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Little PSA   about trimming the STI steering rack. 
 

No trimming needed if you have the Perrin PSRS offset bushings installed. 

Working on stage 2 with this. Sti PS rack, steel Braided lines. Plus doing a bunch of chassis bracing. Pics to come shortly. feels good to be back

wow been some time since ive posted let alone finish this thread about my build. so to bring everyone up to speed.

the build was great. there are a few differences i made after going to the tuner out in Pittsburgh. the GFB show off valve is poop. went to turbosmart.

did a moderate tune of 305 hp. pumped and happy about it. its a sleeper that muscle cars are embarrassed by.

 

the biggest downfall ive had with this build was the turbo. i went with the BNR 18G and im not dogging or bashing Brian at BNR. but i should have gone with a more "name brand" turbo. the turbo itself is leaking oil after a few years, so im guessing a seal went bad. theres some (more than some) oil around the turbo itself and some in the IC. thats okay we build and we learn!

 

the day i took the car to get tuned the power steering pump went out so that was a fun hour and a half drive to PA. i honestly never fixed it and i muscled through the steering wheel to this day. the car has been parked for about 2 years now. im planning on fixing the power steering and replacing the turbo and get a retune. but i have to say my favorite upgrade to this car was the suspension. this thing handles like a gokart! took it to get aligned and i went with a 1/4 inch toe. and omg this thing just rips around corners!

 

i know i dumped so info fast and was not thorough but i plan on getting back into this addiction and posting again soon.

 

 

Also i have been getting some inquiries about the rear diff bushings that i made.

 

i have been unreliable about making them for members in the past and i apologize! we all go through some crap and it happened to be my time for crap. so im going to make about 10 sets of those and have them on hand within 2-3 months. just bare with me as im a busy dude right now. hope you guys are still killing the scene out there with these badass cars that the common man has no idea about! God speed my friends.

Anyone have a set of these bushing available for sale? It's time to beef up the 5EAT!

 

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/getting-moar-241754.html

 

Thanks!

 

 

I made my own. I can make you a set http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/16/52b9a892b0dfed787fb46eddf7bfa3ac.jpg

 

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Just pm me if you're interested.

I machined a bracket for the fuel pressure regulator and installed fuel lines.

 

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My spot of choice

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And the fuel lines.

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Got the snail in yesterday from BNR. I went with the 18g. It's a pretty nice unit.

 

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Put the engine back in yesterday. Then found out I put the engine mounts on wrong. Just got to swap them.

 

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Wrapped my headers and sprayed them with silicone for heat wrap. Summit racing had a kit for a $100 with 100 ft of wrap silicone and the metal zip ties. IO also picked up a bunch of fitting for the fuel set up. All I need for the fuel system is the SS braided lines. I'm ordering those from XRP and going with the PTFE line.

I also picked up my Derale thermostat for my AUX tranny cooler since I am getting the mishimoto radiator. I'll be running a temp gauge with this so i can keep tabs on the tranny temps.

Do it ASAP or this...

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Failure is loose shaft. Exploded turbo anything that can make the turbo not function the way it was built to do.

 

The metal come from the turbo. Then the metal goes in the intake. Then the small metal particles wear down engine components and then bye bye short block.

 

I would PM JMP.

I broke a ring land on two Pistons and my cylinders were not showing any signs of failure. All my cylinders had no scoring on them and the crosshatches were still there. Better do a compression test too. That will tell you a little more about possible ringland failure.

Right! I hope this is a messed up joke someone did to me at the shop. I can't remember crap about this thing.

Anyone have any idea what this is and where it goes? I can't find this anywhere in my pictures.

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Fancy.

 

I just used electrical tape over the old stuff, which, is essentially cheap electrical tape. There are colors to choose from, as well!

 

 

Hahahaha gotta do what you gotta do.

 

I went to Summit Racing and they had the expensive brand or they have their own brand which was way cheaper. And worked just as well. The sleeves are split in the middle so it's relatively easy to do. and I figured black wasn't too fancy. No rice looking stuff.

 

If anyone does this in the future, it's called sleeving wire wrap. You will need;

 

6ft of 3/4" Summit Racing P/N 890342

10ft of 1/2" P/N 890341

20ft of 1/4" P/N 890340

And a ton of small zip ties.

 

All together it cost me $48. Opposed to the $150 for the expensive name brand stuff.

 

On some spots where the sleeving didn't go all the way around, I just double wrapped.

Wrapped my wiring harness today. And soldered in my pig tails for my DW injectors. I think this is gonna clean up the engine bay real nice. I think I'm also gonna do this to the battery terminals and any other wires under the hood.

I went right over the old factory plastic crap so I don't lose any kind of heat protection.

 

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I actually debated a few times about just taking my car to him lol

 

 

I'm still going down there to get a dyno tune though for sure though.

 

That would be my dream tune. I'll most likely get my break in and e tune from him. I read somewhere sometime ago he's great with the 5EATs

Talked to Mike at Infamous Yesterday and I want to give a HUGE shout out to him. He answered all my questions. Took his time helping me and not once rushed me. I've also ordered 80% of my parts from him and even annoyed the hell out of him for that Ven Air bpv hose. He goes out of his way to help you. Just wanted to thank him publicly and would recommend him to anyone.

Switch back to the stock headers and throw those cheap ones away. Doesn't matter what brand, I can tell from the welds on those, they're garbage.

 

I checked it over repeatedly. Especially after I found that cam gear all mangled up.

 

but heres some reviews on it. I wanna at least try them out. Not doubting your expertise, just going with what I see. I'll take some pics when I get to the shop.

 

http://www.importimageracing.com/agency-power-unequal-length-header-subaru-wrx-sti-2002-2014.html

Still waiting on my half moons. So here's my progress.

 

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I'm tired.

You just going to get the one? Stock cams?

 

 

I have a set of used '04 STI cams. 100,000 miles.

Amsoil was all that was used.

 

cam gear. yeah the old ones checked out good. but i see where i said cam:redface:

As it comes to my surprise, I have a shit cam gear.

 

This is what a normal cam gear looks like on the inside. Note that the middle hole at 12 o'clock is the hole where the pin goes into. All together we have 5 holes.

 

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This one shit out so much, it filled in the hole to the right with material and hollered out where the bolt goes through. Time for a new cam gear.

 

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This has taught me a great lesson on inspecting everything before it goes back on your engine. I was lucky to even catch this.

I have the sti oil pump so I ran into the same problem cloudseed did. The coolant crossover pipe bracket didn't match so I made a little mark on the bracket and smashed it down in the vise. Almost looks like it was made that way.

 

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Nice! That looks like mine! Haha

 

 

Thanks! I told you I was right behind you.

Yup i drill it out and tapped it to a M7 X 1 which is the max size you can send through the water pump.

 

But I made some progress on it today.

 

Old next to new

 

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Killer B oil baffle and pick up.

 

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ARP head studs.

Assembly grease on stud, on both sides of the washers, and on nut.

Torque in sequence 30-60-90-90

 

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I also put on the cam position sensors, crank sensor, OCVs, and a few other little things. And as much as I hated to stop I had to call it day.

 

My little fort I made at the shop

 

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Mother of Christ!!

Was torquing the water pump bolt to 8.9 ft-lbs and I felt a pop. And not the good pop from the torque wrench.

Wtf wtf wtf!

 

Let the drama begin. If there is a god, please no waspy.

 

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I don't want to launch my car but I figure might as well do it now if there's gonna be more power. It's a cheap insurance. Because the needles bearing have know to go "ka-blooey"

 

Here's the needle bearings http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/10/8efc99cae94bddc90d7356289b14fa86.jpg