[What wheels are these?]

Yes, the ones you want are BBS, not Enkei.

[What have you done to your car today?]

Yes. The shortlist is: turbo oil feed leak, exhaust leak (hopefully fixed tomorrow), hopelessly weak wastegate actuator spring, surge tank bracket fab (and wiring), wideband wiring, ECU wiring + tune. To be fair I could be racing after the first three, which I hope to be soon.

[Partsouq restock?]

Put it on your wishlist and ask for email notification.

[What have you done to your car today?]

34 minutes ago, Passtheacid said:

Found my twinscroll setup waiting for me when I got in to work today, with VF36. Off to Ajay tomorrow to get it fitted up.

Nice. 2017; the year of the twin scroll conversion.

[What wheels are these?]

They are even lighter than the ubiquitous 5 spoke 16" STi wheels! I haven't compared them to the TE37s yet, but they currently have tyres on them. Regular V7 STi wheels are really heavy.

[What wheels are these?]

Yes, 5x100 17x7.5 +53

[Aftermarket intercooler for Legacy GT?]

 

[Aftermarket intercooler for Legacy GT?]

Didn't someone on here make big top mounts for BP/BL Legacies? A guy in Christchurch.

[What wheels are these?]

They are starting to get hard to find. Just watch Trademe. A couple of sets turned up before I had the readies to buy some, and when I did have the cash it took six months for a set to come up. The similar (albeit 5x114.3) Enkei are becoming more common to see on the market now.

[Wheel Stripping Products / Techniques]

7 hours ago, ADIKT said:

Rub with petrol? I've used petrol to remove all sorts 

I guess it's worth a try. I may as well just keep trying progressively more aggressive stuff until either the rattle can paint comes off or I hit bare metal and have to start again.

[Wheel Stripping Products / Techniques]

Yes. I think they also came on some V7 Spec Cs. 17x7.5 +53

[Wheel Stripping Products / Techniques]

They are Subaru BBS.

[Wheel Stripping Products / Techniques]

I didn't paint them. Ultimately I will probably get @chulozumo

 to coat them, but for now it'd be great if I could just get the green off and put some tyres on.

[What have you done to your car today?]

After 12 years of BP5 GTB ownership (following 5 years of BG5 GTB ownership), we decided to add two cylinders, and two seats.

 

[Wheel Stripping Products / Techniques]

I'd like to know what products or techniques people have used with success here in NZ. Specifically I'm trying to remove rattle can paint from wheels (ideally) without stripping the factory paint. So far I've tried isopropyl with no success, and turpentine with minimal to no success. I'm trying to avoid blasting and refinishing them at this point.

 

Valve hole shows the original colour.

 

[Bottom End Knock]

PM @Subirex Automotive

[Bottom End Knock]

Then go the second hand motor and let someone else take the gamble on longevity.

[i think i may have detonation issues above 9 psi on my 96 wrx ???]

The hypereutectic pistons only came in from V8 onwards. Before that STis had proper forged pistons. Just weak rods.

[Bottom End Knock]

Are you planning on keeping it or selling it once you have it running?

[Bottom End Knock]

He means that if you buy a second hand short block you are rolling the dice on another failure.

[Do you have a heat shield on the headers?]

Get a photo and try selling it on here. Might be useful stuff for a weekend racer.

[Factory gc8 making 188kw atw help!]

227 was decapped?

[Pad/fluid recommendations]

How about RBF/TRD600 with braided lines, just using stock pads and rotors?

[Do you have a heat shield on the headers?]

Could you take a photo of it, upload to photobucket/flickr/whatever and post the link?

[Aftermarket Sway ar End Links]

It will only make a difference if the bushings are flogged out on your STi links. And you don't really need adjustable ones unless one side or the other is preloading the bar. I'm assuming you are talking about the front. As mentioned, the rear plastic C links break, and/ or their bushings eventually give out. If you are thinking of getting adjustable front ones, then don't get Whiteline for hundreds of dollars, get the ones DacerX has for tens of dollars.