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As you should know, any decent pressure hose has nylon threads in it to support it. Without it, it's just a rubber balloon (and will act as such). You should see when I went to Austin in the hill country cruise and had to put loads of zip ties around the top hose to keep it from ballooning. I...

Exactly. Hell, anyone with a good standalone that was properly tuned has boost cut for that exact reason. Most people see it as something to get rid of when it's really there to PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT.

You're forgetting that the 24 hours of lemons is half demolition durby... An MR2 would get SMASHED... but as the vitals are fairly well protected it might be interesting...

I'm not going to get into this, as it's way too much into the "my dick is bigger than yours" territory. To answer the OP's question, you can try the parts store fan clutch as it's the N/A style (but they specify it for both, which is dumb). I had tons of issues (overheating, top hose...

in for the video... I'm holding judgement until I can HEAR the noise...

The only explaination I can come up with is some backwoods idiot thought it was a good idea to cut the HG because he forgot to get the rear timing cover machined with the block... Can you get a picture?

it's either on backwards or it was cut... who did the headgasket job?

:3d_frown: So much disinformation in this thread... The reason I asked if the waterpump has ever been changed was because of the crappy cast impeller ones one the market. Someone on the forums had one fall apart. Have not heard of a stamped impeller failing yet... Try an OEM T-stat...

or see if driftmotion has any in stock...

When my fan clutch went out it leaked from the center. Didn't know it was leaking until I pulled the fan and clutch off and noticed the leak around the inside... Has the water pump ever been changed?

I dunno why people knock on FWD so much... Sure they suck at drag racing, but they're pretty good at everything else...

Most people consider liver to be nasty... Personally I like liver and onions...

actually, they're not rebadged at all, mine say Denso right em :D

Rennat: no, the gasket is a metal core with a rubber coating. This rubber coating creates o-rings for the galley plugs and are what seal it.

N/A + unrestricted exhaust = rasp

No track prep so he couldn't use em though...

Corvettes have had IRS since 1963... and yes the C5 will outhandle damn near anything on the road... You guys got a ton of cosworth cars over there as well... Really hard to tell you what to buy from the other side of the pond...

Sucks... but it's not really their fault as it's the government killing it off with the MPG requirements. Which is bullshit as if I want a car that gets 4 gallons to the mile, can afford it, and it doesn't overly pollute, they should have ZERO say, period. Horray for new Prius :3d_frown:

Wrong wrong WRONG. The 3rd cam cover gasket seals the oil galley plugs. If it's old and worn (likely) then they will leak FLOODING the plug wells. Yes, pistons usually are gold in color after use. Your plug well is dry, good. Pic of plugs? Hell, if all else fails it's pretty easy...

Cheap out and you'll be dropping the tranny again to do it real quick...