xt2005bonbon Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 You previously had a Koyorad aluminum radiator fail? Where did it fail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blide Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 That really wasn't very clear. The factory radiator failed and I ordered a new Koyorad aluminum one to replace it. The old radiator failed at the seam between the plastic top and the aluminum body. Sorry about the confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 no worries. I had the same failure on the OEM rads on both Subies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre617 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Taking the plunge and have contacted Matt Miner about tuning my car, been overdue. Going to have to tow it to him and get clutch work done also as I have been procrastinating the replacement of the clutch fork when it broke a couple of months back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07spec.Boobaru Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Hello to all the passionate/insane spec.B owners out there that are keeping OUR dream alive and well. I'm new here but I've used this site for a number of repairs, advice, recs, etc and found my car as well. I've decided to post for a number of reasons. One being that we're a dying breed, and not just the Subi community but for all car enthusiasts. Two, the new/used car market is absurd. Lastly, because I'm guessing there are only about half of the spec.B's left. So in saying that, I've decided to go all in with it. Here's what I have: 07 Legacy Spec.b - DGM. I bought it in 2016 with 137k and have put around 60k on it myself. It was modified but wasn't stressed out and the previous owner was a mechanic. Pre-installed parts: Perrin divorced DP SPT full 3' exhaust SPT intake GS BC 3 port GS cross pipe Nameless up pipe Sparco Assetto Gara Protune (AP V2) What I installed: Whiteline rear 4-piece control arm/lat link kit Whiteline front control arms Whiteline F/R sway bar + linkage kit Megan EZ ll coils Mishimoto rad IAG AOS Various OEM hoses, plugs, CV's, gaskets, etc To be installed as I'm currently undergoing an engine rebuild: RA short block Rebuilt heads ARP 11mm heads studs GSC beehive valve springs + retainers Steamspeed Gen2 71mm BB 8cm² ported Perrin inlet Denso one step colder plugs GrimmSpeed TMIC + Perrin coupler ACT HD street + flywheel ID 1050x injector Torque solution engine/trans mount Cobb high flow fuel pump Probably missing from parts, etc When all said and fiimished, I'll keep you guys posted. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NORULZleggy Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 4 hours ago, 07spec.Boobaru said: Hello to all the passionate/insane spec.B owners out there that are keeping OUR dream alive and well. I'm new here but I've used this site for a number of repairs, advice, recs, etc and found my car as well. I've decided to post for a number of reasons. One being that we're a dying breed, and not just the Subi community but for all car enthusiasts. Two, the new/used car market is absurd. Lastly, because I'm guessing there are only about half of the spec.B's left. So in saying that, I've decided to go all in with it. Here's what I have: 07 Legacy Spec.b - DGM. I bought it in 2016 with 137k and have put around 60k on it myself. It was modified but wasn't stressed out and the previous owner was a mechanic. Pre-installed parts: Perrin divorced DP SPT full 3' exhaust SPT intake GS BC 3 port GS cross pipe Nameless up pipe Sparco Assetto Gara Protune (AP V2) What I installed: Whiteline rear 4-piece control arm/lat link kit Whiteline front control arms Whiteline F/R sway bar + linkage kit Megan EZ ll coils Mishimoto rad IAG AOS Various OEM hoses, plugs, CV's, gaskets, etc To be installed as I'm currently undergoing an engine rebuild: RA short block Rebuilt heads ARP 11mm heads studs GSC beehive valve springs + retainers Steamspeed Gen2 71mm BB 8cm² ported Perrin inlet Denso one step colder plugs GrimmSpeed TMIC + Perrin coupler ACT HD street + flywheel ID 1050x injector Torque solution engine/trans mount Cobb high flow fuel pump Probably missing from parts, etc When all said and fiimished, I'll keep you guys posted. Nice, Please let me spend more of your money , so add: FPR /W gauge Fuel lines (Nice AN lines) Fluid Damper Crank Pulley STI Brakes AP3 with New protune Another Set of wheels Fire extinguisher Go all in, cheaper to save and keep these cars on the road than to buy a 45k WRX New, or anything else. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tysparks81 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 6 hours ago, 07spec.Boobaru said: Hello to all the passionate/insane spec.B owners out there that are keeping OUR dream alive and well. I'm new here but I've used this site for a number of repairs, advice, recs, etc and found my car as well. I've decided to post for a number of reasons. One being that we're a dying breed, and not just the Subi community but for all car enthusiasts. Two, the new/used car market is absurd. Lastly, because I'm guessing there are only about half of the spec.B's left. So in saying that, I've decided to go all in with it. Here's what I have: 07 Legacy Spec.b - DGM. I bought it in 2016 with 137k and have put around 60k on it myself. It was modified but wasn't stressed out and the previous owner was a mechanic. Pre-installed parts: Perrin divorced DP SPT full 3' exhaust SPT intake GS BC 3 port GS cross pipe Nameless up pipe Sparco Assetto Gara Protune (AP V2) What I installed: Whiteline rear 4-piece control arm/lat link kit Whiteline front control arms Whiteline F/R sway bar + linkage kit Megan EZ ll coils Mishimoto rad IAG AOS Various OEM hoses, plugs, CV's, gaskets, etc To be installed as I'm currently undergoing an engine rebuild: RA short block Rebuilt heads ARP 11mm heads studs GSC beehive valve springs + retainers Steamspeed Gen2 71mm BB 8cm² ported Perrin inlet Denso one step colder plugs GrimmSpeed TMIC + Perrin coupler ACT HD street + flywheel ID 1050x injector Torque solution engine/trans mount Cobb high flow fuel pump Probably missing from parts, etc When all said and fiimished, I'll keep you guys posted. Nice setup, let us know when you get it tuned and post a pic of your car. 1 #LGTSTi is still cheaper and nicer then an equal year wrxsti Follow my 2007 Spec B. Build here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07spec.Boobaru Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 5 hours ago, NORULZleggy said: Nice, Please let me spend more of your money , so add: FPR /W gauge Fuel lines (Nice AN lines) Fluid Damper Crank Pulley STI Brakes AP3 with New protune Another Set of wheels Fire extinguisher Go all in, cheaper to save and keep these cars on the road than to buy a 45k WRX New, or anything else. Hah right on, I'll take all the advice/recs I can. I've been thinking about setting up a Go Fund Me to see if people want to help me dig a deeper grave.. I'll definitely look into the add-ons but I'm wayy over as it is. The issue I may have with the AP3 (forgot to mention the ap2 stopped working about a year ago) is with the exhaust. I only have the small one in the DP, but I don't have any other deletes. I was talking about it with the shop/tuner (#MundyTuned) and I'm gonna go with open source on his hub dyno. Thanks again for the recs man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07spec.Boobaru Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, 07spec.Boobaru said: Hah right on, I'll take all the advice/recs I can. I've been thinking about setting up a Go Fund Me to see if people want to help me dig a deeper grave.. I'll definitely look into the add-ons but I'm wayy over as it is. The issue I may have with the AP3 (forgot to mention the ap2 stopped working about a year ago) is with the exhaust. I only have the small one in the DP, but I don't have any other deletes. I was talking about it with the shop/tuner (#MundyTuned) and I'm gonna go with open source on his hub dyno. Thanks again for the recs man. *Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rwdboxer.nut Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 14 minutes ago, 07spec.Boobaru said: *Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanyb505 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 I forget, do our seat backs have heaters or is it just the butt portion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 1 hour ago, seanyb505 said: I forget, do our seat backs have heaters or is it just the butt portion? Both, butt and back 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blide Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Installed the Koyorad tonight. Spent some time cleaning the fans and shrouds to try to make them look a little better before installing them on the awesome new radiator. This thing looks fantastic. I'm really impressed. You have to install the nipple for the connection to the turbo reservoir. When you do, the flat sides for the wrench end up being perfectly horizontal. Really nice attention to detail. Install was straight forward and fairly easy. You do have to get things in the right order. I mounted the driver side fan and installed the radiator. Then put the passenger side fan in from underneath. That way I didn't have to take the upper radiator hose off of the crossover pipe. Got all of the hoses connected and ran the car up to operating temp to burp the system. Then went for a drive and enjoyed the non-leaking radiator. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanyb505 Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 4 hours ago, WRX USA said: Both, butt and back Ugh. Looks like I need to troubleshoot my new seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KZJonny Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 On 4/17/2023 at 10:26 AM, tysparks81 said: I have been using the DW300C without any issues so far. Not sure if you have yours hardwired, but that might shorten the life of the pump. So, I've been thinking about this exact thing while I was looking for the DW pump wire upgrade kit that I have somewhere. All this talk of pumps dying, I was actually thinking the total opposite, that perhaps that it is because of 15+ year old wiring and voltage drops along the way underfeeding the pump. Motors that get less then 'desired' voltage do not live as long. To clarify, I am still talking about using the pump PWM controller, just upgrading the wiring that feeds it to say, 12g or what have you. There is a write up on this somewhere, Performance Mod Walk Throughs, I think. This had been on my list of things to do, and Cryotune said they didn't like the upgrade because they want to use the rising rate pump control. I misunderstood and didn't do the install, but now realize he was thinking the intention was to wire around the controller and the pump would run at 100% all the time. Seeing that you can re-wire the whole things just to provide more voltage to the pump with less loss, and still maintain the PWM control, I'm going to go ahead and do this install. I just do wonder if some of the pump failures that were mentioned earlier could be becuase the uprated aftermarket pumps that have been installed want a little more juice than they're getting/..... (and there is a definite argument about upsizing the wiring inside the pump housing to be had, but for the moment I will be content to get more voltage to the back of the car. (Word of mouth results from others have shown it to have good results/increased line pressure.) