What have you done to your P5 today?
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ScratchNSniff
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front end links...
and i think that's a sway bar
that gauge setup is nice too. it actually looks like it belongs there
^ my car backfired at one point last winter (long story short, the car doesn't start at temps below 40 degrees) and actually broke the MAF sensor. Two actually as I guess I didn't learn the first time. If you cleaned it though, I'm sure you would have noticed if it was there or not. When I compared mine to a pic on the internet, the entire thing was completely gone, haha...
Is your intake boot in good shape?
Miss-Fire code has to be just that though, right? I wouldn't think a bad intake boot or dirty EGR would cause a miss-fire code, could you have possibly purchased a bad coil pack? I'd suggest pull the plugs and look them over really well, and work your way up from there...
Let us know what you find out!
Thanks, I've got some weird popping coming from the front every now and then, but that noise went away (in the back) when I pulled that sway and those links. hmmmmmm
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i'll let you know the difference when i get it back today.
MAM Midpipe and Magnaflow exhaust - - quick question, ive never heard of MAM, who is this, google netted nothing...hows the quality?
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- 2017 SG Ford Focus RS -- 2003 Protege 5 -- 2016 Ford Expedition
MAM = Mental Addiction Motorsports
MAM was one of the first to R&D parts for Proteges (most notably turbo manifolds), and the general consensus is that their products were top notch (I only have their gauge rings and the fit was very good), however their communication, customer support, and speed were unreliable at best, non-existent at worst.
MAM had sort of a love/hate relationship with this forum, They started out as AV's but was stripped because of communication and customer support issues. They later gained their AV status back after the community decided to give them another chance, but it wasn't long before the complaint threads started back up and MAM was stripped of their AV status and we lost all communication with them. If you search for Mental Addiction Motorsports, you might find the BBB complaints on them, so it wasn't just us.
My advice to you, if you see someone selling a MAM part, then it's probably a pretty good part and you should consider it. If you are planning on buying from someone claiming to be Mental Addiction Motorsports, stay far away.
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- 2017 SG Ford Focus RS -- 2003 Protege 5 -- 2016 Ford Expedition
hey. just got my car back with the new endlinks.
there's no clunking, no strange noises, the steering seems firmer, the ride is smoother... all in all, my car's a lot more fun to drive now
next thing will be springs though...heard some squelching on some speed bumps
there's no clunking, no strange noises, the steering seems firmer, the ride is smoother... all in all, my car's a lot more fun to drive now
next thing will be springs though...heard some squelching on some speed bumps
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- 2017 SG Ford Focus RS -- 2003 Protege 5 -- 2016 Ford Expedition
Do yourself a favor, do the struts at the same time..
I used a dremel.
The PVC (2in) Fits perfectly. If not I would have done a single pass with some electrical tape on the outside of the gauge, on the opposite side of the silver part. Other than that it fits nice and tight. Engine oil temp. lol
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- 2017 SG Ford Focus RS -- 2003 Protege 5 -- 2016 Ford Expedition
