What have you done to your P5 today?
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snowblazin said:
The sedan headlights have a much crisper cutoff in general, FWIW.
Today I cured the dash rattles that made my car feel like it was falling apart going over bad seams in pavement (all over the place in crappy NY). It turns out it was totally my fault. Yeah, I had 25 CDs (in their plastic cases) filling my glovebox, center console, radio pocket, and even that storage bin near the cupholders.
Now, there's pretty much nothing in the car. There's an umbrella in the door pocket, my cell phone headset in the radio pocket, just my mazda zippered thing in the glovebox, and some gas receipts for my mileage chart in the center bin. She's silent over bumps now. I think the reduced noise made it "feel" much better too. Yeah it's still jarring at times but I really don't mind it as long as the car is ok with it
. I still need to set aside time to inspect my driver side front strut, I think there's a loose bolt on there somewhere from when I got my car aligned. It makes a bit of a popping noise whenever I launch.My car is in one of those "in-between" stages right now. There's a lot of little things that I'm in the middle of working on but just haven't had time to finish. My subwoofer is just strapped down by the cargo net, I have the suspension popping to deal with, and I still haven't called the place that mounted my new tires to see if it is ok to take off the strange tape they put over the wheel weights. It looks like duct tape but it definitely is made of metal (??).
On a plus note I found a great Audio/Video shop (not just car stuff) yesterday. I had the money in hand and asked them sheepishly if they carried Kenwood products. They looked at me as if I was like a homeless person or something and said "No, we don't do Kenwood here". My kind of place
I love elitists. I explained my whole situation to them (explained here: http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123639013) and they said it sounded like a really cool idea but they haven't heard of any other companies doing USB like that (capped at 15,000 songs not 250 or so like Alpine does it). I redeemed myself by snagging a pair of Grado headphones 
MyZmZm said:yeah, that donut REALLY sucks ass - especially when it's next to the nice aftermarket ones. hope it arrives quickly!
Sucks more when you have a spare tire but it can't be removed (weld broke on something so the bolt that holds it down is flopping around but can't be removed :'(. I haven't had the time (and don't have the tools really unless I use a dremel) to cut the bolt off. I figure if I get a flat I won't be too far from my apartment so I can have one of my roommates grab my full-sized spare (extra rim for my set with an all-season tire) or one of my winter wheels and come to the rescue. That or I can call Cingular Wireless and add roadside assistance to my plan at just the right moment harharhar.
man i've had this OBX header sitting in my living room for 2 weeks, I cant put it on without jackstands and I keep forgetting to buy some lol. I even have the nonfouler on um already, man I have to stop being lazy and do this mod.
Anyone know how a mod of this kind effects your mpg, I was hoping it wouldnt drop it to bad
Anyone know how a mod of this kind effects your mpg, I was hoping it wouldnt drop it to bad
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Hy8us said:man i've had this OBX header sitting in my living room for 2 weeks, I cant put it on without jackstands and I keep forgetting to buy some lol. I even have the nonfouler on um already, man I have to stop being lazy and do this mod.
Anyone know how a mod of this kind effects your mpg, I was hoping it wouldnt drop it to bad
since you have had it sitting around this long, you might as well send it off to jet-hot ( www.jet-hot.com )and have it ceramic coated.
It will last longer and not rust out.
If you can keep off the gas, you actually get slightly better mileage... but of course, what's the use of doing a performance mod if you don't lay into it?Hy8us said:man i've had this OBX header sitting in my living room for 2 weeks, I cant put it on without jackstands and I keep forgetting to buy some lol. I even have the nonfouler on um already, man I have to stop being lazy and do this mod.
Anyone know how a mod of this kind effects your mpg, I was hoping it wouldnt drop it to bad
My mileage is very close to what it was pre-header - maybe 1-2mpg/tank less on average??cboe's_mp5
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i installed my viper alarm and painted my calipers all in this month
Ok....forgive my stupidity and put on your helpful hat. What is this FS-ZE intake cam you speak of? I swear to God if someone says "just hit the search button" I will go to your mom's house and set a small fire in her panties. Thanks in advance for your help Chris.
Dave.
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"just hit the search button" gl finding my Mom, somebody had to say it
--Actually--
www.corksport.com used to carry it.. I checked, and no luck.
--Actually--
www.corksport.com used to carry it.. I checked, and no luck.
OMG Awesome post lmao.dave45090 said:
Basically, IF I'm not mistaken (which I could be) it is the intake cam off of the JDM FS-DE (aka the FS-ZE) engine, which has a more agressive profile. (Actually, I'm sure ours us the us market FS-ZE engine lol)
Well thanks Breegz.....I checked the regular sites too. I thought I might get lucky and someone might spoon feed me general information. I admit I'm feeling a little lazy tonight.
You know I hit the search button and it called the cops. Oh how the times have changed.
You know I hit the search button and it called the cops. Oh how the times have changed.
dave45090 said:
Yeah what he said. It's from the JDM version of our engine. It doesn't have increased lift (so you don't really need to get re-shimmed in theory) but has inreased duration.
Very much not worth the cash or install difficulty if you ask me. Worst way I ever wasted 1,000 dollars. Yeah, the cam was only 200 bucks (got it off someone who never installed it) but then I had to get a compressor (300 dollars), an impact wrench (200), and some other tools and crap. ugh
Oh yeah.. I notice 0 performance difference. Someday I'll dyno my car and maybe it'll tell me otherwise but for now I'm sticking with it being not worth it.
Scroll down a bit: http://corksport.com/store/category/4qbu/99p-engine.html
Corksport still has the cam for $180, if you're patient enough, they show up in the FS section on a regular basis. I've got one going in with a repinned intake cam (Mazdaspeed exhaust cam clone) this month.
*edit - I hope I feel a difference :-/
Corksport still has the cam for $180, if you're patient enough, they show up in the FS section on a regular basis. I've got one going in with a repinned intake cam (Mazdaspeed exhaust cam clone) this month.
*edit - I hope I feel a difference :-/
Bala de Plata said:
Good luck. I tend to think that my butt dyno might just be broken. I don't notice much difference between my modded p5 and my friend's stock MSP. I did notice the underdrive pulley and the header though. Basically anything that like shifts the powerband I noticed a difference in the way the car feels, but can't say if it feels slower or faster.
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