blklgt05

Any good tire balancing shop in the OC?

I was exploring the possibility of going flexfuel with Delicious Tuning, and my other friend who's a master mechanic at Ferrari strongly recommend that I don't surpass 350wtq cuz our tranny is basically a 5 speed design and can't take that much. I'm currently already sitting at 350 so I'm not sure if it's worth going thru all that trouble to make little more power, there's also no e85 station in the 50mi radius...

Whoa... you going FlexFuel? Did your tuner limit torque to 350 because of the tranny?

Use proclip, I'll post what I used later.

Here's a pic of mine....

 

Won't that hit your right leg?

Been following this thread for a while to hear what everyone's opinions are. I decided to go with Eibach springs and have been looking around to find a good deal. Happen to check "Eibach's" close out page and low and behold they have the 10-11 Pro Kit springs on close out.

 

I emailed last night and I got an email back saying they will honor the price. Reason for the email was to , A) Check to make sure it is valid and, B) The online store had the regular(Wrong) price. I had to call and place my order. Wanted to give you a guys a heads up if anyone was also looking for those springs.

 

http://eibach.com/america/en/performance-suspension/closeout

 

Swift>Eibach

Get your rear to -1 as you said. I would even go -0.8. That will take care of your understeer a bit.

 

Then, you may decide what to do next. If you up the front, you may need to up the rear as well...umm...that didn't sound right.

 

If you decide to fatten up the front, you may need to fatten up the rear. Oh dear, that didn't sound right either.

 

You get the idea.

 

I'm pretty sure once you set the rears to -1 or even -0.8, you will be neutral-ish.

 

Yeah rear camber will be around -1, my rear fenders are cut already, idk if it needs to be trimmed even more if I go to -1 or beyond. I think what I want to address is the front body roll but still stay relatively neutral. Maybe the 24mm Whiteline FSB with their 20mm rsb? Are there any other FSB options?

What are your alignment specs? Do you have adjustable rear LCAs? How is the balance of the car with respect to understeer/oversteer? What suspension setup are you running and are your shocks still performing? What are your tire specs?

 

The doctor is in

 

DD Setup

 

Camber F:-1.5, R:-1.5 (will probably adjust rear to -1)

Toe: 0

Tires: 245/40/19 hankook v12 evo2s

Bilsteins/Swifts

SPC rear adjustable LCA

AVO front +castor LCA bushing

Whiteline roll center kit

Rallitek rear hd endlinks

OE 19mm rsb

 

Right now there's a very slight understeer, but mostly neutral under normal driving and very forgiving. I'm used to having much bigger F/R sways on my 4gen thou, any recommendations?

Anyone recommend a good F/R sway bar set since we are on the subject? I really like my current setup, I think a slightly larger fsb would be a good final touch. I'm on the 19mm RSB atm.

Aren't the MR ones hollow type?

I'm pretty sure my synapse eng. synchronic BPV doesn't leak.

Tune for a charge pipe?

 

I did everything at the same time so that's not something I had to do, but I don't think the racer-x chargepipe have the exact same size as the OEM one, so wouldn't that require a retune?

This shouldn't be a problem with the Nameless divorced wastegate downpipe if I understand things correctly.

 

Divorced, plate, or bellmouth, its all the same and don't make a difference of more than +/- 5hp, doesn't help with boost creep because people with divorced dp still gets it if wg itself remains the same (this is true for the small OEM IHI turbo, different aftermarket turbo design may have different results). You should read up on Nasioc about different DP types. That was the reason why I didn't go through with the group buy. Doesn't matter it's twin dump, divorced with lip extension, bellmouth, or simple plate type; our boost creep has to do with the 90 degree turn in our IHI turbo wg. The only way nameless's twin dump DP can make a difference is if you get an aftermarket turbo with the same split design and they match up. Some people say the cheaper plate design is best for oem small turbo because it blocks the wg port and slows down exhaust flow a bit to help with the creep build up. Being catted is one thing that they all agree to have helped. So it seems that there's no other way around porting or EWG. So in other words, I'll just keep my invidia catted DP and save myself the $ and trouble. If I was in the market for DP no question I would get the Nameless one, but based on research on people who have tested different types of DP, there's no difference when it comes to boost creep.

FYI, if yall get TMIC and tune, then decide to use chargepipe later, you have to tune again. Also if yall don't port the turbo with DP and get creep to 21-22psi, charepipe may not hold up.

I see... :|

OP you can try SPC's Performance Rear Adjustable Camber Arm (67660), it comes with a round toe adjuster that needs to be installed with the arm so you can increase your OEM toe adj range. SPC is good stuff man, I've been running on it for a few months now.

I do not want to cut my current suspension nor do I want to look for donors. Plus donors + inserts + springs is getting close to the above mentioned setups

 

My Koni yellows set will be for sale when it's off my car tomorrow, I don't need anyone's stock struts. I've had them for roughly 5k miles, never tracked or abused.

I installed this last summer with the same setup and the edge of my bpv rubs on the abs unit a bit. Your doesn't? (it's a small rub, but it's there)

 

Also how did you plumb yours? (A/B vent to vacuum, atm?)

 

Small rub unfortunately, I just find some black heat proof cloth and tuck behind it. The BPV response is so fast because its synchronic type. No issue after tune, car runs great.

 

Mine is AB (standard)

 

-Gary

It is confirmed, Synapse BPV (08 WRX flange) works with the chargepipe just fine. Only trimmed the chargepipe side of the engine cover to make it work with the rc-x tmic.

 

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s253/blklgt05/F_zpsba7be23f.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s253/blklgt05/E_zpsbde2d043.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s253/blklgt05/G_zpsb4a6e81c.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s253/blklgt05/H_zps4cdbceaa.jpg

ONR smells good

Next Saturday with Bryan (Racer-X) along with the TMIC, chargepipe, Perrin coupler, and DW200 fuel pump. Will tune at Church Automotive right after which is only 10 mins from his location. :)

Looks like it's a go for me, plenty of space for the 08 WRX/05-09LGT flange type Synapse BPV.

 

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s253/blklgt05/20140814SynapseBPV3_zpsc8d844ad.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s253/blklgt05/20140814SynapseBPV4_zpscacf3340.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s253/blklgt05/20140814SynapseBPV2_zpsbedcc871.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s253/blklgt05/20140814SynapseBPV1_zpsb6b24504.jpg

 

Racer-X's example

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u156/itsmebryan/WP_20130921_019_zps644ca7b5.jpg

acumenhokie's example

http://legacygt.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=189363&d=1407488258

 

 

From acumenhokie's setup, you can see his custom intake air box is bigger than OEM, looks like there's plenty of space if you are under normal setup.

 

-Gary

just powder coated the pipe but they did have to do some fab work on the flange (I was surprised to hear this as I thought I bought a direct fit).

 

Yeah it looks like you have the evo x BPV, and they probably cut the wrx flange off to make it work. I have the same one, but I bought the wrx flange adapter to make it work. Do you feel theres another 3/4 inch to one inch space?

Your wish is my command.

 

Did you modify the charge pipe??

Yeah, drink coconut water. If there's a Trader Joe's in your area, try their coconut water. Taste much better than every other brand I've had for some reason.