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Copper in everything. Iridiums are nothing but trouble.

Nice work! What did you rev it to? I'm going for similar numbers on my stock ej22t longblock so this gives me a lot of hope.

Unfortunately silicone bends like that aren't cheap. 2.25 diameter 90 degree bend is 50 bucks shipped. You can get one or two straight through couplers out of what's left of it though. The legs off the bend are really long.

Here's a little sound clip:
http://innovativetuningdl.com/video/LegacyDumpSound.mp4

MRT FCD. No intercooler still. I haven't posted pics since we're intentionally "rigging" this setup together to work with as many stock or free/extremely low cost parts as possible. It's definitely not the best way or the way we normally do things, but I wanted to push certain limits and s...

I forgot to mention...the FP Green fit mint. We didn't have to grind the bellhousing like we usually do to clear the compressor cover on the later cars. We just had to cut a new piece of hose for the coolant return line because the stock one barely reached and it was going to be a problem. We used a...

Prices?

I already got the 92-94 rails you just sent. You're the man!

A basic on/off type kit is a couple hundred bucks and a progressive one is in the $400 range. I upgraded to an FP green and ran 22 psi with my meth setup still on the stock fuel system and ECU this week. Before the turbo sucked so hard it crushed the intake it ran great. I'm down around 17 psi until...

Update: I turned the boost down to 17 psi or so and the silicone intake is holding up for the meantime til I get to make something new. One of my coolant hoses split and the car overheated this morning so I have to fix that first. Hopefully the engine and head gaskets are okay. She's an old girl and...

With custom tuning on my meth kit I was able to run 22 psi on a vf39 without touching the stock fuel system or ECU. It was faster than a stock STi (straight line) as it was. I just put a larger turbo on a few days ago which sucked my turbo inlet hose shut at 22 psi to give you an idea of the airflow...

With an FP Green and some more airflow I found the limit of the stock plastic intake elbow that goes down to the compressor inlet. At 22 psi it got sucked in hard enough to crush it. I'm using a silicone one temporarily which gets sucked flat causing me to suddenly lose power up top, but it's only t...

I just switched from to a WRX one on Saturday because mine was getting pretty rusty/trashed. After taking a good look at the two next to each other, but without measuring anything, they look the same. As far as fitment goes they fit the same. The uppipe on the legacy SS seemed to have a smaller inne...

+1 for upgrading the plate. The ACT heavy duty pressure plate will be sufficient.

BAC5.2 wrote:Get a different BOV?

+1. Knockoff BOVs are junk

9 psi with a couple washers works well on some.
11 psi spring by itself works great in others which pull strong vacuum.

If you tell us which spring you have we can make a recommendation.

That's a good question but unfortunately I can't remember. I do remember the fuel pump had to be wired for switched ground instead of switched power on JDM STi swaps around that year.

Is the fuel pump priming?

The TPS on the legacy SS reads "backwards" so to speak and if you have clear flood set up that can keep it from injecting any fuel. I'm not sure if that box is set up to read falling voltage or rising because I can't remember which way the 90's JDM STis go. Just one thing out of many to ch...

We just put my diamond coil in and the car runs better than ever. Thanks blackbart!

I haven't tried putting one on a legacy turbo so I don't know what would be involved in the install.

You can get datalogit to tune via a laptop instead of the controller.

300 crank hp:
3" turboback
VF39
FCD
Meth kit

of course i needed a clutch too...

I decided to make a little FAQ. Advanced users will notice I'm heavily simplifying the answers so everyone understands what I'm talking about. Why is water/meth injection something I should consider? It can be used to increase margin of safety and/or make more power (after tuning) by cooling the int...

I hope they figured out the wiring on the legacy SS since the last time they said they had a plug and play solution.

If you want something else to increase reliability you're looking at the wrong cars (e36 m3 aside). BAC is right, the 3000gt is a heavy pig and in the end they're not reliable. The ECU's go, the tranny's fail without putting much power through them, etc. I like GVR4's, but it's just like starting ov...

The methanol system acts kinda like a 5th injector, independent from the ECU...because I am sure his MAF is railing at around 14 psi with the VF39, and he mentioned that meth is around 100 octane, so when it is injected it will dumb down the octane a bunch, and make the AFR's a bit more friendly Do...