The Blue Turd | Subaru Discord | Page 4

pearl oak Jul 13, 2023, 12:18 PM

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Is there even a spring in there?

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 12:29 PM

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🤷‍♂️

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now the question is, will my new actuator arrive in time tomorrow for me install it, or am I driving to abbots ripton and back on the flacid one

round skiff Jul 13, 2023, 12:50 PM

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That's just the special edition quick response wastegate

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 12:59 PM

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limited edition

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looks like a 2psi wastegate they had on the foresters

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 1:19 PM

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@pearl oak weaseled my way into the extremebhp clubstand at tunerfest, so will be there

pearl oak Jul 13, 2023, 1:20 PM

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Oooooh fancy I’ll see ya there then

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 1:30 PM

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Dug thru my turbo pile, found a wastegate that fits, spring is much stronger, fingers crossed.

round skiff Jul 13, 2023, 2:11 PM

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You tried it yet?

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 2:20 PM

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nope. don't want to spoil the surprise for myself, will try it tomorrow on my 3 anda half hour drive

pearl oak Jul 13, 2023, 2:21 PM

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Let’s hope it’s not too strong then

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 2:22 PM

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it's weaker than the one that was on the china td05

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but stronger than the one that was on this td04

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also this one came off a TF035, which I believe is a forester turbo, and looked to be factory, so hopefully, won't be more than 10psi or so

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what could go wrong

pearl oak Jul 13, 2023, 3:03 PM

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That’s some fun city driving to max out that wastegate spring at least

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I also hate how familiar all of those roads are

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:04 PM

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on a 3 hour drive you guys pass through like 10 cities

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:04 PM

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is a small island

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:05 PM

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iceland is small too

pearl oak Jul 13, 2023, 3:05 PM

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It’s nice though, don’t have to drive too far to get basically anywhere

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:05 PM

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i dont like america

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everything is atleast 15 miles away

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:05 PM

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if we had the amount of space 'murica has, the tiny 3 bed house I'm renting wouldn't be priced at £300k...

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:06 PM

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i guess because i live in the middle of the mountains where all we have is canyon roads

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3 bed house here is around that price

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:06 PM

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yeah, but they're bigger. a lot bigger

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:06 PM

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sometimws

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go to LA and you can get a small 2 bed 1.5 bath apartment for 800k

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:08 PM

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my 3bed house in the UK vs my uncles 3 bed house in the US. both about the same price

pearl oak Jul 13, 2023, 3:09 PM

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Uk housing is so weird, I live in the outskirts of a small city and prices are cheap. I’m an hour from Manchester but if I got the same in Manchester it’s about 5x the price I bought it for

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:10 PM

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i see ur car

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:11 PM

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area-wise, the house i live in fits inside the footprint of his garage.

pearl oak Jul 13, 2023, 3:12 PM

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Ooof that has me curious

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:12 PM

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now lets say you want to buy a property like mine with 340 acres (1.3 square kilometers) with the 4 bed 2 bath house we have thats around 2.5 million.

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:12 PM

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pearl oak Uk housing is so weird, I live in the outskirts of a small city and prices are c...

oh yeah, prices have gone absolutely mental here. all my home ownership dreams have been shettered

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:13 PM

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im 16 so i personally dont own it but i live there

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uk seems like a better place, i get free speech here via the goverment but the public opinion here is fucked

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actually anywhere would be better

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:14 PM

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lets trade places. bit of gay marriage, and I'll get you an EU passport and you get me a greencard. 5 years late free to go wherever

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:19 PM

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what amkes you want to come here

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3 hours later

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:23 PM

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I wonder that every day myself.

The work environment is shit, no employee protections (tho salaries are substantially higher than over here for my field at least)
The politics are getting dumber by the day
prices for stuff are getting absurd there too

BUT... theres stuff to do
if theres an event/festival/anything it comes to the US first
pretty much heaven for car mods, most states don't care about what you do to your cars
you have guns. i like guns.

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:24 PM

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oh yeah

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i forgot i have no emmisions

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im staying

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my car wouldnt pass at all, like fail in every category

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exaggeration

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:28 PM

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like seriously, I have 3 hobbies in life
cars
guns
video games

for guns, in europe guns are just generally a no-go unless you want to be a hunter. I don't. I just like guns. I want to buy, collect and shoot all sorts of weird guns at nothing other than soda cans, so thats one hobby I can only watch videos about

for cars, theres emissions, yearly tests/MOTs/etc. laws preventing stuff thats too wild, and literally everywhere is now activelly trying to make it too expensive for you to own a car, with all the clean air zones, speed cameras, automatic numberplate recognition camers, fees, taxes, etc. so that hobby is getting increasingly diffcult

just leaves video games, which well... that industry is just run out of ideas

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:28 PM

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I have an mp5 s6

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:28 PM

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basterd

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:29 PM

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well i dont legally own it

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i dont have an auto guns license nor a guns license so my grnarfather owns it

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:29 PM

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just rub salt in the would there... i love mp5s

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:29 PM

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im sorry lol

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im sure you can get a visa

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:30 PM

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like maybe, just maybe if I try real hard I can maybe get a permit to buy something like a ruger 10/22 or a basic shotgun. but not full power rifles. no pistols, nothing else

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:30 PM

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you cant own 9mm?

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damn

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:31 PM

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oh I have a visa, a tourist visa, but I don't fall into any of the "protected" or special categories needed to get an immigrant visa

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:31 PM

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fraud

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dont commit fraud kids thats just a joke

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there has got to be a way

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to do it

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:32 PM

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marriage

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visa lottery

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:32 PM

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okay

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:32 PM

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or work sponsorship

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:32 PM

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so go to tinder real quick and find a lover

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:32 PM

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visa lottery is, as the name implies, a lottery, so even tho I keep applying every year, chances are almost non existant

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:32 PM

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i know some nice car enthusiasts round here

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well hopefully you get lucky

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does it come with a free import of your car

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how do i move what are the regulations for that

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:34 PM

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and work sponsorship is just... no... I want to move there, but I want to stay freelance, I hate the corporate system and don't want to be tied to a ball and chain to a company that has the power to just end my sponsorship on a whim and get me deported because the boss man feels like it. fuck companies

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:34 PM

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companies is a bad idea

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i agree

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:35 PM

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eh, importing the car would be pretty straight forward. it's got 2 more years till it's 25 yo, just stick it on a roll-on/roll-off ship and then pay an importer whatever they charge to do the paperwork. last I checked it was about 2k total for bringing a car over

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:37 PM

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are cars are expensive over there?

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i mean do you really want a rhd in america

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those 2 statements were completely unrelated btw

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:38 PM

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ideally i'd find a rust-free 2-door shell and just swap over all the goodies... again.

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:38 PM

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well the costal states are fucked, cant get non rusty there

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:38 PM

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middle of the road GC turbos tend to be about £6k to £8k these days

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:39 PM

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prime saddle well the costal states are fucked, cant get non rusty there

would be going to texas since thats where my uncle is at

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:39 PM

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rust belt is basically everything north of kentucky and Mississippi

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nevada and west is rust

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everything from the northeast is rust

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and coupes are rare as shit not to mention cali and ny got ALL the gc8 sedans and coupes

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we have all the GDAs and GGs

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:48 PM

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But don't know. the way the world is going, I don't think I can be bothered uprooting and moving to a new place again. When I move, it's gonna be back to Romania, be with the family, not have to worry about rent anymore, and just power thru the stupidly restrictive car laws there

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https://tenor.com/bMqwr.gif

Tenor

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lil bit of land there on the family plots out in the country and a house I'll be inheriting in the city, so thankfully got that going there

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:56 PM

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awesome sauce

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did you block me on facebook

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:57 PM

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no?

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i do have my thing set to private tho

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:57 PM

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okay it must have been glitching

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well i should still be able to click kn your profile

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:58 PM

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there

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sent you a friend request

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:58 PM

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you know my name?

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hmm

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:58 PM

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you commented on that post on the GC8 group

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:58 PM

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oh yeah

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 3:58 PM

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literally like 2 days ago lol

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 3:59 PM

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i dont remember that lol

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 4:01 PM

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you doxed yourself boyo

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 4:02 PM

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how

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 4:03 PM

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by commenting on my post and revealing who you are lol

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 4:04 PM

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i found you though

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 4:04 PM

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exactly, I didn't have to do any sleuthing this time around

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 4:04 PM

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what are you gonna do? COME to my house?

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 4:05 PM

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nah, I can't afford the plane ticket. you safe

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 4:05 PM

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i cant either

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working on my car is a full time job

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 4:06 PM

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i know that feeling, was mine for the whole of lockdown and then some

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 4:08 PM

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prime saddle what are you gonna do? COME to my house?

just reminded me of this exchange I just had with a friend I'm going camping with tomorrow

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My cup:

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 4:08 PM

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bald

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thats a pretty good kug

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mug

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famnit

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i hate mobile keyboards

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do you have rally courses near you in the uk

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 4:10 PM

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i wish... been trying to find a rally school to take some courses for a good while, none near me (at least none that still use subarus)

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 4:11 PM

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i go to hollytree alabama

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 4:11 PM

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might sign up for a race school to get a racing license at oulton park at some point tho

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 4:11 PM

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uh

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misclick

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drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 4:13 PM

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me and my friend are looking at doing some... creative expenses... with our company for the purpose of "marketing and advertising" ... by buying a BTCC race car, slapping our company logo on the side as the main sponsors and expensing everything thru the company if our accountant gives us the OK

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 4:13 PM

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you have a company?

