Deaddog Saloon
- Thread starter SSpeckerwood
- Start date
Preloader
The M32 Martyr
I don't think it's that black and white. A ported manifold doesn't mean the drivetrain warranty is lost.
If the water pump went bad, they'd replace it under warranty and never even find out the manifold was tampered with.
Only repairs in which the manifold would need to be removed and the mod discovered, would the warranty be at risk. But if the owner knew it was a risk and replaced the mani with an unmodified one beforehand, the dealer would have no knowledge of the modded manifold, and therefore, no just cause to void the warranty.
I'm not sure why I chose to engage on a warranty discussion, I only found the warranty to be an obstacle to doing what I wanted. But I just wanted to share my view, so people aren't terrified to turn a wrench under their hood.
Now if the owner that ported the manifold, took his Sonic in for warranty work, it was discovered and flagged as void, and then tried to sell it under false pretense....... then yeah, that guy deserves a broken bottle to the face.
opcorn:
Last edited:
ahtoxa
New member
Jack the Lab seems to have a tick infestation, along with either larvae ticks or some other biting things (not fleas) I've found attached to him.
This morning pulled off 10 ticks and about 30 of some little tiny attached inspects. Couldn't tell what they were for sure.
Today's he's getting rubbed in food grade diatomaceous earth head to toe, which will kill them all naturally in just a few hours. Then, I need to dust the house with it.
At least he's not getting coated with dangerous chemicals found in dog/cat flea and tick treatments.
This morning pulled off 10 ticks and about 30 of some little tiny attached inspects. Couldn't tell what they were for sure.
Today's he's getting rubbed in food grade diatomaceous earth head to toe, which will kill them all naturally in just a few hours. Then, I need to dust the house with it.
At least he's not getting coated with dangerous chemicals found in dog/cat flea and tick treatments.
ChrisJ
Active member
Oh yeah, much better to have to pull 10 possibly infected ticks off him first along with 30 of some unknown bug.
ahtoxa
New member
Debatable, which I know you love doing.
The biggest issue is that many dogs don't respond well to chemical flea and tick applications (there have been deaths). Additionally, well known brands like Frontline don't actually stop ALL sticks. They only stop MOST.
He was on Frontline before, and I still pulled ticks off him. Same with my friend's Shepherd. Not uncommon at all.
You're also risking infection from a tick bite after it's been latched to you for 24 hours or so, not immediately when bitten. So, the risk is fairly low, since they weren't on there yesterday.
The biggest issue is that many dogs don't respond well to chemical flea and tick applications (there have been deaths). Additionally, well known brands like Frontline don't actually stop ALL sticks. They only stop MOST.
He was on Frontline before, and I still pulled ticks off him. Same with my friend's Shepherd. Not uncommon at all.
You're also risking infection from a tick bite after it's been latched to you for 24 hours or so, not immediately when bitten. So, the risk is fairly low, since they weren't on there yesterday.
ChrisJ
Active member
Debatable, which I know you love doing.
The biggest issue is that many dogs don't respond well to chemical flea and tick applications (there have been deaths). Additionally, well known brands like Frontline don't actually stop ALL sticks. They only stop MOST.
He was on Frontline before, and I still pulled ticks off him. Same with my friend's Shepherd. Not uncommon at all.
You're also risking infection from a tick bite after it's been latched to you for 24 hours or so, not immediately when bitten. So, the risk is fairly low, since they weren't on there yesterday.
Yes, yes I do love debating but this isn't a thing you can debate.
Most means most and most is better than none.
DE won't treat afterwards to my knowledge so he will still be susceptible as will you whenever you touch him.
ahtoxa
New member
I'm not sure I follow. Treat what afterwards? Lyme disease?
I would argue that risks from using chemicals in flea/tick treatments (using them monthly) is riskier than lyme disease. Would you undergo chemo as a preventative for cancer? No, of course not. The benefits of treatment do not outweigh the risks for me.
While the cancer analogy is a bit extreme, you get my point. There are heavy risks with the preventative treatments. The compounds used are heavily toxic. That toxicity is absorbed into the body through the skin.
Last edited:
ChrisJ
Active member
It won't prevent more from coming back.
You can't treat something you don't have. Tick and flea medicine keeps the bugs away, it doesn't treat a non-existent disease, like your bad pulley.
ahtoxa
New member
What I'm saying is the treatment poses greater long-term risks than actual ticks do; at least in my humble opinion. The treatment is highly toxic so the risk vs reward ration is not in the favor of treatment, not the way I see it.
Heartworm, for example, I use a preventative for. The risks are higher with dog getting heartworm and the effects of the heartworm disease are also long-term and debilitating, not to mention costly.
Heartworm, for example, I use a preventative for. The risks are higher with dog getting heartworm and the effects of the heartworm disease are also long-term and debilitating, not to mention costly.
TheFallenAngel12
New member
now im just asking to ask, i would assume this would be under the 1.4 Turbo engine catagory type of question. what is the highest HP & TQ recorded thus far for the 1.4 engine sonic? Basically whats the Most a person has gotten out of the turbo sonic so far as of today. Just curious.
someone asked me some questions the other day and i said there are alot of owners across the usa that are modding and pushing their sonics into the 200hp range at least and was wondering whats the highest HP & TQ recorded thus far. thanks
someone asked me some questions the other day and i said there are alot of owners across the usa that are modding and pushing their sonics into the 200hp range at least and was wondering whats the highest HP & TQ recorded thus far. thanks
My 7 o'clock appointment was delayed 1.5hrs due to another car ahead of me needing additional time. I didn't get to do as much as I'd hoped for, but the results were still pretty strong. Nothing above 4k was touched from the way I tuned it on the street. I moved both cams around a couple deg from 1.8-4k and tweaked the power enrichment tables in a couple spots to smooth out fueling. Other than that, I swapped upper charge pipes out to test the "thermos" I built to dampen the surge(it works very well btw), and removed the MAF screen to see if it was restrictive at this power level(it actually lost 2 ponies around 6k with it removed).
I was testing the car on the more subdued map that I mentioned a couple weeks. I knew it didn't make as much power based on reduced airflow number from data logs, but it was consistently knock free. Something the more aggressive map couldn't match.
Without further a due...
This is my car now vs. when it had the Anaconda, intake, and trifecta budget tune in Eco mode. Basically, Eco mode killed any power that was gained from the two MPFab parts compared to when I was on the stock tune. I hated Eco mode... You can see how it dropped the boost to 6psi to maintain stock HP levels.
This is the current set up vs. The "tuned" mode of the budget tune. Much better, but look how badly the power surged early on and how choppy it was overall. The "full" tune fixed all this, however, the AFRs were still uncomfortably lean in the first half of the pull. I'll post those comparison graphs up later.
Overall, I'm very happy with the power it made for the given amount of time I had to tweak it on the dyno. I'll probably go back for another round before the other turbo goes on. Probably a moot point given that I won't be using this turbo in the kit, but damn it, I loves me some data!!
Sent from my XT1060 using Tapatalk
Highest I've seen so far, but this will surely be superseded in the very near future.
