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Hello all, I guess ill start from the beginning. A few years ago I blew the HG and I am having somewhat of the same symptoms. At idle the car bogs down and sounds identicle to and STi. It keeps the same sound and laggy-ness through the RMP shifts then all the sudden it goes away, then comes...

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has had the same problem as I am. With in the past couple months my engine bay has been really hot. The temp gauge is reading correct and I am not having any over heating problems but it is unbearably hot. You cant touch any part of the engine for more than...

Hello all. I washed my car today at the car wash and I was using the power sprayer and water got up into the enging and soaked the filter. I started the car in the bay and it was putting then I gave it a little gas the stalled out. I pushed it out to dry for a bit. I waited a out 15 minutes and...

Hi, my buddy purchased a stainless steel manifold but i believe its the one from Ebay and i think that its a T4 flange. He is selling it to me but i want to make sure it fits first. I could somewhat measure the bolt to bolt pattern on the stock CT-26 Turbo flange but its not very accurate. I was...

hi, an intercooler has been on my mind for a while. i was wondering what is the best way to go. an intercooler with the in and out ports on the same side or the common one with the ports on opposite sides? i took a stock EVO 8 intercooler and tried to fit it in and make it work but it was a...

im looking at porting out my cylinder head, but i was wondering for anyone that has already done it, how much power is gained. right now i have 3" turbo back, filter, and a MBC at about 12psi, and egr block off. just wondering if anyone has close to the same mods as me and how much of a...

Hi i just got the HKS BOV, hooked it up and it ran and sounded fine. The next day i made upper intercooler pipes, i made the route shorter and the pipes are 2 3/4 or 3 inch (off and evo) and when i ran it, it fluttered. When it boosted it sounded normal but the high pitched noise was cutting in...

i finished my rebuild and my oil pressure sensor started leaking after 4 days of driving it. i guess i didnt tighten it down hard enough. is there any way of tightening the sensor with out ripping everything off again. or can you get a smaller profile one so it will fit in a socket? :1zhelp: thanks

hi, i had a bad oil leak coming from the front main oil seal. when i took it apart the front main oil seal was was dangling on the front crank shaft journal. so i replaced all the oil gaskets and it ran fine for 4 days then i look under the car the next day and there was a puddle of oil right...

hi got another prob, driving around everythings fine, stop go into a store come out and about 2 min into the drive the gas pedal would go on and off by it self just a little. if felt like a boost leak but its not then down the road it got even worse. i wasnt able to go over 30mph in any gear...

hi i have an 87 turbo i just finished a rebuild on it but i took off the EGR valve and plugged the vaccume line cause i heard it does a little more performance wise. anyway it started right up and drove it around for 2 days with no problems. then i went to work and it was sitting out side at...

hi i just made an EGR block off kit and i was wondering do you just plug the EGR vacuum line with a golf tee or something similar or can you disconnect the whole vacuum line assembly under the intake manifold with the red plugs on it? also does it show a check engine code if you disconnect that?

Hi i have an 87 Turbo. im taking the engine out to build it up, so i got everything off that was in the way, the two engine mounts out and the eight trans bolts out. i have it suspended by the cherry picker and trying to wiggle it loose but it wont slide out. i talked to someone and they said...