100K MP5 Club

[ZZZOOM!]

I just broke 100k miles on a 2002 mp5. Anyone else?

Remember the Blues brothers movie when they pull up to the tax office in Chicago and the car comes apart into a hundred pieces?? well, I have duct tape ready.....

[CTt3P5]

Congrats! I just hope you never have to use that duct tape. haha

[xelderx]

I've got right at 117,000 on mine. 3 years ago my drive to work went from 1 hour to 5 minutes. That helped keep the milage a little lower.

[ZZZOOM!]

I need to redo the valve cover gasket which means I may as well change my belts which means I may as well change my timing belt (its due) which means I may as well take the head off and totally rebuild the top end polishing/porting the head which means I may as well do some light boring and put some pistons in there which means I may as well go with a different cam which means I may as well go turbo... Sounds like a good plan. I haven’t completely installed my exhaust yet (on order) but things are a haapinin fast! Hehe my wife is very happy that I bought an "economical" car. (evil grin) oops..

[pnfnj]

i got 166,000kms, whats that in miles?

[xelderx]

I need to redo the valve cover gasket which means I may as well change my belts which means I may as well change my timing belt (its due) which means I may as well take the head off and totally rebuild the top end polishing/porting the head which means I may as well do some light boring and put some pistons in there which means I may as well go with a different cam which means I may as well go turbo... Sounds like a good plan. I haven’t completely installed my exhaust yet (on order) but things are a haapinin fast! Hehe my wife is very happy that I bought an "economical" car. (evil grin) oops..

You can't rebuild the bottom end while it's still hooked to the tranny unless you drill some holes in the bellhousing to access 2 screws that hold the windage tray on that are only accessable with the transmission seperate from the motor.

[y0sky]

I've got right at 117,000 on mine. 3 years ago my drive to work went from 1 hour to 5 minutes. That helped keep the milage a little lower.

What motor is that on though. My motor only had like 40,000 miles on it when we swapped.

[ZZZOOM!]

You can't rebuild the bottom end while it's still hooked to the tranny unless you drill some holes in the bellhousing to access 2 screws that hold the windage tray on that are only accessable with the transmission seperate from the motor.

Thanks! It will probably be at least 3 more months before I seriously go into that. I'll try not to whine too much when I get there.

PNFNJ: 103,147 miles!!!

[xelderx]

What motor is that on though. My motor only had like 40,000 miles on it when we swapped.

3rd motor...still on original tranny though. Your motor is setting on a shelf in the garage.

[gottacatchup]

I'm almost to 23k
all on the original motor and tranny too if you can believe that

[BadKarma]

I'm about to hit 97,000kms. Does that count?

And yay for the Blues Brothers reference. Best movie ever...

[StealthWyvern]

I'm a little over 142K on orig motor and tranny and still runnign strong.... dont get me wroung the car has a few quirks about it but nothing major.

[liljae8]

im at 95900 im gettin there. still running smooth.

[ChopstickHero]

sold my P5 at like 120,000km ... not quite 100k miles though... but still over a 100k mark.. haha

[sickpro5]

i must not drive enough...02' with 50k on it...original motor and tranny.....well Im traveling from kansas to Florida in about 2 weeks so that should bump me up a bit.