i like the responsiveness of cable
#The Blue Turd
round skiff
You can tune DBW
prime saddle
did you guys not get cruise? adi said his didnt have the plugin either
i can tune mine wdyn
wdym
drifting forge
whats the parts list you used for ethrottle again?
round skiff
By changing the motor target angle in relation to pedal position
prime saddle
send in my ecu and like 100 bucks and i got a flash that makes my car able to handle a turbocharger
round skiff
DBW
ECU
Pedal
Pedal bracket I ripped from iWire
Wires
drifting forge
yeah but specifically what dbw and pedal
prime saddle
it does make the engine look a little better
drifting forge
link?
round skiff
16112AA380 for the TB IIRC and the pedal was the fully plastic Denso
Both from diesel Legacys I think
Oh and we made that adapter by ourselves
If you use the 253 manifold like you should as it's superior, you can fit the TB directly to it
round skiff
253 better
prime saddle
yeah
drifting forge
no. no. must stop myself. rebuild first. get the thing running. then e-throttle later
round skiff
is inferior
round skiff
that too
round skiff
what
prime saddle
i dont want to have to get it tuned to have no speed limiter
the dbw have one
tuning is expensive in my area
round skiff
I don't have that unless I specifically tune it in
prime saddle
hmm
drifting forge
friend who half-knows how to map stuff should be visiting late next week, hopefully we can get the AFR wired in and a tune going on the link
round skiff
Nice
drifting forge
i think americans can have a visa waiver
round skiff
I suggest filing emigration papers too
prime saddle
why
drifting forge
I kinda want to try the cyclic idle mode on the link... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qvLKCpnNolY
round skiff
imagine living in the states
prime saddle
i can barely understand the accent i definitely wouldnt last a day
drifting forge
imagine living in the states
if I could get a green card I'd be on the first plane there ngl
prime saddle
i can barely understand americans half the time
round skiff
if I could get a green card I'd be on the first plane there ngl
why on earth
prime saddle
cause
drifting forge
because close to fuck-all taxes compared to here
higher paying jobs
more space
basically no laws when it comes to car mods depending on the state
guns.
prime saddle
free speech, low taxes, high paying jobs, easier to get some things, lots of land compared to the uk, and lower gas prices
drifting forge
and better weather
drifting forge
man I'm going either texas or florida
round skiff
Violence, cost of medical care, worryingly unstable political situation
prime saddle
drought for 2 weeks, rains for 1 week straight, then freezes, then 60 degree weather, ice age, 70 degree weather rain again, uh oh heres another drought
flordias even worse
you got 3 rains
2pm, did i miss a hurricane, and hurricane
drifting forge
Violence, cost of medical care, worryingly unstable political situation
right the violence I don't care about, I'd rather risk being shot while legally having a gun on me, than risk getting stabbed while not even being allowed pepper spray.
round skiff
Is the risk of getting stabbed by a random person as high as getting in a gun incident with a random person in the states?
prime saddle
then you got, winter- summer, live yay. fall, legalize nuclear bomb explosion you better be rich else you aint payin this damage
round skiff
Like I actually don't know how common random stabbings in UK are
drifting forge
and when it comes to medical care, the "free" NHS we have here in teh UK had me wait A FULL FUCKING YEAR bleeding out my ass before they booked me in for a colonoscopy.
I'd rather pay the private health insurance in teh US and actually get treated immediately than wayit around for the public healthcare here and die
prime saddle
dont get hirt
hurt
i have free healthcare till im 40 actually
random shootings are common here
youre more likely to die than to just get injured
drifting forge
Like I actually don't know how common random stabbings in UK are
very.
round skiff
Violence and random violence are two very different things
prime saddle
round skiff
Classic
prime saddle
opinion @drifting forge
drifting forge
Shit really?
and you're legally not allowed to cary any sort of weapon to defend yourself with. You cant carry a baton, pepperspray, taser, anything. If some ginger cunt that doesn't care about the law decides to try and rob and stab you, unless you're some bodybuilder blackbelt that can roundhouse kick someone into unconsciousness, you're fucket.
round skiff
And how likely are you to get randomly frisked if you get a baton?
prime saddle
im irish i just remembered
round skiff
Like if you have one in your pocket how likely are you to get in trouble if you never have to use it?
prime saddle
irish scottish a little bit of french, korean and like 40% things from Australia
drifting forge
And how likely are you to get randomly frisked if you get a baton?
doesn't matter, not allowed legally, in the US you can carry a gun legally and actually use it if someone tries to fuck with you
prime saddle
well
round skiff
Yeah I know
drifting forge
here if you have something illegal on you and end up using it, you're as fucked as the attacker
round skiff
Huh, here you can shoot an attacker with an illegal weapon if your life is in actual danger
drifting forge
nope, can't do that
prime saddle
in texas you get a gun with every purchase of alcohol, but in california if they see you with a gun you get the gun, its illegal in ny, nj, mi, ma, nh, rh, wa, and or i think
round skiff
Was a case like that recently, guy shot a chainsaw wielding madman through his apartment door with a sawn off
drifting forge
someone breaks into your house at 3AM and you hit them over the head witha baseball bat? not allowed to do that either
round skiff
Was initially convicted, but the conviction was overturned higher up
prime saddle
you can do that in america
round skiff
someone breaks into your house at 3AM and you hit them over the head witha base...
Yeah that's sad
drifting forge
genuinely if someone breaks into your house here, your best chance is to actually end them and dispose of the body and never tell the police
drifting forge
my neighbours house got robbed last year, she's a 70-something old widow. fortunately she wasn't home. I've been keeping a big fuck-off hunting knife by the bed since. If someone tries to come into mine one night and I get the upper hand, they'll never be heard of again.
prime saddle
put something dead like 3ft over it
and put some endangered plants over that so they cant legally dig it up
drifting forge
oh no, I'll be taking a late night 100 mile drive to the atlantic ocean with a rug in the back
prime saddle
well idk the uk laws on endangered plants
round skiff
my neighbours house got robbed last year, she's a 70-something old widow. fortun...
