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BrianEarlSpilner

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  • Birthday 02/20/1983

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    SE Wisconsin
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    05 LGT VF52 ID1000cc
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    cars, rc planes/cars
  • Occupation
    Adult Behavioral Rehabilitation Specialist

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  1. Awful first car especially now that the 4th gens are all pretty well aged. They can be a lot of fun, but demand a ton of maintenance. Also if anything should go wrong with the engine/turbo the repair bills will far outweigh the cars' value. That being said I made a lot of poor decisions against better advice at that age. Do what you must.
  2. I've noticed a slight increase in time to full boost after installing elh. Posts on the topic make you believe that the spool is always faster. I figured with the engine pumping a given volume per rpm and boost that the longer runners would take more time to fill. Have you had to increase wgdc to hit target boost since the install?
  3. Thanks for always providing such great service Dave! Great to hear you're helping out the community again.
  4. What you're describing sounds eerily similar to my experience with burned valves. Also seems shady that 3 stealerships passed it off. I would go straight to the compression test and go from there. If so it's not the end of the world. Use it as an excuse to do some mods as well.
  5. I would think you'd only wanna go with a race setup if it was a dedicated track car. Do you really want to strap in every time you have to get a gallon of milk? You don't wanna half ass it. The factory restraint/airbag setup is very good to begin with. Once you get rid of that you almost need a cage and Hans device, not just a harness bar. A lot of setups look safe, but will most likely cause more harm in a crash. All or nothing may be the wrong way to put it and it's not what I'm describing. In the end I would think livability is going to be your deciding factor. If you use your car a lot for menial things, then the safety mods are gonna get old real fast. That being said who wouldn't want a baller race wheel?
  6. I was under the impression that sway bar links had to be connected with the suspension under load...
  7. Here's a brake bias idea. They make a bracket to use LGT front rotors on the rear of the car with the stock rear calipers. If you're buying ATS rotors and you don't have too many miles on the fronts just slap em on the back with this bracket. http://www.racingbrake.com/Subaru-REAR-CB09D-p/cb09d.htm They make a whole kit but the rotors are $$$
  8. Most likely pieces of the old turbo. A lot of times that's what happens when turbos fail. Your best bet is flushing the oil and changing it a couple times back to back to flush all the debris out. Still some particulate could end up ruining the rod bearings. Best of luck, hope it turns out ok
  9. Let's bump this baby back up. Today while fixing an intercooler/turbo connection I happened to notice there wasn't a bolt in the pitch stop at the top of the engine. I guess that can happen when you pull an engine and put it back in from memory and don't take any notes.
  10. Is anyone using their AP on a windows 10 computer? I've got no issues using ATR and the AP manager on my windows 7 laptop, but it never recognizes the AP on the Win10 desktop I have. Every time I connect the AP it says its connecting and then attempts to get the info for about a minute and simply states "failed to connect" every time. I've already tried uninstalling the software and drivers and starting from scratch but no luck. I will just stick to the laptop as I always have, but if anyone has gotten it to work I'd appreciate hearing about it.
  11. Did it myself, but it was a PITA. I think I was at the gym a lot more back then. Pretty sure I braced the engine against my chest and just cranked on it. 30-60-90 sequence seemed to be worth the price for the set. After reading the Subaru sequence I thought the ARP studs were a no brainer.
  12. I wrapped up my E-85 tune with Dave not too long ago. I can't say enough good things about Cryotune. You'll get fast responses from a very knowledgeable tuner, and there's nothing like getting more power in an e-mail!
  13. I was wondering about them too. Other forums say good things about them. I don't like that you have to request a quote. They didn't have prices on the site when I checked. $150 a side isn't bad for a quality piece.
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