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Pulling off my gfb pulleys to sell might have to sell them with a free power steering pump lol but serious.

Got the bolt off no probs but cant get the flucking pulley off,theyre gfb pulleys too.tried prying with a long screwdriver,driving me bananas.any tricks appreciated

forged pistons sound like more of a knock than a tick,maybe ugly lifters.id be wary definately get it checked,the amount of people i see selling wrxs and stis not long after a rebuild on trademe for not much more than what theyve just paid to fix it makes me think theres alot of mechanics that dont know what theyre are doing with these cars

the bigger up pipe will make it worse for spool as evowrx said.everyone seems to have different experiences with headers,my a/m unequal length made it worse for spool,i think the general consensus is usually equal=better performance,unequal=sounds pretty and you generally get what you pay for (as with everything i suppose).factory is best if youre only after spool

nah its a white gsr with evo running gear.its my best mates>girlfriends>sisters>boyfriend (lol),he worked at mitsi as a mechanic here in tga if i recall,he did somewhat do the runners cause he owed money though so yea i wanna car jam it first apparantly wasnt in his name though.such a waste of a car.

Lol this went off track a bit,yea not wanting to do anything dodgy,just hoping to get it on the road without spending a fortune putting it back to standard or something silly like that.I can get it for 3gs but if its gonna cost a couple gs more i wont bother ill just rip it to bits,just dont know what the go is with big aftermarket turbos,injectors etc,it apparently ran a 10.2 1/4 and has had over 30k pumped into it.ill have a better idea once i get to check it out properly

are they anal on getting modified cars revinned?,as i know where a 10sec gsr/evo thats been sitting for 6years in a garage.ive only seen it quickly and havent seen the engine yet (still locked up),but its pretty nice,evo3 kit,enkeis,re-upholsted interior in white leather etc.if so ill prob still get and strip but id rather drive it.ive met the guy who owned it and id say its got a screamer and no certs.

least it would be reliable lol and it sounds pretty tough

i havent used them but pf automotive (a subaru place here in tauranga) rates them very highly

Just spend 60 on a tow truck its half a tank of gas

My forged engine started doin that a few weeks before it died (suspected beb),i thought only stis sounded ugly from start up not wrxs because of their "forged" pistons?and even then my wisecos never sounded as ugly as a beb,but my last 1 was making that intial 1-2 sec hideous beb noise,then it would be fine,i could turn car off straight away and start it back up and it wouldnt make the noise.prob get it checked out to be safe.

my old 1.8 primera was the shit,was super cheap on gas,a tank would last me weeks

im not bagging ya mishy,hes not lying i love thrashing my car,the 1st engine was the original 150000km 1 and i gave that constant punishment for 20000km before it finally did the inevitable and died,the 2nd was a nice forged engine,i still gave it shit but nowhere near as much as the standard 1 receievd (but still lots),and like i said earlier was prob my fault cause was only getting the water up to temp before giving it some spirited driving,i didnt realise youre not supposed to give them boost until the oils up to temp,whoops costly mistake,the last forged engine was done for me quite cheaply as a favour,so like said i get what i pay for i guess,but was driven like a nana most the time cause it was so sick from whatever gremlins hiding in the car.i really shouldve done what everyones been telling me to do for years and thrown a match on this never ending money pit though.

Lol maybe tga just sux for mechanics i hate all those aucklanders talking bout their awesome pbms engines,i still maintain some kau matua put a hoodoo on my car as i overtook their whanau wag

lol do you take a commission at dtech,yea i wish i never went there in the first place,but then most people i talk to rate him,and i spos PF still couldnt tune it right either (but thats prob the engines fault) and charged more than twice what they quoted

No boost for 1000km then took it back for a service,tryed to keep load on th engine,i think the 2nd engine was rubbish from the start was definately rattlier than the previous engine,i heard/read wiseco are 1 of the noisier pistons but i think the clearances were way too big even the first 1, they never got quieter when warm the whole car would rock,the second he just replaced the 1 damaged rod n piston which my other mechanic somewhat frowned upon

Sounds like my car is jinxed,oh and the pistons have never been the trademark #3 i cant remember what 1s but they were both different

Whoops wasnt overheating i mean

First 2 were pistons,i think this might be a beb sounded farkin ugly and when my other 2 died they ceased,this time i could still drive for bit and could still turn it over for the mechanics,i want to get back to thrashing like when i first got it but havent on the last 1 its been to sick,1st forged 1 was prob my fault giving it boost after about 5mins of nana driving,the last engine though got hardly any boost, id warm it for abit then nana it for about 10mins,then id norm be where ever i was going so i still wouldnt get my boost fix for the day.my old mechanic didnt know why the first forgey died it obliterated a eagle and wiseco and a few valves,my next 1 hasnt been looked at yet only died yesterday.what are symptoms a HG failing? it was still driving "alright" with the froth was overheating or anything

All 3 different failures have had a diff ecu, the latest has a g4 in it tuned a few weeks back.yea im gonna go see my old mechanic today see if i can still scam something on warranty the only prob is i dont use the car much,this last engine did 5000km but its been 11months and in that time its had alot of work done (fmic,800 sards,rails,split lines,link,intake mani and TB and 10psi more boost (was only running wastegate pressure prior 7psi??)so i doubt any warranty would still be honoured

I dont think the wiring loom has been changed,everything else has some multiple times with no luck,although my walbro pumps been there for prob 15000km now and has been there for both forged blocks but surely you should get more out of it than that.injectors,rails,lines and g4 were all put in less than 1000kms ago,maybe that ugly froth in the oil filler pipe wasnt just condensation

No mechanics ever been able to gets this car to run right,ive spent SO much money trying to get this car driving to its standard reliability, when it could handle my thrashings.both rebuids were built for me professionally, i dont know how the warranty would go ive had quite a bit of work done to the engine

as title says is it easy for even a unmechanically minded person like myself?anyone have a awesome detailed "how to" with heapsa pics ( ;D)?and while were at it anyone have a supercheap mint condition sti longblock v1-v4?my 3rd engine failure in less then 15000km and two were forged FARRRRKKKKKK

just get it certed otherwise its completely at there discretion,no coffee=no wof

Sweet doesnt sound too bad then,cars lucky to get driven 40k a week,doesnt even get warm driving to work.hurry up ski fields open so i have a excuse to have a decent drive