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So I've noticed now that in place of the bogging I have a bit of surging. It's "quicker" than surging, more like jerking.. well something in between surging and jerking. The amount of power is constant, increasing smoothly with the RPM, but there are half-second bursts with a slight lull at the end before returning to the constant power of acceleration. There are about 2 or 3 of them between 1700-3000 RPM. I want a smooth acceleration.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I left out something important... So before I adjusted the timing I was getting a knock sensor (p0325) code. I cut in the old knock sensor from my other engine and put it on top of the intake which reduced its ability to hear and call for timing adjustments. After the relocation I had probably twice the gutlessness. It flat out bogged down between 2k and 2.5k RPM. Just FYI Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After I put my new engine in I set the timing by ear and by idle speed.. I have adjusted it back and forth since then without any real results but a persistent gutlessness until 3k RPM. It was a pain, a chore, to drive in any fast paced traffic since I simply couldn't speed up as quickly as everyone else... not just a little less quickly but painfully less quickly so that I had to floor it to get up above 3k RPM. So I searched high and low for a rental timing light and for someone who might let me borrow theirs, no dice. So finally I bought a bluetooth scan tool, the BlueDriver which I'm going to make a separate thread for, and used the live data to set the timing. So on the live data feed I selected "Timing Advance for Cylinder #1" and then while looking at the feed I slowly adjusted the distributor until the feed was at its absolute lowest point (which was +5deg). It worked! I don't have power that wasn't there before or anything but now I can access what power is there below 3k RPM. It's really great. I mean it's still the VG33 but it does just fine now. It's still slow getting up to speed but it's not outrageous anymore and doesn't cause people to be angry with me because I'm so slow.. I didn't screen shot the Timing Advance before and it's too late now but here is what it looks like: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I need to see the pic beside the stock qx4 please And thank you for sharing all of this. When I finally get ready I'll be using these springs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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You should put an alarm system with a couple 180db horns in there on a delay so the thief will get all the way inside the vehicle. That way they'll surely suffer permanent hearing loss. You'll need a manual arming switch so you can be sure not to accidentally damage your own hearing. Sorry I know that's cruel.. would probably get you sued... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Quote: 1. Turn the key from off to on. 2. Watch the airbag light closely. It will stay on for a few secs. and then as soon as it blinks off (the start of the flashing), turn the key off instantly. 3. Count to 5 (1 Steamboat, 2 Steamboat, 3 Steamboat, 4 Steamboat, 5 Steamboat) 4. Repeat steps 1-3 two more times until you have done the cycle 3 times. 5. Now turn the key on and watch the light. It will start blinking in a different, slower manner. This is diagnostic mode. You can watch this, no rush. 6. Now turn the key off again, Count to 5 like in step 3 again, and turn back on. If the procedure worked, the airbag light should not be flashing anymore. Quote 2: One thing I would like to point out for anyone else who comes here with the same issue is, follow the steps EXACTLY as they are listed. It took me several attempts to get it right, because I didn't realize that "instantly" meant just that. Not after it flashes again, but INSTANTLY after it blinks off after the 5-7 seconds, turn your ignition to off. *Taken from altimaforum.net* The above works. It's not a reset like you see when resetting the ECU.. but it works if you do it exactly like it says. I did it probably 10 times before I realized you have to turn the key off as quickly as is humanly possible. If it sits there at all after staying solid it doesn't work. The instant you see it go out after turning the key on, turn it back off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Great stance. It's not squatting at all! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Yeah maybe I need to practice my defensive driving. Although I tried everything I knew to do to avoid him crashing into me. Mind that this all happened inside 50 yards in congested traffic so backing out of it would have consisted of stopping in the middle of the road; there was no getting away from him. He did however try to make peace with me as soon as we pulled over to the side.. with a sandwich or maybe a biscuit or something that he tried to hand me but I angrily rejected his offer. Had I sucked it up and forgave him immediately he probably would have told the truth. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You should start a new thread. I spliced into the existing wires to get to the door speakers; so from amp to rear of head unit, then using a wiring diagram, from rear of head unit spliced to existing wiring to reach door speakers. I came thru the firewall right here: Word of anecdotal warning.. I think that my transmission was helped into its grave by the severe voltage drops during bass heavy music; robbing the various solenoids of power... again anecdotal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Wow. That sounds absolutely horrible.. I still feel anxious when I think about that guy pursuing me.. I can not imagine how terrible that must have been for you. Thank you for sharing. I am interested in an off-road bumper also. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk