What have you done to your P5 today?

[aMaff]

so i now found A miata i should prob look at within my price range BUT its autotragic so i dont know what to do....

Remember what I said about sucker punching you.....? (dark)

 

[DeanSweet]

got a temp valve cover for $40 shipped off of eBay with magnacore wires that I can't probably won't use... pulling original valve cover to get chrome plated.

 

[Tengo]

where the **** do u guys go on ebay and find such great buys? i search and search and all i see is rice????

 

[DeanSweet]

I hide in the tall grass and eSnipe it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...m=160011521210&ih=006&sspagename=STRK:MEWN:IT

 

[Tengo]

lol nice

 

[DeanSweet]

Yeah, I hated it back when people would do that to me, now I am one of them...

 

[2003newlyack]

got a temp valve cover for $40 shipped off of eBay with magnacore wires that I can't probably won't use... pulling original valve cover to get chrome plated.

are you selling those magnecor wires?

 

[altspace]

where exactly did you apply the grease? i've got mine 3/4 of the way on but just cannot get the top to go over.

Just a small amount smoothed inside the pedal groumet. Then starting from bottom, worked it up with fingers and then used a flat head screwdriver to ease to top lip over. I tried without the grease many times...it really makes a difference.

 

[bazooka joe]

painted the headlights and badge (finally!)

nice!!

 

[Kansei]

well today I looked around in the garage for the dynamic damper that is missing from my tranny side motor mount (#4 mount). Anyone bored and want to remove theirs and see if it makes the car drive like crap? I really want to get this sorted out somehow before I do a ton of driving this weekend.

I'm still looking for suggestions for over the counter synthetic motor oil brands.

I basically have to choose between Castrol, Valvoline, and Quaker State. How do they stack up vs. mobil1? I didn't order enough Redline synthetic oil so I'm all out and I need to change before I embark

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

well today I looked around in the garage for the dynamic damper that is missing from my tranny side motor mount (#4 mount). Anyone bored and want to remove theirs and see if it makes the car drive like crap? I really want to get this sorted out somehow before I do a ton of driving this weekend.

I'm still looking for suggestions for over the counter synthetic motor oil brands.

I basically have to choose between Castrol, Valvoline, and Quaker State. How do they stack up vs. mobil1? I didn't order enough Redline synthetic oil so I'm all out and I need to change before I embark

I have been using eurospec 0-30 castrol syntech. It seems to hold up better than the mobil 1 did. It looks the same from change to change where the mobil 1 changed colors & clarity. Viscosity also stayed pretty much the same. All my changes are mostly in the 5k range using a purolator micronic 626 filter or maybe a k&n on occasion. I live in a hot climate (TX) so not sure if that had anything to do with it. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Kansei]

My Mobil1 is the blackest of blacks, even after just 2k on mobil1 extended performance. The Redline oil I'll still have to see. I know it didn't look too black up under my valve cover but I dunno.

0w30 though? are the numbers different for euro spec or something? The only thing that I don't like that I've read about Syntec is that when it first came out (don't know if it's still true) it was based mostly off of real oil that was just modified to have slightly better molecular properties. I want to limit the amount of dino oil that my car uses (sucks that I'm stuck running gasoline through her all the time ) wherever I can.

 

[altspace]

Looks good Chris. Love the theme.

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

My Mobil1 is the blackest of blacks, even after just 2k on mobil1 extended performance. The Redline oil I'll still have to see. I know it didn't look too black up under my valve cover but I dunno.

0w30 though? are the numbers different for euro spec or something? The only thing that I don't like that I've read about Syntec is that when it first came out (don't know if it's still true) it was based mostly off of real oil that was just modified to have slightly better molecular properties. I want to limit the amount of dino oil that my car uses (sucks that I'm stuck running gasoline through her all the time ) wherever I can.

Car seems to love it. Not sure about the numbers being different just for euro spec. It says on the bottle it comes from Germany & is spotty to even find. Seems like it would black up more if was still enhanced dino. On a stay on topic note, changed out the SRI prop since it broke from wiggling & me bending it to mount how I needed it too. This time mounted it to something that moves with the engine & not in static position on body where the forces on the engine movement from torque wood work on it again. Used hole in the tab coming off the tranny mount that also has a wire loom mounted on the end of it.

 

[kudakev615]

havent seen anybody with a third place valve cover (thats bronze) but it needs a couple more coats. ill take installed pics when the header installed and the engine bay is cleaned up, think its gonna look sick

 

[Tengo]

havent seen anybody with a third place valve cover (thats bronze) but it needs a couple more coats. ill take installed pics when the header installed and the engine bay is cleaned up, think its gonna look sick

yeah yur right, but joes comes in pretty close his is gold

 

[altspace]

Three things you should have done before paint.
1. Remove bolt and spark plug guide near oil cap.
2. Remove center rubber gromet,
3. Remove all bolt hole guides and paint seperatly.

 

[kudakev615]

i have all new valve cover gasket set to install. this is a spare i just picked up. thanks for the heads up tho

 

[Boston5761]

what paint did you use??

 

[kudakev615]

its high temp/durable paint for rims. you can get it at auto zone or other parts store.