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I have a 2004 WRX wagon (2.0L EJ205 with TD04 turbo) that I bought running from a friend to rallycross. Sounded like a burned up exhaust valve due to aftermarket mapping. I pulled the engine, ripped some stuff off it and forgot about it. Car sat outside for a year, now it's in a garage. Still have a...

Wow!!

Found this thread by doing a search on "water injection". I was thinking that adding a meth/water injection sprayer between the turbo and TB would eliminate the need for an FMIC, on a stock motor. If that's true, I was thinking it should be pretty easy to drill/tap a fitting for the sprayer, hookin...

Approx $490 per 6 month premium for me here in the People's Republic (liability only)

Nice Ray!!

catapultkid wrote: Third: The wideband has an error or two it will throw under start-up/heat up then work fine. I'm not sure what is going on there, but it calibrated and reads like it should.

I read back, this is an XD-16? (w/ LC1?) What is the error number?

Cool

It would be interesting to see the old and new VE tables next to each other in 3d mode

Very nice :) I too "suffer" with a high hp daily driver. The remarks from uninitiated passengers usually put things in perspective for a brief moment. The stark contrast between the few and the many. Most people do up a barely streetable car once in their life then move on to the comforts of a separ...

I personally think $1,200 is a little much, especially since a sitting car can hide many surprises. I think all Merkurs should be priced higher and underselling them only worsens this problem. On the hand, in this market you can get a lot more for your buck. Don't overlook bottom dollar prices becau...

Yeah, 400-500 wheel HP (turbo) is not much fun on the street. I personally wouldn't even think about trying it with a RWD. The symphony of noises.. whine from the upgraded gears, chatter from the puck clutch, intermittent artillery sounds from the wastegate dump tube, the constant deafening rumble a...

Quick update: Pistons looked alright with the scope, couldn't get it around enough to see the chambers. The consensus is the noise is a single rod bearing starting to fail. Oil pressure normal. Regardless the engine is coming out to get refreshed as I have many birds to kill here as a winter project...

Thanks Khan

No need to dig thru receipts. I'm in the planning stages for a winter project, weighing my options and only looking for approximate costs.

hEaT wrote:Regardless, you don't have to use 10* to set your timing offset. I use 20* since it's still on the pointer and it idles much smoother, especially if cold.

I'm stealing that idea