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ill invest and raise your net worth

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 4:13 PM

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legally yes. it's just me and a friend doing software

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 4:14 PM

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want me to invest

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 4:15 PM

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nah, there isn't really anything to invest in, we just use it to abuse the expense and mileage claims

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 4:17 PM

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sounds like fraud

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 4:17 PM

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nah its all legal

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we've got an actual accountant specifically to guide us thru every single possible loophole

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why should just the super rich cheese the system.

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 4:19 PM

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sounds like something i should do

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i dont know the benefits of a company here i just know i can make a company

pearl oak Jul 13, 2023, 6:05 PM

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It’s all technically legal yeah, it’s something designed for the super rich to abuse that if you have the know how and wants you can make use of as anyone. I’ve looked into it before

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 6:05 PM

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so, turns out my front discs have warped... don't know how I managed that but anyway. Gonna need to do a brake job... again. fortunately ICP is very reasonable for the kit imo

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 6:05 PM

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no

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uh

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i have a set of slotted rotors if you want them

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free minus shipping

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plus i mean

pearl oak Jul 13, 2023, 6:06 PM

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Why don’t you just get other brand ones from something like euro car parts or whatever? You could get them same day and they do Impreza turbo brakes

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 6:06 PM

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im not gining you money

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 6:06 PM

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given how much brake discs weigh, it'd probably cost more

pearl oak Jul 13, 2023, 6:07 PM

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I have a set of base model Impreza brakes somewhere, I’m guessing not the same disc sizes though

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 6:07 PM

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well theya re carbon

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oh they are carbon

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nevermind they arent free

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i bought those for my 4 pot swap

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but i dont have 144 bucks to get the 4 pot calipers

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 6:08 PM

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nah, these are for 4-pots. eurocarparts do them, yes, and I am tempted by the brembo ones

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 6:08 PM

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go for it, whats the worst that could happen

pearl oak Jul 13, 2023, 6:09 PM

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I did get some brembo brakes from ecp they were legit

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 6:09 PM

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how much

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icp you mean?

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 6:10 PM

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might wait for a sale

pearl oak Jul 13, 2023, 6:10 PM

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Oh ouch yeah I forget they list prices just for a single disc

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 6:10 PM

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drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 6:11 PM

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not bad prices tbh, do they specify what brand they are or are they generic china castings?

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 6:12 PM

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refurbished oem is what it syas

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 6:12 PM

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pearl oak Oh ouch yeah I forget they list prices just for a single disc

which is really annoying since they won't let you buy a single disc

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 6:12 PM

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let me see if i can find it

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either way its hard to fuck up solid aluminum

drifting forge Jul 13, 2023, 6:13 PM

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prime saddle either way its hard to fuck up solid aluminum

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Tenor

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 6:13 PM

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ah its unbranded

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i had oem ones for a little more than this saved sumwhere

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round skiff Jul 13, 2023, 6:48 PM

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prime saddle either way its hard to fuck up solid aluminum

Your casting can be porous and contaminated

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 6:48 PM

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if it works i dont care

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probaly a horrible attitude to have but

round skiff Jul 13, 2023, 6:49 PM

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See that's the thing, it suddenly might not anymore

prime saddle Jul 13, 2023, 6:49 PM

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eveyrthing else on my car is fucked might as well add something else

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when i bought it only 2 out of the 4 calipers worked, ebrake didnt work and still dont, passenger brake line was almost cut in half, and the driver brake pads were completely gone

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so basically i had no brakes

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i have no idea how it was working in the first place

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the only real working one was the passenger one but it was on the verge of death

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passenger front

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the 2 rears didnt work

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eh forget it, ill risk my life i aint got nothing to lose

drifting forge Jul 19, 2023, 11:43 AM

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club stands right next to each other lol. I'll probably still have the roof tent on. cba to take it off and put it back on for USC.

pearl oak Jul 19, 2023, 11:58 AM

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Yeah I did see that this morning. At least my bright orange car won’t be hard to miss either lol

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I didn’t realise it was that big of an event

drifting forge Jul 21, 2023, 6:59 PM

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I have at least cleaned the wheels for tomorrow. Roof tent has been removed tho.

prime saddle Jul 21, 2023, 8:52 PM

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i got import alliance tomorrow

drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 6:35 AM

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@pearl oak beautiful english weather here

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pearl oak Jul 22, 2023, 7:33 AM

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Spotted ya it’s grim today

drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 7:35 AM

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Yeah i'm holed up in the extremebhp gazebo, balding fat guy with glasses drinking pepsi

pearl oak Jul 22, 2023, 7:35 AM

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Haha yeah we just walked past on the way to get some grub

drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 8:03 AM

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Yeah I can see the roof of yours from the gazeebo here but its pissing it down too much to walk over lol

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drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 4:56 PM

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ah yes, my oil had vanished again by when I wanted to leave... ffs must be the piston rings..

prime saddle Jul 22, 2023, 4:57 PM

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it wouldnt be a subaru without it

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did you tighten your drain bolt?

round skiff Jul 22, 2023, 4:57 PM

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Time for another, more thorough rebuild

drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 4:58 PM

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time for an ej207 shortblock with v5/v6 sti heads

round skiff Jul 22, 2023, 4:58 PM

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Why not GD heads

drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 4:58 PM

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wiring, plumbing, all that

round skiff Jul 22, 2023, 4:58 PM

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Well, as long as it is a GD shorblock

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Though you could use the V5 intake along with the harness and coolant pipes

drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 5:02 PM

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155541040159

eBay

SUBARU IMPREZA STI 2.0L EJ207 ENGINE LONG BLOCK NEWAGE 2001-2005 |...

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SUBARU IMPREZA STI 2.0L EJ207 ENGINE LONG BLOCK NEWAGE 2001-2005 at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.

round skiff Jul 22, 2023, 5:02 PM

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Actually you could use the GD heads, if they have AVCS you could just make an aux harness to accomodate the extra sensor and solenoids. Link has that functionality

drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 5:03 PM

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i dont want avcs

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complicates things

round skiff Jul 22, 2023, 5:03 PM

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It's the tuner's problem regardless

drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 5:03 PM

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round skiff It's the tuner's problem regardless

yeah but i have to pay the tuner

round skiff Jul 22, 2023, 5:03 PM

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You'd also have the advantage of me having to stumble across it first and you could just use my mistakes

drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 5:04 PM

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and they charge by the hour

round skiff Jul 22, 2023, 5:04 PM

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True, but imagine the low end

drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 5:04 PM

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negligible

round skiff Jul 22, 2023, 5:05 PM

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Honestly if you find a good long block you really might as well, compared to sourcing the heads separately

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But I do get it

round skiff Jul 22, 2023, 5:08 PM

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drifting forge https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155541040159

Ooh gimme clutch

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Shame mine didn't come with one

drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 5:17 PM

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took some pics at oulton park if anyones interested

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prime saddle Jul 22, 2023, 5:17 PM

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i am

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i like that blue evo

drifting forge Jul 22, 2023, 7:50 PM

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the 206 was the absolute champ of the track tho. almost bare basic car, man just having the time of his life running laps like theres no tomorrow and having fun

pearl oak Jul 23, 2023, 10:19 AM

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Oooooh that’s annoying, we had to leave early unfortunately because of our dog

drifting forge Jul 23, 2023, 5:56 PM

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I maaaay have been told there is an EJ207 SCD shortblock with some forged goodies sitting in boxes in my friends unit, and isn't going to be used any time soon and is available for my taking when I need it and can make an offer on it. The price is very much a you help us we help you thro some dosh in there and we're all happy situation. Especially after said friend's cambelt went yesterday in his non-turbo daily runabout and I went "here, have my old engine, get you back up and running"

Only issue is, I'm absolutely skint, and the engine is in pieces so it'd need to go to an engine builder to be put together, and I'd need to source the v5/v6 sti heads I want for it as well, but it's there and available.

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but given that my engine is still magicking oil out of existance (without puddles or smoke), that time is fast approaching

round skiff Jul 23, 2023, 6:04 PM

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drifting forge I maaaay have been told there is an EJ207 SCD shortblock with some forged goodie...

It all comes together. Just make sure the block is S20C, T20C or if you hit a jackpot, W20C. If you get a bore gauge and a couple of micrometers you can do most of the work yourself, and if you're lucky, it doesn't even need machining.

prime saddle Jul 23, 2023, 6:05 PM

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pearl oak Oooooh that’s annoying, we had to leave early unfortunately because of our dog

dog pic?

pearl oak Jul 23, 2023, 6:05 PM

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She’s currently dead as after leaving her yesterday we treated her to a lovely walk in a national park

prime saddle Jul 23, 2023, 6:06 PM

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that is an awesome dog

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she looks very sweet

drifting forge Jul 23, 2023, 7:05 PM

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round skiff It all comes together. Just make sure the block is S20C, T20C or if you hit a ja...

Will find out whenever I go for a visit.

round skiff Jul 23, 2023, 7:08 PM

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drifting forge Will find out whenever I go for a visit.

