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  1. A full list of parts would probably be ideal before we can say anything certain. But if those 3 you mentioned are the main parts replaced, you can probably drive it 5-10 miles to the shop and stay out of boost without much worry. It’s your AFRs under load that you need to be really mindful of since the car is going to overboost without the restriction of the stock exhaust parts but it can’t adjust the fuel for the increase in air. Are you tuning with an access port? You can load the Stage 2 OTS tune and be safe for a while but I wouldn’t drive it around town every day without a proper tune.
  2. If your hose has never been replaced, it’s probably hard as a rock. Can you remove it with one finger? Time for a new hose. There is a dampener in the middle of that line so it is probably only a few inches long and an easy replacement. I also use a small zip tie on mine.
  3. They bolt right up just fine. Wires are the same. I have post-facelift JDM mirrors and I bought the wiring kit off someone on here. Just remember the JDM mirrors are much smaller.
  4. I don’t have the same car, but Card-one makes “heavy duty” reman axles. I have them on my car and they work fine. But honestly axles is just part of the the drift car life you’re living if you’re using an older subaru. Tires, axles, and brake pads are just maintenance items probably.
  5. Thank you, I actually did this twice because I twisted the rod the wrong way. But the clutch feels way better now with the engagement point closer to the middle. Clutch also feels a little softer, which I don't like but I'd rather have drivability in stop-go traffic. High engagement point was super annoying for a few days. My OmniPower 3-bar MAP sensor was faulty so I had to go back and have the shop retune the car with the stock MAP sensor. I will be returning it which saves me $100. We are only boosting to 17psi (405whp/430wtq) so the stock MAP sensor should be fine for now. The ECU was reading out +8psi at idle and occassionally -20 at idle so I knew the MAP sensor was faulty. Also washed and detailed the car today which felt good to do since the car has been sitting for a few months. Feels like a blast to drive but I can't help but wonder how much the motor could be pushed when I upgrade to a 6MT. 400+ whp at 17psi on E85 is pretty impressive considering I had to run 20psi on 91 just to reach 300. Ethanol here is kind of bad though, sensor reads 72%.
  6. Shop didn’t put refrigerant back in the lines so I did that today. Driving with the ACT Xtreme Stage 2 clutch and lightweight flywheel is taking a while to get used to. The engagement point is so high now. Probably 70% from the bottom of the floor which is drastically different from before which seemed like maybe 20%… Is there any easy clutch engagement point adjustments?
  7. throttle body looks clean as a whistle… suddenly the idle issues doesn’t present itself when the car is warming up. I’ll see if it comes back after a couple miles
  8. Just got the car back from the shop after finishing a hack-job flex fuel tune (car made 405whp on 17psi on E85 btw) but we stumbled into an issue where the car’s idle creeps up… They told me there were no vacuum leaks and it’s not the tune so they suspect a dirty/faulty throttle body. I was going to contact the previous owner of the engine if they had any clue about this but I doubt I’d get a response. Has anyone had any of experience with idle creep? It happens when the car is cold or warm but it seems to have been getting worse. Shop told me it would creep up to 1.5k but I’m seeing it closer to 2k now. I’m thinking I should clean the throttle body and if that doesn’t work, I’ll transplant my old throttle body off the old intake manifold.
  9. It is probably the same ratio, since you don’t see anybody here upgrading to a Spec B steering rack.
  10. I’m sure the headliner would probably have to be pulled out. Which would be trickier in a sedan vs. a wagon.
  11. I am currently awaiting to pickup my car after being tuned on Flex Fuel. Basically the only way to do it was to use IAT compensation tables to account for the different mixtures of ethanol. I’ll need to ask more details but there’s no way that they could clear the CELs due to no TGVs and we also cannot data log Wideband AFR’s into the access port so they tune it off the gauge in the car. Not sure how comfortable I feel about the tune honestly. I might chill for a few years until more shops embrace open source tuning and go that road after I look for more power (with a 6speed swap too hopefully). This is just truly terrible timing because they started tuning my car 2 days before the Cobb update. If I got the car there just a week sooner I could have avoided this completely!
  12. Just remember if you’re going with the 15+ STI steering rack, you will have to trim the ends a couple threads for any usable alignment wiggle room. It’s all explained on the thread on here.
  13. Built motor with forged pistons, crank, bearings, ARP head studs, ported and polished heads, KillerB pickup, STI oil pump, etc. with custom JmP 20G, Cobb Flex fuel kit, 1050x injectors, Grimmspeed CAI, RacerX FMIC, CNT catless down pipe, and Tomei ELH/up pipe. 5MT fluids were replaced 10k miles ago and I have an ACT Xtreme Stage 2 clutch as well. Couple of other things I'm probably forgetting but those are probably the most important ones lol I do plan on getting a 6-speed in the future as the last possible upgrade on the car left... But, I only drive this car maybe 700 miles annually as it is just a fun weekend car (I daily drive a Honda Accord). So I told them to treat is as if it were their weekend car. I am asking for a conservative and an aggressive map that I can switch between but there really is no point.
  14. We are making 348whp on 91 octane right now on the dyno. Still got a few more dyno sessions to dial in with full E85 but they were impressed with the numbers so far and are genuinely scared if the transmission can handle the 450 ballpark I suggested. I told them as long as the car runs happy, I’m happy… With the Cobb updates it might take them a bit longer to finish the Flex fuel capabilities. I might give another update later today if we get it dialed in.
  15. For what its worth, I've used one of the universal turbo blanket strips and stuffed it in between a Perrin heat shield and it worked fine. Overkill probably even
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