My car is experiencing pretty bad hesitation, mainly the first time I go WOT during a trip or after driving at constant speed for sometime then trying to push it (eg, trying to pass someone, not fun at all). The car has no power at all as soon as I hit boost, it comes back after sometime...

Hey, I just added a very nice upgrade to my back seat. It can also be placed on the passenger seat but my girlfriend gets jalous.... From a performace perspective, it slows down the car due to it's weight, but the car mojo increases by a significant figure when I put it on the back seat. Needs...

Hello, It feels like the hesitation under boost has increased in the past two weeks. The intake and vaccum lines seem to be fine, 23 mmHg at vaccum and 6 psi under boost (reached before 3k rpm, so normal there too). I used to get the hesitation mainly the first boost of the day (weird....) and...

Hey fellas, Would it be usefull to start a thread asking for the exact mods on your rides? I could then gather all the info, put it on excel and create a pivot table. This would be pretty usefull when you plan to proceed with some mods and you want to PM somebody to get their 2 cents on their...

Hey folks, Somebody tried to steal my MSP from my driveway last week while I was away on business. They tried to force my lock but they probably decided to forget about it when they saw the Club was on (yes, that is a really good $40 investment). What is weird is that Tuesday morning some guy...

Hey guys, Do you know where I can buy an intake pressure tester in the Monteal area? The only one I found is from siliconeintakes in the US. I've been dying to perform that test on my car to see if there is any leaks. Spooler

Hello, I had some time to kill waiting for a flight in Lima, so I started thinking about intercoolers and dyno tests. Let say you have a stock set up, run your car and get some graphs (sounds like my car....). Then you cough out some money and install a nice FMIC. You put the car back on the...