Nice. Do you know if it's in pieces like case split and all?

drifting forge Jul 23, 2023, 7:09 PM

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yeah case split, friend was prepping it for one of his cars, but hes indecisive if he wants to go balls-out forged, full newage swap, or all original version 2

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the 207 would have been for the balls-out forged option

round skiff Jul 23, 2023, 7:09 PM

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So the pistons haven't run before?

drifting forge Jul 23, 2023, 7:10 PM

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don't know. would be going straight to the engine builder to put it together, I'm not messing with mystery engines anymore

round skiff Jul 23, 2023, 7:11 PM

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Yeah I see

drifting forge Jul 23, 2023, 7:11 PM

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so whatever it's missing or questionable, I'll be asking the builder very nicely to put new stuff in

round skiff Jul 23, 2023, 7:12 PM

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Yea there's always something missing

drifting forge Jul 23, 2023, 7:12 PM

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if it's missing it's probably somewhere in his unit and we'll find it when we find out it's missing

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so not as worried as I'd be if buying an engine off eBay

round skiff Jul 23, 2023, 7:13 PM

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Yea

drifting forge Jul 23, 2023, 7:13 PM

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would very much like a better oil pump, arp head studs, etc etc

round skiff Jul 23, 2023, 7:14 PM

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I looked into it and there's really no reason to put in a better pump, the spring will just do more work

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I would like to have ARP studs too but I'm not taking the engine apart anymore

drifting forge Jul 23, 2023, 7:14 PM

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but but but
more bigger = more better

round skiff Jul 23, 2023, 7:14 PM

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I figured so too initially but then decided against it

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I just hope the studs will take the abuse

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I won't be going over 1.5 bar so probably fine

drifting forge Jul 23, 2023, 7:16 PM

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I just want to completely overbuild the engine for the 300hp I want to run

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so that 50 years from now when someone finds it in a barn and starts tearing into it, they'll go "Ooooh, goodies" at every step

round skiff Jul 23, 2023, 7:17 PM

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Lol

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Speaking of goodies, dad genuinely got interested in the Prodrive antilag system

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It's actually not that complicated and someone has made their own before

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Unfortunately no CAD models available

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If he actually got that done it would be mad

drifting forge Jul 23, 2023, 7:18 PM

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sign me up for one as well if he does

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I do want antilag

round skiff Jul 23, 2023, 7:19 PM

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The rocket antilag is lot less brutal than conventional

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Hence our interest

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Promotes hot gas flow rather than just exploding fuel in the exhaust

drifting forge Jul 23, 2023, 7:20 PM

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when the engine comes out, lets face it, probably sometime next year for the new engine, I'll definitely be getting a port welded into the up pipe for a bypass valve

round skiff Jul 23, 2023, 7:20 PM

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The funny thing is that rocket thingy will be the uppipe

drifting forge Jul 26, 2023, 4:32 PM

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CAN expansion plug, and plug n play 3-port boost solenoid arrived. I have put out the feelers to see about getting a tune booked at cam's performance, oil issues or not, this thing needs to go in. will just bring a jug of oil with me and top it off after each pull

round skiff Jul 26, 2023, 4:33 PM

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Nice! What can extender is that?

drifting forge Jul 26, 2023, 4:35 PM

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it's for the link, it has a plug for CAN don't know what it does, but I've got wires for it now

round skiff Jul 26, 2023, 4:37 PM

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How do you mean you don't know? You don't know what the expander does?

drifting forge Jul 26, 2023, 4:41 PM

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I can hook up stuff to it to do stuff, got nothing TO hook up to it, bought the plug just in case I (or the tuner) does decide something needs to connect there

round skiff Jul 26, 2023, 4:42 PM

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Ah so as in "Dunno what I'm gonna do with it"

drifting forge Jul 26, 2023, 4:42 PM

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yeah

round skiff Jul 26, 2023, 4:42 PM

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Buttons

drifting forge Jul 26, 2023, 4:43 PM

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I think the AFR gauge might have an output for RS232, but it also has an analog output that can go to the regular expansion slot instead of the CAN one

round skiff Jul 26, 2023, 4:43 PM

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Lots of buttons and switches

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I think that connector has both RS232 and CAN pins in it

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So if it has an RS232 you'd have 3 ways of connecting it

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Also I blatantly copied your hex bolt swap because it looked nice and went and bought a bag of hex bolts

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Shame I didn't find long full thread bolts so I can't put one for the charger adjustment for example

drifting forge Jul 26, 2023, 4:50 PM

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my what

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oh on the manifold?

round skiff Jul 26, 2023, 4:50 PM

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Yeah

drifting forge Jul 26, 2023, 4:50 PM

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yeah does look sweet doesn't it

round skiff Jul 26, 2023, 4:50 PM

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It does

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They also didn't have fine thread M10's with hex head so that sucks

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I also highly suggest that plastic tank swap

drifting forge Jul 26, 2023, 4:58 PM

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not had any issues with the metal one yet

round skiff Jul 26, 2023, 5:00 PM

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Yeah mine broke, and apparently it's pretty common. For some reason the neck and barbs are brazed onto the steel, and that brazing doesn't last

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The neck cracked from the base and made a nice James Bond smoke screen

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Plus I think it looks nicer

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And it was less than half the price lol

prime saddle Jul 26, 2023, 5:23 PM

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spread the word of your bumper lip

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oh dude i did that when i melted my ATF lines

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it was a litteral smoke screen and the entire motorway was smoked out it was like fog

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 10:28 AM

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Got a wheel cover thats in theme with the seats

pearl oak Jul 27, 2023, 10:37 AM

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Oh my

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I did notice the seats the other day, they are even more in your face than images show

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 10:37 AM

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for the record the only reason I'm using steering wheel covers is because the actual steering wheel desperately needs a retrim and is unsightly

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same with the seats lol

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 10:38 AM

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Is your shifter boot retrofitted?

pearl oak Jul 27, 2023, 10:39 AM

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Lol, I have fabric gg wrx seats if you want the fronts?

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Doubt the rears fit

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 10:39 AM

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if the fabric wasn't full of cigarette burns and rips, I wouldn't be running seat covers.

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 10:39 AM

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pearl oak Doubt the rears fit

I have a faint recollection that the wagons actually fit better but don't quote me on that

pearl oak Jul 27, 2023, 10:40 AM

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They are only wrx seats not sti seats but they went in my rs Impreza back in the day

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 10:40 AM

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pearl oak Lol, I have fabric gg wrx seats if you want the fronts?

my OCD dictates the fronts and rears are the same, and at this age, finding a full set with good undamaged fabric is a bit difficult, so I'll just get mine retrimmed and rebolstered at some point in the future

pearl oak Jul 27, 2023, 10:41 AM

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Fair enough, the end goal if they don’t go is to weld some brackets to put in my mini but if they go before then I’m not upset

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 10:41 AM

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round skiff Is your shifter boot retrofitted?

its the shifter boot the car had in it when I bought it, think non-turbos had the rubber accordeon and only the turbos had the leather.

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 10:43 AM

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Makes sense, the -97 NA had the prefacelift interior and rubber boot and the -98 turbo had facelift and leather, so I wasn't sure if it was interior or trim level thing

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But I think the rubber fits the gutted interior pretty well

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Managed to pull it over the reverse lockout lol

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 10:47 AM

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i actually need to find a new rubber because it's split between one of the folds

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 10:48 AM

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Don't imagine that being too difficult

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 10:48 AM

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It is... Can only find the prefacelift ones

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Or the facelift leather ones

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But I prefer the rubber...

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 10:48 AM

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Oh there's a difference?

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 10:49 AM

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Yeah, prefacelift is rounded on one end, facelift is square

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 10:52 AM

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The rear end?

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 10:53 AM

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Yeah

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 10:56 AM

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How much would you be willing to pay for one?

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 11:01 AM

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Right now its so low on the priority list the answer is 0

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 11:03 AM

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I could get my hands on one but it'd be 40€ plus the shipping here so that'd be like 20€ more to get it there

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But if you want I could ask for parts car sellers if they'd part ways with one for cheap

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 11:06 AM

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Nah, need to fix the car first before I worry about trim

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 11:06 AM

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Alright

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 11:07 AM

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Got a new PCV valve coming, heard that might be one possibility on the mystery oil dissappearence when in boost, fingers crossed because thats the last cheap item to check before it means its definitely something internal that needs a teardown and rebuild

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 11:08 AM

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Catch can?

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No more shit in intake and turbo

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 11:11 AM

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Thats a bandaid not a fix

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 11:12 AM

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Not really, even if the PCV works properly you'll still get oil vapors in your intake system

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 11:13 AM

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Yeah but if its the piston rings that are screwed, I have way more problems than what a catchcan can help

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And when I mean oil dissappears, I mean it, 30 mile spirited drive and oil went from full to completely dry dipstick.

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But if I stay off boost i can drive hundreds of miles without losing barely any

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 11:14 AM

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Shit

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 11:15 AM

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I know its not the turbo now because I just put in a properly rebuilt OE one

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 3:11 PM

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gonna go visit an engine builder tomorrow to discuss my options

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 3:13 PM

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Nice. I looked into your future and I saw a 207 shortblock

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 3:15 PM

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at some point. at this point tho, just get the current engine redone and run that till I can afford/have gathered the parts I want for the 207 shortblock with v5/6 sti heads, aftermarket fuel rails, maybe spicy cams and forged goodies, and intake manifold

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see if he's got availability for late november so I can just drop it off then and have it done while I'm on holiday in thailand

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 3:16 PM

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If you end up with Radium do note that the kit doesn't include plugs for fuel dampers

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 3:16 PM

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gonna go for the fuji racing kit

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 3:16 PM

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Also, why go with STI heads if you're gonna swap cams

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 3:16 PM

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aren't the valves bigger on sti heads?

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or have I been lied to by the internet

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that could never happen

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the internet always tells the truth!

