[Is this a red flag?? STI Purchase]

At least you can still buy parts for the 6 speed box... if you have a 5 speed you are screwed.

[Is this a red flag?? STI Purchase]

5 minutes ago, Bugeye01WRX said:

 

Thanks dude that is good to know appreciate it!!

 

No problem. Be aware that it's also not a green flag... the gearbox could well be shagged and ready to snap a tooth. You have to factor that in when buying an older car.

[symbol on dash board]

How are pedestrians ever going to learn to respect drivers if cars have things like that. Lame.

[Is this a red flag?? STI Purchase]

4 minutes ago, Bugeye01WRX said:

 

198,000km

 

Ok so this doesn't necessarily mean the car has been thrashed to buggery or that the rest of the gearbox is bad?

 

 

No, it's a normal thing to need replacing periodically.

[Is this a red flag?? STI Purchase]

synchros are a service item like the clutch and brake pads.

[AVS Car Security - Alarm Questions/Help Section]

I have a couple of these... large one in the car, smaller one on a trailer. https://gpslivetrack.co.nz/gps-trackers/battery-powered-gps-trackers/

 

$15+gst per month each as well, which kinda sux but there are a lot of features you get for that and don't have to worry about sim cards etc. 

[Worth upgrading turbo inlet pipe?]

Did you get it from RCM directly or from James Marshall Motorsport?

[WRX/STI Seats into my.....]

11 hours ago, Joker said:

 

the First post says what?

 

To be fair to @Divine the first post was made in 2009, so it doesn't mention anything about a 2014 model

[WRX/STI Seats into my.....]

On 2/07/2021 at 5:06 PM, Divine said:

V12 STI seats (2014) into BL5?

 

If you really want them to fit... they will. Might need to get the welder out though.

[AVS Car Security - Alarm Questions/Help Section]

That is lame... I use battery powered GPS units... no wires, no way to disable them... easy to hide and the batteries last for years.

[What have you done to your car today?]

11 hours ago, Andy_Mac said:

 

The factory ones on VA’s look super trash. It's like the black material under the hood.

Though at least they have something there, the GR/GV’s have a big gap that i’ve dropped a few bolts down into on mine

I looked it up on youtube... stupid that they leave giant holes there.

[What have you done to your car today?]

1 hour ago, Serchn said:

My Perrin fender shrouds from moonlight turned up today😂, Fitted them before the boss got home so it costs me less 😉

 

 

What is the purpose of the fender shroud? Never heard of anything like it before.

[Worth upgrading turbo inlet pipe?]

no need to recirculate the bov once the MAF has gone.

[Worth upgrading turbo inlet pipe?]

If you lose the MAF and put a catch can in... the intake pipe suddenly becomes very simple. A straight pipe (under the manifold) with a bend. Connect it to the standard airbox,

or to a cold air intake as you said.

[Worth upgrading turbo inlet pipe?]

Once the MAF is gone just get a custom pipe made up.... a nice clean intake will have benefits.

[Worth upgrading turbo inlet pipe?]

Lose the MAF and you are onto something... otherwise don't bother.

 

Bring the flywheel back and I'll refund you.

[Rear wheel bearing removal]

youtube

[Clutch grinding on flywheel bolts]

5 or 6 speed? I'm pretty sure i have a 5 speed flywheel lying around.

 

[1st gear on a hill? Is it possible to lug or nah?]

just do whatever makes the car seem happier... the clutch is fine with slipping a bit at low revs.

[Timing Belt Tensioner the cause of this noise?]

I'm no AVCS expert but I know it's operated via oil pressure... maybe it needs some constant oil pressure to take up some slack in it's mechanism?

[Timing Belt Tensioner the cause of this noise?]

yeah they are important... once you find one, make sure the spacing is correct... too big of a gap and it won't prevent a jump... too small and heat builds up and damages the belt.

 

[Timing Belt Tensioner the cause of this noise?]

Usually you would have a belt guard above the crank pulley to prevent the belt from jumping... is it just off for checking the position of the belt, or is it missing?

[Timing Belt Tensioner the cause of this noise?]

4 minutes ago, Subru said:

I talked to Alastair at Macbilt again and he confirmed it was off by a tooth and the belt was likley changed without a new tensioner or idlers. He said a new timing belt kit will likley fix it noise.

It definitly feels slow to boost and low power down low due to timing being out.

 

I don't disagree with any of that... I just don't think that noise would be caused by the belt being out by one tooth. I certainly WOULD be changing the belt, tensioner, all the idlers and water pump though.

 

 

4 minutes ago, Subru said:

I don't think the exhaust wheels is fouling on the intake wheel, just looks like it due to the angle of photo. I'll double check that later tho.

 

[Timing Belt Tensioner the cause of this noise?]

The timing belt being off by one tooth with not make a noise... the engine just won't run quite right.

 

But the exhaust wheel fouling on the intake wheel will likely cause a bit of a noise... as in the last picture.

[Valve clearance ej207 GRB]

ej207 is generally

 

inlet 0.20 +/- 0.02

exhaust 0.25 +/- 0.02