I should get an alu bat. Burglaries, especially when the owners are home are rare, but just in case
prime saddle
hey man you can dispose of a rug
prime saddle
like half this cahnnel is composed of non subaru things
drifting forge
WR1 STI EJ207 boiiiiiiiii
prime saddle
1267 horsepower turbo on Jet A1 ej207 shortblock made with prodrive with ej20k heads for some insane boost at 3.7kg (52.6 PSI) 1570hp with nitrous 400kw shot with 4 10lb bottles
round skiff
Can't be bothered to scroll, was it a shortblock or case halves?
drifting forge
shortblock
but the guts are getting chucked and replaced with brand new bits anyway
prime saddle
world rally probaly
round skiff
It's a model but I mean I wonder if it has any real differences
drifting forge
was a limited edition blobeye
round skiff
Are you gonna get that black crank for it too?
prime saddle
does that mean nitrated?
drifting forge
yep
round skiff
I can't remember if it was specifically nitrided
drifting forge
it's a late ej207
drifting forge
all the bearings are being replaced
prime saddle
ok
round skiff
If Adi spent 500 quids on a V5/V6 block, STI or not, I'd already be booking a flight to UK to personally slap him
prime saddle
2.2 stroker kit?
round skiff
V5/V6 STI's were open deck so literally useless compared to non-STI
prime saddle
v5/v6 is pahse 2
round skiff
Still open deck
round skiff
Still open deck
prime saddle
lies
round skiff
V5/V6 STIs were open deck
prime saddle
the type ras have semi closed deck
round skiff
RA is a completely different thing
prime saddle
its impreza
whatever
throw some 20k heads on your 207 adi
best ones subaru made cause those boost numbers
drifting forge
will get some spicy cams for it eventually
round skiff
will get some spicy cams for it eventually
Spicy cams but no AVCS
prime saddle
you can just get the delete
drifting forge
avcs = headache
drifting forge
spicy cams = spicy sounds
drifting forge
spicy cams + cyclic idle + antilag
round skiff
Better get spicy enough to rev to 9000
prime saddle
well add some hot sauce to your oil then you get spicy engine
and cams
bonus for cheap
like 3 bucks
uae has the good stuff
nobody liked my joke?
drifting forge
i didnt really get the joke
prime saddle
ok
round skiff
What was your eventual target if you plan on camming?
drifting forge
still about 300
round skiff
Don't
Actually matter of fact you can safely raise that since the cams would take torque away from the low end so getting power by RPM would be safe
550Nm is a good number not to exceed
Unless CDB
prime saddle
compression will do the same
i have ej201 heads on my rs which bump the compression up to 235
round skiff
235:1?
round skiff
You better be
prime saddle
I am
round skiff
Do you mean compression pressure?
round skiff
Yeah
prime saddle
i can comvert normally and i use the metric system when i can because its 100x easier but its hard because america still uses Imperial system and everything measures in it
round skiff
You do know the large quench area makes the engine quite knock prone?
I hope you run premium
round skiff
Something to consider is that the lip is really brutal
With 2.0 heads on a 2.5 block
round skiff
It will until it won't
prime saddle
but the torque curve is weird like a turbocharged car, up until 1.5k you aint got anything, no torque at all, then when it hits it hits hard, levels off at around 5.8k
well it has more the past 6 months
253hp at 5500
round skiff
No it does not
prime saddle
swear
round skiff
Is that a virtual dyno number?
prime saddle
intake exhaust slight cam adjustment, compression tune fuel injection
no
i think i have the form somewhere
it was at cars n coffee they have a dyno there i paid 50 bucks
round skiff
You're not gonna get 50% more power out of a NA EJ with adjusting cams, higher compression and a tune
Like this guy who did basically everything reasonable, and got 35 extra whp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRUjIq0gT5g
prime saddle
on rs25 people get 200+ with exhaust and intake
round skiff
That video above has reground cams, 10.3CR, equal length headers, exhaust, CAI and a valve job
round skiff
That'd be in the neighborhood of 190bhp
prime saddle
round skiff
That's a 20 year old fantasy right after the engine came out
With no backing on the claims
Also note that the stock numbers are bhp
drifting forge
Well I do have two lil switches. And my tuner from hell friend has printed off a 52mm gauge blank with two lil switch holes for me...
Just sayin... maybe one for cyclic idle, one for piston melter antilag?
drifting forge
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
round skiff
Melted melt in 3...2...1...
drifting forge
let me know when you figure out how to make one of those fancy rocket antilag up pipes
round skiff
It's a lot more complicated than I initially anticipated
It has to be lit to function
drifting forge
good, means it'll take you longer, means I'll be able to save up some money
round skiff
And if you leave the light function on it will melt everything
It's a very distant dream
drifting forge
ah, thats where the whole 'external combustion' bit happens innit
round skiff
Yeah
There's a video of the guy who re-engineered the rocket and installed it in his S2000. He let his friend have a go, friend didn't turn off the "piezo" and by the end of a 60 second run, there were literally melted pieces of turbine wheel dripping to the tarmac from the exhaust
drifting forge
lol
drifting forge
anyway, I have received some more crimps now, so tomorrow I shall make the 3rd attempt at wiring the 2-pin IAT sensor plug....
prime saddle
just run down to the local hardware store for some
dont need to buy them
i know brits have that
drifting forge
Yeah but a crimp tool at the local hardware store was like £50, and on amazon it was £15...
round skiff
If you're using superseals, you can crimp them with pliers
drifting forge
Master elektrishion
round skiff
That seal is wrong way around and meant to be crimped under the other crimp jaw
drifting forge
Now you see why I bought the plug and play ecu?
prime saddle
stop]
round skiff
Making mistakes is my primary way of learning
drifting forge
And not the one id need to wire in
round skiff
And boy do I make mistakes
drifting forge
That was my 4th attempt at wiring that plug...
round skiff
Practice makes perfect
drifting forge
mmmmmmmmmmmmmwant
drifting forge
Oh no, the dashboard is coming apart again
prime saddle
you got the file for that?
