You can prove to yourself that the car can run when the fuel injectors spray 180 degrees out of phase. That is to say, the car will run no matter which stroke the fuel injector opens on. Simply swap injector plugs on 1 & 4, and 2 & 3. I believe this can also be done by putting the CAS in 180...

It's really great that you have found out how to scale for a 4bar map sensor. I have had to help a lot of people do that.I have always found the usage of VE to be a pain in the rear. You have to tune the maf, tune the engine on the maf, and then you finally get to tune the speed density. No...

As far as I know the link cables won't do it. You should try and let us know. I'm guessing it's a 2G link setup? Try installing it with the OP1.3 drivers and seeing if it works.Are you using an EVO ECU or a plastic DSM box? The EVO units can be flashed with a vag-com cable off of ebay. The...

When you need one, they are as rare as a unicorn. When you have two and only one car, others seem to flock to you and pile up in your garage.

I hope it doesn't draw 100 amps with a 50 amp fuse...There is a real easy way to try out no power steering. Remove the belt. It probably needs replacing anyway, so just take it off and leave it off for a week.I remove power steering from every car under 3200lbs. As soon as there is an issue...

The shaft spins at twice the speed of the engine. If you take your car to 7.5 or 8k this means the balance shafts are spinning at 15-16k. The BS can wipe out their bearings and put glitter into your oil.There is a slight hp increase, and a loss of a few lbs of rotating mass. The timing belt...

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No, it's not a V6, it's an inline 4.The multi tube "intake header" design ins't really ideal. It's very complex, doesn't offer flow gains, and is mostly so you can put very long runners into a smaller space to improve low end performance.There are two areas to be improved upon when comparing...

If you have a 1997 non-turbo model you can not chip your ECU. The cheapest option is megasquirt. The other options go up in price from there. You can use a piggyback or a rrfpr, but I would advise against it.

You could use an arduino or other microcontroller to drop different cylinders every couple of cycles. You would just need to cut the route to ground for the injectors from the ECU with the arduino.Cruise control is not a good way to get MPG. Check out eccomodder forums for more info on MPG...

It's time to rent a compression tester. Unless you forgot to fill it up, the coolant is going somewhere. It's most likely going out your exhaust through your cylinder head gasket. Add in the no boost and the tapping, something bad is going on, and you're going to have to get your hands dirty to...

With equal length and twin scroll, you should have a very limited amount of overlap in the pulses, if any at all. The flow requirements shouldn't change a whole lot from primary to secondary. What you could try is SCH 40 for the primaries and SCH 10 for the secondaries. They don't make 1.75"...

This can be true for steel, however the way aluminum gains and looses strength is much different than steel.After welding 6061-_ heat treatments revert back to 6061-0 which is significantly less strong than the base materials. If the whole thing hasn't been re-heat treated then you'll only get...

It's a no brainer for me, trade asap. The worst thing that happens is you'll need a $100 turbine housing to make it something that you really like.I really like 20g's with big turbines. One of my favorite DSMs was a 1g with a 20g that had the T3 turbine housing for a sy/ty. It did take a bit...

Those copper gaskets are pretty good.If the flanges are flat I use a thin layer of axle grease on the manifold to turbine, turbine to O2 housing, and O2 housing to down pipe. If the flanges aren't flat, I hit them on a belt sander until they are. The axle grease fills in any tiny imperfections...

It is common to tow AWD cars on a tow dolly by disconnecting the drive shaft. There is no T-case so it won't leak, and you've got the cups in the rear so the bearings will be supported. No worries.

Glad to hear you've got it back together. Enjoy driving it :-)It's interesting that Arkansas STILL doesn't have a decent shop with an AWD dyno. A few friends and I tried to start a shop back in 2010 and the bank told us no one would ever need anything like that.

You can absolutely run without an IAT, it's not going to hurt anything as long as the tune is set up to be at a safe AFR when the temperature is cold. You go rich when it gets warm, but most people can't feel the difference of a few AFR.I have had a few cars that came from shops around here...

5097t41 comes in different colors too : )

I'm going to assume that like most SMIM the weakest part of this piece is the welds. This was not uncommon on old SMIMshttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y97/blackGSX2g/02-04-07_1004.jpgIf the welds do crack you can have them repaired and then add tabs between the two pieces. I assumed my...

Here's a fun little toy for you all*NEW* DTT DSM/EVO 8/9 EGR Turbo Back Pressure Plate - evolutionm.netToo late for those who have already taken a drill and tap to their expensive manifolds : )

Nope, nothing wrong with doing that. It will probably shift a little nicer too. When you do upgrade you will have a good transmission to handle the extra juice. You'll also be happier not having to drop the tranny to fix it again. It's pretty easy to break a stock 2g transmission with the stock...

It fits/looks the best if you cut all 4 pieces, but I guess you know that now : D

The pressure at that port is essentially static. You should run a line off of that location and put it somewhere else where you can isolate that gauge from engine vibrations. It's less the issue of it melting and more the issue of it cracking from vibrating and heat cycling. Boost gauges have...

