DIY R18 P2R TBS with gasket Installation tips!

[RobSBP]

Yes. I like this intake a lot.

 

[Pauly99to17]

TBS installed! Love it! Car is so much more responsive.

Thanks for the help fellas!

 

[RobSBP]

Additional tip! After plastic gasket settle down for few days, tighten throttle body bolts again.

 

[Joe Liu]

okay so im tired of the gas cap error and thinking about cutting the gasket tomorrow. question, do you not have to cut the slit through? @VNPP the depth of your slit only looks halfway through..how long did it take going at it with a utility knife

 

[Pauly99to17]

okay so im tired of the gas cap error and thinking about cutting the gasket tomorrow. question, do you not have to cut the slit through? @VNPP the depth of your slit only looks halfway through..how long did it take going at it with a utility knife

You think you are getting the gas cap error because of the spacer? Do you consistently get a message? I got the gas cap error 2 or 3 times when I first bought the car because I wasn't tightening down the cap until it started clicking.

 

[RobSBP]

From the 8th gen site, they slit through the gasket. It seems to work also. It took me like good 30 minutes to mod the gasket when I did my.
Good luck tomorrow!

 

[VNPP]

okay so im tired of the gas cap error and thinking about cutting the gasket tomorrow. question, do you not have to cut the slit through? @VNPP the depth of your slit only looks halfway through..how long did it take going at it with a utility knife

Yeah mine was the size pictured and halfway through. I haven't gotten a error message since I've had it either.
Id say like 5 mins with just a regular flip out knife was all it took me. Good luck!

 

[Pauly99to17]

I did this slit mod too and have never had an error code pop up. Utility knife. 20 minutes

 

[RobSBP]

Hehe, I'm slow

 

[Joe Liu]

I get the gas cap error about once every few days and it's pretty tight. My friend who has the same car and tbs has the same issue.

Lol I just took the gasket off and there's a perfect indentation of where I need to cut the slit to. How convienient..I definitely had this thing on tight.

 

[Joe Liu]

Hope this works.

 

[Joe Liu]

fml so while I was putting the throttle body bolts back on I heard a metal dropping sound. It wasn't till I couldn't tighten the bolts did I realize I might've dropped something important in the engine bay. I looked and looked. At one point I was going to give up and buy the part tomorrow at the local dealership..but I evetually found it by going under, taking off the skid plate and digging around.

 

[VNPP]

fml so while I was putting the throttle body bolts back on I heard a metal dropping sound. It wasn't till I couldn't tighten the bolts did I realize I might've dropped something important in the engine bay. I looked and looked. At one point I was going to give up and buy the part tomorrow at the local dealership..but I evetually found it by going under, taking off the skid plate and digging around.

Ohhh no!! At least you found it though, did you finish the installation?

 

[Joe Liu]

Yep all done! now to drive around a few days and see if the error message comes up again. Thanks guys!

 

[Ron Flood]

wow! I have used throttle body spacers in the past and never really noticed any difference except for clearance issues.... probably a tuning thing tho. I wonder if I should bite the bullet...