so by that, your saying all dsm's should run bad until they warm up? My car was running fine, when it was cold, then is now having this issue, so that why I dont know what the problem is.

Whenever I start my car, the first 5 minutes or so of driving, it bogs and has less power then normal. If I floor it when driving though(The first few min), it will go as fast as normal. This issue just seems to happen at partial throttle until it reaches normal operating temp. It feels like...

To update this thread a bit, the alternator relay or "generator relay" has to do something if you have it on your car. I recently had an alternator charging issue, where the alternator was putting out nothing at all. It ended up being that a wire was broke off the "alternator relay" and also it...

yea im still trying to deal with this problem. I know the alternator is good and the battery, and the power wire going to the fuse box. also all the fuses look good. I have no idea why my alternator is not charging the car. this is terrible, cant figure it outI fixed my issue tonight! It...

Charged up the battery today fully again. It reads 12.75 volts when turned off. When turned on it reads 12.34 volts at the battery and alternator. Again this is my 3rd brand new alternator being tried(so im sure the alternator is good), and the fuse is not blown. I have no idea what this could...

anyone?

I have tried 3 brand new alternators and my car is not charging at all. Im measuring it from the alternator positive terminal (and also from the battery). As soon as I turn on the car the voltage starts to drop from 12V. Everything is hooked up right and the belt is not slipping. I have tried~...

I believe I am having a grounding problem. Where are the OEM grounds suppose to go? It looks like I only have the black with a yellow stripe one, that goes from the negative battery post, into the engine harness. I think I'm going to add one from the intake manifold to the frame and maybe...

I haven't ran my car in awhile, started it up the other day and power steering fluid started spraying/exploding out of the reservoir cap. It leaked a ton out all over the garage floor. I assume there is air in the lines so I took the cap off and was planning on starting the car and turning the...

I have replaced my alternator(it clearly went out). My car still would die after replacement and after awhile I figured out it was the wire that comes from the alternator to fuse box. I replaced it and got a new battery. It runs ok now but sometimes the headlights will dim and the dash will so I...

any other ideas?

Im idleing at around 15 AFRs and under WOT its 11.0ish AFR's, but when i'm crusing at certain speeds(especially highway) and give the car partial throttle to get up to speed(hit maybe 6 or so PSI) it runs lean(17ish AFR's) and feels like its tugging a bit. Now if this happens and I give the car...

replaced the water pump and thermostat also.

already replaced the front O2 and coolant temp sensor. still not sure what the problem is.

My car is overheating and running lean(17-17ARFs then off the wideband) this happens at crusing RPMs and especially higher speeds(highway) or even going up a hill and I get into boost.(it also kind of dogs or tuggs when this happens) The Temp gauge slowly climbs when this happens and the egnine...

yea so im thinking re-use the ARP's that were in the car, and ditch the OEM ones I bought(arps look ok still and this is the first time removing) and pick up a Felpro locally( im just trying to get the car ready to sell, its only running like 14 PSI with exhaust and intake, and a couple other...

So I snapped a head bolt( #1 the first one I was putting in) turns out the torque wrench was broken and I just kept going and it broke.(wasent even really wrenching on it hard) I got the bolt out and everything(it snapped in the middle). My question is can I re-use the new head gasket that I put...

I'm in the process of doing my head gasket, and was wondering how much to torque the head bolts down, and then re torque them to(how ever many times, specs, and order.) Im to the part of taking the head bolts out. Got an OEM head gasket from Mitsubishi with OEM head bolts. This is a 1996 GSX. Or...

Im trying to find OEM headstuds for my headgasket job on oemmitsubishiparts.com but cant find them from searching. Anyone know the part number? its for a 1996 GSX

anyone? also my compression is 1-170 2-180 3-180 4-180 and I did a leak down test and the results were inconclusive

My car is running lean while crusing only, especially on the highway. It will go from 14's to 15's to 18's then not even register on the wideband gauge and the car will start tugging. No boost leaks. Under WOT the AFR's are fine. Also the car will run a lot hotter while crusing when this...

What size are the 2 bolts that hold on the hydraulic tensioner? I seem to have lost them while doing a timing belt job.

ive replaced the that line above the oil filter housing. Im thinking its the oil filter housing itself. I cant see any coolant near the water pump but the oil filter housing is still covered in it.