drifting forge
don't know how well it will actually fit till sometime late in the week when my friend who is printing it off for me will visit and bring it over, but it's meant to go where the lil useless coinholder is by the armrest
prime saddle
oh thats my heated seat switches
i thought that was for where the fogs an i/c water spray is
and cruise control if you have a usdm model
imagine
drifting forge
replaces that
drifting forge
yeah I've got heated seat switches there too. not hooked up to anything but I have the switches 🤷
prime saddle
oh mine have the harness
i just need the custom made thing
going to use them for my leather rs seats probaly going to put fans in there instead tho because i cant deal with the heat
cold is fine god please let it be winter already
drifting forge
when I get the seats reupholstered and rebolstered, I'll have them put heated seat pads in there and then wire them up from scratch, but till then I just have useless switches lol
drifting forge
hmmmm what if....
prime saddle
send me the file
drifting forge
send me the file
prime saddle
thank you
actually might put this on my turbo one cause that seems cool enough to make it look cleaner
my friends turbo one i dont have a turbo yet
drifting forge
actually might put this on my turbo one cause that seems cool enough to make it ...
this is the toggle switch I've sized the hole for btw https://www.ebay.com/itm/282258203997
step file of the blank itself, no text, no hole, should be able to put it whatever size hole you want in solidworks or fusion or inventor
prime saddle
i have that same one
i cut one of the coin holders to mke room for it so i have that exact switch mounted in the exact same place but not as clean as that
guess if i turbo i can make use for ir
drifting forge
i cut one of the coin holders to mke room for it so i have that exact switch mou...
prime saddle
yeah
the usdms had a insert you put in there that had a smaller hole you could put a coinholder in
drifting forge
yeah same here, I made the blank to replace that insert as a whole, not just the smaller coinholder
prime saddle
you can kinda see it tgere
oh ok
i cut the coinholder thing
not the whole thing
drifting forge
Now have a spare lid and rear cupholder too in case I brake mine oh yeeee
drifting forge
pearl oak
I love the dumb dual range so much
round skiff
Kinda want a wagon Impreza
pearl oak
I wish I’d have bothered to use it to learn welding
But alas I wouldn’t have the perpetual “I’m selling it” legacy
drifting forge
drifting forge
drifting forge
Uhhh I may have fucked up the sizing...
round skiff
Classic
drifting forge
The backside that actually goes into the hole is right, the holes for the switches are right, but I made the face way too big and it clashes with everything lol
drifting forge
Also for the first time in a long time the CEL is taking a break
round skiff
That's a flamboyant place for the antilag
drifting forge
it's a hot-boi switch. needs to be flamboyant
round skiff
Yeah. If you want clutch trigger for it or the launch control, you can use an OEM brake switch. It has the same thread as the clutch stopper bolt
I put my brake switch for the clutch and then bought a dual pole switch for the brake to not interrupt the OEM brake circuit but also to get info for the ECU when the brake is pressed
drifting forge
So... I've been sent a map to use because we were also having ignition idle issues, and gonna chuck it on the car tomorrow morning, but was checking all the differences between that map and my map and I got to the boost tables. The low boost starts at 130 kpa and goes up to 170kpa. The high boost map goes up to 200kpa.
Afaik stock boost is supposed to be something like 120kpa max lol
Also its got piston melter antilag already set up on it, I'd just need to wire in the switch
Which I am VERY tempted to just for a few seconds of childing giggling as I drive past schools.
round skiff
You can get gains up to 1.5 bars of boost, so you should have some bit above that in case you overshoot. 2 bars is unnecessary at least for me, since I've set my boost cut qay lower
drifting forge
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round skiff
Nice ass
round skiff
Hivemind of the forest
prime saddle
every finnish guy is the same ig
adi how much on average is a catted downpipe oem or similar style aftermakret from a non-high-priced-dealer
in your area
drifting forge
oem are out of production, used ones I see go for about £600
round skiff
Imagine having a cat
drifting forge
oe pattern aftermarket I've seen anywhere from 150-300, but no clue how effective they actually are, and it's still the choked down 2" pipe
and aftermarket "sports cats" of questionable efficiency again, are anywhere from 200 to 1000
round skiff
Honestly I wish I knew which race cat would be reasonably priced, did it's job and didn't burn out in a year. I'd gladly go with that
drifting forge
mine was 200, it's basically a straight pipe, it does NOTHING
prime saddle
well i had a full straight pipe 3.5 inches
round skiff
I have a 100€ 3" hardware store 300? cell cat and it needs preveating like mad
prime saddle
i sold it for 600 and want a replacement for my german 1.8 turbo rep
oem
i dont want loud
or close to oem
drifting forge
@round skiff on your silicone hose air intake, I was having a look at my factory pipe the other day, and part of what would be replaced has a lil spout coming out the bottom size by the bend in the pipe for vacuum/pcv/emissions something... goes either to the charchoal canister or to the PCV solenoid, did you have that too?
round skiff
When the car came to us it had had the charcoal canister removed and the engine is like 5 different ones so IDK. Also I vent to atm
drifting forge
fair enough
drifting forge
Found a tuner to get mine remapped. Well.. more like the tuner found me. I asked for advice on one of the link ecu groups and the nice man sent me one of his base maps and even remoted in to help get it set up. So had a nice chat and will be going to them to get a proper dyno tune after the engine is in. Only irk is they're all the way down in plymouth but hey, they gave me a lot of help for free so I think it'll be worth it
They also have that.
Running a GL bumper as true people of culture.
round skiff
Nice, I got booked today too
prime saddle
i dont have enough money for that
drifting forge
i dont have enough money for that
Oh neither do I. It's all going on the credit card, a problem for future Adi.
drifting forge
yeah well i dont have one of those
Good, don't fall into the big bank trap
drifting forge
i want a porsche
Me too, I want a 924 to swap an audi inline 5 turbo into.
drifting forge
I like the 924 more than I like the 944. The lines are purer
prime saddle
yeah i mean i would tske both but i would rather have a 924
drifting forge
Yeah, but I'd be looking at getting a lhd one.
