hunter951

seems i cant read.... found the torque setting of 14nm on the CD manual... so i will presume it was waaaaaay to tight.

ohhhhhhh...... dam it. rookie mistake. wont do that again.... lol Cheers guys.

yea. Do you reckon it could be allowing it to move around to much?? I thought it could be a issue, im going to make a bracket for it when i put it back together.

Looking to see if anyone else has had issues with v-band on their wastegate... specifically the 40mm turbosmart comp gate What happened: Was cruising through to hallswell... was poddering down a straight, shifted into 3rd low rpm and loaded the ***** up grew to max boost 20.4psi. following was a rather obnoxious POP followed by external gate, i freaked the F*#k out and parked up and checked everything Following this is i jacked it up, and yes the v-band and only the v-band was gone. Seems odd because when me and a mate built return pipe to run internal we spent ages getting the v-bands to seat in properly and did them up tight. and double checked everything... a new v-band stung me 80 so don't really want it to happen again. Any ideas what could have caused it? no smart arse **** please Cheers

but they are inside the strut??? cant tell unless you pull them to bits? I didnt cut them when i put springs in but have seen some manufactures recommend it, or like stated supply new ones. but i dont think this is the case here, so my input in invalid.

iv heard of cutting the bump stop...

about to wrap these fujitsubo headers up with titanium heat wrap and get them on my v7 sti.... i hope like hell they fit.

they are cop magnets... lol i drive past them all the time and they dont look twice, but get one following and you will get pulled up 95% of the time.

try trade me insurance... they have online calculator. i calculated my v7 sti for full cover at 16k for around 1000 a year!!!! looks to be best value and can list all bolt on mods (except engine work - pistons, etc). im yet to change to them but think i will as NAC are a rip off and absolute arseholes when making a claim.

current car.... previous car....

anyone know if these will fit my v7 sti??? cheers

definitely sounds like coils.

yea that's the one,need the best equipment to do the best job!

finished welding the external wastegate....

i dont care about the numbers... just using it to gauge that it made an improvement... possibly

yea virtual dyno. well there are a guess, but they give a fair idea of what its doing...

Yea think so. Thats the estimated power from road tune, so ball park lol definitely gave noticeable gains anyway.

thought id update.... my new V7 wrx sti has a Samco silicone intake hose, i also removed the intake silencer before tuning. The intake and silencer delete allowed for around 10kw gains then stock parts fitted, (before intake was 210kw, after was around 220-229kw) has some crazy arse spool now even with stock air box, which is pleasing to the ears.

thats why im asking because i seems odd to me, but Tein say to do so... and so many contradicting opinions to

Tein dont do them, and i dont know who do. All i know is tein say to cut them in the manual.

this one

i think the one at the opposite end? the bottom side of the strut. would be the last bolt you undo before the strut is able to be broken down and the bump stop can then be cut...

Do you happen to know the torques for the bolts that hold the strut together? think it like 29 or 40nm but not sure. just want to make sure before i go ripping things apart

ohkay sweet cheers. both for front and back?

Does anyone know about cutting the bump stops when fitting springs? Iv spent some time searching it, and some say its not needed, and others say it makes a hell of a difference. Does anyone have some info to share that could help? how much is needed to be cut in front and real if its the option.... Cheers