My car is leaking coolant(dripping) only once I start the car and it warms up a bit. When I shut it off it stops. I pulled off all the timing covers and alternator, and it doesent look like its coming from the water pump(thats what I thought it was) but there is no sign of coolant around it...

also theres no oil in the coolant or coolant in oil.....Ill probably just replace the headgasket and water pump

Iam losing coolant and my car is slightly overheating once i drive it for about 40min or more (The temp gauge actually just goes a quarter or so above the middle) then comes down once i let it sit and idle. Also there is a little white smoke coming out of my exhaust when i take off somewhat...

awesome thanks for the info

Do I need the plastic caps(injector Pintles or whatever)on the end for the stock injectors? I remember them being on my larger PTE Injectors but I cant remember if their needed on the stock 450cc's, thanks

hey so im not familiar with tires and sizing at all..............i just picked up some new rims 18x7.5 5x100/114.3 42mm offset im looking at these tires......225/40ZR18....will they be ok?

i wanna get a bov but theres like 50000 and so many different reasons to get each one........i want one thats as loud as possible while still not hurting my boost or w/e also whats the highest i should go for boost with a mostly stock tsi......without logging software...............im getting a...

alright fixed problem by re wiring the whole power to the alternator/fuse box

alright new plan.....re wire the feed to the fuse box and then to battery and ground the alternator with a wire...if this doesent work it HAS to be the alternator......maybe autozone and advance suck balls at testing anything multiple times.......I had to go through 3 starters from advance...

there should just be the Red power wire held on buy a nut then the pigtail clip in harness right?

I have no Idea...I checked mostly all possible shorts/wires/fuse box and still dies after running for a couple minutes....probably end up taking it in somewhere..

does anyone know where there are some common shorts or ground wires that may have come off for this problem

Im thinking of maybe just running a new wire from the alternator power bolt to the fuse box alternator hook up....I believe the wire just goes from alternator into the harness then into the fuse box then battery correct? and if it still doesent charge it has to be the pigtail connection or maybe...

I searched but didnt quite find the answer...I tried all the suggestions but nothing still.....My car died on the highway(battery died while driving) and I got it home replaced the alternator with a new one, and tried 3 different batteries....I also got the alternator tested twice and it tested...

My turbo coolant feed on top(right below the thermostat housing) is welded shut from the previous engine owner running just an oil cooled turbo.......can I run the coolant setup for my new turbo without this? (feed it from somewhere else or something) cause I really dont wanna drill into the...

I can't get my rear wheel bearings off.....I have tried pb blaster, sledge hammer for hours, massive torch for hours, air hammer, press,ect., finally took it to a shop and they couldnt get it out and gave it back to me, ect..., The axles are just rust welded in......I picked up the whole...

Alright thanks Brian

So I just bought the Maf translator(the AFC type with digital screen) and a GM Maf.......Im wondering if I have to get the Maf translator(the box type) also with this setup

do this with it.........maybe wreck it in the process of trying to set a world record jump... YouTube - Subaru DC Mountain Lab 1.5

yea I know a few people who have done this and are on 3000 miles plus with no problems....both are around 300hp..........also Jakes build is pretty sweet

So i'm converting my extra 95 talon to RWD the cheap way just because I'm bored and have the time to do it...also I want to see how long it will last...ect.....I want to make the rear end stronger also.....Does anyone know where I can get stronger axles and maybe a link to a 4bolt rear end...

the AFC is completly off.....it still does the same thing

yes the AFC is off now.......also it is wired in and I double checked the wires.......I dunno whats going on......maybe the ECU somehow got messed up? I'm going to check the wires again

I put in an APEXI AFC and my car ran fine......I shut it off and then it wont start(idles really bad and wont rev past 2-3k) So I took out the AFC and my car ran fine.....now today I go to start it and it does the same thing......barely will start and idles low and wont rev past 2-3k......I...

alright so I took the AFC out and my car started fine........then I went to start it again today and it barely idles and wont rev past 2-3k

I installed an apexi AFC today(the button style not knob) and started up my car and it worked fine......I set everything to 0 because im not ready to tune yet.......I drove to a friends house and shut off my car......when I go to start it back up it starts and dies after about 2sec....I unhooked...