JamesJDMwagon Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 So I've been doing lots of boring jobs (tyres, brakes, suspension and fiddly bits) to to my 22yr old Impreza lately and one in particular cropped up again today. I don't often corner like a mentalist but when I really push the limits and really really throw it around changing directions hard it occasionally cuts out for at least one second. Then everything's fine no problems. Has anyone ever had this problem? Is it fuel starvation of something else? I've had it with a full tank. Any ideas welcome as I should probably investigate it as I wasn't to take it on track days. 🔰🏎😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage bulldogs Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 The petrol tank has a hump inside for the prop and diff underneath, so they do suffer with fuel starvation. If you have under half a tank and you corner hard right ,The fuel sloshes over to the left halve and leaves the pump pick up side dry [emoji6] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJDMwagon Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Thanks savage 😊 That's that solved any solutions that you know of? I.e. Extra baffles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage bulldogs Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Swirl pot and another external pump is the usual way. One of the newage boys has just done a nice swirl pot boot build in the build thread section if you want to see what's involved . I was thinking of a underbonnet swirl pot eventually but that's cos mines a daily driver and has to fit a lot of stuff in the boot . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJDMwagon Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Mines obviously a wagon and I like having a boot but on the other hand i don't think I have enough room under the bonnet. Hmmm but then again swirlpot in the boot screams race car haha might have to be in the boot. Just spent hundreds on tyres and coilovers would be a shame to have it and not be able to use it 😂 AN fittings look like a pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage bulldogs Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Mines obviously a wagon and I like having a boot but on the other hand i don't think I have enough room under the bonnet. Hmmm but then again swirlpot in the boot screams race car haha might have to be in the boot. Just spent hundreds on tyres and coilovers would be a shame to have it and not be able to use it 😂 AN fittings look like a pain. Yeah cutting the braided hose neatly is a pita too [emoji53] I just try not to run it low on fuel and if I do ,i don't use full boost on right hand bends and wait for the straight instead [emoji6] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJDMwagon Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 But I prefer look out of the passenger window instead of the windscreen I've got toyos on the front and old hard bald Chinese rubber on the back it's so much fun😄. It's all going to change when I have my car aligned and new toyos Friday though 😞 No more sliding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage bulldogs Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Yeah I've got "yin Singh ditchfinders " on the back too . if I buy Uber soft tyres I tend to scrub the outsides out after about 10k . The firestones I put on the front seem to be a good all rounder for £70 a corner . So I'll probably chuck some on the rears next year . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJDMwagon Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Yeah it's a grippy car thing I guess we just corner too fast my last set of fronts lasted six mouths completely destroyed the shoulders. I've just bought a full set of toyo t1r's for £41 a corner I do love the tyres if a little soft. Which firestones are they? Grippy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage bulldogs Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Firestone firehawks (I think) they seem to be rated ok and have got a "bike like" look about the tread which seems to work well . It's difficult to say if they're grippy tyres as I'm running quite a few suspension mods and its not got abs either . I wouldn't just buy the firestones on my say so anyways as I've only ever bought those and a set of sticky kumhos that we're good but didn't last . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJDMwagon Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Oh they look sexy! 😍 I've got tyres for now and hopefully longer then six months 😂.Did you delete your abs? If so why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage bulldogs Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 No abs or airbags from factory in the v1 sti's (saftey is for wooses) with 280 hp and 2 pot front calipers as standard I bet they were a bit kamakzi back in 94 lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJDMwagon Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 yeah but it's would of been crazy fast back then what a hell of a way to go! Mines got abs and it's giving me issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby1972 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 I think the abs kicks in to early on my scooby and any other i have driven...if your having probs on your abs i no you havent stated what but on all my cars its nearly always been the reluctor ring on driveshaft either corroded loose or damaged teeth,they come with a new driveshaft but you can just replace ring they need a torch to heat up and shrink when cold to stay on😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJDMwagon Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Well sometimes the pedal just goes softer then normal and it makes a noise in gentle braking. Quite concerning all four drive shafts are less then a year old as the boots were all split it was Cherokee and faster to fit in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kershaw-330s Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 yeah but it's would of been crazy fast back then what a hell of a way to go! Mines got abs and it's giving me issues. With regards to you abs issues are you still running stock size rubber because sometimes if you go aside bigger but not the right width it can effect the abs sensors and make it over sensitive Sent from my Nokia 3310 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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