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Podothehobbit posted:Ohhhh I HATE CARS i'll have you know people are making a whole 175-180 whp after the install, which doesn't sound like much but it will certainly beat the anemic 95-100 whp i'm making now haha. Wait, if you're seeing a power gain like that, aren't you going to have issues with spooling up the turbo?
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EightBit posted:Wait, if you're seeing a power gain like that, aren't you going to have issues with spooling up the turbo? Hence the tiny turbo. The kit uses a 15g with the smaller TD04 turbine to spool up relatively quickly, boost starting around 2000 rpm and peaking around 6250 rpm (around 8.5 psi boost), as well as the usual parts (intercooler, etc....). The Yaris idles around 750-850 rpm so there should be a moderate amount of turbo delay but since I already have a lightened flywheel/crank pulley set-up we'll see how much lag pops up. Conelrad fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Oct 26, 2011 |
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After it's installed, there needs to be a video of you pulling away from a stop light, preferably next to a Porche or something similar. You don't even have to "win," just go. It will be hilarious.
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Oct 26, 2011 04:07
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"Hitler may have been a phyco fucker but what a good VW" Never change, youtube commenters 
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Geirskogul posted:After it's installed, there needs to be a video of you pulling away from a stop light, preferably next to a Porche or something similar. You don't even have to "win," just go. It will be hilarious. Comedy option of building the 1NZ-FE up and boosting to 20 PSI. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HszS1X-wD6Q I would always drive with a  look on my face.
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It's been a busy two days. Today I cleaned rat poo poo out of the engine bay of my R3. Three weeks in storage and the fuckers are already at it. I checked in our Mazda 3 as well and they been living in that engine bay as well. Took the cars out on a quick drive to try to shake them out if they were still in there. I'm pissed off because when I turn the air on in the Rx8 the air smells like zoo and I don't know if it will ever go away. Any ideas of how to get rid of them? I have poison in there now, but I don't think they'll go for it. All our cars are parked outside in the cold wet rain right now in hopes they will gently caress off. We have never had a mouse/rat problem before and live in Toronto (not downtown). My beater Integra's midpipe snapped in half when I was driving to work yesterday, causing much noise and vibration. I got a lot of negative Honda ricer attention as I drove to an exhaust shop to have a new section of pipe welded on.  On a more positive note I swapped some cheap ebay white LEDs into my Integra's gauge cluster to make it more visible at dusk. $5 and its more pleasing to look at. 
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Podothehobbit posted:Ohhhh I HATE CARS i'll have you know people are making a whole 175-180 whp after the install, which doesn't sound like much but it will certainly beat the anemic 95-100 whp i'm making now haha. I require a proper dyno before and after install before I'm willing to believe that.
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My Tacoma's been making a squeaking noise from the belts when the engine's idling in drive and/or the A/C is on. Never sounded serious, never did any harm driving around with it, and it was one of those small things you just learn to live with, even though it made my truck sound like poo poo. I finally got tired of it and figured it had to be the tensioner pulley bearing since it was coming from that general area and 99.9% of the Internet and auto buddies said it had to be that. Changed that motherfucker, inspected the idler pulley, accessories and belts while I was at it, sprayed a little dry lube where it needed it, and fired her up. The squeak is still there 
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Oct 26, 2011 14:52
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Oct 26, 2011 23:46
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Are Forester tail lights tarred in, or are they like the GD+ Impreza where they're just bolted in? I have to redo the tar on my '97 Impreza, so I'm curious what people are using.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Are Forester tail lights tarred in, or are they like the GD+ Impreza where they're just bolted in? I have to redo the tar on my '97 Impreza, so I'm curious what people are using. No tar, just two bolts and some clips. Took maybe 10 minutes.
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Konrad posted:No tar, just two bolts and some clips. Took maybe 10 minutes. What's the going price for OEM red taillights vs OEM clear ones?
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kimbo305 posted:What's the going price for OEM red taillights vs OEM clear ones? I paid $100 (shipped) for the '04s. I'm asking $120 (shipped) on subaruforester.net for my '07s. Just trying to break even on the swap.
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Podothehobbit posted:Ohhhh I HATE CARS i'll have you know people are making a whole 175-180 whp after the install, which doesn't sound like much but it will certainly beat the anemic 95-100 whp i'm making now haha. PLEASE do a build thread. I love overpowered tiny cars. Good luck with the install!
