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im looking for alil more pick-up...i was thinking wires and plugs(not happy wit what i got)the ones on corksport any good for a sohc?if not where the best place to get'em?

Wires and plugs are good but you're probably not going to see noticable gains unless the ones you've got are really bad.<p>Have you switched to synthetic oil? You can also use a larger oil filter such as for a Hyundia Elantra. For Mobil oil filters: M1-104.<p>Have you considered the TB coolant bypass? I don't think anyones got phenolic spacers on the l4 bengines, but it might be worth looking into.

yeah, switch to synthetics, you really notice the difference, 1st time I ever spun tires in the mx was the 1st time I put in the mobile 1.

it makes that much diff.?and y the bigger filter?how does that help?

opps sorry i heard on here that the tb bypass makes it idle ruf

Oil was the 2nd best mod i did as far as performance gains goes, its weird how often oil is overlooked, you won't really feel any gains from the wires and plugs, but it does help a little, i think the stock wires are 7mm, i had 7's when i bought it, so i'm guessing they were stock, not a bad size, i have 8mm ones on there now and they are from msd, i had to splice the tips on there myself, but should be available at your local autoshop.

what type of oil guys.

lucas, redline, royal purple, castrol, mobile 1....

Are you guys for real? I really didn't know that synthetic oil would give me better gains. Maybe longer lasting enginge. It must be negligible. I've got 175k miles and have been using sythetic Mobil 1 for the last 125k. I guess I just never noticed it. BTW, car runs great!
Yeah, I concur; do that thingy with the oil. <p>one

The advantages of a larger oil filter are better flow and higher filter cappacity. The larger surface area is really the important thing; It lets more oil through, and traps more dirt because the velocity per area is lower.

so an oil filter for a hyundai elantra fits on without a problem? Doesnt strip the threads on oil pump?<p>If this is true this might be my weekend project

If you can find it, Schafers is some GOOD stuff.

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by msbmx3:
so an oil filter for a hyundai elantra fits on without a problem? Doesnt strip the threads on oil pump?<p>If this is true this might be my weekend project<hr></blockquote><p>Yes it fits without problem. I measured the gasket flange & there's a LARGE tolerance, the size & pitch of the threads are the same as well (Fram web site lists size specifications, you just have to tell it the car type, DON'T use Fram filters though).

what year and engine elantra? and where on frams website are the specs? i couldn't find it

hey if anyone wants to know i tried the 93 ford festiva oil filter mitmaks showed me some posts in the v6 forum by groharlem where he said it fit the I4 and it is a perfect fit... the mobil filter is m-104 i believe