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59ctd Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Today brought my 09 LGT to the body shop to fix the nasty scratch (rusting) above windshield when they replaced it a year+ back. They are sandblasting it and then painting satin white pearl from the A pillars all the way to the rear bumper and rear quarterpanels 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 ^^. Dang, that must be $$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59ctd Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, xt2005bonbon said: ^^. Dang, that must be $$. Yeah the total will be ~3.5K to disassemble, fix the rust line above windshield, paint it, and replace the front and rear windows. Nice that the company that mussed up the paint when they replaced the windshield a year+ back is payin for the repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infosecdad Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 14 hours ago, KZJonny said: So, I've been thinking about this exact thing while I was looking for the DW pump wire upgrade kit that I have somewhere. All this talk of pumps dying, I was actually thinking the total opposite, that perhaps that it is because of 15+ year old wiring and voltage drops along the way underfeeding the pump. Motors that get less then 'desired' voltage do not live as long. To clarify, I am still talking about using the pump PWM controller, just upgrading the wiring that feeds it to say, 12g or what have you. There is a write up on this somewhere, Performance Mod Walk Throughs, I think. This had been on my list of things to do, and Cryotune said they didn't like the upgrade because they want to use the rising rate pump control. I misunderstood and didn't do the install, but now realize he was thinking the intention was to wire around the controller and the pump would run at 100% all the time. Seeing that you can re-wire the whole things just to provide more voltage to the pump with less loss, and still maintain the PWM control, I'm going to go ahead and do this install. I just do wonder if some of the pump failures that were mentioned earlier could be becuase the uprated aftermarket pumps that have been installed want a little more juice than they're getting/..... (and there is a definite argument about upsizing the wiring inside the pump housing to be had, but for the moment I will be content to get more voltage to the back of the car. (Word of mouth results from others have shown it to have good results/increased line pressure.) I’m planning to do the same. I have a ‘07 STi controller and plan to upgrade the wiring as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KZJonny Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 10 hours ago, Infosecdad said: I’m planning to do the same. I have a ‘07 STi controller and plan to upgrade the wiring as well. Given any thought to the alternator diode fix? I am curious, and would prefer the solid state sense fuse method to wiring in a diode… Seems to me that everything having a strong voltage supply is a good thing. Just wondering if anyone else would want to go in on shipping a handful over from Aus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infosecdad Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 29 minutes ago, KZJonny said: Given any thought to the alternator diode fix? I am curious, and would prefer the solid state sense fuse method to wiring in a diode… Seems to me that everything having a strong voltage supply is a good thing. Just wondering if anyone else would want to go in on shipping a handful over from Aus. I did the alternator boost with the fuse trick from Australia. It boosted the output, but I think it may have shortened the life of my coils with it. So I reverted back to standard setup there. I'm going with the heavier wiring to and from the fuel pump controller to help combat the voltage from smaller wires. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoozeRS05 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 I’ve been thinking about getting on this too since I’ll be upgrading fuel equipment eventually. Is there a materials list for it? Anyone selling “kits”? EB's Subaru journal - 2005 LegacyGT Wagon & 2014 Forester FB25 (2008 specB - RIP) IG@legacygtliving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infosecdad Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 I don't know of any kits for it. I know a few people bypassed the controller for 100% duty cycle, but I personally don't think that is a good idea after researching. OG threads. Some upgrade the wiring to a heavier wire and others also replace the LGT controller with an STi controller part #22750AA010 I'll be in the second camp. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KZJonny Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 The DW kit is pretty affordable for what it is.... I have one, as described and the wiring is good quality, and the relay also seems to be a solid unit. (I'll still keep one in the glovebox, just in case....) At least now that I have a fuel pressure gauge permanently under the hood, I would be able to quickly diagnose a pressure issue. https://deatschwerks.com/en-ca/products/fphwk?_pos=1&_sid=57d754923&_ss=r Get one of these at your local speed shop.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KZJonny Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 23 minutes ago, Infosecdad said: I did the alternator boost with the fuse trick from Australia. It boosted the output, but I think it may have shortened the life of my coils with it. So I reverted back to standard setup there. I'm going with the heavier wiring to and from the fuel pump controller to help combat the voltage from smaller wires. I will listen to emperical evidence, especially from the experienced members here... but do you really suppose a ~0.5v increase to the coils is enough to kill them? I mean, everything is still being kept in check by the reg/rec no? I ask from the context of having replaced the wiring to coils on other applications in the past, where old wiring was causing voltage drops, and I wanted to get 'max' voltage to the coils for good spark. Not dead set on the diode "mod" just thinking that as these cars age out, what used to be smalll voltage drops are probably getting a little worse, and I am not going to re-wire the whole car, clearly. Just the things that really matter or that have known fixes. (fuel pump + wrx/sti FPCM) etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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