Everything posted by Tidgy
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Walbro 450
400's goes straight in and i can't imagine you'd need bigger than that. If you do i would suggest swirl pot setup anyway
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Engine buy or build?
The real question is how deep are your pockets? your prob looking at 15k as a minimum to get it high 400's. people will say that's silly money, you can get it cheaper etc etc, but you find cheap tends to mean compromising and then reliability becomes an issue. List of parts soon adds up, Block (closed deck 2,5 would be my choice), Crank, Pistons, rods, heads, Turbo, ECU, injectors, fuel pump, map sensor, boost solenoid, Gearbox, Diffs, cooling (oil cooler), induction, intercooler, brakes etc etc etc You need to look at everything
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boosting issues
unlikley it would be the pill mentioned above. Check all the leads and pipes are connected. going on from that could be a sensor fault
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boosting issues
Before you go spending anything, need more info. Has it got mods, has anything changed to cause an issue or was it just fine one day then not the next?
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First impressions
welcome, enjoy :)
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Newbie -2009 STI Spec C
Welcome
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Fuel pump advice for future mods
hahaha cheers :D you built yours yet?
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Fuel pump advice for future mods
iirc 0.7mm but will need someone to confirm that
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Fuel pump advice for future mods
mostly useless knowledge hahaha always gap them.
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Fuel pump advice for future mods
NGk7's. assuming leads and coils are in good condition be fine as is
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Fuel pump advice for future mods
Hahaha yeah good plan, just dont tell her the cost of the upgrades,,,, hahaha
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1st time impreza buyer help needed
about 2k overpriced, very strong money
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Fuel pump advice for future mods
I went form uprated pads, disks and lines all round, to copies of AP 6 pots and the difference was massive on a classic. Then went back to standard setup on a hawk and found it woefull, then to an AP 4 330mm setup on my type R and they are by far the best brakes i have ever had.
- Show us your engine bays
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Fuel pump advice for future mods
Problem with the 5 speed is its weak, 350bhp and if you don't drive it with some mechanical sympathy it will shat itself. Can get uprated 5 speeds (PPG, Albins etc) but they are typically 3k + so more than the cost of a 6 speed conversion. 17's will handle and ride better than 18's. Standard caliper is pretty weedy so your best bet is fit a 330mm kit which fit underneath 17's, D2 or similar is a nice cheap upgrade or 330mm 4 or 6 pot Ap's are the daddy. Brembo of an sti are a funny offset so wont fit under alot of wheels. Also braided lines and decent fluid.
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Fuel pump advice for future mods
Wouldn't hurt to replace it anyway given its ten years + old, walbro 255 will be fine for what your talking about.
- Subaru gearbox refurb
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Changes to car tax coming??
Their simplifying it, i wonder if they will just drop all cars to £140 in a few years to make it really easy.
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Brake Stopper / Master Cylinder Brace
brake lines will make a bigger difference
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2.35ltr STI 5 Build.
Slow but coming along well matey. haha, not the worst bit of body work bodge i've seen lol
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Warning !!! Scam
shall i ask if the box was sorted? hehe
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Sti V3-4 Sedan or Type R
all the ones i've seen around that price bracket never seem to be that good, either paint is tired with rust or mechanicals arn't 100% etc
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Buying an Impreza STI
very different car, short ratio box, less sound deadening, dccd etc love my type r, but its no where near standard any more haha
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Sti V3-4 Sedan or Type R
2-3k sti is gonna be a bit rough round the edges, similar with a type r at 6k
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powerstation ?
Went under I believe, but not 100% on that.