Dumb Question Thread!

[Kiwi_Fozze]

You wont pass cert if its out. Most certifiers will laugh at you if using an aftermarket beam also.

Very limited options re:fmic if it has airbags

[Andy_Mac]

Figured as much. Subaru did a damn good job of making front mounts hard as **** for these cars

[Marky]

Just make it long and skinny, easy peasy

Even if you have a 600x100x80 cooler it's still going to work better than the top mount

[Andy_Mac]

Who would you approach regarding a custom one? Someone like DTech? 140-160 seem to fit alright, just not many options with that size that don't cut the length way shorter too.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

Would imagine a custim built fmic would cost moonbeams.

Sure theres someone in auz who makes them up as a kit, does a lot of cooling solutions... Name escapes me though.

Who can supply BP/BL/GR passenger side recaro rails?

[Andy_Mac]

Haven't found any aussie ones yet, all the US ones just get raped on shipping and exchange rate. And they're typically the cheap nasty ones the americans avoid

Wouldn't NZKW or someone like that do one?

Edited December 29, 2015 by Andy_Mac

[Kiwi_Fozze]

Nah after genuine recaro rails, they have the stress test cert paperwork with them if you buy em new so no need for a cert for the seat belt buckle being mounted to the rail.

[Marky]

Heaps of places make them custom - there's a wee place over the road from me who do them. It's just a radiator but thicker

Simplest bet is buy a $80 chinese cooler, have them wop off 100mm from the height and reshape the end tank to suit, done. You now have a long, wide cooler and don't need to remove the bumper bar or change anything. Paint it black and it's now an undercover version of the same

Got my bumper off at the moment and it'd genuinely be about 50% hidden behind bumper anyway, it's on my to-do list for this year

As for pipework, just grab a generic subaru kit and adapt to suit, or a couple bends and lengths and make it work. It's pretty simple stuff just helps to plan / mock it up first, then once you've done it once and made it pretty.... Make three more, sell them on TM and recoup your costs cause noone else in NZ has bothered but there's plenty enough demand

[Guest]

Can buy cores on tm or ebay.

[Andy_Mac]

Oh yea, who's the place that makes/alters them?

Making a few might actually be worthwhile. Flatmates probably wouldn't see it that way though, my car crap is taking over as it is

I'd be keen to just grab a load of bends and straights and do a setup that actually fits well while keeping the fogs which very few kits seem to be capable of

Have been looking on TM for a while now hoping something appropriately sized would turn up but have had zero luck so far. Hacking a hundred or so off would make all the difference

Edited December 29, 2015 by Andy_Mac

[Guest]

Anyone that can weld al dude. Going to a radiator or car shop just means you pay drift tax instead of engineers hourly rate. Seriously suggest investing in an angle grinder then tape your joins and take to engineer to tac then test fit. Then weld em up and youre jake homeslice.

[Andy_Mac]

Got a grinder and all the tools i'll ever need to do stuff like this, can steal the work bench cut off saw to do come nice straight cuts, just don't have **** all welding experience, only used the work arc a couple of times and its messy as hell.

Edited December 29, 2015 by Andy_Mac

[Marky]

I forget the name, they're in where adens tyres used to be I think?

Just get the to weld the pipes too, just cut everything where it needs to be, mark what welds to what and get them to do it. Failling that silicone joiners are cheap as anything these days too

[Guest]

Markings **** compared to taping. I used insul tape so no residue and left 10mm clear for initial tack weld.

[Andy_Mac]

Dammit, you've sold me on it.

Whats the best size piping to go for? Sounds like pre and post intercooler should be different but does it really matter? Think 2-2.25 would be suitable for what i'm after.

[Guest]

Im running 2in hot 2.5in cold. Dont see any any point in bigger. Maybe 2.25in hot if pushing over 300wkw but doubt any real world difference.

[Andy_Mac]

Sweet, so 2 pre and 2.5 post is the best way to go then. Noticed redline sell a whole load of piping so might grab some from there.

Might as well do a secondary air pump delete while i'm at it and gain some usefull space down the passenger side

[Guest]

Just find whoevers cheapest on tm.

[Marky]

See if pro-wholesale will hook you up too, he's on Maleme St (or used to be) and is a "sponsor" on here

He's also friendly as hell haha

[Andy_Mac]

Ah yes of course, always forget about them.

Looks like they have a 10% off thing too.

http://clubsub.org.nz/forum/showthread.php?47231-NEW-Pro-Racing-Intercooler-Piping

Edited December 29, 2015 by Andy_Mac

[BINKZ]

 94 Leone said:

Nah, 1.2 would net lower boost (Those links are all for the earlier boost solenoid where it works backwards)

try grab a .8mm restrictor, might find you have a 1mm restrictor pill

These boost solenoids work by the less air they get, the more boost. as the way it's fed to the solenoid, The older stuff: it relied on the restrictor to be there to limit boost. so the less restriction = more boost.

Anybody know where I could get cheap restrictor pill? Subaru want to charge like $50! For that price I could just buy a boost tap and be done with it

[Kiwi_Fozze]

Boc, one of the gas torch nozzles

[Koom]

 kwi_fozze said:

Boc, one of the gas torch nozzles

Repco and Supercheap also have nozzles.

[lachlan]

Pick a part has millions . The crappy lil nozzles that come with a butane refill can work good too lol .

Put a g clamp on the hose . Intinity restriction

[STiNGR]

would a blocked/restricted return line cause extremely high fuel pressure at idle?