prime saddle
i know they didnt really make any rhd 911s in the older years
or atleast japan didnt get them
they got the lhd for some reason
drifting forge
Japan is weird where they'd get lhd versions of cars that were available in rhd for some odd reason
prime saddle
thinking about a gt2 i love the look of it, smaler headlights make it look nice and the wing on the back looks good too
drifting forge
I also REALLY want a Barchetta
drifting forge
And an XM estate
prime saddle
its called dampening i think
oh
nevermind
the xts had hydraulic suspension i think
drifting forge
prime saddle
cool ill look at that in a minute i have classes soon
i hate classes i want to kill myself
why do i need to learn english to fly a plane
or start a performance company
pearl oak
The Citroen xm is a beast
drifting forge
I used to have a BX, ironically the most rust-free car I've ever owned, I still kick myself for selling it
drifting forge
Had to replace a couple bulbs in the gauge cluster... now it all lights up again yay
round skiff
You might want to do the same thing I did to replace that shitty cigarette lighter
drifting forge
Yeah I have one somewhere. Dual USB + voltmeter, in green, but cba to replace it right now
round skiff
We had to drill the hole bigger though
drifting forge
Yep, thats why I cba
round skiff
Was just a quick hone with the christmas tree
drifting forge
Need to find my christmas tree bit actually, its gone missing. Think it might have slid under the workbench
Just disabled the ECU since the car doesn't have any form of alarm or immobiliser right now and is sitting on the driveway unsupervised
while I'm at work
round skiff
Take the ECU with you lol
drifting forge
So disabled the ECU, because I'm willing to bet money that the opportunistic scrotes that might see the car and think "imma smash the window and nick it bruv" won't have a laptop with them, or know that the car has a link ECU, or have the required software on the said laptop to hook into the ECU to try and reenable it, or know WHERE/HOW it's been disabled
round skiff
You just made me realize why you shouldn't have a decal of your ECU manufacturer in a window
drifting forge
yep, I don't
round skiff
Yeah neither do I
I just realized how I can PIN block my ECU
I put a PIN on the tablet and condition the ECU to only allow start if a bluetooth switch is activated
But to have it work effectively I'll have to root the tablet and get it booting quickly
prime saddle
!adi go buy this and ill pay you storage and shipping fees to savannah
@drifting forge is what i meant
just spray that shit down with a pressure washer and some dry ice to stop the rust
do you guys have climate controlled storage there?
i could just make a trip to englasnd but i just bought a german 1.8l turbo engine for 400 so i cant really pay for anything else
im happy with my purchase i just need to either buy the ecu for one for like 500 or buy a apexi link or somthin
drifting forge
Hah, I've got like £50 to my name right now, cant even afford the fuel to drive there
prime saddle
based
drifting forge
scratch that. Just checked my bank account. I'm 0.80 into overdraft. fml.
drifting forge
had an idea for my next project
friend is LS swapping his ND MX-5
and I kinda want something like that too
but I can't do the same exact thing as him
so...
what if
hemi fiata
drifting forge
Anyway. On a v5/6, if you know you know
drifting forge
No, I meant I've drilled out the two pins, tapped the holes and replaced them with screws so that I can actually remove the key barrel for repair/repinning if I have to
Mans back in the one key for the entire car club
prime saddle
i just used an engles grinder and cut 2 notches
I have a key fob because the person who got my car 23 years ago bought that option
so i dont need it
drifting forge
2 notches
what
OH are you talking about the thing actually holding it to the steering column?
prime saddle
took the oem breakpff bolts
yeah
and cut 2 notches in the top for a flathead screwdriver
drifting forge
ah, no I meant THOSE
prime saddle
oh
drifting forge
so that I can actually take the ignition barrel itself apart now
for repairs if I need to
because subaru in it's infinite wisdom decided to make it in such a way that you can't
you can on the earlier ones, v1-4, but not on v5/6
prime saddle
its called safety 
subaru is dumb in some aspects
they dont want you working on your own car
drifting forge
it's called "we didn't think this car will last long enough for that to matter"
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tried going to a subaru dealer for them to diagnose my TPS, and they went 'nah bruv, we don't touch anything older than 2004, sorry"
drifting forge
nice
prime saddle
my subaru dealer will
they dont like it but they will
but thats a 2 hour drive to my local one which is like the entire length of your country
drifting forge
oi
prime saddle
i got to go to savannah georgia on the coast to pick my engine up
drifting forge
my entire country is a 6 hour drive actually thank you very much
drifting forge
what was it? a vw 1.8t engine?
drifting forge
the... what
prime saddle
the subaru 1.8t
drifting forge
pretty sure ej18 never came factory turbo
prime saddle
uh
drifting forge
they take well to a turbo conversion, yes, cause they have pretty thick cylinder walls, but I don't recall the ej18 ever being factory turbo
prime saddle
cant find anything because everything is n/at
drifting forge
ah, so it is a turbo conversion then
prime saddle
No it i swear it was a factory turbo
ill look up the engine code
EJ18X is what it said if i remember
or y
or z
sum shit like that
drifting forge
think you got bamboozled there
prime saddle
whatever
turbo motor is turbo motor
400 was a damn good deal for a fully working, 135 psi on each cylinder, FULL turbo motor
drifting forge
is it like a complete engine (intake, headers, turbo, wiring, etc)?
drifting forge
ah good then
prime saddle
plug and play basically
except wiring the thing
it has egr which i dont trust, feel like that would drop pressure in one cylinder and push air into the exhaust
so ill put a block off plate on that
tune it out on the thingy too
drifting forge
shoulda joined the link ecu gang gang
prime saddle
i coulsnt afford
i plan on that eventually but nobody sells used ones for that gen
plus i need turbo harness since mine is a 3 plug opposed to the 4 plug i was expecting
round skiff
Join the Speeduino gang
prime saddle
never heard of that ecu
drifting forge
tbf speeduino actually gives more control than the link does
round skiff
Open source, Speedyefi sells those things
drifting forge
open source ecu
prime saddle
well if its under 1k ill do thag
drifting forge
friend has a speeduino on his supercharged na mx5
yeah speeduino is like $400 iirc
round skiff
tbf speeduino actually gives more control than the link does
No it doesn't. It's versatile for the price but severely lacking in many aspects
You can build one for like 200
prime saddle
cant afford anything over 1k unless i commit fraud and pretend im over 18 to use credit payment
round skiff
It's basically what Megasquirt used to be before it went private. And now that STM32 cards are rolling in for the Speeduino soon it really can start doing some quick shit, like DBW and VVT
prime saddle
lol
i was gonna buy a used megasquirt for my rs so i could have turbo but i didnt
that was like 6 months ago
round skiff
Megasquirt is only worth it used nowadays
It has more than tripled in price in the past few years and is no longer open source
prime saddle
ill just stick with my apexi until i get another car like a 924 or 2018 nissan sentra nismo then stick the apexi or something in that
prime saddle
well i forgot about the wiring harness aspect
drifting forge
924
drifting forge
and stick the pornstache front valence on it
prime saddle
cai
theres a 2nd gen mr2 with a custom style cai
it looks pretty cool because its like oem plastic and looks oem
drifting forge
oh I hate the mr2 snorkels too
prime saddle
its cold air intake
drifting forge
it's a snorkel!