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1996 BMW 328is I finally got under my car for the first time; I bought it about a month ago. My excellently-priced O2 sensors came in from Rock Auto so I had no more excuses dealing with that CEL. There are 4 such sensors on my car, the two that were bad were the post-cat pair, because somebody scraped the bottom or high-centered it or something. I had thought this was my fault - I took it down some pretty gnarly roads the first weekend I had it - but the shredded O2 sensor connectors had been clumsily zip-tied out of the way, not plugged into their receptacles, so it couldn't have been my fault. I know the post-cat O2 sensors are not critical for vehicle operation, but it was annoying to have that CEL and dangly bits underneath. It was a series of adventures, and now I am tired. Jacking up my car was the first adventure, I have a gravel parking space and my jackstands tend to sink in a bit. This is a problem I am going to solve before the next time I try to get under my car; the bastard tried to kill me on the way down as the jackstands tilted front-right when I was lifting the load off of the driver's front stand. Fortunately I had taken precautions and was not in any actual danger; had I been working from the other side I would have gotten a bit squished (bruises, probably, not lethal) against the shed. Live and learn, etc.  O2 Sensors 111029-2 by Execudork, on Flickr Note the fact the O2 sensor's connector has been ziptied to the brake lines, rather than connected to its receptacle. I only managed to replace the passenger-side sensor, a few whacks with the mallet against the vise-grips locked onto the old one did the trick after some PB Blaster spraying. The driver-side one did not succumb to that treatment - repeated saturation with PB Blaster and many tries on the adjustable wrench and the vise-grips left me with lightly rounded corners on the old sensor. I can't even just plug it in to see if it works because the end of the wire has been ripped off - it was just dangling in space, and was probably amputated on some rock on some gravel road somewhere.  O2 Sensors 111029-3 by Execudork, on Flickr Pictured: Bastard. Not Pictured: Room to get my $16, purchased-last-night O2 Sensor Socket in there. While I was under there I noticed a bar hanging below the engine, just in front of the transmission, was loose. A few minutes with my 17mm socket put those bolts back in and stopped the rattling. So at least I accomplished something. I gave up on the seized sensor after an hour of rounding those corners, I need to try again with better tools. What's the name of the wrench/socket thing that lets you put a socket wrench or breaker bar on it, and comes in from the side? This is pictured on Pelican Parts, and I want one: 
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ExecuDork posted:That's one hell of a lot of slop, I wonder if the open end is as poorly-toleranced.
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ExecuDork posted:It was a series of adventures, and now I am tired. Jacking up my car was the first adventure, I have a gravel parking space and my jackstands tend to sink in a bit. Plywood. On anything but concrete I won't go under my car without it after this happened.  Also, I believe you're looking for crow's foot wrenches if you're talking about that attachment. Crustashio fucked around with this message at 03:30 on Oct 30, 2011 |
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Crustashio posted:Plywood. On anything but concrete I won't go under my car without it after this happened.  Also, that's loving terrifying. The entire time I was under my car this afternoon I was very careful to avoid pushing on or accidentally kicking or something any of the jackstands. Not an experience I wish to repeat.Thanks, I thought that might be the name but given the odds of the Princess Auto employees knowing anything, I thought it best to find out for sure.
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Crowfoot wrench, but don't waste your money; they won't take much torque and you've already rounded the corners. You need a propane or MAPP torch to get the bung good and hot, then try the vise-grips and hammer.
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Installed and programmed an UltraGauge. Really nice alternative to a ScanGauge at about half the price.
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hedge posted:Installed and programmed an UltraGauge. Really nice alternative to a ScanGauge at about half the price.
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So today was the day. A friend and I started the day with an awesome trek at the Cops and Rodders car show and then finally headed over to the casa to do the install. Overall install time took us 12 hours and ended with a fully functioning car! During the test drive/shake down phase I tried to limit the time in boost but so far there have been no CELs and aside from an initial oil leak that was fixed, no mechanical problems. So now I definitely need to get the car professionally tuned but based off the rough fuel setup i'm pulling strong from 2000 rpm on. AFR's during open loop (throttle down and accelerating) are floating between 11.8 and 13.6 while closed loop (foot off the throttle) is fluctuating between 13.9 and 15.2. All in all i'm rocking a big smile on my face and am looking forward to many years of boosted fun. Here are some pictures from the install: The troops assemble.  Bumper removed.  Victory! Removing that stock manifold was probably the hardest step on the removal side.  Ready to rumble! Getting covered in mass quantities of oil.  Turbo, downpipe, and manifold installed!  Friend about to fabricate some intercooler brackets.  Time for a test drive followed by reassembly! 
