Dumb Question Thread!

[kamineko]

your one looks to have more \'kink\' than the usual front brace. maybe it is for the rear after all?

[sobanoodle]

 kamineko said:

your one looks to have more \'kink\' than the usual front brace. maybe it is for the rear after all?

Yeah that\'s why I am a bit puzzled.. It does fit on a rear crossmember, will check tomorrow if it fits on a front one (silly me didn\'t think about that until I got home and started searching).

My initial question was whether I put on front or rear side of the rear crossmember. May be guru Marky would know

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[kamineko]

 sobanoodle']

[quote name='kamineko said:

your one looks to have more \'kink\' than the usual front brace. maybe it is for the rear after all?

/quote]

Yeah that\'s why I am a bit puzzled.. It does fit on a rear crossmember, will check tomorrow if it fits on a front one (silly me didn\'t think about that until I got home and started searching).

My initial question was whether I put on front or rear side of the rear crossmember. May be guru Marky would know

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should be the rear side. the front side of the rear-crossmember will be close to the fueltank

K brace only fits to the rear of the front-crossmember, as will that part. the illustration you have is not suby.

[Marky]

^^ No eye deer man

[funkytown]

Nick... that brace is for the later model mcpherson rear end.

Not sure if factored into your thinking. Afaik there are those braces for this type rear end arrangemeng

[Marky]

Squeaky front swaybar

I know it is because I\'ve sprayed all sorts of everything into the poly bush and it shuts up until the next time it rains or I look at it funny

Best fix is to: a) buy a new mount you cheapskate or b) insert substance X into the bush

Second question: is there any benefit to replacing swaybar endlinks with alloy ones other than "they wont break" - do the factory ones flex and "dull" things at all?

[kamineko]

 Marky']

^^ No eye deer man

translation?

[quote name='funkytown said:

Nick... that brace is for the later model mcpherson rear end.

Not sure if factored into your thinking. Afaik there are those braces for this type rear end arrangemeng

ah.... the new stuff. i didn\'t see that mentioned in OPs post. runsaway!

[jimme18]

Hi

a great noob question....

Waste Gate question:

If one was running a external waste gate with a 7 psi spring however the standard boost for the car was 13psi for instance would the car only boost to 7 psi or would it still continue to 13psi. The waste gate in this scenario is not being controlled by a electronic boost controller or boost tap and the ecu is standard.

I am aware that the spring dictates the lowest boost the car will run.

Cheers guys/girl

[jimme18]

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[evljat]

It will run 7 psi if you have set it up to run wastegate pressure. Any form of boost control introduced will raise the boost pressure. I don\'t think it is a good idea to run an external waste with a boost controller that you cannot adjust.

When I switched from my internal wastegate to an external wastegate. The boost was raised about 2-3 psi with no adjustment made to the boost controller. I had to dial that back down with my electronic boost controller.

One fun fact that I learned is that if you run wastegate pressure and a screamer pipe you can hear that the wastegate is opening much sooner than what the spring is set for. I.E. with my 11 psi spring I could here the screamer as early as 4 psi.

[lachlan]

well have you hooked the stock boost controll to the waste gate ?

id say its not advisable . due to a far different ratio of actuator area / valve area and the fact the stock controll is blind/dumb/ doesnt know what its doing or trying to achieve , just bleeds a set amount

it will boost what the spring says it will + what ever you bleed off with a controller .

[lachlan]

 evljat said:

One fun fact that I learned is that if you run wastegate pressure and a screamer pipe you can hear that the wastegate is opening much sooner than what the spring is set for. I.E. with my 11 psi spring I could here the screamer as early as 4 psi.

all wastegates do this . as the valve has to be fully open at 11 psi so cracks at 4 . can be negated with a ball and spring boost controller . can be totally avoided with a good ebc or a "pressure regulator " for boost controll

[Johnnynz]

I was carjamming my car and it has come up in red with "at least 1 alert" Car is paid off etc and I was wondering if anyone knows what comes up on the Carjam report you pay for?

I\'m curios what it is and slightly worried the bank may not have removed there interest in it after the loan was paid.

[Timmah]

 Johnnynz said:

I was carjamming my car and it has come up in red with "at least 1 alert" Car is paid off etc and I was wondering if anyone knows what comes up on the Carjam report you pay for?

I\'m curios what it is and slightly worried the bank may not have removed there interest in it after the loan was paid.

I think CarJam only updates their records when someone buys a report for that car. Don\'t quote me on that though.

[Johnnynz]

Yup that seems to be the case as the last WOF listed is 2012 and its currently Wofd.

evowrx has helped me out with it via PM. Looks to be all good.

[syneptik]

Hey,

Just curious ( pretty sure i know the answer )

but do 1993 wrx gc8\'s have a low fuel light?

owned the car for a while now and it never comes on. just thinking maybe the bulb is blown? or it doesnt have a fuel light ( but im sure it would

Cheers

[Timmah]

 syneptik said:

Hey,

Just curious ( pretty sure i know the answer )

but do 1993 wrx gc8\'s have a low fuel light?

owned the car for a while now and it never comes on. just thinking maybe the bulb is blown? or it doesnt have a fuel light ( but im sure it would

Cheers

I think it\'s v4 or v5+ that got a fuel light.

I have a 1997/v3. no fuel light.

[Johnnynz]

Never saw a working fuel light in my 93.

I have seen one in my version 5.

[ADIKT]

My v4 had one.

Mate had 2 v3 coupes. One nz new and on jdm. Both had no light

[AdamOst]

Dont think my v6 has one, ive had fuel surge on the track and run it pretty low yet never seen it. Was it an option?

[Johnnynz]

I know on my v5 the only time I have seen it the gauge was so low I was convinced I wasnt going to make it to the petrol station 2km down the road just before it came on. And then it stayed on for two full tanks after that lol.

[newsuba]

 AdamOst said:

Dont think my v6 has one, ive had fuel surge on the track and run it pretty low yet never seen it. Was it an option?

haha

Low fuel light standard on STI v6.

;D

[Guest]

Got it in mine V5 import. Have seen an sti cluster with it as well think V4.

[syneptik]

ah k cheers, also was very close to empty and filled it up. only managed to fit 35 litres into the tank, but i read that the 93 wrx\'s had a 60 litre tank?

[lachlan]

i thought it was closer to 40-45 litre?