Deadmau5X: MOAR Mods 'N Stuff

[Rmondoh]

So Hughes and I finally got around to doing the fluids on my car. We did the tranny, xfer case, and rear diff. None of the fluids looked bad really for 33k miles without a single change. Not a lot of metal shavings to be honest and I think the xfer case fluid still looked a bit red. Not too hard of a job to change them all. I'd say the hardest one to fill was the xfer case just because you couldn't really see if it was dripping out of the fill hole due to the location. Overall a pretty easy job. Fluids used were as follows:

Transmission: Redline Cocktail (2x MTL, 1x MT-90)
Transfer Case: Diaqueen 90W LSD
Rear Differential: Diamond ATF SP III + Diaqueen 90W LSD (rear diff takes 2 fluids. 2 different compartments for each)

I've been driving around for a week or so now with the new tranny fluid and OMG. The difference between the Redline mix and the OEM stuff is night and day. I really love how smooth each shift feels now.

I also picked up a Cobb downpipe from a fellow NTEC member down here for pretty cheap and in good shape. So we should be able to run a test and see what a full 3" shorty downpipe does without the o2 housing being changed. I'm still optimistic about it but if it ends up doing nothing, I'm content with losing what I spent for it. :)

Also got a MitsuStyle sticker from Hughes today! I got the standard white lettering with red mitsu symbol. Thanks to Scheides for bringing those down to Vegas and handing them off to Hughes!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5313193825_206cc4f0ce_b.jpg

[Kracka]

Lookin' good!

[scheides]

Woohoo, redline and sticker mods!

[Rmondoh]

Ah I knew I forgot something.

Back when Hughes helped me install my Perrin RSB, he told me he heard an exhaust leak. I didn't look into it right away. A couple weeks ago I noticed that my wideband started reading weird when the car was idle and eventually threw a "Service Engine Soon" code, P0171, which is "System Too Lean". On first research, it looked like it might be a MAF scaling issue as nothing had changed on the car since I got tuned back in early November. Well I emailed back and forth with Cobb on the issue and eventually told them I was going to bring it in (since I got off work early one day due to holiday). As soon as they pulled it into the shop, I heard the exhaust leak and was "OMG...". It sounded pretty bad from outside the car. You couldn't really hear it that well from inside the car, even with the windows down. So Calvin checks out the vac lines in the engine bay and all looks good. He goes to check the exhaust leak and tells me that's what the issue is. Since I have my wideband tapped into the downpipe near the stock o2 sensor, the leak (at idle) is causing enough of an issue to where the car would read a false lean condition. So the manager at Cobb gave me a gasket and all was good. They didn't charge me a single thing! Nice guys at Cobb. :)

So I go to change the gasket and this is what I took off the car (note: I'm actually holding it upside down):

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5002/5313271489_46ffda1fc0_b.jpg

That would be kind of a problem!

So I put in the new gasket and fire up the car. IMMEDIATELY sounds WAY better and my wideband also IMMEDIATELY starts reading back to what I used to see. Just goes to show how something so small might cause issues elsewhere. If I didn't have my wideband tapped into the downpipe right next to the stock o2 sensor, I probably wouldn't have known the readings were getting thrown off. Lesson learned!

[Rmondoh]

PPI ported exhaust manifolds came in Friday. Really really nice job done on them. Very happy with how they look. Took them to SPC with Kracka to get them ceramic coated. Should be done by the end of the week hopefully! Here's a link to my before pictures of the manifolds. Enjoy!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmondoh/sets/72157625906551813/

[scheides]

Mmmmmmm ported hooooooootness!

[goodhart]

Nice. I'd really like to port the turbine ho0using/mani on my car, I was looking into PPI as well. Looks like they do nice work!

[Kracka]

Wayne @ PPI is a great guy, his portwork is very nice for the money. It's not as sexy as Bob @ MAP's, but it's also less than half the price even when you select his "extreme" option.

[goodhart]

Did you guys go with the extreme option?

[Rmondoh]

Did you guys go with the extreme option?

Yes we did. There wasn't a part of the manifold that wasn't ported. Runners were done all the way. Hopefully the pictures I took reflect that. It was hard enough trying to get the flash and focus of my camera to get in there, but I think I got enough of it to show. :)