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 3:17 PM

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I don't believe so and also the WRX heads flow plenty. Plus GC STI shit is rarely better than WRX ones, it's usually only on GD when shit gets interesting

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 3:18 PM

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I don't want the extra complexity of avcs and harness merging tho

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just more shit to go wrong, and on a subaru thats already plenty

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 3:22 PM

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Yeah but you can use your current heads with meaner cams

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 3:22 PM

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fair enough

round skiff Jul 27, 2023, 3:23 PM

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Yeah the valves aren't larger in diameter

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Also you can have the seats radius cut if you want flow

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And ported, or at least polished

drifting forge Jul 27, 2023, 8:40 PM

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Stuck the wind fairing back onto the roof bars. See if I can get more than 34 mpg with it on.

pearl oak Jul 28, 2023, 6:17 AM

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It’s a Subaru, it explodes if you get more than 40mpg

round skiff Jul 28, 2023, 8:19 AM

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pearl oak It’s a Subaru, it explodes if you get more than 40mpg

No matter how I drive it will always be 12L/100

prime saddle Jul 28, 2023, 1:00 PM

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drifting forge Stuck the wind fairing back onto the roof bars. See if I can get more than 34 mp...

i get 17mpg

prime saddle Jul 28, 2023, 1:01 PM

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pearl oak It’s a Subaru, it explodes if you get more than 40mpg

my 1.8l with every single efficiency system a motor can possibly have will prove you wrong

round skiff Jul 28, 2023, 1:04 PM

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Note that US and UK gallons aren't the same

prime saddle Jul 28, 2023, 1:49 PM

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hmm okay

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20 percent more which means subtract 20% from 46mpg that it gets

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38mpg in your terms

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still pretty damn close to 40

round skiff Jul 28, 2023, 2:04 PM

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Not my terms lol

prime saddle Jul 28, 2023, 2:04 PM

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well whatever uk bullshit is

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i only use liters for everything else except stuff i buy in america

pearl oak Jul 28, 2023, 2:12 PM

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We use liters too

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Just not for fuel consumption

round skiff Jul 28, 2023, 3:10 PM

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Even when filling up, which I don't know if it's more hilarious or frustrating

pearl oak Jul 28, 2023, 3:13 PM

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It’s frustrating, on older cars without mpg guages you add 40L to your car and work out how many miles you’ve gone and end up with a L/miles calc you then have to move around to get a mpg figure

round skiff Jul 28, 2023, 3:13 PM

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How did you end up with this shit?

drifting forge Jul 28, 2023, 3:14 PM

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So, be about £2500-ish cash for a full rebuild

round skiff Jul 28, 2023, 3:14 PM

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On what platform?

drifting forge Jul 28, 2023, 3:14 PM

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205

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Cant afford to both buy the 207 bottom end AND pay for a build, so gonnae be get the 205 rebuilt to keep the car running and later on get the 207, build that up and sell the 205

round skiff Jul 28, 2023, 3:16 PM

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I just found out AMP44 makes Subaru pistons and if their BMW pistons are anything to go by, they're the maxpeepeerods of pistons

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Starting with the 207 now isn't viable?

drifting forge Jul 28, 2023, 3:17 PM

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Nope

round skiff Jul 28, 2023, 3:18 PM

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Well that sucks

drifting forge Jul 28, 2023, 3:19 PM

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The 205 will practically be a brand new engine tho, literally everything except the castings themselves are gonna be change for brand new oe stuff

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Plus uprated oil filter cooling thing, uprated oil pump and a sump baffle at my request

round skiff Jul 28, 2023, 3:21 PM

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I'd honestly go forged, with maxpeepeerods and the AMP44 piston it's pretty much OE price (400 for rods, 500 for pistons) and you can throw that in the 207 and the 207 stuff in the 205 if/when you sell

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Oh yeah and I'm talking euros

drifting forge Jul 28, 2023, 3:26 PM

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Nah, I'll let the guy build it the way he knows. He's been doing it longer than I've been alive so just gonna go with that he says

round skiff Jul 28, 2023, 3:26 PM

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For your 300hp you'll be fine, but for the price I'd still do it

round skiff Jul 28, 2023, 3:42 PM

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Should've probably looked closer, the pistons aren't available in STD size. But the forged rods I still recommend

drifting forge Jul 28, 2023, 4:02 PM

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nah, gonna do that when I get a 207, not gonna go wild with the 205

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he uses manley rods and mahle pistons for the forged stuff

prime saddle Jul 28, 2023, 4:03 PM

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billet forged

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5000 grind cams

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avcs delete

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and you got zoom

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oh plus full balance with flywheel and clutch attached

round skiff Jul 28, 2023, 5:10 PM

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drifting forge he uses manley rods and mahle pistons for the forged stuff

I was gonna use Mahle pistons for the 257, and if I ever fix it or get another, I'll still use them

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 12:52 PM

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Many Sbarros

pearl oak Jul 30, 2023, 1:26 PM

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Where’s all the leaking oil?

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 2:10 PM

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Its all focused in one car. Mine.

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Which is at home because I decided to take the saab instead and not live in costant fear or oil dissappearing

prime saddle Jul 30, 2023, 2:10 PM

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subarus dont leak oil sometimes but not sometimes

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 2:11 PM

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Angri fast boi

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In a straight line at least

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11.something it ran

prime saddle Jul 30, 2023, 2:11 PM

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what you have no suspension mods?

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cant fast corner?

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 2:11 PM

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Drag car

prime saddle Jul 30, 2023, 2:12 PM

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a subaru?

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 2:12 PM

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Thick chunko tyres, dont know if he can actually turn much

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Yeag

prime saddle Jul 30, 2023, 2:12 PM

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i

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okay

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 2:13 PM

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prime saddle Jul 30, 2023, 2:13 PM

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oh thats not the turd

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okay i thought you were drag racing it

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 6:14 PM

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yeah discord decided to take forever to upload that photo lol

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also, now you see it

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now you dont

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Look at that fine film of very expensive mclaren oil hehehe

round skiff Jul 30, 2023, 6:16 PM

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Oof, now that's painful

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 6:18 PM

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there was a gaggle of 4 or 5 mclarens, and they were all very much a case of status & wealth, no talent. were taking way too many selfies of themselves

round skiff Jul 30, 2023, 6:18 PM

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Lol

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 6:18 PM

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and had horrible reaction times

round skiff Jul 30, 2023, 6:19 PM

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If I could choose between a ride along in a McLaren or Matt's S600, I'd take the 600

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 6:20 PM

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there was a lancer sportback, that we're guessing was evo swapped, because it was AWD and running 10.50 consistently

round skiff Jul 30, 2023, 6:20 PM

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Guh

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 6:22 PM

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and this champ. 1.9TDI swapped civic, pulling smiles and rolling coal

round skiff Jul 30, 2023, 6:22 PM

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I'm so stubborn on FWD hate I can't bring myself to really like those

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 6:23 PM

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give them a chance, they're great fun, I used to have 3 EG civics, and my god I'd like to buy another

round skiff Jul 30, 2023, 6:23 PM

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But I'm blaming that partially on our winters, which make RWD and AWD infinitely more fun and also easier to negotiate

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On countries that get no snow it's not such big of a difference

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 6:25 PM

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mine were OK in the snow, granted romania doesn't get finland levels of snow anymore, but when we did get snow, I didn't have any issues with understeer or traction

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mainly I'd guess because the stock size I was running for the winter tyres were fairly skinny so it actually worked well

round skiff Jul 30, 2023, 6:26 PM

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Yeah it's more of FWD isn't bad, RWD or AWD is just better, easier and more capable

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Provided you can take advantage of their behaviour

drifting forge Jul 30, 2023, 6:30 PM

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I do genuinely miss my civics

prime saddle Jul 31, 2023, 3:13 AM

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i like ek hatches, mainly because i have one in a racing game with a 1560hp K20A2 and 6spd sequential with a slice of 540kw of nitrous and a top speed of 437kmh

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on the shuto in the middle of traffic

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hanekdaku i think cant remember if it was that or shintotisutu

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rainbow lights bay bridge thingy on the c1

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and yes i could make that power irl with one and all that but i dont have 130k

drifting forge Aug 2, 2023, 6:17 PM

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roof tent looks less ridiculous on the saab than it does on the subaru

pearl oak Aug 2, 2023, 6:38 PM

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still a little oversized but I like it

drifting forge Aug 3, 2023, 3:46 PM

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The packmule arriveth... At the santa pod tesco...

drifting forge Aug 5, 2023, 2:39 PM

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@round skiff recommend me some tyres for going muddin'

round skiff Aug 5, 2023, 2:39 PM

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I haven't driven on mud, but given the price on gravel tires we just prey on the cheap used ones

drifting forge Aug 5, 2023, 7:03 PM

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Fuck.

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12k miles and the toyos are gone.

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And the MOT is due on the 23rd...

round skiff Aug 5, 2023, 7:04 PM

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Nah they have just entered the semi slick stage

prime saddle Aug 5, 2023, 7:06 PM

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race radials

drifting forge Aug 5, 2023, 7:06 PM

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No wonder i had no grip

drifting forge Aug 5, 2023, 7:07 PM

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round skiff Nah they have just entered the semi slick stage

Yeah semi slicks. Half the tire has full thread, the other half is bald

round skiff Aug 5, 2023, 7:07 PM

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Not a full on slick, then

prime saddle Aug 5, 2023, 7:08 PM

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well now you have race and rain

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actual all terrain

drifting forge Aug 9, 2023, 10:14 PM

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@prime saddle cough up 5k for a gen-u-ine RHD turbo 😆 3k for the car, 2k for shipping, you know you want to.

prime saddle Aug 9, 2023, 10:14 PM

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yeah i do

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whats the year

drifting forge Aug 9, 2023, 10:16 PM

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the white one looks to be a 2000, the blue one a 97

prime saddle Aug 9, 2023, 10:17 PM

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yum im actually going to try to get a loan for 5k honestly

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wait

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whats wrong with it

drifting forge Aug 9, 2023, 10:18 PM

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no clue. either rotten with rust or blown engines. way too cheap for a GC nowadays tbh

prime saddle Aug 9, 2023, 10:21 PM

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i knew that was too cheap

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why did you say genuine like that

drifting forge Aug 9, 2023, 10:22 PM

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for the funsies

prime saddle Aug 9, 2023, 10:22 PM

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okay

drifting forge Aug 9, 2023, 10:23 PM

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honestly tho, don't know whats wrong with them. maybe they've just been stood for like 10 years in his front yard so need a good cleanup and all the perished rubbers and hoses replacing. they are UK cars tho so expect some rust, and they are subarus, so expect some engine troubles

prime saddle Aug 9, 2023, 10:23 PM

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i like my non rusty vehciles

drifting forge Aug 9, 2023, 10:24 PM

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would be good for parts 🤷 take all the turbo and RHD goodies out of a rusted UK shell and stick them in one of your not-rusty US shells

prime saddle Aug 9, 2023, 10:25 PM

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maybe

drifting forge Aug 13, 2023, 8:15 PM

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Look! It's my old engine! Now in a friends car after his timing belt snapped.

