Dumb Question Thread!

[Joker]

pretty sure is forum assigned (or there is a modify button to the right of the image), might be able to fiddle : but I dare not for now

is the "edit section"

all greek to me

[funkytown]

Pres.should have 5. hes.changed it to two to confuse and cause a stir . at the end of the day who cares rly

[Joker]

pfft I aint changed squat (recently) (check the mod logs)

should it be 5 4 3 2 1 blues for committee? if so which order?> Pres>VP>Capt.>Tres>sec?

all are as important as each other : cant operate without some esp sec and treasurer who I value the most (do the real hard work)

yea I'm having a tuf day : can you feel the LOVE

[ODB]

IMO teh webmaster > all as he has the club stash of pr0n

or is that just his? He told me the club paid for all those websites

[kamineko]

there was a thread ages ago where mostly the committee where posting, it looked like a blue-star-gangbang so i changed mine to a paid member, which i am

yeah, quality checking all that pr0n is hard work, but someones gotta do it :P

[Swindog]

How Hi is a chinaman

[dean.ryan]

There's oil inside my turbo on the bit that has a hose going to the intercooler. What's F***ed out?

[mac]

probly nothin they do tend to get oily. As long as it is not blown smoke out da exhaust dont worry about it, jus clean it out wit a rag. :

[wrx_lou]

If its a light amount that you dont really need to worry. I would clean the piping out and see how much collects in a week.

Alternatively if you're too lazy (yeah I know its a pita to remove the whole thing) and you have a atmo venting bov then you could check to see if its spitting oil. Probably be evident by oil on the underneath of the bonnet/around where the bov sits.

If its getting oily quite fast you have some problems somewhere. If its just light then you could fit a catch can.

[dean.ryan]

It's light as, bov aint spitting oil, no need to worry then?

Was changing spark plugs today and one snapped. oh the horror to drill that thing out Oh well lol now have an irridium tipped set of plugs in it

[wrx_lou]

Shit. I hope you didnt get any drill shavings in the heads.

[dean.ryan]

Nah, didn't take much drilling but yeah was real sure to make sure no stray filaments went anywhere. Suby runs much better now, just a shame my boost tap has crapped out

[QRAF]

 wrx_lou said:

If its a light amount that you dont really need to worry. I would clean the piping out and see how much collects in a week.

Alternatively if you're too lazy (yeah I know its a pita to remove the whole thing) and you have a atmo venting bov then you could check to see if its spitting oil. Probably be evident by oil on the underneath of the bonnet/around where the bov sits.

If its getting oily quite fast you have some problems somewhere. If its just light then you could fit a catch can.

So what causes the oil i had light oil build up in my tmic and atmo bov when i had it all apart i gave it a good clean and it hasn't come back yet but i'm wondering where is the oil would be coming from if i don't want to fit a catch can?

Can i block off those breather pips on the block as well i saw them when the manifold was off?

[Stoffa]

It comes from the PVC system, it uses the draw from your intake to suck the bad oil vapours from the crank case, factory theres nothing to seperate those vapours out of the air so it gets pulled back into the intake before the turbo which puts a thin layer of oil vapour over the inside of your turbo, intercooler and inlet manifold.

At normal power levels its not too much of a problem, but once you start upping the boost/power or your engine gets alot of blow by that vapour increases, so it pays to degrease your intercooler every now and then, as oil vapour lovers the octane levels of your air/fuel mix making it more prone to detonation, which is one of the main causes of running a big end bearing in a suby.

If you put in a atmo venting catch can it will stop the oil vapour getting into the intake completely but it will no longer be sucking those bad gasses from the crank case.

If you use a quality air oil seperator like the crawford performance one, you can still have it connected to the intake but its pulls most of the oil out of the vapour before it gets sucked back into the intake.

[reaperblitz]

Next dumb question- why is there so much misinformation or incorrect classification and facts about our subie models on the net.

I understand there are euro, jap, usdm spec models.

Though not many websites have made the distinction.

For example- I think wiki mentioned that only the v4 Sti was the first engine with forged pistons??

Also for the same car/spec- why are horsepower numbers are all over the place.

There's only one site (cars catalogue) that I trust looking at specs.

[jobasa]

J/W how different garage painting your car with spray cans matched for your cars paint eg paint code and gas cap match, would you notice after buffing, would there be a massive difference?

[reaperblitz]

Can be quite a difference if it's just an area rather than ie panel and lap over.

Worst case it will look like a light patch Or dark patch depending on prep and primer used

[4foot]

 jobasa said:

J/W how different garage painting your car with spray cans matched for your cars paint eg paint code and gas cap match, would you notice after buffing, would there be a massive difference?

I used to work at a place called auto paint in Auckland did colour matching and apart cans .. It will depend on the type of colour ie solid red or white vs gun metal grey or even silver .. Solid colours are kinda easy to spray out of a can as long as ur prep is sweet and the match was done to the same area ... Some places will do colour matching while u wat to like bumpers etc as for your silvers u have to apply so the paint looks wet with out letting it run give it a couple of good coats and one kinda dust coat as this will help the metallic stand on its edges a little more and then u have to clear coat it same princaple get it looking wet without runs ... If u can try to lightly heat the area ur going to paint this will prefent it "blooming" ( a white cloudy look) and apply heat after the job is done ... If possible ... Just a nice warm temp nothing too hot or u will fry the paint ...

[jobasa]

about this big lol

needs sanded back still

[Nick_96_RSB]

anyone know where to get grille mesh from?

thinking about tidying my RFRB grille up, , needs a couple of bits of paint touched up so might replace & tidy the mesh up while im at it, might replace the subbie star badge bogged to the middle of it with an RS badge off to the passengers side or leave it clear haven't decided yet will probably get a badge & see if it looks any good before i commit

[Stoffa]

repco sell flat mesh, road and track sell the lumpy stuff

[reaperblitz]

Aap or trademe might be cheaper for mesh of they've got it in stock

[jobasa]

Just wondering how much would you sell a used intercooler and piping back to turbo from a TT ej20 motor?

[BINKZ]

dumb question.... lol ;D

why do some WRX STi's come with "subaru" branded brakes yet others come with brembo?

what is the difference?

[ADIKT]

 BINKZ said:

dumb question.... lol ;D

why do some WRX STi's come with "subaru" branded brakes yet others come with brembo?

what is the difference?

brembos only came on the v7+ sti's - although not all of them!! pretty sure theres some newer RAs out there which came with dccd and no brembos?

anyway brembos are alot better than the 4pots. better braking! shorter braking distances