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Radium auto top feed rail conversion kit for the RA.😁

and welly ! golf is heading that way to join my old sti details; 2015 renault megane rs265 recaros, 19in wheels, crappy tyres !

got a new one...

Is anyone heading to leadfoot Febuary next year? Waitangi weekend. Anyone keen to book a bach? Tickets should be on sale any day now, am tempted to take a caravan this time round. Anyone had any experience hiring caravans?

might join euro thread by end of year (but in a more boring, eco diesel form lol)

I recently had this problem with my Legacy. Just couldn't get my rocker cover to seal. RTV, or not. Took it to my local mechanic, after failing 3 times myself (lol). They used an original Subaru gasket (not the Permaseal ones from Partmaster), and RTV in the normal places (plastic half moon cam seals, and in the 90° corners over the front cam caps), and it seals mint. Apparently, original Subaru ones are like 1mm thicker, which makes all the difference. Went to Owens Suspension & Brakes Specialists in Whangarei. They've been forever excellent to me.

Subaru reached a twin turbo zenith with the VF25,VF26 and VF27 turbos. These turbos all have the same size compressor/turbine wheels. Primary turbos VF25 and VF26 both thrust/2sleeve bearing turbos with A/Rs of 12 and 14 respectively. The VF25 was on the auto GTB and the VF26 on the manual. Prior to this all primary turbos were BB on A/R 16 housings, however to get the spool rate the A/Rs had to be dropped. Secondary VF27 is a BB turbo on A/R of 18 housing. Another distinction these turbos had was the 8 blade performance turbine wheels instead of the standard 9 blade for reduced weight (improve spool) and better exhaust flow. Following on from these turbos were the VF31 and VF32 (both have the same size compressor /9 blade turbine wheel)with a larger compressor wheel exducer than VF25/26/27. The VF31 primary turbo went back to a BB on A/R 11 turbine. The small A/R housing really reduced its potential, but gave it fantastic spool. Power Enterprise (PE) noted this and put the VF31 on an original primary turbine housing A/R 16 to generate the PE1016F turbo. The secondary VF32 turbo is BB on A/R 18 housing.PE rebadged the VF32 as the PE1018F to market as a set with PE1016F for earlier twin turbos. Comparing turbos: Primary PE1016F>VF26>VF25>VF31>VF33 Secondary PE1018F=VF32=VF27 approx equal, the VF27 may have a slight edge at higher boost.

yes that is true so its more about getting turbos that spool faster with lighter and stronger internals that are also more reliable