Got 'er done! Motordyne M370 installed
 

So last month I bought the Motordyne M 370 intake manifold and just this weekend I had the time to do it.I had worked on cars since I was a kid , but in '78 when I went to med school, my automobile tinkering came to an abrupt halt.Any work on new cars now has a leaning curve.
Friday nite I get all my tools together,and get to work. I get nearly all the bolts off when I get to the two long bolts at each end of the manifold and I can't find my deep 12mm socket, damn and I wasn't going to damage the nut with an open wrench.So I button everthing up and decide I'll go to Lowes in the morning.(I called it a dry run and felt good that it all went back to normal and the car ran fine).Saturday comes , I get the tool and go back to work.
My wife walks into the garage and asks "what are yoou doing to the car?"
Thinking quickly I answered "I saw some feathers here (which I did only one )
and I want to make sure that there isn't a dead bird in here"( things like intake manifolds fall under "need to know" and she don't need to know)
As Motordyne stated it only took a hour to do, so now everything is done and the moment of truth comes, I push the start button , the engine comes to life, sounds really good and best of all no check engine light. The idle was sorta rough while the ecu adjusted itself to the mod, then purred like a kitten.
I took it out for a short test drive and I felt an instsnt difference, what a kick inthe pants.It feels so good to be turning wrenches again. BTW when I was done the missus asked me if I found any more bird parts in the engine bay.
No just a few feathers.(thats how you stay happily married after 27 years.:bowrofl:

Nice. Seriously thinking about getting this. Any other engine mods you have besides this?

Thanks for the fun post DrEvil, I'm glad to hear the mod made such a difference for you; once you add the tune to the manifold mod, you'll probably be able to squeeze more hp out of it. I enjoyed at the feather story :bowrofl:

So far I did an R2C cai, Tanabe cbe and I have the Tanabe Y pipe on order.

Does the wife know about those? haha

Cool. Glad to hear you're enjoying it!

Need to know only, she does't need to know. Damn I put a cai and a cat back on her XC70. My grown kids noticed it right away, especialy the beefy exhast tip and the different exhaust note but she don't know.:bowrofl:

LMAO @ mods on the Volvo.

That's awesome.

Positive results with the Motordyne manifold? Possibly a placebo? I hope you actually did get positive results. Many people here haven't seen enough of a performance increase to justify the costs.

LOL congrats on the install. Even tho I heard not much on Motordyne. LOL my wife notices all my mods from exhaust to accelaration. shes say Did you do anything I say no ,shes like car feels different LOL..

I should be getting my Motordyne M370 installed in the next few weeks, along with a Uprev tune. Glad to hear you enjoy the mod!

Hilarious story DrEvil!!!
I love it that you're happy with the mod, and that the wife is "on a need to know basis". I keep my wife on a need to know basis too, I was able to do HPS tubes + K & N drop in air filters with out her noticing, I know easy. lol, Know i'm hoping she doesn't notice the F.I. res test pipes + CBE come this June!!!

Wife must be deaf to not notice the exhaust getting louder LOL

I am soo tempted to to fi but with the car missing for a week or so, that she would notice, so therefore she would need to know.

Pretend the car got stolen. When the work is done just tell her the cops found the car! :tup: