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Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 26th, 2008, 3:44 pm
by XxantwawnxX
Well ever since i installed megasquirt my car ran fine but every now and then it would stumble or bog...or miss. I just knew it was a electrical prob due to my shade tree electrical skills : P.
I never gotta around to fixing it till it got so bad i had too.

So i searched high and low thinking some of the connections i did on MSnS were bad..but could not find any. Finally i took a close look at the disty connection.....
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That cant be to good....so i decided that this has to be it.

I did not feel like searching the junk yards for a v6 mx3 so i went to autozone and found the smallest slip on connectors i could find so i could just do away with the old connector and put the wires right onto the prongs. Turns out they were the PERFECT size haha.
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The car runs so much smoother now its great. I hope it stays this way.


And here are some random pics of the y ugly mx3 haha...told ya i was bored.

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Not many people can take a pic of the intercooler and have there exhaust in the same pic! : P
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For those who dont know i just got my mx3 under 2000 pounds, im excited. Now i want a new turbo and electronic boost controller.

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 27th, 2008, 3:51 am
by fowljesse
Good to know that worked, in case I need to do the same some day. You may want to shrink-wrap it, though. These are the kind of posts I really like.. Stuff I may not have thought of. If you (or anyone else) has more of this kind of thing, put it up!

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 27th, 2008, 1:07 pm
by se7en
is that a fibreglass hatch?

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 27th, 2008, 1:27 pm
by XxantwawnxX
yea good call on the shrinkwrap...and yea its a fiber glass hatch. And just incase anyone asks...my car IS lowered with intrax....its just keeps getting higher the lighter i make it hahah

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 27th, 2008, 2:58 pm
by se7en
where did you get it? also, is the glass plexiglass?

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 27th, 2008, 3:57 pm
by fowljesse
Hah! I was JUST going to ask you if it was lowered!
Did you strip the doors, and plexiglass the side windows?
4 guys of my strength could lift your car with straps!

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 27th, 2008, 4:55 pm
by XxantwawnxX
se7en wrote:where did you get it? also, is the glass plexiglass?
yea i meant to say plexiglass : ) and got it off ebay.


My side windows are still normal but my doors all complety stripped.

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 27th, 2008, 9:11 pm
by shameem
Did you remove the center mount (third) brakelight? I think its illegal to drive without a third brakelight in the US
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive ... 28CHMSL.29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 27th, 2008, 10:02 pm
by Savin
shameem wrote: I think its illegal to drive without a third brakelight in the US
It is, but you really don't see cops enforcing it, at least where I live. Tons of busted cars have those burned out around here, but they never get pulled over. Maybe its more of an 'Implied' Safety regulation type thing. :shrug:

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 28th, 2008, 12:08 am
by XxantwawnxX
yea they dont inforce it

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 28th, 2008, 1:11 pm
by Mooneggs
shameem wrote:Did you remove the center mount (third) brakelight? I think its illegal to drive without a third brakelight in the US
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive ... 28CHMSL.29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
AFAIK from my research in TN I can only assume that it varies from state to state... TN says as long as you have 2 red lights emitting at least 500 feet to the rear of the vehicle you are legal :shrug:

Anyways nice work on the lightening of the mx-3... how much was that hatch? it look really similar to what colinsmx3 was making...

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 28th, 2008, 1:19 pm
by XxantwawnxX
I got it used for 100 bucks

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 28th, 2008, 3:52 pm
by Mooneggs
oh and I've heard that primer weighs less than paint so you might want to put that on your list of to-do's... (half your car is primer anyways) :freak:



jk about the primer weight - I have no idea :mrgreen:

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 28th, 2008, 6:36 pm
by umcamara
Yeah... primer may weigh less than paint Marc, I really don't know. But I do know that if you keep applying coats of said primer whenever you feel it "needs another coat", it no longer weighs less. You're on what now, 10th coat?? Just a guess...

:P

Re: Im bored so im posting this little fix i made to mycar(pics)

Posted: April 29th, 2008, 1:17 pm
by XxantwawnxX
i need to get my car painted...but i have no money for such things.