Long story short, I dropped a valve and it killed one of my pistons. Salvaging the build I want to reuse as much as possible. I ordered a new mahle piston to replace the one that died. The new piston has a thicker wrist pin 22mm I believe. The old one looks to be 21mm. So my rods accept a 21...

This year will be the year of resurrection :D lol.

Hello All, just moved out to Zebulon, NC from Indiana. Just saying hello. Hit me up anytime if you need help with something. I have worked with ECMlink some and rebuilt an engine or two in the past.

Just buy a ebay kit and save the cash. Pipes are pipes until you get into very high boost levels where you need the ridges.

I plan on only getting it tuned atm. Tuning made all the difference in my wifes 02 FoSVT

Not really sure what you guys are getting at considering the FST doesn't even look like an STI. Also the whole point of my post was about me working back into getting my 90 GSX fixed. I really had a longing for this forum and then the last two posts before this one make it look just as childish...

Well, im missing this forum too much lol. Im going to try and get my 90 all painted up in june. I already have the paint bought for it. It's going to be Hyper-Blue. The FocusST.org forum is killing me, it's like being in the n00bie section all day on every post. D:

Is the middle section perforated? They do look like they have been recovered. I bought gray leather ones to be done. I halfway like the eclipse logo on there. Good find nonetheless.

My suggestion on a first build would be have someone trained show you how so you do not end up building it again. First hand bad experience here. It's not rediculously complicated and it will run, but a engine that last takes alot more attention to detail and the tools to make the measurements...

Upgrading to newer style injectors from the old DSM injectors does affect gas mileage due to better atomization/ angle/spray patterns being used today. My 90GSX was getting 25mpg mixed driving with a crappy tune. I was using PTE 780's.

I'm interested in running that 0w-30 Mobil 1 oil that seems new. It says it meets specs for 5w-30 oils but will create less drag and help mileage some.

Yeah the dual friction clutch is amazing, my ranger's clutch feels rough after driving this car. Not much pedal play which took some getting used to. Smooth as butter shifts now though.

Old 90 gsx is still faster though :X. I need to get my butt out there and paint it and throw it back together ><.

Best mpg so far has been 41, thats crusing 6th at 45 though. Car seems to take boost very well. I haven't seen anyone pushing for alot of power yet though. FWD lol. I would like to get a quaife after the tune and try to pick up on those RS "revoknuckles". The new RS will dwarf it but this...

There we are. I love these recaros, will get a tuner for it soon hopefully and get that extra 60tq unlocked!