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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    Well, as I expected, i'm off on another project. I sold the VR4 last weekend to a chap in Canada. So it's going international!It was all about the build for me. I would have loved to do some of the other projects for it that I had planned, but it didn't make financial sense to keep dumping...
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    After thinking about it a bit more I was questioning the intake manifold port to which my MAP sensor is connected to.I was using it on the PCV valve, which is a big no no apparently (news to me!). I've moved it to a port on the plenum and the MAP signal is much smoother. I will get some fresh...
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    I've adjusted my TPS physically to get 0.63v and then did the TPS adjust, which gave me the results you see in the log. I will go back and double check to see if I'm still sitting at 0.63v.Yes pump 93I'm not particularly worried about the afrest and wideband reading, I know I can tighten...
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    The only real issue I'm having, due to boostest being this far off, is that it is bringing me way down in the timing table. I'm pretty much bottoming out there so I don't have any resolution for adjustment.Attached is a 3rd gear pull and my injector flow sheet. I can't help but think that...
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    It's the internet, I wouldn't expect any less! I think both have their ups and downs. Lots of people run both with great results.I have started my base tune, I was pretty solid at 20psi, i've moved up to ~28psi now. I'm just having issues getting afratioest/wideband and boostest/map to line...
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    The goal of this car isn't going to be anywhere near the threshold that people suggest switching to SD. I just want a fun street-able car.For my particular setup MAF is perfectly fine, I may switch back to SD to learn it but it isn't going to be because I need it to make more power.As...
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    GM MAF. I don't see how i'm handicapping myself, people have ran MAFs for years without issue. SD is nice, but its not significantly better than a nice MAF setup.The issue is I don't know how to tune SD right now, and I don't feel like taking the time to learn it at the moment. I'd like to get...
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    Yeah, i've ran into nothing but problems with this stupid turbo. Drain hit the motor mount (as i've documented) and denting the water pipe.I did my boost leak test yesterday and the compressor cover is leaking at the snapring...so that is going to be fun. It looks like people RTV around the...
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    After one of the first tuning nights, I discovered that my headlights didn't work. I managed to make it home before it got TOO dark, almost getting pulled over in the process.The next day I did some digging into what was going on there. I made my way to the engine bay fuse box and found out...
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    I prefer driving the STi to the VR4. I don't know that it will change, either.It's been quite a while since my last update, just some little things here and there. I will try to get to it today!
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    Man does it feel weird to be sitting in this cockpit. The car is surprisingly comfortable, like way more than I had ever imagined it would be, with all of the poly mounts.I haven't done any other tuning, yet. I just take it for a spin around a couple of blocks to get it moving. I want to get...
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    Next was to figure out why my ECU wasn't able to trigger my radiator fan to turn on. Even manually triggering the fuel pressure solenoid (the solenoid that I had hooked the radiator fan up to for the trigger wire) nothing would happen. I went back to the forums and tried a couple different...
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    Only a couple things left to tackle!The first is the coolant overflow. I didn't really like where my aftermarket one was placed (it was also rubbing on the intake once installed). It would also block quite a lot of airflow to my intake. For now I've put a coolant overflow bottle in the driver...
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    Yeah the preferred customer tier gets 25% off for $20/year.I've used the universal type rad hoses a couple times before and didn't have any issues. We will see how these ones hold up.
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    Street Build bkrathwohl's Galant VR4 #1228/2000

    I don't have a good reason, I just want to use AMSOIL.
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