funnylittlman
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Well Fellow People:
I just called a local Advanced Auto to see if/how much it would cost to get a 33-2134 K&N Air Replacement Unit for the Speed.
Of course I just told them straight up it was a regular protege b/c they get all weird when I say it's a Speed...:wtf:
Anyway the guy said to me that he spoke w/ the in house mechanic guy/dood/assman and that gentlman said that it is not recommended to put these filters on the car due to the fact that the increased air and flow will confuse the mass air something or other (his words) and give you horrible gas mileage :rofl:
Uh OK I said....
He then went on to say that it needs to be installed by a professional mechanic and the computer needs to be reset in order for proper installation..
My Response: "Ok, well all I have to do is pop out the old filter, put the new one in and disconnect the battery for 10 min to reset the ecu"
Dude was flabbergasted by my response and said, uh ......
I then went on to say that there have been others running around (a.k.a. kwiktsi w/ 264whp at 18 psi w/ stock air box & k&n) without problems, and that problem could be attributed to the overly rich mapping of the Speed (by then I told him it was turbo) caused by a bad ecu..
Dude was hahahahah
I said, ok thanks anyway.. and he said he would try to look up the part for me (although I already gave it to him) and I said thanks but no thanks BYE.
WTF is going on here? :mad:
I just called a local Advanced Auto to see if/how much it would cost to get a 33-2134 K&N Air Replacement Unit for the Speed.
Of course I just told them straight up it was a regular protege b/c they get all weird when I say it's a Speed...:wtf:
Anyway the guy said to me that he spoke w/ the in house mechanic guy/dood/assman and that gentlman said that it is not recommended to put these filters on the car due to the fact that the increased air and flow will confuse the mass air something or other (his words) and give you horrible gas mileage :rofl:
Uh OK I said....
He then went on to say that it needs to be installed by a professional mechanic and the computer needs to be reset in order for proper installation..
My Response: "Ok, well all I have to do is pop out the old filter, put the new one in and disconnect the battery for 10 min to reset the ecu"
Dude was flabbergasted by my response and said, uh ......
I then went on to say that there have been others running around (a.k.a. kwiktsi w/ 264whp at 18 psi w/ stock air box & k&n) without problems, and that problem could be attributed to the overly rich mapping of the Speed (by then I told him it was turbo) caused by a bad ecu..
Dude was
hahahahahI said, ok thanks anyway.. and he said he would try to look up the part for me (although I already gave it to him) and I said thanks but no thanks BYE.
WTF is going on here? :mad:
