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Is that box ("useless"?) potentially doing anything as far as reducing IR exposure to the wiring harness from the exhaust manifold?
 


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Cut mine out and haven't looked back. If you feel so inclined. Wrap them in a heat shield.

Is that box ("useless"?) potentially doing anything as far as reducing IR exposure to the wiring harness from the exhaust manifold?
 


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Cut mine out and haven't looked back. If you feel so inclined. Wrap them in a heat shield.
Mines been out for about 3 years, no none issues I know of. It’s just plastic, I hit it with a meter it’s not conductive at all so don’t know how it could be a shield of any sort short of a anti chafe wire passage, the high temp reflective wrap probably keeps the wires cooler, I wrapped everything around the headers with it including brake lines.
 


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I haven’t given up, still looking on how to get some of the material.
Talk to @Hickster.

He's our resident insulation guru.

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Cut mine out and haven't looked back. If you feel so inclined. Wrap them in a heat shield.
Next time, mine is going in the garbage. Nightmares, dealing with that damned thing, in the way.

Now, I know to remove the right front wheel liner and un-bolt it, from the car. THEN, I'll throw it away. LOL

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So I just looked in the FSM and saw that spark plugs are 60k or 60 months for the recommended service interval. I've never changed plugs based on age (assuming the car hasn't just sat forever), I've always just done it based on mileage or performance.

Anyone actually suggest doing it based on the 60 months? I've got nothing else going on and kind of feel like having a beer and working on the car, so I'm not against it! Completely stock car btw...
 


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So I just looked in the FSM and saw that spark plugs are 60k or 60 months for the recommended service interval. I've never changed plugs based on age (assuming the car hasn't just sat forever), I've always just done it based on mileage or performance.

Anyone actually suggest doing it based on the 60 months? I've got nothing else going on and kind of feel like having a beer and working on the car, so I'm not against it! Completely stock car btw...

I think the assumption is normal, consistent, use.

Unlike oil exposed to moisture even without use, sparkplugs don't seem like they would deteriorate over time. (Unless you're talking about decades and corrosion after some use)

I'm sticking to mileage
 


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Bump just because I’m about to go through this again
 


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Buy the fucking manton valve covers
 


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1500 can’t do it would rather cut every single finger again and smash knuckles (and I 100% will). Been about 30k or so on e85 and I gapped them all to .028. Boost is a bit shaky up top. Going to close them to .021 (fresh plugs)
Buy the fucking manton valve covers
 


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I should have cut that box out. Had to reuse my old one to put battery cable and wire harness for new headlamp to dash harness in when did swap. Maybe I’ll do it this time, I have some vibrant extreme wrap left
 


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Next weekend, for me.

For sure getting rid of that damned box. The job would have taken half the time, last time... if I had removed that damned thing, or at least disconnected and moved it...

Now, I know better.

Let's do this thing...
 


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I think the assumption is normal, consistent, use.

Unlike oil exposed to moisture even without use, sparkplugs don't seem like they would deteriorate over time. (Unless you're talking about decades and corrosion after some use)

I'm sticking to mileage
The calendar requirement is long since changed.
 




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