Shasta

Will the DG engine cover brackets work with the factory MSP cover on my Protege 5?

Raverx17

Yes they will

Shasta

Thank you.

KrayzieFox

MSP/MP3/DGM engine covers and brackets are all the same. They'll fit.

Raverx17

You welcome. My pleasure to help

Shasta

They are a little pricey but might be worth it instead of the trouble, will wait till the cover arrives and see how complicated it may be. Maybe I'll copy them and sell them . lol

Raverx17

Yes they are They cost me 54 shipped to FL.

You gave me a good idea

_Kansei_

You can in reality just plop the engine cover over your valve cover sans brackets. It can handle the heat just fine, I know people that have done it that way for years.

If you get the DG brackets BE VERY CAREFUL. Don't be stupid like me and try to make everything really tight, you'll break welds on the brackets leaving you stranded with the engine cover stuck on >_<

this pic is it without any brackets at all:

Shasta

Thanks for the tip, I would have thought to torque it down too. I'll rubber mount it.

J-Protege

If you float it there, wont it fly around the bay if you take sharp turns or bumps?

_Kansei_

no way. I've autocrossed plenty of times with it there. I don't think it's actually possible for it to come loose, but I'd be the one most able to test that theory. I can take out my hood grille, reach in, and try to dislodge it with the hood closed. Since the oil filler neck sticks up above it so far I don't think it is at all possible for it to come off. It doesn't even spin around or anything!

J-Protege

Haha, OK, so what do the brackets do? Hold it down more?

_Kansei_

Otherwise it is just.. sitting there. i.e. if your hood was open and there was a 75mph wind gust, it might fly away. With the hood closed, no worries. With the brackets, it sits a little bit higher (making the oil filler neck basically invisible, just see the oil cap itself) and is secured in place, so that the next time you do a barrel roll your engine cover doesn't move

J-Protege

Based on my current track record, I may need the bracket

Good to know though, I think I'm gonna pick up an engine now!

3 days later edit: That should say 'pick up an engine cover now

Shasta

Mine just arrived so now to get brackets.