What have you done to your MSP today?
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Velocifero
Wham Bam thank you Ma'am
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- VRM MS6, Sunlight Silver MSP
looks really good, i need to redo mine. i did it in gloss black but i think i'll go with flat the next time around.
Thanks for the compliments. Like I said, it's good excuse to lube the squeaky front end.
It took me about 15 minutes per wheel after I did the first one. A wire brush on the end of a cordless drill FTW!
I didnt wire that wire at all, maybe someday i will when i feel like dicking around with an led. The reason I am doing a DIN mount is because I dont feel like wiring it through the A-pillar once I had taken a look at how tight the space is. I will post pics once completed.
Velocifero
Wham Bam thank you Ma'am
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- VRM MS6, Sunlight Silver MSP
yeah i don't like pillar mounts at all. I like to be somewhat discreet, so I went with a two gauge DIN mount, boost and WBO2. I have the APEXi TT which is small and it is tucked up by the fuel gauge on the stock panel. The LED is so you know when the WBO2 is ready for you to start the car. I was driving a Miata at the autox this weekend that has it wired in and it takes a bit of time to stop flashing. Make sure your not damaging the O2 starting it up to early all the time.
hows that work with the led thing? ive never heard of that, ive never had to do that. youve peaked my curiosity.
Velocifero
Wham Bam thank you Ma'am
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- VRM MS6, Sunlight Silver MSP
Ok, my bad, I was told about the potential harm to the O2 by a guy that knows a lot more about car tuning than I do, as that is my current study in the car moddifying world (EMS and tuning I am new to). I was misinformed and after spending a little time researching I have this for you.
The business about the LED blinking is only important for the free air and heater calibration that you'll do when you install it at the beginning. Once it's calibrated this is not an issue. But you will need to have it in free air (no exhaust fumes and normal oxygen levels) at room temperature for the calibration, because this is what the controller "thinks" the sensor is in for calibration. After calibrating you can start the car right away, and it will remember this data for subsequent restarts.
So that's what I have to say about it, and as far as I can say it applies to Innovate LC-1, I didn't look into any other brands or models but I assume they might be similar for calibration. I am still going to wire mine into the alarm LED for convience and in case I am ever needing to recalibrate. i plan on looking into recalibrating during drastic seasonal changes to see if that has any effect on the tuning.
Okay, today I will install a set of NGK ZFR7F plugs on my MSP.
Earlier this year, I bought and installed a Unichip on my MSP. Although it seems to have smoothened out some of the hesitation, I haven't noticed any increase in fuel economy. In fact, I'm getting about 20-40 miles less per tank after installing the Unichip.
Since I'm on my original plugs (64k miles, eek!), I'm going to swap them out for the NGK's. I'm driving to Cleveland this weekend. So what I'm going to do is drive there with the Unichip hooked up and log the gas mileage. Then on Sunday I'll disconnect the Unichip and drive back to Virginia, again logging the gas mileage.
I'm going to carefully note differences in throttle response, pulling power, hesitation/smoothness, and gas mileage then figure out if I want to keep the Unichip or not.
Earlier this year, I bought and installed a Unichip on my MSP. Although it seems to have smoothened out some of the hesitation, I haven't noticed any increase in fuel economy. In fact, I'm getting about 20-40 miles less per tank after installing the Unichip.
Since I'm on my original plugs (64k miles, eek!), I'm going to swap them out for the NGK's. I'm driving to Cleveland this weekend. So what I'm going to do is drive there with the Unichip hooked up and log the gas mileage. Then on Sunday I'll disconnect the Unichip and drive back to Virginia, again logging the gas mileage.
I'm going to carefully note differences in throttle response, pulling power, hesitation/smoothness, and gas mileage then figure out if I want to keep the Unichip or not.
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now time for and install party!um yes you. i stoled yur litez!!(doh)
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- '13 CWP MS3 & '16 Mazda6 GT
FINALLY installed the P5 steering wheel given to me by Rogue <3
Now i dont have to stare at that ugly worn off MSP wheel. woot!
Now i dont have to stare at that ugly worn off MSP wheel. woot!
Where was it?
