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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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