drifting forge
it looks like a snorkel, i'm calling it a snorkel
prime saddle
u are a snorkel
you
snorkel
alright guys im going to do the thing at my local dealer which is 2 hours away which is 1/3 of Adi's country
in
10 minutes
9
its 3pm where you are?
or 4pm
prime saddle
nice
i keep accidently measuring the time of sdt from edt so i accidnetly add an extra hour
but its 6 between my time and your time
which is gmt right?
drifting forge
yeah
drifting forge
i've ordered an AEM boost gauge just now so guess that's productive enough
prime saddle
good enough
drifting forge
I do actually need to take my headlights off so I can fix some cracks and repaint them, but it's raining right now sadlu
prime saddle
probaly going to stick them on my future coupe
unless someone buys them
oh
sorry discord shit itself
im not exact sure they are either prefacelift clears or facelift clears
drifting forge
are they more round-y or more square-y?
honestly, I have been looking for a good set of oe headlights with the levellers. if they're facelift clears (or even not the clears, but the facelift shape) I might very much actually buy them off you after my engine rebuild is done. can just ship them to my uncle in tx so don't have to worry about international shipping
round skiff
I have a pair or facelift non-clears with motor adjustment
drifting forge
yeah but yours are lhd arent they?
round skiff
Shit, yeah
drifting forge
god I can't wait for the engine to be done. sending the engine builder the money for the rods and pistons on monday, and then it's just scrape toghether another £700 till november
drifting forge
oh yeah... I bought an extended armrest lid...
So i lose one cupholder, but get extra storage and a cushion for the elbow
drifting forge
Found the exact types of gauges I want
white face
red/orange needle
uniform, green LED backlighting
(bonus) green digital displays
BUT they're not sold in the UK
and the temp one only comes in 'murican fahregrejvbefrhjkegbrheit and no celsius version
round skiff
Doesn't Autometer have anything?
drifting forge
yeah it's way worse than the dash
it's really bright at the top and pretty much completely unlit at the botton on the autometer ones
round skiff
I didn't notice after changing the backlights to brighter ones
Dash however remained pretty bad
drifting forge
my dash is pretty even
drifting forge
anyway, I've just sent the 2nd part of the payment for the STI bits to the engine builder. All that's left now is the original rebuild and install quote that was agreed to be cash on collection. and I have most of that ready too, so... HYPE
round skiff
Vewy nice
prime saddle
oh you get the immobilizer key?
drifting forge
No immobilizer anymore
Standalone ecu innit
So I can just get a nice chipless key, get it cut, and not worry about chips and shit anymore
Also means I can now have the same key for the ignition that I do for the doors and the trunk again
drifting forge
gota big fat list of shit waiting to arrive now
OE compass gauge pod and vents
extended forester armrest with cushion
4 bar MAP sensor
new OE fuel cap with strap
AEM boost gauge
headlight bulbs for the original morette lamps (the beam pattern is just too bad chinesium LED lamps sadly)
2x STI key blanks
new stainless adjustment springs and wingnuts for the morettes
a plastic welding tool
a bunch of wago connectors to clean up the wiring for my gauges
a new set of 750gsm car mats
also a new set of rubber car mats and boot liner...
and depending on how well I can contain my financial irresponsability, might be ordering those american oil temp and oil pressure gauges too...
tho... those might wait till next year after the cars been remapped, when I order the sport bumper and the embiggened hood scoop for the extra succ
drifting forge
Mmm yess
prime saddle
should have got defi
drifting forge
Could have, but didnt
Maybe I'll get defi ones for the oil pressure and temp. Maybe. Definitely want white face green LED backlight numbers on those which defi are not
drifting forge
. . .
I'm gonna buy them aren't I...
I won't be able to resist
having all gauges from the same manufacturer
prime saddle
i want yellow amber backlight like my defi
im probaly going to swap my digital gauge out for analog with warning lamp so i dont have to read it constantly
just to add some more lights in my car, they are really dark from factory at night and i want more yellow-amber around it
custom backlighted switches for the windows and lock would be sweet
drifting forge
window switches are a pain
they're like a single, tiny LED directly soldered to the switch board
and because they're 20+ year old boards, you run the risk of doing more damage than good if you try to replace it
window switch lights and the hazzard and defroster button lights are literally the only ones I couldn't replace for new bulbs because they're soldered to the circuitry
drifting forge
I wonder if the digital displays on the AEM gauges can be replaced... de-solder the factory ones, and solder on new displays with green readouts instead
drifting forge
time to upset
drifting forge
Also, rubber mats for winter time have arrived
Still waiting on the rubber boot mat, got a feeling fucking evri has lost it since both packages had the same tracking number
pearl oak
Evri losing parcels? Unheard of…
drifting forge
prime saddle
they're like a single, tiny LED directly soldered to the switch board
well thats because its a single auto one on the driver, i mean all across the board, make little resin bits for every switch and the lock switches and put backlight on them
i just want more lights it looks so depressing
my sunroof ones would be nice
maybe see if i can put some backlighting into my heated seat switch
drifting forge
@prime saddle I'm really happy with how mine looks at night
prime saddle
yeah
i like yours
but you have gauges and i dony
i have that one next to my cluster and it just makes my cluster look brighter
its not very appealing to the eyes
drifting forge
Get some gauges then, can always use oil pressure, oil temp and volt readouts on a n/a
drifting forge
Hnnnngh
prime saddle
based
drifting forge
prime saddle
did you buy that from that guy selling on from the uk
drifting forge
Bought it from importcarparts
round skiff
Oh the British guys who importcarparts?