Still runs after having sat under a tarp in my back yard for a year and a half!

round skiff Aug 13, 2023, 8:17 PM

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K&N intake for all the extra hp

prime saddle Aug 13, 2023, 9:17 PM

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he'll need it with that shitty n/a

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just kidding

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honestly my n/a gets DOWN like holy shit it feels faster than the 2022 wrx i drove

pearl oak Aug 14, 2023, 11:04 AM

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The na 4 cylinder engines are kinda gutless but they are fun

round skiff Aug 14, 2023, 11:51 AM

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Yeah it was fun for a while, but banging on the limiter in 3rd constantly got a bit tiring eventually so we opted for more power

drifting forge Aug 14, 2023, 1:12 PM

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He's just received his original non turbo engine back from the engine builder, freshly rebuilt. Only bent 7 valves when his timing belt went.

prime saddle Aug 14, 2023, 1:20 PM

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stop stalking me

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oh wait thats not my style intake manifold

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nvm

round skiff Aug 14, 2023, 2:05 PM

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@drifting forge Have you installed the poly bushings yet?

drifting forge Aug 14, 2023, 3:08 PM

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What the suspension ones? Those went in from the start

round skiff Aug 14, 2023, 4:28 PM

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Yeah

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How have they been?

prime saddle Aug 14, 2023, 4:36 PM

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poly is overrated get oem sti

round skiff Aug 14, 2023, 4:36 PM

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Lol

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Also I already have a set from the same guy as Adi, but haven't installed them yet. Though mine are a lot harder, 95SHa

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I'm just curious to know as I haven't installed them yet

prime saddle Aug 14, 2023, 4:37 PM

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the harder the less you your want it if its your daily

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i daily so i dont want too hard

round skiff Aug 14, 2023, 4:38 PM

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Bro I have a cage and 6 point

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Still a daily tho lol

prime saddle Aug 14, 2023, 4:38 PM

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yeah well Tennessee roads are shit i dont want to jar my teeth

round skiff Aug 14, 2023, 4:39 PM

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Car absolutely ripped the stock bushings

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They're all torn to shit

drifting forge Aug 14, 2023, 4:52 PM

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The ones I got feel great. Only complain is they made the diff whine more noticeable but other than that can't fault them. And our roads are shit. Need softer coilies tho.

round skiff Aug 14, 2023, 4:53 PM

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Did yours have very tight press fits on the metal sleeves?

drifting forge Aug 14, 2023, 4:54 PM

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Mine were much softer, was able to do them by hand

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Lube them up good with red rubber grease because thats all I had, and they pushed in firmly and satisfyingly by hand. Think I only needed to use a press for the ones that had lips on both sides. And even then once past the first lip I could press the rest of the way by hand

round skiff Aug 14, 2023, 5:18 PM

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I checked mine again and the smaller ones can be pushed in by hand but the large ones are too tight. I also noticed he sent me one 22mm and one 24mm sway bar bush, didn't catch that earlier

prime saddle Aug 23, 2023, 1:03 PM

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adi it was n/a before right?

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if the answer is yes because im too impatient do you still have any of your intake parts?

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:19 PM

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sadly no, everything n/a related is now in my friends engine bay

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:19 PM

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Is yours swapped?

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I thought it was original UK2000

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:19 PM

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no

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:19 PM

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Explains the bumper, though

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:19 PM

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was a non-turbo sport

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:19 PM

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Ah

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:19 PM

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actually I bought the bumper later. it came with the normal v5/v6 turbo bumper

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:20 PM

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I see

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:21 PM

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the turbo/wrx bumper is in the garage somewhere, half of its clearcoat is gone so it looks like shit, BUT, it's not been cut for a fmic

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so it's complete

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:22 PM

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You gonna go for a FMIC at some point?

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:22 PM

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have new fog lamp brackets for it too... just need to find where i put my fog lamps

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:23 PM

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round skiff You gonna go for a FMIC at some point?

yeah, gonna have to if I want to go e-throttle. will need to be rotated manifold too. thinking of putting an oil cooler where the TMIC used to be when I do go FMIC tho

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:23 PM

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Yeah if I happen to go TMIC I'm gonna move the cooler there too

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But what forces you for FMIC if you use e-throttle?

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:24 PM

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space

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e-throttle is much bigger than the regular cable throttle (or at least the kit RCM sells is)

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:24 PM

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Surely not, at least with stock TMIC

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:25 PM

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theres fuck all space there even with the stock TMIC

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:25 PM

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What the 1k RCM throttle?

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:26 PM

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yeah

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:26 PM

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Holy shit that's expensive

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:26 PM

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yep

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:26 PM

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What on earth does it do to justify the price

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:26 PM

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brand shrug

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:27 PM

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Why not just use an OEM throttle and save 1k?

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:27 PM

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dunno

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something something intake manifold wiring

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:28 PM

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What wiring do you intend to use?

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An aux in addition to the stock one?

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:29 PM

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yeah ethrottle would be going direct to the ecu

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dont know yet tho, thats a further down the line plan

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:29 PM

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Honestly just buy an OEM throttle and paint it black

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Are you going to use the stock manifold?

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:29 PM

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yeah

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:30 PM

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So you'd have to port the manifold for the TB

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:30 PM

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unless my ebay slething lands me a good deal on something spicy

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:31 PM

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Get a 2.5 SOHC intake

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I'd do it if I didn't already get the 99 turbo one

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They flow a lot better and the OEM DBW is bolt-on

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 5:33 PM

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i'll figure out what ill do when the time comes, which is probably not any time soon...

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...

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... unless the idle on the turbo cable throttle is still fucky even with the link

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 5:33 PM

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I doubt that

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With all that control unless it's broken it's going to work

prime saddle Aug 23, 2023, 6:33 PM

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so like an rs

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what was yours called

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canada and america got the RS, NZ and AU got the RX, what did you get

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 6:33 PM

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RS had some power

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Sport was stock engine

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Only looked fancier

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 6:55 PM

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UK got the L, GL, Sport, Turbo 2000, P1

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Really only thing different between the sport and the GL was that is came with the bumpers, sideskirts and wing off the turbo, other than that they were all the same. 2.0 n/a, 125-ish hp, rear drums

prime saddle Aug 23, 2023, 7:59 PM

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ah so you dont have a fancy name

prime saddle Aug 23, 2023, 8:02 PM

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round skiff Only looked fancier

rs was an sti bodied one, wish they gave us rear wipers because i could really use it in this mountain weather

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 8:03 PM

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The chassis are all the same

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The GC STIs were disappointingly not special

drifting forge Aug 23, 2023, 8:24 PM

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I find it hilarious when americans refer to anything eu/jdm turbo as STI 🤣

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Nothing STI on the RS, it's basically a sport but with a hood scoop from factory and bigger engine.

round skiff Aug 23, 2023, 8:27 PM

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Yeah

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And sport was a consolation prize for the poor

prime saddle Aug 24, 2023, 2:21 AM

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drifting forge I find it hilarious when americans refer to anything eu/jdm turbo as STI 🤣

the bumper is an sti bumper so are the fenders

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the wing aswell

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it was on STI cars they just slapped it on for a different market

drifting forge Aug 24, 2023, 6:12 AM

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Nah, sorry bub, only the high level wing can actually qualify as an STI item.

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The rest came stock on the sport and regular turbo. Best I can do is call them wrx bumpers and sideskirts. Don't know what you're on about the fenders tho, those are all the same.

round skiff Aug 24, 2023, 7:10 AM

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Yeah, WRX and STI are externally the same. Just went through this in a different channel, there was no widebody of a GC chassis, 22B being the exception

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Like I said, the STI is disappointingly similar to the WRX.

drifting forge Aug 24, 2023, 8:13 AM

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Only STI bumper I can think of for the GC is the very rare OEM 22B/WRC style narrowbody one

prime saddle Aug 24, 2023, 1:34 PM

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so you consider the v5/v6 sti bumper a sport bumper?

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i mean my system litterly says STI on it

round skiff Aug 24, 2023, 1:35 PM

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It is the same bumper

prime saddle Aug 24, 2023, 1:35 PM

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same as what

round skiff Aug 24, 2023, 1:36 PM

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Sport bumper is the same as WRX, STI, UK2000 and GT

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And OBS, and RS

prime saddle Aug 24, 2023, 1:36 PM

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not obs

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obs had base model

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the only american model with the v5/v6 bumper was the RS

round skiff Aug 24, 2023, 1:37 PM

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Yeah that I misremembered

prime saddle Aug 24, 2023, 1:37 PM

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the only non wrx au/nz one with that bumper is the rx which is an rs with a ej201

round skiff Aug 24, 2023, 1:37 PM

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But point is, the only variations on the bumper are pre- and post facelift

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Oh yeah it was RX in EUDM and not Sport

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Same shit, different name

prime saddle Aug 24, 2023, 1:39 PM

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what i consider it to be is just a sporty looking model that they got, better gas mileage but with the look, so it is still technically an sti bumper by the part number in the system, but its just a sport bumper yes.

