What have you done to your P5 today?
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Here's the difference:
Ractive: Long runner 4-1 equal length header
Thunder / OBX (not exactly the same, but close enough. My money's on the OBX being better)
Short runer, 4-1, unequal length.
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=102949
If you want to get a header for the sake of getting a header, by all means, get an OBX / Thunder / whatever. Will you see a performance increase? I have no doubt. If you want to get a header for performance gains, get the Ractive. If you question the fitment, get one used that you know fits and will already have the bung welded. Or get the racing mazda or (if you're rollin in green) the AWR (if they still have some in stock. Last I heard the last 1 had been sold). Same principles apply. If I had my choice, I'd go w/ AWR.
Then again, that's just my .02, what do I know? lol
Ractive: Long runner 4-1 equal length header
Thunder / OBX (not exactly the same, but close enough. My money's on the OBX being better)
Short runer, 4-1, unequal length.
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=102949
If you want to get a header for the sake of getting a header, by all means, get an OBX / Thunder / whatever. Will you see a performance increase? I have no doubt. If you want to get a header for performance gains, get the Ractive. If you question the fitment, get one used that you know fits and will already have the bung welded. Or get the racing mazda or (if you're rollin in green) the AWR (if they still have some in stock. Last I heard the last 1 had been sold). Same principles apply. If I had my choice, I'd go w/ AWR.
Then again, that's just my .02, what do I know? lol
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aMaff said:
My Thunder header made enough difference to spin the tires from a stand still at a light and I have a ATX. I know with a mtx you can spin the tires iwth just about anything.
I never said you'd get NO performance gain. In fact I said exactly the opposite. However, the equal length long runner headers will all give MORE. Don't get me wrong, ANYTHING is better than breathing through that cast manifold and 50lbs pre-cat.
Sorry, not you Dim. That was in reply to Stealthy's post as it seemed to infer that I had said that you would not see any gains from the short runner headers.
On that note, I'm gonna hit the hay so I have a better chance of not wrapping the P5 around a tree when I drive to work tomo...er...today. How's that for helping out your car
On that note, I'm gonna hit the hay so I have a better chance of not wrapping the P5 around a tree when I drive to work tomo...er...today. How's that for helping out your car
That is one of the most wonderful things you can do to a car, maintenance-wiseaMaff said:Sorry, not you Dim. That was in reply to Stealthy's post as it seemed to infer that I had said that you would not see any gains from the short runner headers.
On that note, I'm gonna hit the hay so I have a better chance of not wrapping the P5 around a tree when I drive to work tomo...er...today. How's that for helping out your car
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he got them from a member who made them himself. I think there is a how to on here.vicham said:
Kansei said:
eww my family had a '96 blazer and it had nothing but troubles..haha i dont really like chevy but i do have respect for my dad's '87 monte carlo ss though.(she hauls ass man) anywayz be careful when u drive that thing..blazers are known to have one of the highest rollover rates.(very top heavy)
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Dim said:
nah I bought them off of someone else who was going back to stock...which means now I have my blackened out headlights to sell too...(makes mental note to make FS thread tonight)
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whitemp5seattle said:
what kinda shape are the lens's in?
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bazooka joe said:
driver's side lens is in perfect shape. Passenger's side lens has a small (about the size of a dime) spot on the outermost corner of the lens (where the amber corners would be on the sedan headlights but are black on the p5) where some of the adhesive got on the lens and I didn't see it when I put the headlight assembly back together. It's out of the way and doesn't affect the light output at all. I'll get pics tonight for the FS thread
Today, I saw my car, and it is as stripped down as it was the first time I saw it after the accident. hood, bumper, fenders, and front doors removed 
The owner of the shop (I have his personal car right now) said it would be done tomorrow morning sometime before noon. I don't know if that includes the hood latch and other parts they forgot though. I know the latch has been ordered at least. I should probably bring them the CF hood early tomorrow morning and just have them put the freshly painted hood in my trunk and mount the CF one.
I guess they also fiddled with the intercooler piping and have it so that they think it'll fit better I told him not to bother with that stuff if it gives them any more problems as I'll be getting all of the intercooler piping remade soon (as soon as my friend with a welder isn't busy with so many other projects) so I'll have it all apart again anyway.
The owner of the shop (I have his personal car right now) said it would be done tomorrow morning sometime before noon. I don't know if that includes the hood latch and other parts they forgot though. I know the latch has been ordered at least. I should probably bring them the CF hood early tomorrow morning and just have them put the freshly painted hood in my trunk and mount the CF one.
I guess they also fiddled with the intercooler piping and have it so that they think it'll fit better I told him not to bother with that stuff if it gives them any more problems as I'll be getting all of the intercooler piping remade soon (as soon as my friend with a welder isn't busy with so many other projects) so I'll have it all apart again anyway.
so you decided to keep her?Kansei said:Today, I saw my car, and it is as stripped down as it was the first time I saw it after the accident. hood, bumper, fenders, and front doors removed
The owner of the shop (I have his personal car right now) said it would be done tomorrow morning sometime before noon. I don't know if that includes the hood latch and other parts they forgot though. I know the latch has been ordered at least. I should probably bring them the CF hood early tomorrow morning and just have them put the freshly painted hood in my trunk and mount the CF one.
I guess they also fiddled with the intercooler piping and have it so that they think it'll fit better I told him not to bother with that stuff if it gives them any more problems as I'll be getting all of the intercooler piping remade soon (as soon as my friend with a welder isn't busy with so many other projects) so I'll have it all apart again anyway.
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iLisa said:
Let's just assume he is... and them if he doesn't we have more of a reason to scream at him.
C'mon Chris, you know you can't live without your baby, your boosting baby.
