Please kill that dude

A jammed solenoid is like throwing your mivec head away. i've had that experienced once. OMG it really breaks my heart. tried to find a new one but a dude from Batu Caves wants to sell his part for RM 1150 ($300++) for a unit that's about the size of three fingers with a spring inside. What a lousy price to pay for a new one. to find a used solenoid is like throwing RM 1800. but you get a complete head with cam and valves. So, if you were me which one will you choose. i'd stick with that RM 1800 i guess. but in what really happen ,my friend and I opened the head cover and put that jammed solenoid in gasoline for hours and clean it afterwards with WD40(anti-rust)..maybe next time we'll show you how it's done. But, it's not my problem that i'm concerned. it's about my friend who just join the mivec community by buying a MIVEC halfcut and installing it into his Satria (in Japan it's called a mirage cyborg R ). His Mivec opens but the sounds is just so-so. we tried doing the solenoid cleaning but still,just a little improvement. His exhaust setup...hmm... i think it's an A, his mod, still stock but a little adjustment on the intake and ecu....but yet, i dont understand why it's hard to tune his machine...engine checklights sometimes flashes and we traced and got rid of the problem. it's MAP sensor fault...i think that soelnoid need to be cleaned again since his halfcut is in the chop shop for so long....about 2 days later he complained about the trouble gettind top speed..."wei man, why cant i get 180 km/h in a short period?"he asked.. so i told him to get a 2 inch piping like i had on my previous block but he said that his friend told him to put a 2.3 inch piping on his ride..so i told him even a 1.8 like me only use a 2.2 inch piping. it's quiet enough for a 1.8 mivec, i said. sometimes i wonder why it's so hard to tune the way we wanted it to run but in the end when the setup is complete, we'll be screaming inside our car with an enormous smile and thanking God for a unique machine like this.that's what i've been feeling after all the hard work, the effort and the money thrown away just like that for the satisfaction of my ride. Of course, it might not be the fastest in Malaysia..hehe..but at least we enjoy our ride on the road with no regrets..............................