drifting forge
Ye, got two of em
drifting forge
getting these keys cut was more of a pain than it should have been. swear to god
prime saddle
subaru
drifting forge
Sand and paint and sand and paint and sand and paint
3 hours of sanding it took me to get the chrome paint off so I can start building up an etch primer coat again... fml
Now to let this coat of primer dry for a couple of hours before I wet sand it again, then hopefully can start putting the final coats of primer and paint on
prime saddle
3 hours seems like a lot
drifting forge
It is, was an absolute pain
prime saddle
weren't they already silver
drifting forge
I had them painted with chrome paint, which was very soft, and went to shit real fast. paint was rubbing off on the bonnet seal, it had cracked and blistered, they needed redoing
and it would have been a very bad base coat to paint on top of, so had to get rid of the chrome paint first
and now that's gone... mostly. I removed it from the visible areas, theres still parts where theres chrome paint but won't care about those bits since they're not visible from the outside.
now need to build up a few coats of high build etch primer, wet sand that smooth, add a final coat of primer and then paint them and clearcoat them
got some spare 309 snow silver left from my saab, and it's quite a nice shade of silver so gonna use that
drifting forge
Last coat of primer v first coat of paint
drifting forge
Aight, 3 coats of paint on each headlight now, gonna let them cure overnight and clear coat them tomorrow
prime saddle
cars have personality change my mind
yes im stealing your thread to flex my amazing kohno
drifting forge
Oh they do. But not from new. It needs to be gained with age and miles. Buying a brand new golf, rattlecanning the grille and mirrors purple, naming it 'diamond' and making an instagram page for it does not mean its got a soul or personality yet. Itll still be 7 years and 50k miles away from gaining those.
drifting forge
round skiff
That'll buff out, just let it harden for a good two weeks first
drifting forge
still got 2 coats of clear I need to apply tho
round skiff
I'd still wait couole of days before sanding that down and polishing
drifting forge
Waiting to dry so I can reassemble
round skiff
Guh
drifting forge
Think I've managed to save it. There just the slightest divot where I had to sand the thing back, but its good enough for me to be happy
prime saddle
okay so i have some question about your ecus. to both you and hy. other than the tuning. what other things can be added on. i know certain modules and systems can be plugged in and programmed in do any of you have that? and what is the range in tuning of what you can and cant do? i dont really know what im looking for. what i do know if that its going to be a ej20 built for high boost, maybe a stupid idea but i plan on building a car for some insane things within the next decade and i might as well start really researching about it. by then ill probably have my job as a pilot so then cost wont be a problem ao anything you know about ecus
drifting forge
you can pretty much add anything, substitute OE sensors for after market ones, tune the calibration on everything, really the only limiting factor seems to be how many cylinders/injectors the program can run and how many physical input/output wire you have going to and from the ECU
drifting forge
not that I can see right now
prime saddle
is nitrous a thing it supports?
drifting forge
don't know how that works
prime saddle
i dont either
drifting forge
nitrous afaik is standalone usually and not hooked up to the ECU
prime saddle
well i feel like the ecu should know about it
i mean i just flick a switch and suddenly gain 500 horsepower i dont think the ecu would be happy about tgat
drifting forge
i mean all the ECU needs to do is make sure its putting out enough fuel for the air. keep in mind, nitrous is not something that's gonna run you 500 hp for 3 hours. it's something that will run you 500 hp for a few seconds
prime saddle
yeah thanks i never knew that
i thought nitrous was infinite and you never have to reload
pearl oak
According to the movies and video games that’s fact
prime saddle
a few seconds is not very much probaly around 20-40 seconds
the video games i play are simulators not games really
and dont watch movies, i watched f&f x and thats the only ones ive watched
drifting forge
depending on the canister size.... the ones I've seen, it's literally set up to give a few doses of 5 second blasts to overtake
prime saddle
and ford vs ferrari
most are 10lb bottles, single most of the time but ive seen up to 4 10lb bottles or 2 20lb bottles
that would last about 6 minutes or so
depending on your spot size
300kw would give around a 450hp boost
which is extremely high
50 or 100kw is normal
american terms with this shit is stupid they use kw for the power and lbs for the bottle size? why are Americans so stupid
drifting forge
this is the fun stuff available inside the link ecu software from the get go
drifting forge
actually, might be worth you downloading the PClink software, it's free, and just having a play around in the base maps to see what you can find
i'm still dbc
but you can go dwb if you want
prime saddle
no im not a bitch
drifting forge
and I probably will go dbw at some point
prime saddle
who needs tcs
just hit that gas
it will straighten on its own in awd
or brake to get you weight on the front and maintain your traction then hit the gas to regain rear traction
i used that every curve on cars and coffee day
round skiff
okay so i have some question about your ecus. to both you and hy. other than the...
Depends on the specific ECU you use. Not all have the capability to be expanded
prime saddle
yeah and thats exactly what i dont want
round skiff
nitrous afaik is standalone usually and not hooked up to the ECU
Not necessarily, you can have RPM/gear trigger for injection
prime saddle
full control over everything
round skiff
Once Speeduino migrates to STM32 boards, it will have very limitless capability
drifting forge
if I get a barchetta, I might try to speeduino it
round skiff
But in terms of capability, the Maxxecu I use for example is very varied. There are 4 or 5 different fuel and ignition tables that can be merged with each other, the table sizes and axis sources can be selected freely, you can do automated outputs, have large scale of IO that can be expanded with CAN modules etc
And AFAIK Link is like that too
round skiff
if I get a barchetta, I might try to speeduino it
I made a PNP Speeduino for my brother's M50 swapped turbo E30, however he hasn't gotten it done and it hasn't ran yet
prime saddle
so which one is the current most capable in the market
round skiff
There's no straight answer
It depends what's available, what you need and what's your budget. Also tuner familiarity is a massive plus
prime saddle
well give me the curved answer
depends on my build im guessung
by the time i actually get one budget will not be a problem and ill just be looking for best
drifting forge
I went with the link because I'm not planning on going too crazy, it has the capability to replace everything OE I want to replace with aftermarket stuff, and was plug and play to the factory loom so I had to do minimal wiring
round skiff
Oh yeah PNP or wire in is something to consider too
prime saddle
wire in definitely some things dont need to be there and im changing some things in it.
