KZJonny

At a guess, it sounds like wiring. Or bad grounds/poor power to the power steering pump (for one) and maybe somewhere else causing poor running conditions. Without a meaningful CEL. That’s at least where I would start?

If you almost wrapped your car around a jersey barrier they you were going to fast for conditions. I was doing about 25km/h. White knuckles the entire way. Any slower and I would have been a hazard on the road to everyone else. So technically to fast for conditions, with the performance tires I had on. But recklessly fast? No. Just a freak weather event that convinced me to keep all seasons on my 3 season car just in case that ever happened again. Southern Ontario is a stormy, icy, cold place, but almost never in October. I have proper Michelin X-Ices on my winter cars.

I believe you, but does it matter with the Grimmspeed TMIC? I found it to be super easy to install because both ends are silicon pipes. Or do you mean a little more for the OE unit. (Which I found to be a real bear to get re-attached to the turbo/throttle body…) And I am good to skip the ATF as a detergent for now. I may try it in future as I do oil changes. Throw it in for just a few kilometers before doing an oil change. Really gently keep everything clean.

Hah! I should know that, since I do have a set of aluminium trailing arms. Been a while since I got the kit to install them tho. Forgot what all is in it….

Thats a sweet deal if you can land it yeah... I do not mean to start a fire here, since talking about either tires or oil seems to really get some people's blood pumping. But, I think for less than track use, the all seasons are great. I also live somewhere the weather can be shockingly wild. I am on Continental DW06+'s. The "+" is the A/S version... but I came damn close to wrapping my car around a jersey barrier when we got snow and sleet in October a year or two ago. That is like 2 months earlier than we should get snow around here. (That was on older high performance tires… replaced them with the Continentals.) That was enough to convince me to go with the A/S that is much more tolerant of cold + slush. Not awesome, but they get you home...

Sounds about right. If I bleed the brakes, I can take another one off the list, and get the two year old fluid out at the same time. Hah! When the insurance is on, the offer of a day on the lift is still there. Good incentive to get lots done is to only have a day to do it... (tho you know you're welcome to more than one day.)

Looks good! Sorry, I never got the car in the air like I meant to, so didn't have a chance to look at the bolt size and thread pitch. If you don't find the right donor bolt to confirm, let me know. I woul also guess that the bolts will be 10x1.25 fine thread. I have several bags of bolts from my local fastenal for when I do jobs and find ones that are garbage and in need of replacing. I don't think I remember ANY 10 x 1.5 on the car, it's almost all JIS type stuff, so ususally fine thread. I can and will lift the car and pull a bolt to confirm as needed. PS - I also don't know what those above Cusco plates are for.... I need to get back underneath the car.

How is this going for ya dude? I took a look at my list and laughed. I've managed to spend at least 100 hours this past month and a bit working on the car, and somehow have avoided doing most of the things that I had on the "to-do" list and did other things instead.... I stopped thinking about how much I've spend on the GT this Spring. I need to be able to look at myself in the mirror and not cry.

Totally agree. Unless you're pushing the car pretty hard, this is all you are likely to need for a good long time. Take care of any clunks and noises, just because they can be safety concerns. After that, put on the best tires you can afford... you can't make a better investment in handling than that. Period. Continental DWS06 and Michelin Pilot Sports are favourites among many here and both are excellent. The all season versions are a little cheaper and longer lasting and likely all you need for a DD that doesn't see track days. The full Spec B suspension + sway bars + endlinks + etc... I installed is awesome, but being totally honest, the difference between OEM stuff and all of that was probably less noticeable then when I got rid of the tired out Eagle Sport 2s and had some Conti's installed. Night and day difference in grip, compliance and noise....

I totally agree with the general sentiment that paired sway bars are great, and your advice is good... But you DO you know that Cusco equipment IS JDM, and I guess... therefore ricey? EDIT: The rest was ranty becuase it was super late and I as tired. Hah!

Killer B header + up pipe. I like the sound of efficiency more than rumble. It helps out with spool as well. I have blankets for the up-pipe, turbo and down pipe so it keeps a lot of heat in the system. All that going in to a JMP Custom VF40 means fully spooled by ~2700 or so. Not a fast car, but she gets off the line like a scalded cat. The sending unit is for an analogue/electronic oil pressure gauge, yeah. I don’t know yet if it will fit with the alternator, but I certainly hope so. I moved the stock ‘replace engine light’ to the rear galley because it fits there and I don’t want to have a false oil pressure light on all the time. I guess worst case I either install a fully manual pressure gauge with an oil line to the cabin, or get a digital one. I’d rather not do either to be fair. Ha!

Getting there….

Is it a stock ECBS or something aftermarket. Leaks in any of those vacuum hoses are gonna be a problem as well.

+1 Don't forget to back up the current tune before throwing and OTS tune on to see what is going on.

?? I assume you maybe mean catless up pipe? Big exhaust with no restrictions will cause boost spiking or overboost. 2.5" is all you need without a bigger turbo or a 3 port boost controller + tune etc... Yeah. Unplugging the BC will run on wastegate spring pressure. If you try that you can at least know if the wastegate control is working on springs.