Recent content by alienator064

Didn't know this, thanks for the information. I'll be keeping it stock then.

I'm looking to get more induction noise out of my intake system. Ebay ram air intakes seem like a fine idea, but I've heard their filters are sketch. Has anybody just bought a nice cone filter (recommended brands and size?) and stuck it on their maf sensor with a short pipe fitting? It seems...

Thanks, that helped! Turns out the actuator was unplugged, and it works now.

So after taking my new (used) protege from 82 to 84 thousand miles and fixing all the major issues with it (alternator, battery, tires, pads and rotors, etc.) the small issues that I originally didn't care about have started to bug me and are itching to get fixed. First, the cruise control has...

Didn't know there was an adjustment screw haha. Maybe I should've done more research on protege brakes before doing this work. Hopefully this thread will help people in the future from making a dumb oversight. Oh well, just another learning experience I guess.

So replacing pads and rotors and my rear passenger brake piston can't be pushed in all the way to fit the new pads. It's not seized because I can pump the brakes and see the piston move further out and push it back in until a point where it just won't go back in anymore. The piston sticks out...