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did the aussies even get the sti or is that all import?

round skiff Aug 24, 2023, 1:40 PM

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I have no idea

prime saddle Aug 24, 2023, 1:40 PM

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i think its 20 years there if so but they have have got the bugeye sti

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no idea dont really care

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the 22b narrowbody bumper was an option called the sport bumper actually but it was only for the stis and wrxs

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well actually the bumper is a wrx bumper it was on the wrxs too but we call it sti cause we can i guess.

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and just to let you know i do not support america, dont blame me for your problems

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im writing an essay litterly right now about what it means to be an American and i have no fucking clue what im doing

drifting forge Aug 27, 2023, 12:58 AM

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OH JOY

My Saab broke.
Suspecting DPF/EGR gone

So now I've got TWO broken cars.

One that drinks ALL the oil and chews piston rings
Another than will bog down on the motorway and refuse to rev

Soooo.... Subaru being slightly less of a hazard to drive, will be taking on commute duties till saab is fixed...

great.

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Also that means a good chunk of the money that was going to go into the subaru engine rebuild is now going to going to go into fixing the saab.

round skiff Aug 27, 2023, 6:45 AM

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Cheapest solution, have the EGR didabled

drifting forge Aug 27, 2023, 8:40 AM

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Yep, if they're the culprit, EGR is gonna get blanked off and the DPF is gonna meet Mr. core drill.

round skiff Aug 27, 2023, 8:41 AM

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AFAIK you don't even need to physically touch it, you can just have it programmed so that it never opens

drifting forge Aug 27, 2023, 1:10 PM

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yeah but it's a more sure-fire way to unbolt it, slip a blocking plate under it and bolt it back up to pass the visual inspection during MOT. just programming it to shut can still leak

round skiff Aug 27, 2023, 1:17 PM

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True

drifting forge Aug 28, 2023, 3:24 PM

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Fresh brakes yay

round skiff Aug 28, 2023, 4:13 PM

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Nice

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Braided lines?

drifting forge Aug 28, 2023, 4:18 PM

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yeah those went in during the rebuild

round skiff Aug 28, 2023, 4:19 PM

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Nice, those combined with RBF600 and you'll never lose brakes

drifting forge Aug 28, 2023, 4:19 PM

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mate I made the brake hardlines. the chance of losing brakes is very real 🤣

round skiff Aug 28, 2023, 4:20 PM

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Lol

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As long as you didn't use single flare

drifting forge Aug 28, 2023, 4:21 PM

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i think I made them double flares

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... i think ...

round skiff Aug 28, 2023, 4:23 PM

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In the end working brakes will only slow you down

pearl oak Aug 29, 2023, 6:00 AM

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Ooooooh pretty!

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Now it just needs to move properly

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:03 PM

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I needed SOMETHING there, so...

round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:04 PM

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In case you forget

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:05 PM

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Yeah I mean, you know, constantly switching between the saab and the subaru, can really mess up my gearshift patterns

round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:05 PM

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You could do a fuel pressure gauge, I assume you already had the AFR up there somewhere

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Nevermind, looks like MM doesn't do FP gauges in that style

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:06 PM

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yeah have AFR, I know you mentioned a fuel pressure gauge too, but that's maybe gonna happen only when I go for aftermarket fuel rails

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I need to find a new set of gauges for there, with white face, green light and matching.

round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:07 PM

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No switchable bulb?

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:08 PM

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want a proper, even lighting. the single bulb that these have looks horrible and annoys me

round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:09 PM

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Realdash

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:09 PM

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no i hate the digital shite

round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:09 PM

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Analog gauges in a digital screen

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:10 PM

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digital gauge clusters can go fuck right off to dead pixel hell

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also that shit is just begging to overheat the second there is a bit of sun outside

round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:14 PM

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Meanwhile

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:14 PM

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round skiff Meanwhile

have you had that sat on your dashboard in the sun for more than 30 minutes lately?

round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:14 PM

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Not yet

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:14 PM

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You'll see what I mean when you do

round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:14 PM

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Though it won't be in the sun

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:15 PM

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theres daylight outside isnt it?

round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:15 PM

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But we'll see, if it cooks, it cooks

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Bro it's Finland

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:15 PM

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you get a high of 20 degress at leats twice a year according to my friend

round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:15 PM

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It's like +5C in summer

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:15 PM

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thats enough

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because I know he constantly bitches that he's melting when it's sunny

round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:16 PM

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If it does that I'll get a separate Android device and have just the monitor on dash

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:16 PM

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round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:16 PM

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Actually this tablet has been on dad's van for a long time

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Never once overheated

drifting forge Aug 30, 2023, 9:17 PM

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heck if my phone is anything to go by, if it's mildly warm outside and plugged into charge while running android auto, it will overheat, even if itt's just sitting in that cubby between the center console and the gear shifter

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ALL my phones have done that

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iphones, oneplus, google pixel

round skiff Aug 30, 2023, 9:18 PM

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Must be the climate

prime saddle Aug 31, 2023, 1:57 PM

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lol mine never overheat, it hit 109 a few days ago, left my shit in the car and we chillin

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my phone did overheat when i left it on the hood of my car in the hot sun but that dosent really count

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the gc8s are so small it gets hot FAST in the inside, i need to get aome iv protection film installed because smol car

pearl oak Aug 31, 2023, 2:10 PM

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drifting forge ALL my phones have done that

Do you use cases? I’ve found that I used to use super durable cases and my gf does too and in the mild warmth of the uk it’s enough to cause reduced charging as a minimum

drifting forge Aug 31, 2023, 2:47 PM

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pearl oak Do you use cases? I’ve found that I used to use super durable cases and my gf do...

Yep, have to, work in factories, phone gets dropkicked all the time. Thick case and thick screen protector are a must, and pretty much have to change the screen protector every few months

pearl oak Aug 31, 2023, 2:48 PM

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Yeah pretty sure the annoying combination of metal and or glass backed phones of the modern era is very shitty when it comes to thermals, along with a thick case it basically means with how humid the uk is, the heat gets too much too quick

drifting forge Aug 31, 2023, 10:45 PM

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round skiff Aug 31, 2023, 10:48 PM

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Not to mention the STI pump you'll now need to power the quicker rack

drifting forge Aug 31, 2023, 10:49 PM

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nah be fine

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only difference is the pitch of the rack and pinion... allegedlry....

round skiff Aug 31, 2023, 10:51 PM

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Yep, but less turns means more force. There's a good chance the pump will eat shit eventually

drifting forge Aug 31, 2023, 10:51 PM

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round skiff Yep, but less turns means more force. There's a good chance the pump will eat sh...

be fine, I'm planning an electric PAS pump conversion anyway https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EP6HPe4OKQc

YouTube

ANSPS49AV1

TS Astra electric power steering pump sequenced start-up.

Sequenced start-up of a TS Astra power steering pump. The first 20 seconds shows the slow start that happens when the black control wire gets power applied at the same time as the blue/white wire. From 20 seconds onwards the black wire has power applied first, and then the blue/white wire about 2 seconds later.

▶ Play video

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2 wires. a relay, a fuse and some custom hydraulic hoses and she'll be reet

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get a relocation bracket for the alternator too while I'm at it and the way will be cleared for a rotated manifold.

round skiff Aug 31, 2023, 10:52 PM

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Yeah that should work

drifting forge Aug 31, 2023, 10:53 PM

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https://www.fujiracing.com/product/alternator-relocation-kit-ej20-ej22-ej25/

Fuji Racing

Alternator Relocation Kit - Fuji Racing

The Fuji Racing Alternator Relocation Kit is designed to help create space at the drive belt system in order to reverse the intake manifold.

prime saddle Sep 1, 2023, 3:08 AM

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drifting forge

Most british person ever

drifting forge Sep 2, 2023, 9:33 PM

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round skiff Sep 2, 2023, 9:34 PM

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Looking good. I like how the front end is distinct but not flashy

drifting forge Sep 2, 2023, 9:36 PM

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Went to Radwood UK. Was a nice day out with the mates, but the event itself was a bit underwhelming to be honest...

drifting forge Sep 6, 2023, 1:49 PM

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prime saddle Sep 6, 2023, 2:24 PM

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@drifting forge whts the company called that has a lot of oem parts

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the one you showed me with the jdm bumper suports

drifting forge Sep 6, 2023, 3:00 PM

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Importcarparts

drifting forge Sep 9, 2023, 1:01 PM

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when switching from the factory 2-port boost slenoid to a pierburg type 3-port, do I retain the boost restrictor pill?

round skiff Sep 9, 2023, 1:16 PM

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No

drifting forge Sep 9, 2023, 1:31 PM

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Anyway. Good news!
My car is now unstealable.

I have just spent the morning installing a £1200 anti-theft device.

