What have you done to your P5 today?

Bala de Plata said:
That weatherstripping on the front of the hood is like sandpaper ... so just a word of caution. I'm sure you've seen the back cab of a pickup that had a shell with a compression boot on ... and what it did to the paint. The worst offender is the 2nd strip, I took it off leaving only the thick leading edge rubber. My diverter still needs to be polished on a regular basis (not that I have had the time to do it lol)


Thanks for the tip. I'll have to figure something out. I'm going to go sharpie the leading edge of mine right now so I don't have an oreo grill anymore. LOL
 
rednecks_r_us said:
Thanks for the tip. I'll have to figure something out. I'm going to go sharpie the leading edge of mine right now so I don't have an oreo grill anymore. LOL
Before and after pic trailblazer! (yippy)
 
I managed to pull out the ding mostly but in the process I left a little (very unnoticeable) crease in the fender where the top half refused to move. Today I remove the whole bumper cover, headlights and hopefully the fender so I can straighten things out... jusyt a couple of bent clips and mounting points - should't be too bad.
 
I exanged the PS belt for the right one and installed it. I still have a little squeak from my alternator/water pump belt. Looks like I will be replacing that as well, that one looks like its going to be a pain to replace. I might wait till I get a UDP to do that one.
 
Pulled the front bumper and right inner-fender liner to fix the small dent in the fender I had. It turned out better than I had hoped but there is still a small imperfection I can see. I also re-adjusted my oil return line as it was leaking (again!), tightened up some belts (again!) and torqued down the linkage connection to my short shifter (there was too much play in it). All in all a successful day although the leaking return line is a little disconcerning - I guess I'm going to have to teflon wrap the nipple on the oil pan to stop the leaking... next oil change, should have done this a long time ago...

On another note I'm getting a small oil leak out from underneath the oil cap. I know its torqued down enough, is it possible the little gasket inside the cap has gone bad? Do these come with an oil cap or is it something I can get seperately?
 
I got dynoed yesterday.
No files yet but

1st pull 70 hp (no lie)
2nd pull 90 hp / AND 169 tq (woot for mods)

Its an Auto so...

I wanted a "baseline" or before dyno to compare to after I get my cams in with my UDP and 626 mani along with some tuning via the MPI.
$50 for 2 pulls
Next time I'll try and take advantage of having a few fuel and timing maps ready to try out while their WBO2 is logging.
 
Well everything fixed yesterday only to find out I lost all illumination in all my gauges. They still work (eg give readings) but they just don't light up when I turn the lights on. Very random considering they were working the night before and the only thing I've done since is remove the front bumper cover. I checked all the bulbs and they all look fine so I don't know what happened...

EDIT: Aside from any loose electrical connections is there anything else this could be?
 
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silverpro5 said:
did you turn up the dimmer switch?
I never connected the lighting to the dimmer switch. The only lights that went outt were my Autometer gauges. The stock lighting is fine...
 
something doesn't really add up there... those numbers are crazy low and crazy high...I think you may want to find a different dyno
 
Ok, fixed the problem. Apparently I messed up a connection loose when I pulled the headlights yesterday - I have the gauges spliced into the parking lights and it was that connection was the culprit...
 
I think the problem on 1st pull was in 4th gear it was speed-governing.

The 2nd pull we did in 3rd.

I have CAI, OBX header, 2-1/4" exhaust with hi-flow cat and Ractive muffler.
 
Mechanic sed most of the I/H/E mods add more torque than hp.
Well, it's a start. I'd rather a conservative dyno than not anyway.

But 70hp? C'mon I could buy a lawnmower with more hp.
 
HAHAHA the mods add more torque?!
Ok, here's the deal. Manual tranny w/ MP3 ECU, SRI w/ K&N Cone, Ractive header and 03 MSP exhaust:
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If it was like 120 lb/ft I probably wouldn't think anything, but 170? You're joking yourself. If those are the numbers you got, you need to find another dyno shop.
 
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