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Have a classic turbo and currently have a blitz nut spec, I want something that looks very similar but just not quite so loud. I always hear others drive past with a quieter but deep burble also does anyone know which exhaust brand gives best bhp gains . Thanks Ben

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Has anyone here ever fitted a blouch 16g turbo ???? Just fitted one to my 95 wrx and it doesn't appear to be boosting as much as the standard turbo did.... My question is, even though the car is set up with a simtek ecu and was making close to 330bhp on the original 16g turbo do I need to have the ecu re-mapped again for the new turbo. I know I do to make more power but as a like for like swap should it make the same kinda of power as before or is the actuator which on mine I believe is set at 9psi the reason it doesn't boost as much even through the ecu is programmed for about 18psi. Thanks

above is how the car is looking now

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It's been a few weeks and I've done quite a few miles and all seems fine so far fingers crossed .,..., thanks though for the input .

And was yours the head gasket

Thanks will give it a blast later, when I drove it yesterday I did blast it upto 80mph and back relatively quickly and didn't notice any coolant loss, but will do it a couple more times and see what happens

How hard should the top radiator hose be after say half hour of engine running, mine is pretty hard, not rock solid as I can still squeeze it . But I am reluctant to admit that the cause of all this is down to a radiator......

Not gas sniffed it since . Rad was fitted late yesterday, I test drove this morning , but I had pressure / steam coming out the top of the radiator bottle. Luckily I had a metal header tank so that was fitted today and a mechanic test drove it and he said it all seemed fine and no coolant was leaking. I'll test drive it myself tomorow when I'm back in work and will update here again

I thought that would be your reply, getting new rad fitted tomorow , will get timing belt cover off at same time for a visual inspection of water pump etc and will re-post here again to update.

Got my car in at work today and the radiator looks pretty knackered , quite a few fins missing. Would this cause the problems??

Just one final question, would a failing water pump still circulate coolant around the engine as it is flowing perfectly fine which suggests the pump is doing its job.

Thanks for replies , had pressure test done, was losing pressure and engine heating up quickly and gushing the coolant out the header (with cap off) and expansion tank with cap on..... Probable head gasket or could it be water pump???? How can I check water pump???

Did the sniffer a few days ago and the liquid remained the same colour .its going garage tomorow to be looked at.

I topped it up, till the water came out the top, squeezed the pipes a couple of times and then the water level dropped so I could put more in, then thermostat opened so I was able to add more water I did this until I saw water in the expansion tank . Road tested but no hot air, undid the bleed valve thing on the rad and loads of air came out and a few bubbles etc was seen in the header tank. Hot air returned to the car. Driving car that evening to the mot station 15 miles away, hot air was going cold again, mainly on tick over and returned when driven or revved a bit. Had the mot and came home again. Next day I undid the rad cap squuzed the pipes and revved it a few times again a few bubbles came out and the coolant rise up and poured out the header tank, hot air then returned. I then was driving home about a mile or so, and before I got back the air went cold and I noticed the coolant had gone. I topped it up and realised it was being pushed out the expansion tank when being driven or revved

Only two things it can be really. Having the coolant drained and re-filled using a machine that prevents air getting into the system on Tuesday . I really hope it's just an air lock

Just busy working, and not realising how fast time was flying by lol

I noticed my car was heating up quicker than normal and to a higher temp, the guage would drop a bit if I had the heating on. I've taken the thermostat out which was stuck shut under tests so a new one was refitted. Result car warmed up normal'ish pace and was once again circulating the radiator, but I couldn't get the heating to work properly, it kept going from hot to cold under revs. Now when I hold the revs it pressurises the water and it forces it all out the expansion tank..... What could this be ?????

Still got the car, and still haven't added spacers lol I don't know why the images arnt showing on here. May have to upload some new ones

Bit of a late update but I added the nur spec centre section and the car is sounding great

Just re-visited this forum for the first time since I wrote this thread. I still have the car but it looks quite different now

I have a 95 wrx with a de-cat downpipe and mid section and blitz nurspec rear. Needless to say it is rather loud, but unfortunatly has a bit of a rasp to it. What i want is a really loud but deep exhaust note, i have heard some going around thats perfect but i can never find out what system they are running, also the newer shape models some seem to be louder than mine and they still retain a middle silencer and cat. Any suggestions would be good.

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