What have you done to your P5 today?

[bucksatan]

Took off the wheels, scrubbed them to as clean as they are going to get, painted the calipers (black), clearcoated the rims. The wheel area is looking as good as it is ever going to short of buying some new rims.

 

[Hy8us]

how's the horn lag on that?

meh(uhm) like half a second

 

[THE Phen]

Due to a b**** pulling out in front of me, I slid into a curb and bent a rear TTL. After some heating, hammering, and prying, we bent it back into place.

 

[aMaff]

ouch. How's the alignment?

 

[DeadGeneration]

I blasted some music and rolled around. The car is so alive. I seriously wish I had a garage. I mean like a hanger. I can get so much work done on the car if it's indoors with enough room. It rains like three times a day here. No opportunity to fix the few things left to do. Ehh (uhm)

 

[THE Phen]

ouch. How's the alignment?

Not perfect, but good enough to get me back home and to a shop after the holiday to get it aligned. I'm at my parents. I'm hoping the stealership doesn't want an arm and a leg for a TTL.

 

[bazooka joe]

had some fun with a cobalt ss on the way home tonight...no racing just making some noise...back in forth...i think he was surprised the little wagon was keeping up!!

 

[amsgator]

are all the cobalt ss's supercharged?

 

[Yaggie1]

Nope.

Did nothing to the P5. It is sitting in the garage while I am back in Columbus. On a good note, my Maxima 3.5 SE rental is pretty cool..........

are all the cobalt ss's supercharged?

 

[fishdonotbounce]

hey yaggie you should swing by and say hi if you have some time. Pm me if you do so i could see a fellow board member (headbang)(headbang)

 

[Breeegz]

are all the cobalt ss's supercharged?

My step-brother has a non-supercharged cobalt ss... I give him a ton of crap for it, like: What's the point?

 

[amsgator]

yea not sure either unless its just for aesthetics

 

[Breeegz]

rice...

 

[whitemp5seattle]

I drove it around a whole bunch today. took a few pics too...once I get 'em onto my laptop I'll post em up

 

[vicham]

i recently installed a local brand SRI with K&N filter. I thought of buying one from bomz before but eventually decided to support the local. In total, i only spend about $100CAD.
After installing the SRI i hv some questions
1) Is it normal to hv hissing sound when the car is idle? i am afraid i didn't install it properly since this is my first engine mod.
2) I notice my mazdaspeed sport exhaust is a bit quieter than before. Should this happen? cos i always think intake would make the car louder. Now, i think it is better since the MS exhaust is quieter.
3) Did you guys notice any performance improvement? For me, i think the car revs a bit faster between 4-5k rpm. Am I imagining things?
4) I read many people have rubbing issue with their SRI. How can you tell and where are the locations that rub? I know it is the master cylinder and something do with the brakes, but where are their physical location? I don't know much about the engine bay.

Anyway, this is my setup

 

[aMaff]

i recently installed a local brand SRI with K&N filter. I thought of buying one from bomz before but eventually decided to support the local. In total, i only spend about $100CAD.
After installing the SRI i hv some questions
1) Is it normal to hv hissing sound when the car is idle? i am afraid i didn't install it properly since this is my first engine mod.

Yep, you'll 'hv' (wtf? x 2) some hissing from the filter area. If it's from anywhere else, uh...you probably did something seriously wrong lol

2) I notice my mazdaspeed sport exhaust is a bit quieter than before. Should this happen? cos i always think intake would make the car louder. Now, i think it is better since the MS exhaust is quieter.

It's probably quieter in comparison in that before the engine barely made noise and it was all exhaust. Now you have all that intake noise too.

3) Did you guys notice any performance improvement? For me, i think the car revs a bit faster between 4-5k rpm. Am I imagining things?

probably not. It'll pull a little harder.

4) I read many people have rubbing issue with their SRI. How can you tell and where are the locations that rub? I know it is the master cylinder and something do with the brakes, but where are their physical location? I don't know much about the engine bay.

The elbow from the throttle body to where it connects to the MAF CAN run on the Master Cylinder (metal thing with pipes...where your brake / clutch fluid goes, bolts up to the firewall). If you hear some really loud metallic rattling, there's your problem. If not, you probably have the clearances correct.
Anyway, this is my setup[/QUOTE]

 

[amsgator]

i get rattling sometimes when my rpms get above like 6k i should check that out i guess

 

[aMaff]

lol yes, or you'll have a special edition 'vented' intake. Unfiltered air = bad...

 

[fishdonotbounce]

Hey whitemp5 what color did you use on the top part of your front grille? Mine isn't too bad but now its kinda noticeable. I havent washed it yet so it might get better but just in case i wanna repaint it yours look like a perfect match. Please say its duplicolor or something i can buy localy so i dont have to pay 7 million dollars for the paintscratch paint.

Anyway..... Got my new rotors put on today as well as new front pads (had a little trouble trying to put on the rear pads so just gave up since my old ones were still really good. Painted the calipers black. It all looks amazing. I will have pics and stuff tonight and i actually took pics of most of the progress.

Well off to work now.

 

[Bala]

Got my header back from Jet-Hot, this time with Extreme Sterling. I'm stoked - they even followed my request to mask off the EGR threads ...