What have you done to your P5 today?
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fishdonotbounce
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Just got off the phone with Ken. Just like I was expecting, he took care of me. USPS fails at life but Ken got me all squared away. Great guy.
slideshow240
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- slammed 22v wagon
looked at it in the driveway for about 10minutes.
then GF drove it to school...going to change oil tonight
then GF drove it to school...going to change oil tonight
Finally got the engine timing to line up correctly at the shop today.
tomorrow is reinstalling all the belts and covers. Timing belt turned out to be a real PITA compared to the little honda engines which seemed ALOT easier and more simple.
tomorrow is reinstalling all the belts and covers. Timing belt turned out to be a real PITA compared to the little honda engines which seemed ALOT easier and more simple.
Picked up a pack of what has to be nearly 1000 resistors all just for 2 of the 5 2.2 ohm resistors it contained. The sad part is, this entire set of resistors cost less than ordering just two 2 ohm resistors online. Stupid minimum order and shipping costs. Two $0.29 resistors would have cost me over $15! I now have more resistors than I know what to do with and it cost me all of $12. Oh yeah, I think I have this seat/side airbag thing worked out 
fishdonotbounce
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Just got done wrapping the turbo exhaust mani in heat wrap. What a PITA. If it was a tubular mani it would have been a hell of a lot easier. It's all wrapped up and ready to go and I've still got about half a roll for the s-pipe and downpipe when it's all on there.
marcs_sp20
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these parts arrived today 
will post pics on monday
will post pics on monday
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pureliquidhw
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- 2003 Protege5
I have heard mixed reviews on heat wrap. Let me know how that all works out.
Rockin03mp5
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- '13 Mazda3 / '13 Edge / Your Mom
my car smells like burning plastic now... 
fishdonotbounce
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I will for sure. I gotta wrap my downpipe and s-pipe when we get ready to install it because one of my IC pipes will be very close to the downpipe and I'm trying to prevent a lot of heatsoak.
pureliquidhw
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I wonder if you could wrap the IC pipe as well for double the insulation.
edit: of course you could but would you realize any gains or just be wasting money.
probably a lil bit of both
I think you guys are discounting this a little too early. We used a header blanket on the miata last season and ended up with underhood temperatures after an autox run 40 degrees cooler than without it. And that was with an N/A car. Imagine the gains to be had in terms of keeping your intake charge cool in a turbo'd application. Heat wrap is a hell of a thing if deployed properly
If being the key word. It's also an FS-DE which responds like a water bottle on an oil rig fire to modifications. Of course, you already know that.
My opinion, it could work. It could add 2-3 hp. Will you notice in daily driving? Probably not. I guess in my mind, I would be analyzing what I plan to do with the car, and weighing the cost vs time spent vs potential gains. If you're auto-xing, doing HPDE's, or whatever else, it could very well make a difference.
pureliquidhw
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25 degrees Celsius negative change = approx 10% increase in density at the same pressure level so I'm guessing that in a FI application that could make quite the difference. But that is only in theory...
PV=nRT
PV=nRT
