solidxsnake

+1, I still use that filter as well. Mazda dealer nearby, they're cheap, don't see why I would use anything else. Only drawback is since it's taller, it theoretically will heat up your oil more than the smaller OEM filters since it exposes more area to be heated up by the headers. Probably a marginal impact, and you can always heatshield the filter if that's a concern. Or just get an oil cooler like you should if you're tracking the car.

Flex-head 3/8" ratchet handle and a regular 14mm socket did the job for me. The ideal tool would be a flex-head 14mm ratcheting box wrench. Also a floor jack under the oil pan lifting the motor, and the wanton disregard for the well-being of your hands in case of the jack failing to be comfortable jamming your hands in between the subframe and the block

Sounds like the shop didn't properly program the sensors, or the sensors are incompatible. My autox wheels have the sensors from a 2011 WRX, and those don't communicate with my '07 spec.B, even after programming the serial numbers with my ATEQ QuickSet. They're simply not compatible (I believe it uses different radio bands).

Dying battery in the TPMS. Batteries "lose juice" at lower temperatures. Fixes include replacing the sensor or taping over the TPMS light

I'm in the middle of developing a RomRaider "replacement" in Python with wxPython as the GUI toolkit. Will be making the repository public in the coming month or two once I've gotten some more of the bugs out of it. Part of my ongoing work with getting dynamic RAM tuning implemented on aijmod. Would love some help from someone who's a competent programmer.... the RR codebase is an absolute nightmare. To your point OP: there are a lot of tuners (the majority, I would say) that are not computer-savvy. Running open-source requires some comp-savviness just to get going, and ideally a background in computer engineering to get all the benefits (of which there are still some that OS has over Cobb). Not to mention tuners don't want to deal with oblivious customers who are probably even less technical and wouldn't be able to figure out how to log with RomRaider or similar.

Red 05-07 LGT on Rt3 northbound around 8:30 PM tonight. You passed me (blue Accord with a bike rack on the back) on the right just before the Billerica exit. Aftermarket exhaust, but couldn't tell what, if anything else.

bump, price drop!

A live-tuning teaser: [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=8PVEIi_P_3E]MerpMod/aijmod Live Tuning Teaser #2 - YouTube[/ame] Hoping to have something publicly testable soon. Still quite a bit of work to do to make this as polished as e.g. AccessPort, of course, but there's only so much one can expect for the price of "free"

Not really. All he's saying is to remove the studs in the top of the up-pipe and use bolts instead to mount the turbo to the up-pipe. I've found it easy enough to just not snug the OEM nuts that hold the turbo down to the up-pipe until everything else is in place, but I can certainly see why bolts would be nicer than studs in that spot.

Post-header, pre-wideband exhaust leak could cause that.

I believe the answer will eventually be "yes." I haven't spent the time looking at porting MerpMod/aijmod to anything besides my own ECU (CALID: A2UI001L) and awfulwaffle's ECU (CALID: A2WC522N), but from all of the ROM's I've looked at, it looks like it should be compatible once everything is ported over. aijii's working on integrating some CAN-bus hacks originally developed by ej_rey to allow very flexible and direct CAN communication with the ECU (bypassing SSM entirely), including integrating external sensors to be used by the ECU (e.g. integrating an ethanol content sensor to be used by fueling routines in the ECU instead of tapping in to TGV/MAF/O2 sensor inputs). As with all the open-source stuff, development's all done in our spare time, so progress is very slow.

More progress on the live tuning front... almost have something ready to ship to the other main dev for testing, then should be ready to release an alpha and publish the code.

I feel like all of this is a moot point if you're snugging a bolt down to hold it to the transmission bracket. Vibration will just travel through the metal/metal contact of the threads of the bolt with the captive nut on the bracket.

+1 here for noisy decel. spec.B 6MT with group N bushings + dogbone, Cobb STS and front/rear shifter bushings (still stock linkage bushings). As soon as I installed the STS and bushings was when I started hearing the transmission, especially on decel. Before that, I couldn't hear it at all.

I earned a hicksta badge when I was installing my motor: https://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/did-you-do-your-4th-gen-legacy-todayi-vol-10-278883.html?p=5974824#post5974824 On-topic: so not much work on the LGT during the winters for me, but I'm getting closer to a usable live tuning interface. Got logging working last weekend, so hopefully able to get the last bit of the UI done for live tuning this weekend.

Masking tape over the ports. Smart. Much smarter than shop towels. Never again...

I haven't used it myself, but KiCAD is probably the best free/open-source PCB layout software that I can think of. I've also used ExpressPCB in the past for simple boards. I used to use a... let's say, less-than-legitimate copy of EAGLE, but if your board is small and simple enough, the free version of EAGLE may also be sufficient.

Feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions re: PCB development. I have made quite a few as a hobbyist, as well as a couple for work/school at times (plus I do a lot of electronic CAD layout by trade). Best recommendation I can give you for prototyping is to use OSHPark to have PCBs fab'd. The quality is excellent, prices are great, turn times are reasonable. It's pretty much group-buying for PCB fabrication.

XML files are used for definitions. You need the ROM (binary image) file from here: https://www.romraider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=7591

Looks like that ROM isn't defined, but a newer version of it is. See this thread: https://www.romraider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6301

Try extracting/placing the files elsewhere (e.g. wherever you downloaded them) instead of moving them into Program Files. Open RomRaider/ECUFlash and just point them to the files, there's no need to put them in Program Files. I suspect you may be running into permissions issues with the files being in the Program Files directory. What ECUID does RomRaider logger detect? I believe it shows up on the bottom-left or bottom-center of the Logger window.

I just put a bead of the 3M black silicone gasket maker (OEM approved substitute for the Fujibond the FSM calls for) around directly from the tube, and used my pinky to spread it cleanly around the entire perimeter of the oil pan/valve cover cages, etc. Haven't lost any sleep over it. Or an engine. Yet...

The cars_def file is only for virtual dyno. For what the OP wants to do, the only file that should be needed is the logger_defs.xml file. OP, you can safely ignore the "cars definition file not found" error if you don't care about virtual dyno. If you've already gotten the logger_STD_EN_v346.xml file and the logger_def.dtd files all configured, then you should have no problem logging. Ignore the cars definition file error and try and log.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX6tbtuotl0]1JZ RWD Subaru Legacy DRIFT car - YouTube[/ame]

The tune should certainly have temperature compensation built in to it. But remember that the IAT is by default at the MAF sensor, which is conceivably much cooler than the actual intake charge when idling in heatsoaked conditions, so temperature compensation for while you're actually moving likely won't correlate well to sitting still. If you didn't have this issue previously on the same tune, I'd highly suspect a mechanical change. I know you said you smoke tested, but I'd double check for leaks. The symptoms you show certainly indicate to a minor vacuum leak.