nick280

I wouldn't have thought what I've done with the MBC would have made a great deal of difference? Setting boost upto standard doesn't alter anything. Running the car at 0.5bar (actuator pressure) makes it a lot less noticeable but it is still there. I've asked my mate to take it to somebody who can test the air mass meter as I'm leaning that way at the moment unless somebody has any ideas? If we find anything out, I'll post it up.

Hello, I've been helping a friend out with his Impreza turbo as it had the usual oil leak on the rhs rocker cover and he wanted it looked over before he did a track day in it. The car is a 1996 WRX but has had a Legacy engine fitted at some point but the TD05 has been retained luckily. Only modifications are an HKS cat back exhaust and an Apexi cone filter (plus what I've fitted as I'll explain). The car had recently had an oil change so I didn't do that but I did fit new PFR7B plugs and a blue print fuel filter as part of the check over. The car had a boost issue when he brought it to me which I put it down to the 3 port solenoid valve on the inner wing as it would occasionally boost nicely at 1bar but more often at 0.5bar. So I ordered a dawes device MBC, fit it and set it to 0.7bar as the car is quite old and done 150k (no idea about the engine) so I'm playing safe. After this, I went for a spin and it was hesitating at over 3k rpm but boost is holding solid. I didn't think I'd have noticed this before due to the unstable boost and with it normally only having 0.5bar. The car didn't have a fuel filter when it arrived so I thought I'd get the injectors checked. They came back Ok so I refitted them tonight. I noticed that the air mass sensor had a thin film of oil on it so I clean it by spraying brake cleaner on and all around the inside and gently blew it dry with the air line. Put it all back together and it is better but still holds back at 4500+ rpm. Again, boost hold solid and it's not a violent hesitation like a miss fire (although it might be) and I'm still thinking it's fueling. I think the reason for the initial boost problem might have been due to another problem and the car was cutting boost itself in a safe mode way. It also crossed my mind it might be an ignition timing cut back too. I did try flooring it in second to see what it did as I came back from a test run and the car pulled nice and strong but at 5krpm just seemed to run out of power. Power tailed off fast to near nothing at 6krpm I don't really want to spend much more money as a trial and error process so I'm asking here for any help/suggestions or knowledge that could be shared before I give it back to him without fixing the car. Thanks in advance for any help.

Thats sound like a good plan, We'd need to raise funds as I doubt anybody will be willing to stump the money in the first place. I can get stickers made easy enough, from sun strip style (easy removeable) or bumper stickers. I could design this and get a price but my art work is very basic I'll suggest this on Snet and see what the responce is. Like you say, we need to work together on this and forget whos from what site driving which cars.

It cant do any harm to spend a minute signing it though. You never know. Thanks for the support.

I was just about to post something similar. [Copy & Paste Mode] Dont know if anybody is interested in this. It seems to be heading to be more down south but if there is enough in the north, it might come up this far. Incase you dont know, its to do with all Newage STi's new road tax cost will be £440 next year and £455 the year after. All Newage WRX's new road tax cost will be Between £300-415 next year & £310-£430 the year after that. http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/ Might do no good at all but its worth a shot. http://bbs.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-general...-protest-5.html Here is a petition to sign to try to show a face to the government http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/UNFAIR-VED/ Pass it around to all you know as it has worked in the past. Cheers,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...N:IT&ih=015 Thats the one I bought, not cheap but hey hoo.

Cheers Fella, I ordered one of the LED ones off eBay also, should make it easier for the wife to see when she's strapping the larl fella in when its dark. P.S. Larl fella as in a child not anything else lol.

I searched for some time now, never tied halfords as RS Componenet or CPC dont even do them. I'll try halfords though, you never know. Cheers,

Hello, This may sound a silly question but apart from a dealer (Which is miles anway), does anybody know where I can buy an interior light bulb for my MY02 Impreza STi? IIRC, its a Toshiba 8w. I had it trying to match it at the motor factor but now its lost Thanks in advance for any help. Regards, Nick.

Had a run back from Hexham on the A69 tonight with this guy, he went into Carlisle at J43 M6 and I headed down the Motorway, south. Moderate git didn't even indicate when I flashed him

My Advice, Dont buy one, there ladgefull.

Anybody seen this before? Subie TV Got an email of iwsti.com with a link to the site. Not spent long on there but it looks interesting.

Good find

Some nice shots there, looked like the tellow evo was doing a nice job of that corner

Got to be the new Monaro VXR if its one of the above.