i wired in my 2 step im pretty sure i can do an ecu with the diagrams.
round skiff
I made an engine harness and did an auxiliary harness for the chassis and wired in the ECU, first time for everything
drifting forge
I hate wiring with a passion and wanted to do everything I could to avoid it
I've still not run the power and ground wires to the AEM boost gauge. It's been in the car for two weeks. Literally just two wires. I have no clue when I'll actually wire them
prime saddle
i honestly coulsnt give a shit, just be glad its a car and not wiring in a plane where every wire is solid white and everything has to be perfect else you risk losing vital systems, everyone of them which is a vital system
wirings fine if you have the patience which i dont but i manage
round skiff
Wiring wasn't that bad on itself but after 2 weeks of constant wires you kinda wished it was over
round skiff
Oh and if you rewire, check continuity at every step to make sure you have the right wires
prime saddle
i guess cause they get paid for it
round skiff
And check again once you're making connectors
prime saddle
i do
round skiff
And again when you have made connectors before you tape the wires awah
prime saddle
what pin set do you use?
round skiff
You will flip 2 wires because mirroring connectors is hard
I used Molex MX150 connectors for where I made new onrs
And bought gilded terminals because I'm a show off
prime saddle
nice something that will never be seen
i do appreciate doing things like that
just cleaning things that wont be seen but are there to clean
round skiff
Gold is the best of both worlds in terms of corrosion resistance and conductivity
prime saddle
silver is better
round skiff
Tin corrodes, silver doesn't conduct as well
round skiff
Gold is the middle ground
prime saddle
round skiff
Yeah, but silver corrodes
Gold is very resistant to that
Doesn't conduct quite as well as tin or silver but still pretty well
On Subarus the most important terminals are gold plated
round skiff
Probably not jack shit
drifting forge
probably enough for a popeyes chicken sandwich
round skiff
For the price you'd probably get just the bread
drifting forge
that reminds me I need to butcher my old harness for the plugs
round skiff
An individual golden terminal costs like 40 cents new so factoring in the manufacturing costs and profit, there's probably cents worth of gold in there
prime saddle
probably enough for a popeyes chicken sandwich
do you guys have popeyes in the uk
prime saddle
adi good deal
those rare parts for that cheap make me hungry
so much good i want that trunk and wing, bumper with spats, sideskirts front bumper, hood, firewall, dash, everything then sell like 2 parts and get my money back
drifting forge
prime saddle
drifting forge
that looks cursed
prime saddle
why
its beamngs version of an impreza because they dont have copyright thingys so they have to have knock offs
s201 wing, ferrari tailights, and new gen wrx headlights with the iconic inline 4
oh and rear door handles like the rx7s
drifting forge
the lines of everything clashes, it's like someone trying to facelift a 25 year old car.
prime saddle
well deal with it youre a grown man you can do it
prime saddle
i am not a grown man
im a 16 year old rallycross driver and street racer with 2 shitty subarus
with less than 400 horsepower combined
drifting forge
ah yeah I keep forgetting you're still underage lol
prime saddle
remember it
drifting forge
nah fam, just hurry up and get to 21 so you can also get blackout drunk and forget everything, just like me!
prime saddle
ill move to russia
14 or 13 drinking age
actually canada may have something like that
i know mexico is like 16
drifting forge
yeah but mexico is more of a "visiting" place than a "move to" place
prime saddle
yeah
i can drink if i visit
i mean whats America gonna do pit me in jail?
i dont think so
drifting forge
america is surprisingly prudish when it comes to alcohol
good news tho.
the morettes have been curing in the garage for the past however many days since I painted them, and I do believe I managed to save my screw-ups!
the new springs are supposedly going to arrive tomorrow so hopefully I can put them back on the car tomorrow night
when I get home from work
prime saddle
in case they arent ill take them off your hands
drifting forge
drifting forge
Also. Love this POV...
pearl oak
Are you planning on keeping the lights the slightly off colour? I think it looks good but colour match seems more flush imo
drifting forge
Keeping the lights silver, yes. I like the way it looks. From a distance it still looks like it has the factory headlights. I don't like how body coloured morettes look with the sidelights right next to them.
Also, night lights awww yisss
round skiff
I see what you mean, even though I don't personally mind. Just can't find a pic with crystal corners
drifting forge
I keep wanting to fix up the ver5/6 bumper, but I think I've lost my fog lamps... can't find them anywhere
round skiff
Use the previous pic as an answer to that
pearl oak
Are they differently sized to the second gen fogs? I think I have like 3 of them for some reason
drifting forge
Think they're the same size, but they're handed and have a crystal lens
drifting forge
Also not sure the mounting brackets at the back are the same. Or the plugs to actually connect to the loom
pearl oak
Ahh yeah not sure about that, I can try and fix them out if you can’t find yours. I don’t have much need for them
I think I got a spare pair off eBay when I had mine as one of them had cracked
round skiff
The mounting brackets are simple enough if you don't have them
pearl oak
I might have some gg mounting brackets should I’m sure they can’t be much different
drifting forge
I've got a set of brand new fog lamp mount brackets from ICP
... somewhere ...
god fucking knows where I put those too...
pearl oak
I just have a big box I put all my car parts in, I seem to have way more than I ever would need for cars I haven’t owned in years
prime saddle
i put mine is a semi truck trailer
pearl oak
I don’t have a semi truck trailer, I hardly have a garage
prime saddle
well i have a semi truck trailer
or a lorry trailer
you guys cll it a lorry right
Americans call it a big truck and that is the most childish thing so i call it a semi
pearl oak
Yeah lorry for us
I just have a few shelves that aren’t full of other shit that have old plastic boxes full of car parts I probably will never need again for reasons I don’t know
drifting forge
Mmmmmmmmorettes
round skiff
That is nice
drifting forge
oh no
why have I found this
I'm definitely getting this
don't care what people say
I'm a sucker for 90's dashboard fake wood
round skiff
What's that site?
