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Willfish, They painted right over the pinstrping? Wow...

I agree totally. Is this just for "ricers" or do muscle car fans get affected too? I am really begining to HATE California...

Couldn't agree more. Good to see ya IJ.

Do not call our cars "cute" please. :icon_bigg

Hard for me to answer, but here goes: used 7MGTE $400 (front clip) used AFM $50 intercooler, oil cooler and related parts and hoses $300 used turbo 5-speed ecu $50 Miscellaneous parts: sensors, relays, other misc stuff $500 Turbo rebuild: $450 Total on just the swap I spent about...

Yes, definatly keep us informed. Good luck.

Boost leak? Bad T-stat, blown head gasket? Any oil mixing with coolan or visa versa?

Just an update and to add info to the thread. Replaced my rear struts on Sunday afternoon. The first one took about an hour because I really didn't know what I was doing (first time ever, working with struts). The second one took about 20 minutes. Very pleased with the outcome. With the...

Too bad its covered up with the heat shield.

I haven't heard of that. I am running 160 deg T-stat and don't have any problems. How would one know if I was running closed vs. open loop?

Cuz boost = power. The first thing I did when I inherited my 86.5 was swap a 7MGTE in. :evil2: Personally, I think it would be easier to do a 7MGTE swap then adding a turbo on an NA.

In addition, is the new resivoir big enough to hold enough fluid for the demands of the PS system? You could be running it dry. When I finished my rebuild, I did not put enough in and I heard this sucking noise. The steering wheel was very jerky and hard to move, but it didn't move on its own.