My New car
04-20-2005, 09:37 PM
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pat you should have seen that bugger at the car show.. it really took stage... even over that WRX STi and the star wars wrx wagon....
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hammer- more pics?
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04-21-2005, 07:53 AM
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Well, what does 'a few parts' mean? If it's Brembos, STi suspension, a vf39, larger injectors and pump, and a 6mt, I'd say that isn't JUST a LGT.
04-21-2005, 08:13 AM
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It has a sweet Blitz exhaust and a Perrin intake, cool wheels & tires but the rest is stock. Hey that Blitz exhaust looks good on it...It might have something else but thats what I noticed.
04-21-2005, 08:54 AM
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Right pat, if it had everything you listed it would definitley be in the Legacy STi range. This isn't even close. Thanks Jeremiah for listing the parts. Is the dealer still honoring the warrenty of the car with that stuff on it? That inlet hose is a downgrade, but I bet the exhaust is nice. I'm not trying to bash this car at all. I think it look nice, and I hope the new owner is happy because that is all that really matters.
04-21-2005, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by keirnna
Right pat, if it had everything you listed it would definitley be in the Legacy STi range. This isn't even close. Thanks Jeremiah for listing the parts. Is the dealer still honoring the warrenty of the car with that stuff on it? That inlet hose is a downgrade, but I bet the exhaust is nice. I'm not trying to bash this car at all. I think it look nice, and I hope the new owner is happy because that is all that really matters.
04-21-2005, 09:55 AM
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I had a Perrin tubro inlet hose, it caused 3 months of grief after my upgrade. It turns out after months and months of troubleshooting the Perrin hose, all of them to some extent are sucked in by the compressor wheel when it creates a slight vaccum pressure. Mine was sucking in so much that I would hit peak boost and then drop down to 7 PSI, or about .5 bar. It could not hold the intake pressure. The stock hose is hard, and will not collapse. So I had to tear my intake manifold off the car, and replace my tubo inlet hose with the stock one. I guess the FP Green uses a larger than stock wheel, so if you want to stay with your stock hose you are SOL. David from APS said that there is no restriction that make a HP or Torque difference up to about 400 WHP which higher than than you would most likely go to a rotated mount turbo anyway which should come with a new harder hose.
In Corky Bell's Turbocharger book he talks about ensuring your turbo inlet hose us sufficiently sturdy so it won't colapse. I think it takes a large turbo to colapse it, because no one I know with a stock one has had problems. Chris I know you are far from stock, but if you haven't had problems I guess don't worry about it. I talked to a guy back in Okinawa that used some Samco hoses I think and his turbo actually sucked the hose through comressor wheel and destroyed his turbo and damaged his engine.
In Corky Bell's Turbocharger book he talks about ensuring your turbo inlet hose us sufficiently sturdy so it won't colapse. I think it takes a large turbo to colapse it, because no one I know with a stock one has had problems. Chris I know you are far from stock, but if you haven't had problems I guess don't worry about it. I talked to a guy back in Okinawa that used some Samco hoses I think and his turbo actually sucked the hose through comressor wheel and destroyed his turbo and damaged his engine.
04-21-2005, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by keirnna
I had a Perrin tubro inlet hose, it caused 3 months of grief after my upgrade. It turns out after months and months of troubleshooting the Perrin hose, all of them to some extent are sucked in by the compressor wheel when it creates a slight vaccum pressure. Mine was sucking in so much that I would hit peak boost and then drop down to 7 PSI, or about .5 bar. It could not hold the intake pressure. The stock hose is hard, and will not collapse. So I had to tear my intake manifold off the car, and replace my tubo inlet hose with the stock one. I guess the FP Green uses a larger than stock wheel, so if you want to stay with your stock hose you are SOL. David from APS said that there is no restriction that make a HP or Torque difference up to about 400 WHP which higher than than you would most likely go to a rotated mount turbo anyway which should come with a new harder hose.
In Corky Bell's Turbocharger book he talks about ensuring your turbo inlet hose us sufficiently sturdy so it won't colapse. I think it takes a large turbo to colapse it, because no one I know with a stock one has had problems. Chris I know you are far from stock, but if you haven't had problems I guess don't worry about it. I talked to a guy back in Okinawa that used some Samco hoses I think and his turbo actually sucked the hose through comressor wheel and destroyed his turbo and damaged his engine.
In Corky Bell's Turbocharger book he talks about ensuring your turbo inlet hose us sufficiently sturdy so it won't colapse. I think it takes a large turbo to colapse it, because no one I know with a stock one has had problems. Chris I know you are far from stock, but if you haven't had problems I guess don't worry about it. I talked to a guy back in Okinawa that used some Samco hoses I think and his turbo actually sucked the hose through comressor wheel and destroyed his turbo and damaged his engine.
I only replaced my stock inlet because it tore when I tried forcing onto my turbo. My turbo and inlet will be replaced with a rotated set-up in the future. So I hope I won't ever have to encounter a collapsing inlet.