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Podothehobbit posted:So today was the day. A friend and I started the day with an awesome trek at the Cops and Rodders car show and then finally headed over to the casa to do the install. Overall install time took us 12 hours and ended with a fully functioning car! During the test drive/shake down phase I tried to limit the time in boost but so far there have been no CELs and aside from an initial oil leak that was fixed, no mechanical problems. So now I definitely need to get the car professionally tuned but based off the rough fuel setup i'm pulling strong from 2000 rpm on. AFR's during open loop (throttle down and accelerating) are floating between 11.8 and 13.6 while closed loop (foot off the throttle) is fluctuating between 13.9 and 15.2. All in all i'm rocking a big smile on my face and am looking forward to many years of boosted fun. loving brilliant! Get thee to a dyno!
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Podothehobbit posted:So today was the day. A friend and I started the day with an awesome trek at the Cops and Rodders car show and then finally headed over to the casa to do the install. Overall install time took us 12 hours and ended with a fully functioning car! During the test drive/shake down phase I tried to limit the time in boost but so far there have been no CELs and aside from an initial oil leak that was fixed, no mechanical problems. So now I definitely need to get the car professionally tuned but based off the rough fuel setup i'm pulling strong from 2000 rpm on. AFR's during open loop (throttle down and accelerating) are floating between 11.8 and 13.6 while closed loop (foot off the throttle) is fluctuating between 13.9 and 15.2. All in all i'm rocking a big smile on my face and am looking forward to many years of boosted fun. I bet that thing rips like hell now. Pretty sure I'm getting out HP'd by a Yaris now too 
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Lowclock posted:Also looks a shitload better. How's the update rate and functionality compared to the Scangauge? The only things I would change about the UltraGauge would be to have user configurable lighting color and a detachable cable.
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I left it outside in an electrical storm. I have never seen flash rust so even and GOLD before.
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Nodoze posted:I bet that thing rips like hell now. hedge posted:Pretty sure I'm getting out HP'd by a Yaris now too Thanks for the responses. My plan is to get the dynotune done this upcoming weekend. Video will follow! Also one last photo from the install... Post install and trial drive, good night sweet prince. 
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My VW... I tried to start it and found it was out of fuel. Weird. Put some in, started it and drove it back and forth in the small space that I could, slamming on the brakes, and doing similar with the hand brake just to keep everything moving.
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Took my car down the Twisted Sisters in Kerrville Texas for the first time. Kept up with the supercharged MRS in our group. I need a bigger engine and better brakes now. 
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Took a better picture, then did the "washer trick" and lowered the car by .75" or so by shimming the ride height sensors down. Hard to tell, but it's lower. 
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I've done quite a bit to the car in the past few months. The Dinan stage 3 suspension went in, and an Akrapovic exhaust & Evolve-R toon replaced the Dinan "performance" parts. I resold the Dinan exhaust and got some shots of the titanium doing its nifty rainbow thing (it started out grey)  I opted for the CF tips because I liked the black on white look the Dinan exhaust had:  All told worth ~20 rwhp and 25 ft-lbs. Those cats are TUV and MOT legal, I'd have done the Dinan pipe but it had no cats and wouldn't pass inspection in England.
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Found (and cleaned) the intake manifold bolts! Hopefully the weather holds tomorrow so I can get that and the ignition installed tomorrow.
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Got my steelies to mount up my snow tires! Wait.  Thanks, UPS, for randomly holding one of the four wheels for no loving reason. Even the dog thinks it's stupid.
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Rockauto sent me some NOS brake hoses with date code 10/1989! Thanks, I'll get right to installing some 22 year old brake hoses. 
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Drove down to the states, picked up my winter tires/steelies, drove back. Installed them, got to the last wheel, and the shop that had the front tire off last cross threaded the nut getting it back on. Cue broken stud... Sigh.
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opengl128 posted:Put together a camera mount for my upcoming track day. That's pretty clever. I usually just moved my passenger seat up/foward as far as it will go then stuff the camera in the headrest. Might have to copy that next year when I get a gopro.
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Crustashio posted:That's pretty clever. I usually just moved my passenger seat up/foward as far as it will go then stuff the camera in the headrest. Might have to copy that next year when I get a gopro. That's exactly what I used to do, but the track organizers require it to be hard mounted in the car to pass tech.
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Detailed the hell out of it. Engine bay:    Interior:    Exterior wash and wax:    
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