What have you done to your MSP today?

[Jaleik]

When adjusting a forge or the oem wga do you make it longer or shorter to increase the boost? I do have a ebc but when I looked at the oem vs atp one my oem was much shorter and still gave me about 7psi.

 

[StealthWyvern]

its a ground for the coils as far as i know i had thye wire break and it mad my car run like ass]



you and stealth need to have a talk. he has the same issue and the common thing is the forge wga. he denies it though

Is it the adjustable one? I had nothing but problems with that thing. Forge said it was my fault but when i put the ATP on there it held boost just fine. My forge would NOT hold boost steady, it would waiver and spike. awful. I even put a note in the guide i made on here about it and that was in '08

When adjusting a forge or the oem wga do you make it longer or shorter to increase the boost? I do have a ebc but when I looked at the oem vs atp one my oem was much shorter and still gave me about 7psi.

My forge holds or did hold boost before my 3" dp just fine. I get boost creep something bad since the 3" dp and 3" catless midpipe. Boost creep is NOT to be confused with boost spike. ATP is crap in my eyes and i've had more ATP wastegates on my car then tires and i change my tires yearly just about. now I will ay my forge did spike something feirce when i first installed it but its almost like it had to break in because a few days later its fine.

The more preload(shorter rod) the more boost you wil be running. I set my forge with little to no preload what so ever and it was fine.

 

[emespea]

My forge holds or did hold boost before my 3" dp just fine. I get boost creep something bad since the 3" dp and 3" catless midpipe. Boost creep is NOT to be confused with boost spike. ATP is crap in my eyes and i've had more ATP wastegates on my car then tires and i change my tires yearly just about. now I will ay my forge did spike something feirce when i first installed it but its almost like it had to break in because a few days later its fine.

The more preload(shorter rod) the more boost you wil be running. I set my forge with little to no preload what so ever and it was fine.

Guess im the opposite. My atp has been completely reliable and the forge wouldnt work. tried everything, even new springs and rebuilt it.

 

[Maiello169]

Yeah so my CEL must have turned on as I was warming up my car to go to work... Stupid question, that wouldn't be cuz of my pads being gone right...? Last time that turned on was when I was having miss fires and I got all new coil overs, coil packs and wires and sparks plugs and it hasn't turned in since.....

 

[Maiello169]

only if you do a whole axle back, I wouldn't cut into the racingbeat so you can go back if you don't like the sound or sell it if you do

Could I put a cherry bomb on the car with a ebay special muffler...? Idk if that's a good idea or not lol

 

[THE Phen]

You could. It'll sound like crap tho. That's what I did with my Civic a couple years back when money was tight and an exhaust was needed.

 

[emespea]

That what you had on the civic when you took me for the scariest ride of my life?

 

[THE Phen]

I gave you a ride in my Civic?

Tony?

 

[emespea]

I gave you a ride in my Civic?

Tony?

It was more of me holding on for dear life but yea its me

 

[THE Phen]

Hahaha. Yeah, it was the same exhaust. Good to hear from you man. I was wondering how you have been. It's been a few years. It wasn't much of a ride, just went to 8200 rpm a few times...

To update you on the Civic (as well as take this thread a little off topic): It's now my DD again. I'm getting another exhaust, and I've fixed all the little stupid stuff that plagued it before.

 

[emespea]

Hahaha. Yeah, it was the same exhaust. Good to hear from you man. I was wondering how you have been. It's been a few years. It wasn't much of a ride, just went to 8200 rpm a few times...

To update you on the Civic (as well as take this thread a little off topic): It's now my DD again. I'm getting another exhaust, and I've fixed all the little stupid stuff that plagued it before.

Still fun to drive.Glad to see its still running. Ill PM you as to not clutter up this thread.

 

[Maiello169]

CEL code ; P0171 , engine running to lean... Prob causes ; low fuel pressure , large vacum leak, dirty MAF, engine mechanical condition ......

 

[AnthonyMSP]

Well the timing belt snapped the other day and had to have the car towed, they messed up my Chargespeed lip a little.. And I installed the SLS passenger mount, I keep forgetting to make signs for the front motor mount I'm selling

Comparison

Installed

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

ugh. no thanks. i would have gone with an awr. that looks weak.

 

[o0n8]

Could I put a cherry bomb on the car with a ebay special muffler...? Idk if that's a good idea or not lol

I'm talking about the piping that goes over your axle and bolts the exhaust.

 

[o0n8]

CEL code ; P0171 , engine running to lean... Prob causes ; low fuel pressure , large vacum leak, dirty MAF, engine mechanical condition ......

clean your MAF and go from there

 

[SCMP3]

Well the timing belt snapped the other day and had to have the car towed, they messed up my Chargespeed lip a little.. And I installed the SLS passenger mount, I keep forgetting to make signs for the front motor mount I'm selling

Comparison

Installed

Let me be the first to say. Start saving for another pass side mount and throw that sls s*** in the trash. I had one fail on me big time.

 

[Jaleik]

I just put awr inserts in my stock side mounts , big difference for very cheap.

 

[justanothermp5]

Yea...that looks like something I could have made in my garage.

 

[sunkAlias]

Looks like no engineering went into that mount at all. If you did a simple FEA analysis on the computer of that thing, it would probably show huge deflection.