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jrodhotrod
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- 2003 Mazda Protege5 (Mine) 2002 Nissan Sentra GXE (Wife's)
Nice!
What would you see the actual time it took you to do all the noise deadening work on the inside was from start to finish?
I have a grip of dynamat Extreme that has just been sitting in my garage waiting to be installed and I have been planning on doing something like this.
What would you see the actual time it took you to do all the noise deadening work on the inside was from start to finish?
I have a grip of dynamat Extreme that has just been sitting in my garage waiting to be installed and I have been planning on doing something like this.
sorry for the wait, I never got an email saying there were posts in this thread.
The first time you remove the trim, it takes a while, as you are unsure of how things work exactly. The how-tos on this site help quite a bit. To pull up all the flooring, remove all the padding, clean everything, lay the eDead/DynaMat, cut and lay new matting, and replace the flooring will take you a full weekend's worth of work. The time really gets consumed in the details. I really focused on doing a really good job, so I took my time. Not like it's easy to re-do the eDead. That stuff gets real sticky fast. The Tsunami was much easier to re-do (the stuff two years ago was, anyways). Just the doors can be done in one day, easy. A lot of the time is spent learning what tools to use and how to get the results you want, also.
Hope this helps, if any more questions, let me know.
The first time you remove the trim, it takes a while, as you are unsure of how things work exactly. The how-tos on this site help quite a bit. To pull up all the flooring, remove all the padding, clean everything, lay the eDead/DynaMat, cut and lay new matting, and replace the flooring will take you a full weekend's worth of work. The time really gets consumed in the details. I really focused on doing a really good job, so I took my time. Not like it's easy to re-do the eDead. That stuff gets real sticky fast. The Tsunami was much easier to re-do (the stuff two years ago was, anyways). Just the doors can be done in one day, easy. A lot of the time is spent learning what tools to use and how to get the results you want, also.
Hope this helps, if any more questions, let me know.
Just wanna let you all know, I got my E6X talking to my laptop tonight!! I thought it didn't work at first, then I turned the key from ACC to ON, and it worked !!! Very excited about this!!! I think I should use some more exclamation points!!!
Further update coming soon. The shop has my downpipe and oil pan ready, so I have to install those this weekend. It appears that my gauges are all wired and working correctly, too. Nice to see it all coming together. I just found out I have to tap one of my pipes for the air temp sensor for the haltech, so hopefully the shop can do that tomorrow. Which reminds me I need to go pull it back out, I just finished tightening the hose clamps before I found out...
Further update coming soon. The shop has my downpipe and oil pan ready, so I have to install those this weekend. It appears that my gauges are all wired and working correctly, too. Nice to see it all coming together. I just found out I have to tap one of my pipes for the air temp sensor for the haltech, so hopefully the shop can do that tomorrow. Which reminds me I need to go pull it back out, I just finished tightening the hose clamps before I found out...
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- 2006 Infiniti M
awesome dude!
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- 2006 Infiniti M
if it is a derivation of the bp, and i think it is, it pwns
The 1.8 is exactly the same engine, except for a couple minor things. The 1.8 was bored and stroked to make it 2.0. The ignition setup is different, and some of the wiring colors are different, but installations are the same. Since the 1.8 was not stroked/bored, it retains more strength, and is reported to handle the extra horsepower better. So far everything except those I have mentioned have been exactly the same. Also, because the ignition setup is different, the valve cover is slightly different (e.g. mounting holes are in different places). It appears the VICS bracket was placed in a slightly different spot on the intake manifold as well, according to the pics I got from Juan at HiBoost.
meh, i was talking to a service guy at mazda last night,..... he said the vics is crap, but when they fall apart, they are replacing the engine here....
anyway the big thing he said was just pull the vics out of yer car
and yes 1.8 is supposed to be more suitable for boostage
anyway the big thing he said was just pull the vics out of yer car
and yes 1.8 is supposed to be more suitable for boostage
I know of numerous problems on the later model VICS. Usually the screws fall out of the butterflies and run through the engine, ending up in the screen of the catalytic converter. I have had no problems with my 85k mile engine. Pulling the VICS out would result in a large loss of high end power.
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- 2006 Infiniti M
you wouldnt lose high end, youd lose all low end drivability. a lot of first gen guys did dynos with/without vics, and its just dumb to take vics outglyph said:
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- 2006 Infiniti M
the reduced flow increases manifold pressure at low rpm bands. its good. and i know how you are jon...come on, its ok, we still will respect you
