FLlegacy Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share Posted April 12, 2017 ftfy Oh no no no my toddler already knows how to use a wrench, screwdriver, drill, and hammer. She will be helping me, lol. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starks Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Housing sent off to Sarang. Good luck! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarang Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Got it today. I have two finals on Monday but I should be able to work on it some after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarang Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Who is next up on the list? I have the housing packed and ready to ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLlegacy Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 I haven't heard from anyone else, give it til next Thursday. Hopefully we have more people we can help out! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I won't need the community housing because I can just take my turbo out to send out the housing and leave it that way for a month if necessary since I have the Fozz. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Blah blah blah ba blah ba blah I have a Fozz so my car can just be a garage queen. As if I have room to talk:hide: My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starks Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Who is next up on the list? I have the housing packed and ready to ship. How do your job go? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarang Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I had a local shop do it since I haven't had time. They took too long, charged too much, and didn't even give me a print out for the alignment that they did. They even almost threw away my old turbine housing, I had to insist that they go find it. It reminded me why I do my own work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starks Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 I had a local shop do it since I haven't had time. They took too long, charged too much, and didn't even give me a print out for the alignment that they did. They even almost threw away my old turbine housing, I had to insist that they go find it. It reminded me why I do my own work. Wow that would have sucked. I could have just taken it to the same place that did mine if anyone wants that option in the future. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarang Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Yeah, the guy I talked to had a turbo Miata that he let me look at and poke around so I was hoping it would go better. Turns out he is the owner, and the other mechanics did the work. Seriously guys, it's boxed up and ready to ship. I could send it out today. Doesn't anyone need this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eckseleven Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Hmm...what to do.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLlegacy Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Hmm...what to do.... Do it better! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Do it ecks! You of all people deserve to have your car working better for all the headache you've been thru and all the forging of new territory with that damned downpipe. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eckseleven Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Yeah I know... A while back I said I was done doing things to this car. I figured I'd just drive it carefully when it gets cold and avoid any other behaviors that could lead to overboost. But lately I've been wanting to just have it be reliable and get me through the next couple years trouble free. The head gasket stories concern me. My tune tends to hang around ~19-19.5 psi which I know is not friendly for HGs long term. So what is holding me back from jumping on this is finding a shop to do the work. Despite being in Subaru country, I can't seem to find a shop that does these types of modifications. If someone could ship it to me ported, that might help my decision. I might be able to do the actual swap myself, but not the porting without some new tools. Ideally I'd just drop everything off someplace and they do it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starks Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Yeah I know... A while back I said I was done doing things to this car. I figured I'd just drive it carefully when it gets cold and avoid any other behaviors that could lead to overboost. But lately I've been wanting to just have it be reliable and get me through the next couple years trouble free. The head gasket stories concern me. My tune tends to hang around ~19-19.5 psi which I know is not friendly for HGs long term. So what is holding me back from jumping on this is finding a shop to do the work. Despite being in Subaru country, I can't seem to find a shop that does these types of modifications. If someone could ship it to me ported, that might help my decision. I might be able to do the actual swap myself, but not the porting without some new tools. Ideally I'd just drop everything off someplace and they do it all. Have Sarang send it back to Tampa to boost labs? I can keep eyes on it for you. If they can't it won't ship it back out, pp me and I'll get it out to you. Or wait for far_sides flapper mod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarang Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 I would port it for you for free, with the understanding that I'm a complete amateur who has only done this once based on pictures and descriptions on the internet. All I had to buy was a die grinder ($50) and some stone bits ($2) so that would be around what it would cost if you wanted to do it yourself. I'll also ship it wherever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eckseleven Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Thanks, guys. I've got some thinking to do. I reached out to the local FB group for shops that do porting and got no responses. Weird. People get all sorts of responses when someone asks for shops to do a rebuild after they blow up their engine. You'd think porting would be a common thing. Looks like Amazon has some die grinders for decent prices. Maybe I'll just have to go that route. Sarang, any pics of how yours turned out? For those that have put it all back together, are you happy with the results? Boost under control now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starks Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 That's great then. My shop charged 80 and was turned around in about 4 hours. If you can get the tools and all, lower than that, go for it. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarang Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I didn't take any pics, sorry. There are some good ones on here tho. I called four Subaru shops in my area and none of them wanted to touch it. One even tried to talk me in to a custom manifold with EWG. I only floored it in mine once and hit 19.7 psi (target is 18) so without tuning it hasn't fixed it yet. I'll be getting an etune here shortly and will update y'all with results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojorios Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I was having the same issue when I was looking for someplace to port my turbo. Not one place wanted to do it. Some said theres no way a stock turbo would creep and offered a tune instead. Theres was one place that said that a previous employee had done it and they would reach out to them. They said it would probably run around $300. But nothing ever came of it. Sent from my SM-N915T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 SoCal Porting is pretty awesome. A lot of the Forester guys from all over the country use them, and many of the local Subie group people do as well. The guy's name is Ruben and he is very good and will take the time to understand what you want and need. https://socalporting.com/ GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syndicate Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 SoCal Porting is pretty awesome. A lot of the Forester guys from all over the country use them, and many of the local Subie group people do as well. The guy's name is Ruben and he is very good and will take the time to understand what you want and need. https://socalporting.com/ ...thanks for the heads up, it's good to hear owners all over the country use SoCal Porting. I may have to check w/them and see what they can do for our VF54s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdi Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Anybody in line for this ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLlegacy Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 Anybody in line for this ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sort of, I had sarang send it back to me. Are you intetested? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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