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Im wanting to join a local motorsport club so I can enter local events, Port Rd etc. What motorsport clubs are Wellington CS's associated with and recommend? Ive heard of HVMC, WCC and HCCC.

Where would i source a new diaphram from?

Have a Tial 38mm wastegate and for some reason has stopped working, not opening at all. Have checked all hoses, one of turbo was split, replaced it but gate still not working. Guessing only other thing can be that the diaphram has split or something inside the gate is seized? Can they be rebuilt, replace the diaphram??

Think its just a plastic clip that holds it in, was for my 03 sti. Didnt need to unbolt, just needed a bit of extra force to get it out, then it just clipped back in

Let us know where you go Jase. Ive got a number of car park/trolley dings that I want to get fixed and side skirts I want fitted. Ive heard there are a few guys who do call out type jobs to pop out trolley dings etc, any one know about this?

All good, Shipped them with Mainfreight. Cheers

Does any one work or have a contact at a local freight / courier company? I need to ship some wheels to Hamilton Isaac

Agreed, I wouldnt do it, but still think its pretty choice that some has enough spare cash to do it. Id drive it around if given the chance

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011/10/28/random-snap-gt-gt-v8-wrx.aspx

Yeh I need 190mm r180 rear rotors aswell, Subaru ones are pricey. Got some through Subtech in Auckland for $225 pair. I got slotted fronts from them a few months ago for $220

Anyone know where I can source reasonably priced rear rotors for 03 Sti spec C (non brembo)? Armstrong priced $175 each. Repco didnt have any in stock that would fit the R180 hubs. Isaac

Thnk stock intake is 2.4 inch

Front mount went in over the weekend, turned out there were already 2 nozzles in the front bumper spraying the radiator, so no new plumbing required.

Be interested to see how you go with this

Had some good feedback from some one who has plumbed the sprayer up for a front mount. Only a few degrees difference logged with a G4 after a number of runs. Looks like it may not be worth the effort. Impressive gains were noted with a water/methanol kit tho.

Going from top mount to front mount and have a few questions: 1. Any body re-plumbed the intercooler sprayer to spray on a front mount? 2. Much involved doing it? 3. Is there any point? Want to keep the 12L sprayer but may not have any benefit with a front mount. May be better to get rid of it and save on weight. Thoughts?

Yep mates levin did this, removed cat converters and was all good

I also use castrol edge 5w30, have used it since I got the car at 70,000km to 100,000, no problems. I think the older generation subaru motors are recommended for 10w40 but the newer gen motors are best with a thinner oil

Haha I fall into the unfortunate category above, brought a C with 20 inch chromies. Good looking light weight forged rims are hard to come by at a decent price. For me, the cars appearance is just as important as performance, not so for every one. And not every one thinks 20 inch chromes look good, but thats difference in personal taste. I dont mind sacrificing a bit of performance for daily driving to have a car that "I" think looks good. The car has adequate performance on the street even with the big rims. When the car goes on the track or to the strip and performance has a higher priority than looks I use the 16 inch standard rims. Light weight pullies and flywheels are a far cheaper upgrade than a set of high grade light weight forged wheels, and they are going to have an effect regardless of the wheels you have on. I agree tho that if it came down to a choice of lighter wheels or a flywheel, id choose the wheels. Quite funny tho the response I get for having a spec C with big chromes, people cant understand it. Even tho I tell them I have smaller, lighter wheels for racing, people see it as wrong. Its like they think the car should always be race spec even for daily driving to work and back. Ive always liked the look of cars slammed on big rims, thats just my taste in cars. First choice would be TE37's, but they dont come cheap so for now the chromes will have to do. Others might have different taste, thats why I never bag them for what they're in to. I assume we buy and modify cars to suit our own personal taste, not some one elses.

Im in, like Jase tho, probably highlight all those trolley dings

Nah havent noticed any change with lights etc, all seems to be running normal still

Yeh after a bit of driving soon get used to it. Harder steering is only realy noticed when driving in & out of driveways etc when rpm is low (around idle), blipping the throttle sorts it out. At normal driving rpm & higher revs the steering is normal. Response is definately improved, moves through that dead spot from 500rpm - 2500rpm (town driving a lot better) & gets on boost a lot quicker & revs a lot more freely up top.

Havent checked the size difference, will do so tonight, just know the weight difference was huge! So it seems likely that ive used an under driven kit which would result in less drive going to the PS pump / steering being harder? & standard size kit would not affect steering which is probably the ones ive used in the past?

Any body had any issues with power steering after fitting a GFB Pulley kit to a GDB sti? Have recently put a set on my ver 8 sti & steering is a lot harder at low rev's, normal at higher revs. Have driven gc8's with pulley kits & there was no change to the power steering. Is it normal for the kit to affect the power steering? could the new kit put more stress on ps pump & cause it to give out, done 100,000 kms.

I just brought an alloy one from Redline with silicon hoses for $355 incl gst