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Looks quite clean , what is the tyre size on those rims ? The side walls look bigger than normal and if so it might explain the soft ride you were complaining about in the other thread .

Get some Chinese coilovers, they'll make the handling harsh as fook

I hope I don't get hacked as well [emoji33] [emoji23] Has the wagon gone then matt ? Any mods on the bug ?

What's your target power , budget and have you already got any supporting mods ? Do you want top end power or quick spool ?

Who are you and how did you get Matt's login details .......

Guess a by pass will get it running again but I'd try to trace the fault and fix it , especially as it's blowing big fuses . I wouldn't try a different ecu yet either ,well not until it's fixed as you could end up frying a new ecu if the faults still there.

I'm personally not a fan of slammed, cambered cars with stretched tyres . I'd be too worried about breaking something going into a corner too hard . But hey modding is all about making YOUR own mark on a car , so fill yer boots bud 😆 I've got this spoilerless pic of my classic when I was switching spoilers . Not excatly slammed n cambered but it had 17" rota boosts and elbaich springs

I bought a oversized (and over priced by the sounds of it lol ) k& n filter with a "easy to remove" nut on the bottom . Dunno if it the same 1 that you've found ,as it was about 4 yrs ago and about £15 P.s I forgot to mention that the only reason I bought it was because there was a load of fake or faulty subaru ones on the market at the time . The Mahle one's seem to work fine on mine but I do 4 k changes anyways

Quite possible that overboost could bring up a pressure code but I'd imagine that the air density sensor vac line popping off would probably be the most likely culprit.

Don't know what the code is tbh ,you'll have to check the " fault code list " in the how 2 section. I can tell you that's the "air density sensor " which helps the ecu to calculate the amount of air flowing through the engine when the outside temps change . (Cold air is denser than hot air) . The blue vac line on yours does look fairly thick compared to the standard stuff , if it can easily be removed ,I'd either replace it for some with a smaller bore or put a cable tie around it to stop it popping off again [emoji6]

Most of the small bore pipes in the bay are vac lines . Just check for perished bends or joins and if they've been replaced with aftermarket ones (normally coloured and not black) make sure if there bent they're not kinked or loose . Follow the pipework from air filter , through the turbo to the fmic pipework all the way to the throttle body. Check for pipes rubbing on the bodywork (which can wear holes ) cracks on the bends and that the joins ain't leaking . A clogged or poor quality air filter can "strangle " the air flow and cause hunting idle and lack of power . By "holding boost" I mean does it reach full boost and hold the same pressure . As if you've got a leak it might only show up under higher pressure causing the boost to tail off or not reach its peak pressure at all . I'm not to sure about the abs light as mines to old to have such luxury lol

Had a little squint around it at japshow, looks like you got yourself a bargain there bud , nice choice [emoji106]

I normally buy a Mahle oil filter from opie oils with my oil and sump plug washer .(Mahle make quality forged pistons so I assume they're capable of making a filter) I did try a k&n oil filter once but didn't see any difference in pressure or temps just cost me a extra tenner

Yeah yeah stants ,we all know that the hairdryer is left over from your previous cars oe toolkit ..... Cos all mx5 owners have them in the boot [emoji55]

Unless you know someone local that has a classic running 4 pots on the front that would let you try 1 of your wheels on to see if the offset will clear them ? If you get rear 1 pot calipers and discs make sure they're for the vented rears .As the solid rear disc type calipers don't fit over the vented discs .

Forgot to ask what size rims your running, so good spot stants [emoji106]

You can buy seal kits oe refurbished calipers from the likes of godspeed for both front or rears (if budget and spanner skills allow) I upgraded the fronts with some second hand subaru 4 pots and the rears to newage pcd 100 discs and 2 pot rear calipers . As I said before the fronts just bolt on but the rears have to have conversion brackets and the splash guards removed in order for the 2 pot rears to just bolt on with the bigger dia discs . Have a word with Ian @ godspeed or Alyn @Asperformance about the rear conversion brackets if that's the route you take .

Well the old girl flew through its mot with only 1 advisory for the front droplinks [emoji2] Strange that guess I'd better tell the wife we need some new ones soon [emoji6]

I assume that yours has the 2 pot fronts a single pot rears that come as standard on the v2 ? Most upgrade the fronts to 4 pots with bigger dia discs off the later classics or newage wrx's with pcd 100 discs .these are a Straight fit but I would recommend braided lines to firm up the peddle feel . Have you got vented or solid rear discs ?

Most scoobs are remapped for v power /momentum 99 Ron as it gives the best gains . Couple of things that would be worth looking at. .. Have you checked the vac lines ,intake pipework and fmic pipework for leaks ? Condition of air filter ? Does it hold boost ok ? Do you know how old or what condition the spark plugs are ? Icv is a good shout , it can be cleaned fairly easily with brake cleaner and a bit of wd to lubricate it afterwards. just make sure you buy a new oe gasket for your version for refitting it once done .

Is it your front or rear brakes that you want to replace ?

Yeah I'm glad I took si with me , always handy to have a detailer/ strong man competitor. .... just in case the scoob gets dirty or I get a flat tyre and can't be bothered to get the jack out . We certainly enjoyed the day and hopefully I'll get him to bring his forged v3 sti v limited to the next pod outing [emoji41] 0 to 252 in 5.3 I think that jet car did the 1/4 [emoji33] but yep I agree the day flew by just as quickly . Thanks for organising it pete [emoji106]

Lol that might as well be in Japanese cos I'm not too good with sparks . I'd probably follow the instructions (as your doing) only thing that sticks out in the pics is there's a bit on the page that says "with imoblizer "/ "without imoblizer " in the area your working in . So maybe try to trace if the imoblizer cuts the pump when active and if so where the oe imoblizer breaks the power . So you can maybe by pass it to take it out of the possible fault list .

Scoob got proppa filthy on route to santa pod [emoji30] After my **** nav took me down a dirt track that resembled a harsh rally stage ,complete with water splash and jump over crests ffs . I blame Geoff [emoji39] As I think you jinxed me with your " sat nav's are great untill they take you down a dirt track at national speed limit " comment [emoji23] So today I be mostly..... jet washing the underneath of the car and trying to decide what "advisories" I want the mot tester to put on the scooby this afternoon [emoji15] last year rusty strutts = coilovers [emoji6] . It's got a slightly noisy wheel bearing but otherwise I don't think there's anything else that needs doing in the near future . .....I do fancy some new droplinks so i think I'll get him to add those to the advisory list too [emoji38]

Can't see if it's fubar in the pic ? But if it is I hope it's sorted your lack of fuel fella [emoji106] Nice too meet you both today by the way [emoji41]