Hey Michigan 3SI, I want to make sure you know about the UMG coming up in May. Here ... I'm excited to annouce the seventh annual Upper Midwest 3/S Gathering,...
I wish I had enough time off to come out to the UMG. Maybe next year. ... From: mi3si@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mi3si@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Curt Sent:...
Our next major gathering is the Winter Gathering held in Okemos, Mi. We had a great time last year. Cars are not required, so if your is in storage or in...
Sunday April 30th Meet at 1pm Dave & Busters is a great place to Play Video Games, Pool, Hang at the bar or just have a nice dinner and talk cars. Check them...
I talked with Rusty, our parts guy at SouthGate Mitsu, this morning. He told me there's a beautiful red 95 VR4 with Illinois plates that's in their shop for a...
Yeah, I am pretty sure it's Mikes! I think he has around 40~45K miles on it, so I bet anyone with a 10 year old 3S would like to trade him :) Heck, I have...
Ioan Raicu
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Mar 6, 2006 7:06 pm
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Yeah, Rusty told me you were there too ;-) scottv@... a Sent by: To mi3si@yahoogroups...
I replaced my OEM plug wires with a set from NAPA, mainly for convenience because they were half a mile from my house and had them in stock. Over the past...
Ioan Raicu
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Mar 6, 2006 7:23 pm
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It's hard to say John. It may be that the wires are just not big enough, or that the spark plugs need re-gapping. Usually when a coil pack goes, it goes out...
Thanks for the reply, I'll start with cleaning the K&N since that is the easiest, and then probably to re-gapping the plugs and/or putting my old wires back...
Ioan Raicu
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Mar 6, 2006 7:36 pm
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As far as I know, when you buy a OEM coil pack, you get the compete assembly with all 3 coils. I'm not sure you can even buy them separately. If you did, and...
It was a Saturday afternoon, and I needed right then to finish the car, so I went to AutoZone and bought it there for $80 for just 1 coil... It looks identical...
Ioan Raicu
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Mar 6, 2006 7:56 pm
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OK, I'll systematically start changing stuff (clean K&N, shorten gap + change wires, change all the coils with OEM ones from the dealer), and let's see where...
Ioan Raicu
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Mar 6, 2006 9:23 pm
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DEFINITELY plugs! I had the same problem. I put brand new iridiums plugs in with magnacore 8.5 wires, and had the same thing happen. The stock plug gap (by ...
The strange thing was that I had the same plugs in there before, and although I did not remember what gap I had them prior, from the looks of the 15K old plugs...
Ioan Raicu
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Mar 6, 2006 10:34 pm
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I have a stock 3 coil set from a 92 TT. I have no reason to believe anything Is wrong with it . Since my last AEM tune I had all data indicating it was pumping...
Hmmm... I don't know, I mean am not sure my other 2 coils are bad... the one I replaced was visibly bad as sparks were flying from one plug to the other...
Ioan Raicu
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Mar 6, 2006 11:16 pm
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$107 for a new coil pack assy from Southgate. iraicu@... o.edu Sent by: To mi3si@yahoogroups...
Before you go and buy another set of wires, coil packs, etc, with money you could use elsewhere, pull out a voltmeter, check the manual for appropriate ...
My OEM wires that I replaced were only 25K miles old, and I only replaced them because I was changing the copper plugs (which need changing every 15K miles),...
Ioan Raicu
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Mar 7, 2006 12:58 am
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Wow, that is not much more than what I paid for just 1 coil pack ($80) ... John ... -- ============================================ Ioan Raicu Ph.D. Student ...
Ioan Raicu
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Mar 7, 2006 1:20 am
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To MI3SI, Yes guys. That is my car and I’m putting it back in service. Now that I have a real job I can drive the car and pay $2.50+/gal of gas. And no,...
I can not say how much from dealer , I am not sure about compatibility either to be honest. Approximately 80k miles on it. I think jeff tried mine, and they...
Yup. I haven't forgotten :) ... From: mi3si@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mi3si@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff.A.Williamson@... Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006...
We'll be meeting again at TC Gators in Canton tomorrow (Wednesday) night as usual.....4:30pm until 8:30 or so. See yall there! Jeff V, are you gonna sporting...
Does anybody have a working stock MAS kicking around? I would like to trade my current MAS for a stock one since I want to install my K&N KIPK. The one I have...
I'm about to order a set of wheels and tires, and I'm just wondering if anybody can get me a deal mounting and balancing the wheels. It'll help me decide if I...