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Hello welcome, Strictly not necessary to cool down as the turbo should be water and oil cooled, good practice to do it though, drive off boost for the last couple of miles and just let the car idle for a minute when you stop, let it all cool down, No idea about the alternator, although I presume it just charges the battery at required intervals as opposed to constantly. Easiest way to buy stuff for your car will be by the nickname given to the front end, classic bugeye , blobeye hawkeye etc. I presume yours is a hawk ? Bob's are a matter of preference some have problem with aftermarket ones other do not, I'd wait for someone with same car to give a more definitive answer

http://www.perth-wrx.com/vb/stock-ecu-discussion/53009-stock-sti-gc8-engine-control-unit-numbers-specs.html may be of more use ?

I feel you pain ! Just recently had to give up my nice dry workspace [emoji35]

It's used in a couple of ra's but not sure.( sorry looking a chart again me wrong, too early) Maybe like you say it's come out of an auto, could be the reason why the speedo doesn't work ?

Looking at things, the v5 could have come out of the following, doesn't help much at all I know [emoji22]

Maybe changed for a cheap alternative to a map. When you say v5 ecu is that the ecu sticker or version impreza it came out of ?

Lol too funny ! You know why it's had a repayment ecu ? Could be a ground or something as daft ad that, did you reset the ecu after the temp sensor change ?

Those carbon backed seats mmm.

Hello welcome [emoji2]

Haha best get the mask out ! Happy new year and all that, having a quiet one tonight not massively into paying into my local for the same ambiance? Have a mountain of booze and chocolate from Christmas I was too ill to eat so I'm gonna plow though as much as I can [emoji51]

What's the import you've been offered like ? Just curious [emoji51]

Yes appears to be, not had chance to do more than about a 5 mile journey at any point this week so not had chance to see if I can tell the difference in claimed spool up increase but it's keeping the turbo hot and engine bay cool, I can touch everything around the turbo and blanket.

Can you send them off to be re valved if needs be ?

Hello code reads as, P2432 secondary air injection system air flow/pressure sensor circuit low bank1 You'll have to Google the cause as it could be one of a few things, I think it's to do with cold start conditions, does she have a bit of trouble in the morning ? best off clearing the code and keeping an eye on it

Boo ! disappointing mate, least there's a solution and your not stuck.

It's doing my head in only when I turn right and over some bumps but not others [emoji35] it's on a 1st gen foz so essentially an impreza lol. Hopefully it will cure it once and for all,

I've changed springs struts topmount's and droplinks still get it so it's either the arb bush (on order) or the shims & clips on the pads missing and the bads are moving slightly on low speed braking

I've a pedders kit on my sf. Well priced and since August no problems,can't really tell you how different they are to standard as mine were completely dead, I imagine they'd be a little too soft for the sti as Mr b says. They do do sti kits. May be worth speaking to them if you have no joy with the kyb's

It's not the driveshaft catching the top of the exhaust ? I replaced a hanger rubber on my mazda and the new one just brought it into alignment with the shaft where it joins the diff, only ever caught and made a horrible noise when I set off up hill.

Hi mate, have a look here and pm him http://uk.subaruownersclub.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11177-2x-td04-turbos-fully-rebuilt#entry65230 that's going to put some right power into the mx5 !

When I'm on holiday [emoji30] that's what you get for telling the other half to 'just book what ever you want' I've learnt my lesson, get to japshow on 5th July David [emoji1]

Yeah I figured a change will be good for the car anyway. Just can't get hold of rcm at the mo, think somone may have pulled the plug on the server before they left for Christmas [emoji51] I'll try ringing tomorrow morning

I know just keep messing with something that ain't broke ?

What's it not doing this time ? Ordered some new front arb bushes, stupidly I ordered from a company closed till the 5th [emoji35]

Try www.importcarparts.co.uk they have all the necessary bits to rebuild, they also sell short motors. Failing that if it's to expensive you could always get one from a breakers but then you run the risk of the same happening