- Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:43 pm
#3597559
Hello. Ive recently noticed that my car has been hissing at around 3500rpm, personally I think it is an exhaust leek. However to rule out an air leak on the intake side. When I checked this the gruppe m adapter plate ( the individual part which the intake pipe straps on to) was loose from the rest of the system. I took the gruppe m out undid the large strap and took the cone filter out to find that a nut that was there to secure the adaptor plate the the filter body was resting in side the filter... It had clearly come loose over he years I have had it installed. It was put on tightly evidenced by the mark on the back of the filter body in the paint where it was tightened against. I was shocked by this and was nervous to just put I back together in case this happens again. To remedy this I turned the bolts the other way so that the bolt heads and the spring washers are on the inside which should mnimsise the risk of this happening again. Maybe this is the way it is supposed to be assembled...? Not sure. Should say when I bought it second hand it was pre assembled. Please check yours In case yours has been put together like this.... I should have taken more care when I got mine but I just wanted to bolt it on... Disaster averted
you can't buy a Mugen-tuned engine or ECU/map for the road, but if you could...