moral hazard
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Not sure if you're too far in the build to go with the following option, but may help others.
Rather than use an up pipe to mount the turbo in the classic location, should buy a stock 5th gen header and turbo (low mount).
Anyway this means you'd have no up-pipe and rather than a down pipe you would have a J-pipe. So much more simple.
That way you have the efficiency of a low mount location (great spool) and also not have to worry about cutting the cross member .
This would likely involve using the Gen V legaxy GT sump because it is smaller so it clears the headers.
Other benifit would be that the intercooler piping would be quite short if pairing this with a FMIC.
Finally I should mention that I will be testing a 2015+ WRX header and turbo (mgt2259s) on my ej25 gen v . If it bolts up, this would be another option for those wanting to turbocharge an NA ej25 for cheap (my header and WRX low mount turbo cost $400 aud delivered with only 8000km on it). I picked up a complete 2015 + J-pipe and complete stock exhaust for $100.
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Could probably get a low mileage stock fuel pump for free from many forum members who upgrade when they go E85.
I've thrown 2 directly in the bin when I went with E85.
And if they are so reliable, why did you find the need to replace it for $1K...
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No idea why anyone would buy a factory fuel pump, DW300c is $259 down under dollarydoos:
https://www.gotitrex.com.au/dw300c
But for other parts that you actually do need genuine (gaskets etc), I'd order from partsouq.
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I have the same sound coming from that area. Also ADM liberty, at first I thought I heard a mouse haha. Not sure what it is.
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$1000 fuel pump? Could have got 3 decent aftermarket upgraded E85 compatible pumps for that price.
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Wasn't able to find anything online that confirmed it, have you seen it tested before or how did you make the calculations?
Either way I guess it's too late for me to cancel, already paid for. Figure it can't be too hard to resell if no use.
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Got a 2015+ WRX Garrett MGT2259s and header for cheap :
Will be test fitting this, I believe it should fit .
I've got a complete exhaust to suit.
Once it's all bolted up, it should then mean an easier upgraded turbo down the road since there should be more options available for the WRX flange.
Been meaning to do this for a while, just had to wait for a cheap enough stock turbo to come up for sale locally.
This one should be decent with only 8000km on it.
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Shifting harder and faster probably means less wear due to less slipping of clutches.
But then the stress would just be put on other components, something somewhere will eventually fail.
I'd still choose the faster shift over stock.
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If it's the original engine, wouldn't be surprised if it needed a refresh soon for things such as headgaskets, oil seals etc. Could get expensive fast.
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Try bleeding the coolant, if you're able to bleed out all the air I think you should be ok.
If you get a never ending stream of bubbles , maybe the machine shop didn't sort out the heads correctly during he rebuild process. Or maybe the person rebuilding he engine didn't even bother taking heads to be machined?
Anyway an easy way to rule out he heater core is to simply bypass it!
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Wouldn't it be the STI ?
Edit, just signed up and can confirm.
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I saw the same video, Australian guy IIRC.
Also, that guy in Barbados that did the tuning seems to be gone now? He was the de-facto tuner for the NAs
The Australian dude was Turbo Yoda and the video was from their Skid Factory chanel on YouTube about the H6 engines.
The tuner you're talking about was using the name XRT tuning I think.
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Based on this, looks like you're fine:
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This is a great idea, wish I didn't throw away a bunch of sets I had when cleaning my garage...
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The shop running the Dyno would likely use their own O2 wideband sensor for the tune, so a bad O2 sensor in your exhaust might not have been involved in the tuning process. You can probably just ring the place to confirm.
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You can't replace one tube seal on its own.
To remove the tube seal, you need to remove the valve cover , at this stage any mechanic would replace 2x tube seals and the valve cover gasket in one go. Cause you're paying mostly for the labour of removing the valve cover, the gaskets/seals are cheap. You never just replace one on its own.
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Interesting that the dealership initially claimed to not know of any warranty extension, how convenient for them...
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I very much doubt it's an ECU issue.
You could use your OBD2 adapter to check your fuel trims.
Id say you might have a vacuum leak, letting the engine draw in un-metered air.
While the shop is looking for the cause, get them to change the pcv valve and clean the MAF sensor at the same time for good measure.
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Wear some breathing protection when working with aluminium dust.
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In Australia we only had the option for the 5eat, still got the recall letter. So the 5eat models will need it.
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For sure it would be an issue. That would have thrown the MAF scaling off and now your afr would not be right.
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Pushing coolant out of the overflow means that gas is entering the coolant system.
On Subaru boxer engines, this is caused by a headgasket leak, combustion gases enter the coolant around the cylinders and that causes bubbles in the overflow bottle and when it's really bad it pushes coolant into that bottle.
Because there is now gas taking up the space that the coolant once did in your system, the coolant does not get drawn back into the system from the overflow bottle.
Anyway, time to test for a blown headgasket.
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How did it turn out ?
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The article quoted was found here:
https://gearsmagazine.com/magazine/subaru-5at-valve-body-explained/
Debating on swapping a turbo Legacy GT drivetrain into an Outback
in Fourth Generation Legacy (2005 - 2009)
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I would say the smart option is not spending time on this unless you enjoy it.
I personally have a 1jz Sc300 and a 1uz sc400 taking up my entire garage for 6 months and the amount of work it will take for me to combine them into 1 good car is scary.
I will keep them for another 6 months myself in case I get the urge to spend my days off doing the swap, however I know it's probably just better to sell both for parts.