New INTAKE MANIFOLD protegegarage

[StreetUnit]

Ken i still need to get mine for your dyno results on that!!! and cullen i would do the same for you to compair... and if u send me one free cullen i would send it back seeing you do not sponsor me and all unless we are looking at that also

I got it FI dyno'd already. And AJ or Raider is dynoing a NA.

 

[Mutmatt]

I got it FI dyno'd already. And AJ or Raider is dynoing a NA.

do u have a set of both yours and Ken's. That is what we are going for... direct same car w/su mani vs same car w/Progarage.com mani

 

[Puckpimp71]

Is anyone running your manifold yet? Or the SU manifold?

I got mine from SU right when they came out. After we got wacked by Wilma, I spent the powerless/jobless days putting it in. Spent a good three days for the install. Normally the whole thing will take 3 hours or so, but I had no electricity and had to get creative with finding the tools/materials I needed. That, and the EGR is a b****. I ended up sawing through my old one. It took a few days after that to get some little kinks worked out as far as getting rid of CELs etc... Anyway, even the SU, at more money, was a great mod. As far as butt dyno goes, it felt like 7psi after the mani was 10psi prior. If you have any questions about the install, let me know.

 

[nvmsp]

I got mine from SU right when they came out. After we got wacked by Wilma, I spent the powerless/jobless days putting it in. Spent a good three days for the install. Normally the whole thing will take 3 hours or so, but I had no electricity and had to get creative with finding the tools/materials I needed. That, and the EGR is a b****. I ended up sawing through my old one. It took a few days after that to get some little kinks worked out as far as getting rid of CELs etc... Anyway, even the SU, at more money, was a great mod. As far as butt dyno goes, it felt like 7psi after the mani was 10psi prior. If you have any questions about the install, let me
know.

Hold on, I'm having a little trouble with understanding.. "it felt like 7psi after the mani was 10psi prior" lol could you reword that a lil, I'm not sure if your saying it felt slower or better but I assume you mean better.??

So , u didnt have to take the motor out to install it?

 

[StreetUnit]

Hold on, I'm having a little trouble with understanding.. "it felt like 7psi after the mani was 10psi prior" lol could you reword that a lil, I'm not sure if your saying it felt slower or better but I assume you mean better.??

So , u didnt have to take the motor out to install it?

The motor doesn't come out. It is about a 3 hour job with the right tools.

 

[tekkie]

Hold on, I'm having a little trouble with understanding.. "it felt like 7psi after the mani was 10psi prior" lol could you reword that a lil, I'm not sure if your saying it felt slower or better but I assume you mean better.??

So , u didnt have to take the motor out to install it?

what he means by that is that you can feel the power down low, the turbo spools up and pulls harder in the low range, the top part its not as noticable

 

[sweetlou69]

ya what he told me before was the mani was a similar difference from when he went from 7-10psi

 

[Captain KRM P5]

The motor doesn't come out. It is about a 3 hour job with the right tools.

makes it easy to do the rear motor mount once the manifold is out well, easier than doing it from the bottom

 

[tekkie]

makes it easy to do the rear motor mount once the manifold is out well, easier than doing it from the bottom

yeah and I totall forgot about the motor mount until I had the damn IM almost finished, (poke) I was pissed

 

[StreetUnit]

I got the rear mount done to a 60 min install.

 

[tekkie]

1hr? how in the heck did you do that? thats pretty damn impressive

 

[StreetUnit]

get past the dang plastic wire harness mount and then its lining the sleeve up with the engine brace. the IM out is a bonus!

 

[tekkie]

yeah that wire harness is in a bad spot, even with the motor out its still hard to get at until you move it

 

[Puckpimp71]

Hold on, I'm having a little trouble with understanding.. "it felt like 7psi after the mani was 10psi prior" lol could you reword that a lil, I'm not sure if your saying it felt slower or better but I assume you mean better.??

So , u didnt have to take the motor out to install it?

I was trying to describe how the car pulled after the install. When I put the manifold in, it felt like I was running 10psi before I had it in... whatever... I'm definetly no Shakespeare (I prefer Moliere anyway)... buy it. You won't be disappointed.

 

[nvmsp]

thanks for the information everyone. Definitely gonna pick one up sooner or later.

 

[boostisgood]

get past the dang plastic wire harness mount and then its lining the sleeve up with the engine brace. the IM out is a bonus!

Yup, just dismount that from the FIREWALL, and its cake. I got it down in about an hour in and out. Gess doing it 3-4 times will do that.

 

[03.5MSP]

Who here has Kens intake mani installed?? Does it require any re-routing of the vac lines?? What else is involved with the install?

 

[StreetUnit]

Who here has Kens intake mani installed?? Does it require any re-routing of the vac lines?? What else is involved with the install?

Vac line reroute gives the car better drivability, mainly with the turbo protege.

 

[AbsoluteSwed]

Okay i just want to calirfy to sum eveything up: Please correct if I left anything out or am wrong in any way.

This is for Protege Garage's 626 intake mani
all parts/aspects for install to aviod CEL:
1. 626 mani (duh) $299
2. ERG pipe $55
3. Rewiring of the vac lines
5. Install time: hours 3

Benifits:
1. 10-15 whp if boosted, will hurt performance if NA
2. Removal of VICS screws. Which 2002+ protege's did not get a recall on so those screws should not cause problems even at 300whp.

 

[03.5MSP]

Vac line reroute gives the car better drivability, mainly with the turbo protege.

Good info. Does anyone have a detailed instruction on which lines need to go where?? Im pretty sure there are specific lines that need to be re routed.