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I'll post a pic soon. For now I'm gonna borrow my friends '08 CTS to get around (nice!). But it's not like I had a hard time putting the down pipe on, it bolted without struggle or problems (that's to say the headers line up fine along with the cat). I'd figure if it was under stress that the braide...

Well I already put the order in for the Bosal pipe. It's nice to know that it has a 1 year warranty so I can always return it for a replacement or a refund. But I couldn't do that with the ebay stuff, that's why I'm gonna avoid it for now. Unless all else fails, there's another manufacturer that mak...

Okay, so here is my conundrum. My BP engine is from a '94 Protege. For those that don't know, the headers and down pipe are unique to this year, unlike the 90-93's which are the same. A few weeks ago, this happened to me while driving: http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=78681 Lower ...

oh ok, I thought on my B6 the rev limiter was also the redline at 6.4K, maybe i remembered it wrong.

I always thought that the BP engine's redline was 7K. But when I rev, it redlines at 7.5K. Does this have to do with the fact that my transmission is an F series or something else?

yeah, pinch bolt wasn't all the way tight. They guy who looked at it said "Just curious, why is all your suspension brand new? was there issues with the old setup?" I explained that it wasn't a problem, more of an upgrade, replacing old tired stuff with new stuff. He says, "Well, I do...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f143/skrachvynl/MX-3/IMG_4386.jpg Ball joint came loose from the spindle, (my mechanic put a new axle in about 2 weeks ago). Luckily (where I got the name for the car, so many close calls, always come out unscathed) i didn't hit anyone and my car escaped unharmed. ...

It's been a while, but boy do I have updates! :mrgreen: First things first, I'll start where I left off, my idle issue. I guessed that my idle issue was coming from a faulty IAC valve sensor. I had completely forgot and then remembered I had a spare on the automatic transmission throttle body that o...

Yeah, i swapped the crank and water pump pullies from the B6.........GEEZ you're Mr. Hate!

then I feel no sympathy for you having to tear it down again.

thanks for letting me know how you feel, not looking for sympathy, just information

I've checked for VAC leaks before, I don't think that's it, but will check again. But I just realized that when I swapped over the pulleys, I didn't check the markings to make sure they matched up with the ones I took out. (ie. make sure the marking matched up, read BTDC, etc). Is that gonna screw m...

haven't set it, but when I jump the TEN & GND after the engine is warm, there is no effect, idle stays the same.

okay, made my 70 mile trip today with no problems, engine is running as it should, and I have no codes......... Now I just have to solve the mystery of the high idle........ :crying: Car, when cold and after it warms up stays at 1.2K RPM. The Idle screw is all the way down, completely tight. This pr...

YOU SEE!!!....This is why you're Ryan and I'm im2bad4ya :lol: In short (no pun intended) problem is a loose wire on the ECU end of the harness. There are two cables that connect to the ECU (MTX). So according to the pins on the workshop manual [1A, 1P,2N, 2L, etc], we'll call them 'cable 1' and 'cab...

Duly noted Ryan, thank you. :) I can't remove the cat because it's been welded on, so I can't test that. All my fuses are good, checked the main relay and it clicks, although I opened it up and there is some discoloration on the coil, but I don't know if it's bad or normal. Disconnected NEG battery ...

So got back my car today and my mechanic says he couldn't figure it out. I take it home, and try to troubleshoot on my own. Just wondering if anyone knows, could I have a bad Main Relay???.....Like I said, the problem was on the other engine, now on this one, and it's down to electronic, fuel, or co...