Andy_Mac

Didn't Matt mention a while back he prefers to tune for oil thats had a bit of use so the tune isn't done for a car with perfect condition oil which it'll hardly ever be in?

Ahh yea forgot it was you with the kit car plan. Won't have any problems hust controlling the engine. Man, 350-400hp in a car that size would be absolutly killer.

Looking mint. The one thing this thread is desperately missing is audio clips of everyones setups

Can you even use those links with cars running CAN systems? Or can you just keep the stock one running everything except the engine?

The real question is whether marky mark can be trusted with that kind of power, will he use it for good or evil..

Dropped a bolt in the turbo, swore at it profusely, found said bolt and decided its beer o'clock, that is all.

That list is damn impressive. Picked these up this week for doing them in my brothers/my old EJ208. Good to know I didn't stuff part numbers up. X1 X1 X4 X4 Should I have picked up the bolt washer seals too or are they generally reusable?

Removable rotor ring so in most cases can be replaced without needing to replace the entire rotor setup each time. They also have very different heat dissipation properties.

So after leak check number 10,000 i'm still not seeing any leaks. Noticed this whilst giving it a bit of throttle from idle when stationary. Is this, almost chuff noise, normal for drive by wire setups when quickly going from idle throttle opening to roughly 30% open. Almost sounds like a leak but wouldn't really know. [video=youtube_share;9eTgbEP3DKE]http://9eTgbEP3DKE

You still planning on getting them done before the tune? Getting pretty close now ay

[video=youtube_share;fOhec1BPoY8] Opinions on this? The whistle/whooshy noise about 2sec into video. Quite hard to hear but can't seem to get a recording any better. Always starts at about -0.2 kpa on the boost gauge under medium/light load. Doesn't appear to happen in higher gears unless really light on the go pedal:/ Been trying to find intake leaks with no luck, reseated all exhaust gaskets I had previously removed with no change, all that can really be done there is order new ones I guess. The downpipe to midpipe flexi gasket does do a couple of drips of water when i start the car for the first time of the day. Don't think a leak that far down the exhaust would give the sound i'm experiencing

Moved topic

You decided on a full blown shortblock or just a standard 257?

Sounds like a whole bucket full of fun

Will happily take it off your hands if you ever feel like going back to beige

Oh your ****n kidding. Is that a BL/BP sti spec one?

Just need to get hold of another clubsub sticker to put on it then it'll be clubsub photo worthy..

Same. Been working there almost every day for the last few weeks but always been in the work van

Can't Matt/Throttlehappy do them along with older rex ones?

Yea definately facelift. Don't believe they differ in that one is auto and one manual though. most info is sketchy as. Probably right that its vf44 then 45 though

Not overly clued up on this matter but is it really possible to compare them in this direct manner. Don't quite understand how it would be possible. Surely it will accurately relate to turbo's within a manufacturers range but not apply to comparing very different turbo's Aren't they giving rather different results? A/R is a ratio of A and R where cm^2 is a volume. Polka pickle ones are a good example where the inlet/ outlet is huge but housing is still quite small. So unless either A or R remains a constant between different turbo's, which it doesn't then how does this comparrison work out for varying turbo designs So is A/R infact a ratio that can have varying sizes where cm^2 is a particular size, aka specific volume housing? Or am I just going off on a tangent that makes zero sense to anyone else

Haha was that even english

Not quite sure on that. From what we've seen on here in previous threads, the vf45 is on the 06 models and vf44 after that. Could have been the other way round though. All speculation though since no one really pulls these apart to check what bearings they run For a kit car that will be seeing primarily track use why not go for a EJ207 for the semi closed deck and typically sturdier setup.

That sucks. Surely one of the welly peeps has a tactrix you could borrow. Should be able to give individual wheel speeds using that

So those ones i had didn't fix your problem?