Dumb Question Thread!

[lachlan]

they all tap . just means the rest of the motor is quiet . you cant rebuild injectors . not shitty old subaru ones anyway

my car only had 89000 kays and can hear the injectors ticking over the engine running . nissans with sidefeeds have always been able to hear the injectors

or does it sound like an angry lifter ?

[B4 I was 250T]

Dumb question....1999 RSK B4 02 sensor, what one? 3 wire, 4 wire? Bosch good? Many thanks 8)

[94 Leone]

yeah 3 wire. and they are a bosch unit iirc the one from my bh was a bosch, but I replaced it with a universal bosch and it seems to do the trick quite nicely.

[Johnnynz]

If I go to Meremere for Drag wars how many runs do you normally get if your slow? Im probably going to run 12s realistically.

Dont want to go all the way to Auckland and get 1 run.

[Johnnynz]

What I am more looking at is if im slow is it one run, you lose go home? Or do you get more runs.

12s may be ambitious but I think a mid high 12 should be fairly achievable the way I launch.

[QRAF]

12\'s is fast in a subaru man if you get a fast reaction time you might be in luck.

[Marky]

Reaction time has nothing to do with the time you run, you\'re timed from when the wheels cross the line

If you\'re just racing the clock / getting the best time you can, ignore the lights and the other lane, just focus on getting it right. See too many people worry about trying to cut the perfect light when they have no hope of beating the other lane anyway haha

[QRAF]

getting off the line without wheel spin then

[Guest]

 QRAF said:

getting off the line without wheel spin then

From being a loony Ive found wheelspin stops bogging in second.

[B4 I was 250T]

 B4 I was 250T said:

Dumb question....1999 RSK B4 02 sensor, what one? 3 wire, 4 wire? Bosch good? Many thanks 8)

Ok, struggling to find 3 wire bosch sensor even on ebay! Will four wire work?

[AdamOst]

Where should i hook into for the illumination wire on one of those genome/defi control boxes. Just any acc power?

[BLAZD]

 AdamOst said:

Where should i hook into for the illumination wire on one of those genome/defi control boxes. Just any acc power?

id do the lights, so backing light comes on when lights are on/ you need to see it

[Timmah]

 B4 I was 250T']

[quote name='B4 I was 250T said:

Dumb question....1999 RSK B4 02 sensor, what one? 3 wire, 4 wire? Bosch good? Many thanks 8)

/quote]

Ok, struggling to find 3 wire bosch sensor even on ebay! Will four wire work?

I wouldn\'t think so. Could always ring Tony at RDL if he can order you in a Bosch one. Think it was $180 for one.

Otherwise: http://www.subaruspeed.co.nz/products/oxygen-sensor-22641aa321

[rex-leggy]

 Timmah']

[quote name='B4 I was 250T said:

Dumb question....1999 RSK B4 02 sensor, what one? 3 wire, 4 wire? Bosch good? Many thanks 8)

/quote]

Ok, struggling to find 3 wire bosch sensor even on ebay! Will four wire work?

I wouldn\'t think so. Could always ring Tony at RDL if he can order you in a Bosch one. Think it was $180 for one.

Otherwise: http://www.subaruspeed.co.nz/products/oxygen-sensor-22641aa321

i have a 3 wire one . 5-10,000 ks old

[AdamOst]

 BLAZD']

[quote name='AdamOst said:

Where should i hook into for the illumination wire on one of those genome/defi control boxes. Just any acc power?

/quote]

id do the lights, so backing light comes on when lights are on/ you need to see it

Where is this "lights" wire? Im tapping into my HU wires for the others, but my HU has no illimination wire hooked up.

[Codex]

Yesterday belt started squeeking, think it might be altenator belt >_< not positive how to test though

[Marky]

Tighten it (there\'s the big adjusty bolt thing on the alternator), see if problem persists - only two belts it can be so not hard to diagnose which one is mister slippy

Can\'t imagine they cost much so when replacing one just do the other, unless you\'re going for the extreme hp gain of no A/C

[Codex]

No way, need my ac! (Yeah yeah creature comforts, after having the ac blow its yellow cloud load in my face I think I deserve some of the benefits of ac)

Thanks Marky! Will check it out tonight

[Timmah]

Sounds like a problem I had! Only presented itself when the car was cold. Squirted water what I thought was the problematic pulley, noise stopped. Next step was to tighten the belt and problem solved!

[DRFVDR]

 AdamOst']

[quote name='AdamOst said:

Where should i hook into for the illumination wire on one of those genome/defi control boxes. Just any acc power?

/quote]

id do the lights, so backing light comes on when lights are on/ you need to see it

Where is this "lights" wire? Im tapping into my HU wires for the others, but my HU has no illimination wire hooked up.

There will be one there some where most factory head units have an illumination wire ( to dim the lights in it usually )

[Codex]

You could splice from any illuminated switch or ring really if you want it to light with the illumination

[LAtitudeNZ]

Ok, heres a dumb question for you all.

My soarer has projector type headlights. If i was to get a projector from a later model BMW(See edit, not that it really matters), that runs HID\'s, could I then retrofit them into the soarers housing (assuming it all fits) and run HID\'s with no problem with Mr 5-0 or WOF man?

From LTSA

 

HID conversion kits (an HID bulb with a high voltage power unit or ‘ballast’ which fits into the original headlamp unit in place of the original bulb with no change to the headlamp lens, reflector or housing) are illegal on any vehicle being used on New Zealand roads.

However, a complete halogen headlamp unit can be replaced with a complete HID headlamp unit provided that the replacement headlamp unit complies with approved standards. If in doubt, get advice from a vehicle lighting retailer you trust.

So whats your take?

*EDIT* lets change the projector to a Honda TSX (Accord CL9) one. As this is what the guys in the states are using.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

 LatitudeNZ said:

Ok, heres a dumb question for you all.

My soarer has projector type headlights. If i was to get a projector from a later model BMW, that runs HID\'s, could I then retrofit them into the soarers housing (assuming it all fits) and run HID\'s with no problem with Mr 5-0 or WOF man?

From LTSA

 

HID conversion kits (an HID bulb with a high voltage power unit or ‘ballast’ which fits into the original headlamp unit in place of the original bulb with no change to the headlamp lens, reflector or housing) are illegal on any vehicle being used on New Zealand roads.

However, a complete halogen headlamp unit can be replaced with a complete HID headlamp unit provided that the replacement headlamp unit complies with approved standards. If in doubt, get advice from a vehicle lighting retailer you trust.

So whats your take?

retrofit = fail.

if you took the whole headlight fitting and replaced it, you are fine, or at least, that\'s how i read that....

[Marky]

I would read that as sealed unit - say if you had a legacy / altezza budget model without hids you could swap to the hids from high end model, but not retrofitting a kit into something else

To be fair though would be super rando to get caught for it... just sayin

[Codex]

A lot say that fitting the hid\'s into the projector type light like in the facelift gtb\'s is okay since the cut off is still in effect

Now tightened up the alternator, squeek is a lot less now, thanks marky

It still squeeks a little bit, should I just replace both the ac belt and alty belt?