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I ran 8/11 psi on my car for almost a year, without an intercooler (dual stage boost controller) I found that with my occasional spike i would hit about 12-13psi... as said before for a second or so (when set to 2nd stage boost). that year of driving equates to roughly 60000km. never had any issues....

finn: lol, yes... otherwise driving would be boring :D I have been told that i tend to speed occasionally... but then again i say the wife doesn't drive, so her opinion doesn't count... lol at 10psi it's got better response and top end then the original turbo at high boost. at 15psi it pushes your b...

i have a dual stage mbc set at 10 and 15psi. i get better mileage when i'm at 10 then i do at 15. probably about 100km extra a tank in fact i get better mileage on 10 with the vf34 and intercooler then i did on the vf11 at 13psi also helps to set cruise control for highway driving and not to pass al...

Ben i was thinking about the ss lines... where did you get yours from... or are they just taken from a WRX? i remember you saying something about the upgraded brake booster... as it stands now... mine isn't spongy grabs great... but if it's something straight forward enough, i'm up for it. now where...

To clarify a couple of things (just to make sure we're all on the same page)... i didn't mean diameter of the rotors... i mean the thickness. ie... are some afttermarket rotors thicker then stock? wouldn't that resist warping more? more material means stronger? by Brembo's i didn't mean STI brakes.....

interesting thread... with the bigger turbo and intercooler, i really am starting to look for something bigger and better in terms of brakes... if i go with Brembo's or something similar in stock size... i can get thicker rotors that will hold up to warping better, but the car won't stop any faster....

what are the offset of the rims?

i have 215/40/18 on mine... but the offset is like 45 or maybe even 38

my rears are starting to rub, and i will need to roll the inner fenders a bit.

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sure thing. What i see at night: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/jlee_toronto/IMG_0414.jpg fitment: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/jlee_toronto/IMG_0505.jpg wires are hidden by side mirror plastic, so unless the door is open it looks pretty clean and oem'ish. and in hindsight, it did no...

lol, love the sig!

3MT

hehehe

i'm assuming something happened to the other 2?

and i certainly wish my chick would dig it
then again, she might start paying attention to what goes on the car...

i love her working long hours on the weekend... lot's of time to get up to no good with mods.

hmm, forgot to mention that in the list...oops mechanical pressure bleed, before the map sensor. Never had an issue, and works great. When time comes for the injectors and tune... we'll have to see if i need an electronic one... that is my dream setup.... this engine in an old school impreza wagon. ...

hold on a sec Nico... between Sat night and last night?

what the hell happened??

lol, told you not to let your brother drive it while we working on mine!!!

i remeber you saying 2nd was a bitch on your car... did you suspect something was going to happen, or just poof? no more 2nd at all?

hehehe, i think i figured out why they're bugging me so much... would it be the brake booster? the higher the psi in the manifold, the stronger the brakes apply pressure? don't know if that's how it works, but when i'm braking from higher speed and higher boost it seems to vibrate almost immediately...

Okay so i found this: http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/showthread.php?t=134744 which might help others with the install. I totally blanked and forgot to take photo's during the install. :roll: problems that i ran into: 1. f-pipe off of PCV valve broke. ended up using a brass-T pipe, because the f-pipe ...

Finally got around to installing the vf34 and wrx intercooler on the car. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/jlee_toronto/IMG_0492.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/jlee_toronto/IMG_0497.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/jlee_toronto/IMG_0495.jpg It isn't the most beautiful setup....

when i changed my resevoir to an aluminum WRX one, i ran into a similar situation with the big coolant line running to the block. Hose rotted out, and split.

turbosmart e-boost = electronic boost controller/gauge. an electronic send unit sits in the engine bay and sends a signal to a gauge inside the cabin. Other ones i know of are the Greddy and TurboXS systems greddy e-manage system (i think NICO I WRX U, has one for sale) same principle as above, but ...

i remember reading somewhere not to T it off the passenger side front intake "arm"... as this could cause problems with the MAP sensor or something to that effect. The way that i did it, and from what i can see in a lot of the engine pics here is T off of the vaccuum line for the BOV/BPV. ...

... but i thought our stock injectors were 370's?

as for the 2 week driving vacation... i really hope you mean that i'll be driving the car SOLID for two weeks, and not screwing things up so bad with the injectors, that i will be TAKING a vacation from driving for 2 weeks.

lol

Subtle, what injectors are you running? I'm installing my vf34 and intercooler this weekend, was planning on running stock injectors for the time being, with the plan to upgrade injectors to larger, and doing a protune all at the same time... say probably about 2 months down the line.

Awesome job with the photo's. As i'm doing this myself this weekend, it's very nice to have some clear, up close photo's to refer to. I like where you put the ignitor... looks pretty safe. I haven't quite figured out what to do about the BPV... i have a Blitz atmospheric unit that i am going to atte...

I am hearing this odd squeak... sort sounds like the springs in the bed when you've been giving it a workout :D only happens in the rear, most easily noticed during HARD turns, but have occasionally heard it over a bump. never noticed the noise before... when i was on 15" rims and tires. if it ...

nice idea sacs. We have a similar thing for the www.toronto-subaru-club.com

technical forum... info provided by members, then cleaned up and posted by admins

regional forums for the different area's around toronto

etc, etc... it's worked very well.

ver 6 STI i think.

hehehe, thanks. I'm beginning to realize this is the key with a 13 year old car! did that with the chimney upper and lower parts... started bending the metal on the upper part just to get it out, and had to literally ripoff the bottom metal because i couldn't remove the 2 bolts holding it in place. ...

hmmm, what about the pressure sensor?

i know when i first started screwing around with mods, the hose that ran to my pressure sensor was a little loose, and anytime there was a load, it would read faulty and everything would cut out. replaced it with a tighter fitting hose and all was fine.