Area of a circle = 3.14 * (diameter/2)^22in circle 3.14 * (2in/2)^2 = 3.14in^23in 3.14 * (3in/2)^2 = 7.06in^2Assume a pipe 24" (two feet) long from your intercooler to your throttle body.Volume of a cylinder = base area * length2in pipe 24in * 3.14in^2 = 75in^33in pipe 24in *...

At 18-20psi on a 14b the SMIC heat soaks badly.

Yeah, the BOV is so good they put two of them on the new GTR :-)If I had $300 to blow on a DSM and I wasn't going to listen to any of these nice people who have had to deal with the problems that lack of maintenence causes, I would get a 3" echaust, and a big ebay FMIC kit. Then it would...

Delta cams can spray weld onto the damaged journals and then grind them down to the proper size. Might not be cheap, but it will be cheaper than new cams.

1 1/4" sch 40 mild steel or 1 1/4" sch 10 stainless steel 6ft of straight pipe 4 90 degree bends per cylinder (king architectual, ace stainless, or local pipe fitters)Cylinder head flange (ebay) Turbo flange (ebay)1 1/4" is plenty big enough and is a good size to learn with. Gives you a lot...

A hot wire air sensor essentially measures the speed of the air in a given area. If you put the element into a larger area of pipe you will increase the amount of airflow it can read. This is why you need to re-calibrate for the 3.5" MAF if you've been using a 3" MAF.The change in air flow is...

1000cc inj would only add less than $200 to the total cost of your build. You already want link, so you can run 1ks like stock.

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I would ask that before you go through the cost and trouble of doing serpentine belts you remove the PS belt for a week. For this week keep in mind that properly depowering the rack makes it 10-15% easier and gives you even more "feel" of the road. The reasons so many people remove PS go beyond...

Are you on speed density or a mass air sensor?If you have them that high on speed density, and the temperature sensor is after the intercooler, you're having problems with your intercooling. You should see the temp come up as your boost goes up. More, hotter air flow will increase the...

Killercolt, t would be interesting if your friend could find a TS turbine for his turbo. Even if it was a T3 it would probably reduce spool RPM and increase hp even more. Sounds like you guys are pretty happy with it though :-D

If you aren't putting any load on the motor, then it will take even longer to warm up. You'll be running the pistons at the looser tolerances for longer allowing them to smack around for unnecessary time periods. Heat can come from combustion or from friction. If you let a car sit and idle less...

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Choke flow means the compressor physically can not move more air through it.VE is volumetric efficiency. It is the ratio of the volume of air that enters the cylinder to the volume of displacement. A piston engine can get 40-50% to above 100% of the swept volume of the cylinder into it while...

I never expected it to be a little sealed up cartridge like that, but I guess that makes a lot of sense. It is confusing why these would be so expensive and why they would make it so people can't rebuild them.

Add turbo and all wheel drive with insurance money, pretend body damage does not exist.

It's less the boost, more the inertia of the valve as it is opened that cause the springs to have problems. It is true that the boost doesn't help, but the seat pressure has to be pretty low to allow a valve to open due to boost. The spring has to stop the downward motion of the valve, and this...

It seems you've already spent too much time thinking about it. Run dino juice and change it frequently.If you are concerned about it not having the extra measure of safety at high temperatures and loads that synthetic offers, run 5-10psi less boost than you plan to after breaking it in...

The previous owners of my car used a 7 bolt head with studs on the 6 bolt engine. They ground down the studs to fit and forced it on. Pulling it off caused the studs to bite in and I had to use a shop crane to pull up on the head and jump on the radiator core support to get it off the studs. I...

You can order the springs brand new from Ford for $7.00. If I'm getting anything differential related from a Ford in the yard it's going to be a solid 8.8 after my 3 bolt breaks.These (and the spring) basically put pressure on the spider gears so there is some static friction keeping the tires...

You can use the spring from a Ford clutch type differential. It will do basically the same thing as the phantom grip or BM insert. I've not seen a transmission they have ruined, but I've also not put one into my cars for fear of ruining the transmission.

You were running out of fuel with a single 450? What is your feed, return, and power wire situation like? 500hp is about the limit for the 255 and the 450 flows much more. I imagine the stock feed line becomes a larger restriction the more the flow increases.That is an interesting solution...

I'm glad I could help you.You can find cam tests like thisFamous DSM Camshaft Test | Technical | Resources | AMS Performanceon the web. There was a really big test on an EVO, the Kelford 272's are really good cams.Mr Peepers on here had a test with his HX35 going from 272/264's to...

292 cams will cause the peak power to occur above where the safe rev limit for a stock block. The con-rod bolts can not handle over 8-9k for very long. You won't even be starting to reach peak power by then so your choices will be to either hit the rev limiter without ever making as much power...

3 ya, those are metered air leaks. Google "boost leak test" and do one. Those need to be capped, and you may have more. At the very least hook the bov up to one of those that has vacuum and use a piece of hose to route one nipple into the other. That will effectively cap the two and make your...

Cool man, let us know what you find. You'll learn a whole lot from a data log. It is probably running MMCD. If it is, you can find a ton of data on MMCD by searching google. I put in the term "mmcd mitsubishi" when I want to learn about it.One of the smartest things I've ever done is to put...