drifting forge
round skiff
I thought that was the cost of a trim kit and I was very confused
drifting forge
No, its just decals
round skiff
Yeah, I still want that 2DIN trim piece
drifting forge
oooooooooooo
been looking for those window trim kits for a while now. availability is usually spotty. gonna keep them nice till the car gets resprayed
round skiff
Quite the price
drifting forge
also wind deflectors for that jdm cred on my non-jdm, non-genuine-turbo car
round skiff
Good thing I yanked out the wind deflector holders because they were bumping into the glass lol
pearl oak
ouch yeah those wind deflectors are supes expensive
drifting forge
thing is I don't even know if I'll ever use those wind deflectors. their mounts would clash with the roof bars. But i WANT them. and I just got paid. So it's only logical I blow all my money as quickly as possible
round skiff
"better to have them and not want them than wanting and not having them"
drifting forge
hey if me trying to find parts for a 50 year old renault is anything to go by, in about 10 years people will be willing to pay stupid money for a set of brand new in box genuine wind deflectors
round skiff
It's already begun
Some interior pieces go for stupid money
Good thing I don't have an interior
drifting forge
Ooooo, aaaaaa. Genuine wind deflectors and front and rear windscreen trims
prime saddle
you got a jdm windsheild for that cheap?
they are like 800 in the states
i just realised i havent used discord in the last like 5 days
drifting forge
What the wind deflectors for the sides?
prime saddle
oooooooooooo
rear windsheild for 200ish
drifting forge
Ah no clue, was on the car when i got it
drifting forge
Yeah, just the trim pieces for when I respray the car
drifting forge
Ah yes, I've caved and decided to get ARP headstuds after all
prime saddle
get your head bolt holes reinforced
drifting forge
round skiff
get your head bolt holes reinforced
No need, just the stock bolts would be plenty for what Adi wants
drifting forge
also got big snoot hood scoop on the way
should arrive tomorrow
excitedski
need to go buy some primer tho
hence the NOTHING TO SEE HERE stickers. They shall be applied inside the new scoop as well.
even tho now there is something to see there...
prime saddle
theres a type r here in the states and i want it
but it has power windows so im not sure if its a type or not
still a coupe sti nonetheless and i want it
prime saddle
sleightly larger
round skiff
Wish I could drop 200 on that but I went and bought a BMW which will dig into my wallet for the meantime
prime saddle
which one
any pics?
my aunt and uncle have a 2003 530i that they legally imported from germany
it even has all the german spec stuff like medkit in front bumper, painted side trims
stuff that american models didnt get
they only had to change the boot lid to american one for the license plate
i deleted the pics a while ago though
that doesnt sound very good to you probaly but for an american with the 25 year import law stuff like that goes for a lot
round skiff
which one
E21. Don't have pics of it, it's in the trailer waiting to be taken to our summer home
prime saddle
oo real old
round skiff
1976
drifting forge
summer home. posh gits 🤣
round skiff
summer home. posh gits 🤣
It's not really a cottage either, it's my dad's childhood home. An old farm grandpa built
prime saddle
e39 is tops for me
round skiff
Same
drifting forge
saw a reel a few days ago of some bulgarians grafting that horrid beaver toothed nose of the brand new m3/m4 onto an e39 and my heart was in pain
drifting forge
9 days till I drop the turd off for the engine rebuild
excite.
- Blobeye WRX STI WR1 EJ207 Semi-Closed Deck Block
- WRX STI Black Nitride Crossdrilled Crankshaft
- ACL Race main bearings
- WRX STI pistons
- WRX STI thicc rods
- Uprated oil pump
- Uprated oil cooling ring
- Sump baffle
- ARP head studs
- Heads getting stripped and rebuilt too
prime saddle
whats blob vs gc 207 difference
drifting forge
Gc 207 is open deck iirc
prime saddle
also what gauge pod did you get for your rhd a pillar
i thought only the 20k v4 and v5 were open deck
prime saddle
thanks daddy
yrah i know
thats exactly why i asked you and didn't get a glowshift one
i found a 98 wrx sti type R coupe that i want and whoever put in the aftermarket gauges did a bad job so i wanted to make it look cleaner.
thats if i get it
drifting forge
Fair enough
prime saddle
just planning my budget i may just import one and save some money
i wonder if i get a radiation discount if i get one from Fukushima
round skiff
Gc 207 is open deck iirc
Correct
prime saddle
Okay so gc8 ej207 is open deck, spec c shit is closed deck, and basic sti is semi closed?
that type r i want has an ej20k so i already have the heads for my mach jesus subaru build i want to do but cant afford
now i just need the block
i dont know if that can handle 3.6kpa though
nope not kpa i meant kgs
round skiff
nope not kpa i meant kgs
You mean 360Nm? That's stock numbers
round skiff
3.6 bars is diesel tier boost
prime saddle
i dont want to hear my engine i only want to be deafened by a whistle from the turbo
round skiff
It's a lot of pressure
prime saddle
no 3.6kgs^2
round skiff
kg/cm^2 is bar
round skiff
Well to be precise kg/cm^2 isn't quite a bar it's bit different
prime saddle
i have no idea i just know it had kgs, im still trying to convert to metric cause its 10x easier buts its a pain in the ass when everyone else around me uses not metric
i dont use bar just because i dont have any gauges that read bar
round skiff
Bar is also approximately 100kPa
prime saddle
but anyway if i were to somehow run that much boost on a subaru engine and it not blow up would i need closed or would that RA semi closed work
round skiff
Closed deck absolutely
prime saddle
yeah thats what i assumed
round skiff
That would yield so much torque there's no way you'll keep the cylinder bores round on semi closed
prime saddle
it would probably be better to used closed deck either way
round skiff
No real downsides except cost
prime saddle
i mean i tested it in a sim and i dont know if the sim was inaccurate or it doesnt understand subaru blocks or something but it managed to do that amount of boost and made something like 1500nm of torque at 6000
i couldnt test it 100% perfect because its a sim not irl but it was fairly trusted one
the build i tried to replicate wasnt an insane amount, EJ207 shortblock, ej20k heads, bigger valves cams and that stuff, dry sump oil pan, k1 tech crank, some rod and piston brand i cant remember, ITB rotated intake manifold, dual fmic kit, tomei rotated headers w/ dual tial 48mm ewgs, fender exit dump pipes, 3.5 turbo back straight pipe h&s, prolite flywheel, fluid dampr, electric power steering, direct master cylinder, dual aos, external pump for pcv.