You can't steal a car if it doesn't run

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https://tenor.com/view/think-about-it-use-your-brain-use-the-brain-think-brain-gif-7914082

Tenor

round skiff Sep 9, 2023, 1:32 PM

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I hope for the price it also controls the engine

drifting forge Sep 9, 2023, 1:36 PM

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at some point it will

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but I'm missing some vacuum hose

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and I've managed to destroy the IAT sensor and butcher the plug trying to wire it on

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because goes to show how inept I am at wiring if I can't even do a 2-pin JPT connector right

round skiff Sep 9, 2023, 2:08 PM

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My friend, don't you trust me?

prime saddle Sep 9, 2023, 2:08 PM

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wow adi

drifting forge Sep 9, 2023, 2:08 PM

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i posted that like 3 hours ago, admins only approved it now lol

prime saddle Sep 9, 2023, 2:08 PM

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being rude like that

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yeah they suck ass

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adrian dragan deez nuts on your face

round skiff Sep 9, 2023, 2:09 PM

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Wish I knew better when I bought the MAC valve. It's probably more durable but the Pierburg is like 20€ and lot more subdued

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Also doesn't need the ugly brass barbs

drifting forge Sep 9, 2023, 2:10 PM

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I bought the MAC first. but then the pierburg came with an adapter to the factory wiring so I didn't have to do any wiring so went with that instead

round skiff Sep 9, 2023, 2:11 PM

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Initially I used 2 2.8mm male Abikos to plug into the stock harness, but integrated it to the engine harness when I redid that

drifting forge Sep 9, 2023, 2:21 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/ah-shit-here-we-go-again-ah-shit-cj-gta-gta-san-andreas-gif-13933485

Tenor

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prime saddle Sep 9, 2023, 2:43 PM

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based

drifting forge Sep 9, 2023, 4:05 PM

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think I'mma bust the ole laptop out, hook up the battery, and finally put in that unlock code

round skiff Sep 9, 2023, 4:31 PM

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I wonder why they even bother with an unlock code with a physical device and a software that is free to download

drifting forge Sep 9, 2023, 4:48 PM

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Well, fuck me gently.

round skiff Sep 9, 2023, 4:50 PM

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I was going to say "best time is now, so you have more time to sort out the issues"

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Well there's your first

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 5:23 PM

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Ecu unlocked. Went to calibrate TPS and...

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So wiring fucked on tps or some shit. Beautiful.

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 5:24 PM

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Isn't it all factory wiring?

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 5:48 PM

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it is. and I've been having TPS issues since forever

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now I can actually see the readout tho

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confirming it's fucked

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 5:49 PM

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No wonder

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But also why I love standalones

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 5:53 PM

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need to find what pins the TPS wires are at the ECU, and probably just run a direct connection to the TPS

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 5:54 PM

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You want a pinout?

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 5:55 PM

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I think I have a pinout somewhere, but wasn't able to figure out which pins it is the first time around...

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 6:17 PM

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well quick lookup in the fsm and you got it

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 6:19 PM

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prime saddle well quick lookup in the fsm and you got it

assuming I have one

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 6:19 PM

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wdym

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 6:19 PM

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Except FSM doesn't really want to give you old turbo stuff

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 6:20 PM

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youre the one that sent me the fsm

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its basically the same for jap models

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 6:20 PM

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yeah, for the non turbo

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turbo is different

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different ecu

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different wiring

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different pinouts

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 6:20 PM

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you sent me one for wrx, 2.5rs, and base impreza

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wrx should be the same as yours

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ecu and all

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if not the difference is minimal

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ill go look for it

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v5/v6 right?

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 6:23 PM

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Yeah

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 6:24 PM

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yeah

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 6:25 PM

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i dont have nitro file is too good for me

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it said 2000 turbo on it thougj

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any other way i can send it to you?

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 6:25 PM

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i have no idea what nitro file is

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

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discord nitro

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 6:25 PM

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the file is too big

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yeah

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sorry lol i need nitro to send bigger files

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its just kinda on there i dont know how to send it to you otherwise

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 6:26 PM

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just take a screenshot of the page with the pinouts?

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 6:26 PM

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uh

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okay ill look for it but im not very good with these

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 6:26 PM

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neither am I lol

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 6:27 PM

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you need the tps -> ecu correct?

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 6:27 PM

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yeah

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 6:27 PM

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ok ill look

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 6:27 PM

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You could try filedrop

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I'm curious to see that too

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I have some V5 shit

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 6:27 PM

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here ill put it in a drive and send the drive link

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 6:27 PM

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yeah, can try filedrop or drive or wetransfer

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 6:29 PM

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okay i have no idea what any of that is

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 6:29 PM

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Google filedrop

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 6:29 PM

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oh

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i see drive

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nvm

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oh

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EzeBt421WuspVXUJRHXKo3Hx5v_GakRj/view?usp=drivesdk

Google Drive: Sign-in

Access Google Drive with a Google account (for personal use) or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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try that

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 6:34 PM

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I sent a request

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 6:50 PM

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@prime saddle Can you go to your gmail and accept access to the drive?

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 7:54 PM

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yeah

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sorry im in the middle of classes

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 7:54 PM

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round skiff <@480832660550320140> Can you go to your gmail and accept access to the drive?

really sorry i did it

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 7:54 PM

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No trouble, thanks

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That's for the V3-V4

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 8:05 PM

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ah, fortunately link provides a pinout

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 8:06 PM

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Now that you say that, that's how I got my IAT wired to the PFC

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Completely forgot

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 8:07 PM

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I don't see the TPS on the pinout list tho

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 8:07 PM

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B136-20, An Volt 3

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First image

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 8:08 PM

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wheres the others tho

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 8:09 PM

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B136-12 5V and the sensor ground seems to be unspecified ground

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B136-24

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is sensor GND

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Oh it's labeled

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 8:13 PM

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round skiff That's for the V3-V4

it said 2000 turbo on it

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in the list of vehicles

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 8:13 PM

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There's still V1-V6 of them

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 8:13 PM

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they had v6 in 2000 though right?

round skiff Sep 11, 2023, 8:13 PM

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Yeah

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 8:16 PM

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"Turbo 2000" is the model name, not the year

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 8:16 PM

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huh okay well I'll go farther down the list that was just the first turbo one i saw

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thought it said v5/v6 on it though

drifting forge Sep 11, 2023, 8:17 PM

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no worries 🤣

prime saddle Sep 11, 2023, 8:17 PM

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ah okay i see what happend

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the v1-v4 is right next to the v5-v6 i must have misclicked

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i think i have the correct one now

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 10:18 AM

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round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 10:18 AM

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Does the actuator arm or whatever seem okay?

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 10:19 AM

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I... I think I just had it on the wrong way all this time... and my stupidity led me to need an engine rebuild, and spend £1200 on a standalone ECU... fml.

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round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 10:19 AM

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Oh you had the actuator on the wrong side? Ah man

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But think positive, now you have great control over the car and diagnostics are lot easier now that you can see every value

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And presumably have Link's own fault codes that are probably more helpful than Subaru's own ones

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 10:33 AM

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Yeah, and I know the engine will be a clean slate after the rebuild. There is a bright side at least...

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 2:46 PM

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hnnnng so tempted to enable piston melt mode

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 3:12 PM

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Gonna model up a 52mm gauge plug with holes to stick these two lil switches in, and wire them up to two of the DI slots on the ECU, for later use. Ones gonna be a map switch, the other is gonna be the antilag when I eventually get all the parts I need for it

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 3:13 PM

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Are you going to have a MAF or SD tune?

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 3:13 PM

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deleting the MAF

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MAF can get fucked right out

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 3:14 PM

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So you don't need a map switch, just a switch to change boost tables

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 3:14 PM

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yeah well thats what it's gonna do

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anyway, tadaa

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 3:14 PM

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Nice

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 3:15 PM

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now to send it to my one friend with a functional 3D printer

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 3:16 PM

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Also I didn't know you need a pullup for switches, so if yours doesn't work, check that

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 3:16 PM

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a what

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 3:16 PM

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A 5v source to compare the switch state with

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 3:16 PM

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ah

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 3:17 PM

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I was confused as to why my clutch and brake switches weren't working

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Turned on pullups for both inputs and tada

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I just assumed it would just check if the input was grounded or not but apparently no

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 5:22 PM

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Summary of the story of the blue turd so far

pt.1 My wheel bearings are going, I'll fix that by doing a rear disc brake conversion

pt.2 My brake lines are bad, I'll fix that by stripping the whole car down to a bare shell, fixing the rust, sandblasting, powdercoating everything, repiping everything... aaaaaaand doing a full turbo engine swap

pt.3 My TPS isn't working, I'll fix that by going full-bore and buying a standalone ECU

pt.4 My engine is losing oil, I'll fix that by going full hog and getting it forged.

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 5:23 PM

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Sounds familiar

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 5:24 PM

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pt.5 is probably gonna be "I've blown my gearbox, I'll fix that by doing a 6-speed trans swap"

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 5:24 PM

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Honestly that's the rational response

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 5:24 PM

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I heard the forester 6-speeds have longer gear ratios, so that's probably what I'll be looking for

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 5:25 PM

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If you find a DCCD one I'll trade my non-DCCD so you don't have to pay for a controller

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 5:25 PM

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absolutely don't want DCCD, same reason why I don't want AVCS, really don't want to deal with the headache of extra shit that might break

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 5:26 PM

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The gearings are pretty much the same

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But you'll want either the 0.756 or 0.707 6th

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The 6 speed is basically a 5 speed with an extra gear inbetween

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 5:32 PM

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hmmm maybe I can get a stupid long overdrive 6th gear made

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 5:32 PM

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Which to me was a slight disappointment

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I thought about that too

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 5:32 PM

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but then I could probably just do that for the 5-speed

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 5:32 PM

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Doesn't change the fact that you have a shite transmission then

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 5:33 PM

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true true true

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engine first tho

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then coilies... again

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this time new, not used

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 5:33 PM

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You have COPs?

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 5:33 PM

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no, I'm staying with the coil pack

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 5:34 PM

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Oh and by the way you can buy the 0.707 gear pair, it gives a decently long sixth

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Costs a few hundred tho

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 5:34 PM

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round skiff Costs a few hundred tho

like I said, I'd probably get a custom one made thats an even longer ratio

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 5:34 PM

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You don't really want that

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5th will be too short for 50 ish mph and going below 0.7 the 6th is too long

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You'd be lugging it

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 5:36 PM

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I really want to get it to where it's cruising at 80 at no more than 2500rpm

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right now it does 70 at 3000

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might be because its severely down on power tho, from the whole TPS/oil issues/not going past 5psi boost thing

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will see how it goes after it's been mapped

round skiff Sep 13, 2023, 5:37 PM

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Power doesn't affect rpm though

drifting forge Sep 13, 2023, 5:38 PM

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I'll see how it goes after it's been mapped and the engines been rebuilt

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 7:56 AM

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OooOOOOooo looky what I've nabbed.

