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Old May 31, 2008 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Wsteun
I had serious difficulty removing my MAF from my stock lid as well.
I think when doing this it's best to have a buddy hold the lid it's real easy when you have some one help you. It should take you like 10 minutes at the most with a friend to install a lid.
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Old May 31, 2008 | 07:30 PM
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Damn, as far as i remember i didnt have much trouble removing my MAF from stock lid. Only had trouble putting it into the SLP lid, but hair dryer solved that problem.
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Old May 31, 2008 | 07:37 PM
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When there's no hair dryer around there is always the stove.
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Old May 31, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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to get the maf on your new lid... use spit....
haha best thread EVAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old May 31, 2008 | 10:53 PM
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well im home!! and i got the lid out of the package and gonna install tomorrow morning with my gauges! Wish me luck guys, will definitely be bringing out the hair dryer out
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Old May 31, 2008 | 11:43 PM
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Ah you'll be fine. What gauges did you get?
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 08:47 PM
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im happy to say my installation of the slp lid went PERFECT!! Im so excited i didnt have trouble with it cause usually i always have the worst luck. The hair dryer worked perfectly
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Datzneat
Ah you'll be fine. What gauges did you get?
auto meter, cobalt series. Water temp, oil pressure, and about to order either this gauge, measure 0-60, rwhp, 1/4 time, etc(not sure about it, if anyone know anything about this gauge tell me) or the autometer wideband gauge
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yea removing the MAF from the lid sucks! hair dryer helps
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i just used a screw driver
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....where is the cheapest place to get a slp lid
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