marc

Did you use a mirror? They are tucked well in there. To my knowledge V7 STI dont have them... (going by his profile pic)

yeah V7 spec C is ment to be crossdrilled but not in the normal sti. but cranks are only first nitrated in V8 spec C..

Nah not really, might just be a tad lean (not much at all I would amagine tho) at 4.2K to 4.8K rpm ish but that all depends how much boost its making by that RPM?! Be good if you have a dyno day in your area some time as for $80 odd you cant go wrong to get a AFR printout and abit of fun/piece of mind lol Ive seen a few in the past running parallel and have been for ages. Others here might have different experence but im sure theyl post up if so.. Hows the fuel economy so far?

then as stated you have large engine problems as it cant go back towards the engine from the turbo seals so therfor will most likly be a melt down (piston) or similar. Compression test it and you know what cylinder etc but id start saving $ or looking at engine/rebuild options now

BTW you would really want to disconnect the vac line to the actuator under your intercooler (and bung the rubber hose end) and it should go quite abit better again as that holds boost from returning to the intake vai stationary compressor wheel of the secondary when only the primary is spooling below 4.5K rpm or whatever it is factory. But now it will be blocking the secondarys compressor outlet till 4.5K rpm....

its not a wategate. Its the actuator for the secondary turbo to actuate the "2 stage" aka second turbo at what ever RPM the ECU decides etc. By removing that with the headers you are now a parellel twin turbo really so both turbos spool at the same time hence the little extra initial lag but no VOD between turbos as factory they spool one after the other creating early spool up of the primary on its own but then the small gap as it allows exhaust gases to the secondary turbo to make it work... Hope that makes sence lol

What dealer is that? Like wingers or?? Cus that would be great lol. One of my friends works at repco and I even made him ring their supplier and try get a hold of a 4 or 5L pack and they told him they dont come in 4-5L anymore. I wast like wtf so just suffered and paid up, not retail atleast but was till a good bit more the $103 for the 5 of them

I use Castrol Syntrax 75w90 Pappu, stupidly expensive now days but good stuff! Repco sells it.... @ 42.99 per 1L lol and they dont make a 4L

+1 id say

not manifold vaccume, it goes to just before the throttle butterfly not after it. well to my knowledge lol...

Would ither have to put them in the engine then : or make the passenger compartment a combustion chamber for that theory to work .

I know!!! Taking all the bros for rides and doing hellies etc with no respect as they didnt pay for it!!! annoys me no end (same thing happened when my YZ250 got stolen from our batch 2 years ago at christmas) soon as we left the muppets started riding it round and doing wheelies etc thinking they were the s*** little did they know the nabours are friends and were there for another week! bottom line.......80hrs community service >. Got my bike back tho ;D.

Yep prol from some hot version 8/9 . Hows the ignition lol that way they can bulls*** their way past breath stops and radom pullovers if they had enough brains to use white GC8 plates on it (highly doubt ). Shows the depth of trying to claim whats NOT theirs!!!!!!

Check the chassis numbers its a MATCH yo http://www.turners.co.nz/Damaged/Pages/Car.aspx?RefId=969076 Part time detective... lol jokes but for real its your car!!!

I did......

ever find the car??

I had the exact same thing once (about a year and a half ago and the box is still going lol) never did it again! Was going to pull it out but then got swampd with stuff to do and got lazy then as time went by and I still didnt have time I though fark it its still going (like a month later) now over a year down the track still pumping and thats at 197wkw too . (I dont own the car anymore but a mate does so still see it often and if it broke id be the one getting a call to fix it so : )

looks like a older Precision turbo to me.. (from the one photo anyways lol)

yep agree picture that works time lol, Nothin subaru has AR's on the comp housing that I know of so must be aftermarket whatever it is..

My apexi works good

Proper twinscroll from what ive researched in the past. You can see the second little lump on the turbine exhaust housing and also the 2 wastegate flappers..

haha thanks bro! should be worthy of it early in the year when I make it back to torque with a few more toys and another tune. Re routed the auto IC sprayrs behind the number plate too ofcource . Hopfuly going to do a shoot with a mate who takes photos for a hobby at some point after a good polish and will post some pics if some are good .

500 pages is an epic long thread lol!! Ah Rays S202 rims on the Prodrive and Rays/Volk CE28N's on the V8. Yeah bonnet paint survived un touched luclky but I did cop a dent from ppl that dont know how to open doors correctly so will be first on the list after the christmas rush! PITA tho for sure as I see it cus I know how it got there lol

Haha thanks mate, Sux I couldnt get that front pic any bigger for some reason , thoes ones were only off an iphone tho prob half the reason lol. Stressed me out abit cutting the genuine plastic bumper for FMIC but made 110% sure I didnt hack it and only took what I had to! Looks stealth anyway so not an eyesore on the nice looking front I reckon... the things we do in the name of more power :-\ lol

Washed the two scoobs to attend/drive for a wedding with real branded cars