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 7:58 AM

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Don't you have that already? Or do you have that storage cubby?

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 7:59 AM

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I had a crappy one made out of a butchered lhd 3-gauge holder and a fiat 500 DIN adapter, now I'll have a proper one.

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 8:00 AM

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Oh yeah that's right

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:46 PM

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@round skiff my engine builder just called me with some news

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:46 PM

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Worries me that you didn't say "good news"

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:46 PM

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block is cracked

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:46 PM

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I had tasked him to keep an eye out for me for an ej207 block

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He found one

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:47 PM

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Nice

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:47 PM

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but

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:47 PM

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Semi closed deck out of a WR1

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£500

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:47 PM

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If it's a 207 block it better be SCD

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:47 PM

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theres something wrong with it

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:47 PM

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No that's a typical price for a block

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:47 PM

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or american prices are fucking outragous

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okay yeah thats it

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:48 PM

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Actually that's high enough that some can't even sell them for that

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Is it case halves or a shortblovk?

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:48 PM

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when i turn 18 bang battaboom im outta there no more rights for me adi were getting married and were swapping places

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:48 PM

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I apparently can't spell the word block

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:48 PM

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Cheapest I could find was £650 for case halves with a badly scored cylinder

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Prices have gone up

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:49 PM

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thats the russian spelling for block

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:49 PM

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Is this one STD size?

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Wouldn't want an already oversized one

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:49 PM

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Supposedly

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:49 PM

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Easily checked with a bore gauge

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:49 PM

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if i pay you for a 207 block can you ship one to me adi?

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we cant find a shortblock less than 3k here

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:50 PM

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Sure, you'll just end up paying triple just for the shipping

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:50 PM

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litteral shipping included would be cheaper

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:50 PM

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He said hell go check it out and let me know

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:50 PM

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Nice

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:51 PM

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But by all accounts, ya boi gonna be getting an STI shortblock. Now my STI oil cap will be justified in existing

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:51 PM

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mine isnt

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never will be

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prodrive oil cap not sti though

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:51 PM

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You'll get there. It just takes lots and lots of pain

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:51 PM

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I'm still a bit pissy about my 255/257 shortblock

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The torque was so nice

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:52 PM

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im not swapping my rs im just going to buy an ra or r but i will swap one with a ee20

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:52 PM

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Though my neighbor who runs a shop was confident he could sleeve that reliably, unlike what the consensus in this server is

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Why would you ever want an EE20?

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:53 PM

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Oooh ee20 is just asking for trouble. They're cool buy they like to warp the casings and snap the crankshaft every 50k miles

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:53 PM

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According to that same neighbor the 2011 revision doesn't even offer 100% salvation

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Shit engine through and through

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:53 PM

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i can get a custom made crankshaft at fierce motorsports for like 500 bucks, solid billet

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just need the original one

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:54 PM

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Yeah but it's the block that's shite

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The caps fail

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:54 PM

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i can get everything custom made

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:54 PM

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I derive endless schadenfreude from the romanian subaru groups where all the cheapskates bought diesels because they're too cheap to afford the mpg on a petrol subaru, and every day theres posts about their diesels knocking

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:54 PM

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Get a better engine to begin with

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:54 PM

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no fuck you

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:54 PM

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It's lazy and not even reliable

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:55 PM

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im lazy

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im american

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:55 PM

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Ngl if it was reliable I'd have done an ee20 swap too for shits and giggles and to roll coal

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 2:55 PM

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drifting forge I derive endless schadenfreude from the romanian subaru groups where all the che...

Yeah there isn't a day when there isn't at least 5 diesel Subarus for sale here for under a grand

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:55 PM

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i just want it for the desiel title

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wouldnt be a dd but would be to tow my no title L

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my new one

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i have 2 Ls now

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:57 PM

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Mans about to become the tennessee version of 802 garage

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:57 PM

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lol

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yeah if i got my dream cars it would be a warhouse

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:58 PM

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Get a mechanic friend to put a lien on the no title impreza, the "sell" you the car

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Boom. Title.

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:58 PM

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next non subaru on the list is either a 2018 nissan sentra nismo or a porsche 996

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that doesnt work here

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:58 PM

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Booo

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:58 PM

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if its a lost title you legally cant get a title at all

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:58 PM

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Go to florida then

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:59 PM

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whats in flordia

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im allergic to mosquitoes

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 2:59 PM

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Lots of ways to cheese a title on a no title car from what I've heard

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 2:59 PM

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probaly why there isnt any no title ones being sold there

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although hard to find a gc anyways here, got to go to cali for that

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everything is cali is sti swapped at 20k asking price because its a coupe

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hard to find a stock coupe, i really want something stock

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wrcs coming to chatanooga next year, basically an hour drive for me might go watch some races

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 4:07 PM

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prime saddle everything is cali is sti swapped at 20k asking price because its a coupe

honestly, STI swapped coupe in LHD... knowing how much its cost me to do the swap and how much PAIN it is... I'd pay 20k...

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 4:36 PM

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well

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they have iwire there so teh swap is much easier

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you know what iwire is?

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 4:36 PM

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yeah

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 4:36 PM

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not insulting you but i dont know if its an American only thing or if they do it other places too

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okay

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 4:37 PM

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I know they charge a lot and mainly do newage turbo to classic non turbo adapters

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 4:37 PM

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yeah

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mainly gd stuff

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they are a pain in the ass to work with

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i probaly will have to do the harness myself if i do do the ee20 swap because they dont seem to understand anything but gd sti swap

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the only expensive thing they have there is needing actual oem Catylitic converters and emmisions things, no cels, stuff like that but the cat thing is canceled out by the insane, and i mean INSANE amount of subaru there, junkyards, on the road, in peoples yards. legit see like 2 gc8s every day minimum

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 4:41 PM

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oh if only cali wasn't such a hellhole

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 4:42 PM

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so overall the engine costs maybe 4000 but if you get it at a junkyard mybe 1k plus anything else you need, then the harness just drive to iwire and give them a few weeks and 500 bucks, boom you got 5k innit, then the car a coupe maybe 6k if you can find any left not swapped. then odds and ends which they usually cheap out on or manage to find in, you guessed it, a junkyard and thats maybe 3k so you got 12-15k in a car you sell for 20-30k

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thats top end if you go the cheapest route 10k max

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i dont know if im angry because they are earning money and im not, the fact they ruin these cars and think people like them, or that i cant find a stock one or close to because all of them are sti swapped

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it really pisses me off when people ask for a stock rs coupe and EVERYBODY throws their offer daying "Yo bro i got this wrb sti swapped coupe 20k" and thats basically the entire comment section

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or maybe im just pissed off

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probaly a mix of all of it

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legit opened facebook scrolled 2 posts and HERE WE FUCKIN GO

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its an L with no body mods so its 15k but l coupe maybe 4k, sti swap maybe 5k boom 6k profit

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 4:47 PM

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man I dunno what to say, I'm at least 15k into my swap right now and its still not done

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so... 5k for a swap i'm very sus

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 4:48 PM

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well you buy real parts

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i mean yours looks awesome, the morrettes, front lip, roof camper

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 4:48 PM

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if only it worked...

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 4:49 PM

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these all are just the same, rs stuff with stock body parts, kaizen lights,

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its all the same

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well i dunno why yours doesnt work

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 4:49 PM

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I know, it's because I had the TPS on wrong like a dumb dumb

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 4:50 PM

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you keep having failures so its something else causing those failures other than the failures themself

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 4:50 PM

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and I had it on wrong for so long that it broke other shit

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oh and then the used coilovers turned out to be crap

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and then the rebuilt steering rack broke

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 4:50 PM

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well that just sounds like bad quality stuff

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and im sure shit gives out on these pretty quick, build, sell, repeat

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being rhd semms to be a pain aswell because any part associated with them are considered "STI Rare" buy all the big dealers like cam, peter, orlando, bryan, even people in new Zealand

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 5:21 PM

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prime saddle you know what iwire is?

Yeah, the thieves who think a piece of aluminum is worth $100 and a connector plus 15cm of wire $30

drifting forge Sep 14, 2023, 5:38 PM

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sooooo just sent the deposit on the 207

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 5:38 PM

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round skiff Yeah, the thieves who think a piece of aluminum is worth $100 and a connector pl...

what aluminum was 100 bucks?

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the roof vent stuff? or just some shitty bracket

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the full kit is reasonable for what it is i mean aluminum is expensive down where he is. plus having to make your own rubber gasket. but if youre talking about the latch alone for 100 bucks that is a scam, that costs like 20 bucks max and i feel like 10-20 bucks profit is more reasonable especially since you can fit it in an envelope

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 5:40 PM

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Pedal adapter

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 5:40 PM

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oh

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wait

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 5:41 PM

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drifting forge sooooo just sent the deposit on the 207

Oh yeah

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 5:41 PM

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what the fuck

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i see what you mean

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 5:41 PM

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Yeah

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 5:41 PM

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like 5mm sheet of aluminum with drill holes

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thats bullshit

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 5:41 PM

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I get you also pay for R&D but that's just idiotic

prime saddle Sep 14, 2023, 5:42 PM

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i hate dbw anyway so i wont have to deal with that

round skiff Sep 14, 2023, 5:42 PM

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Why

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Thanks to DBW I'll never hit the rev limit and I also have cruise now

#The Blue Turd