I finally got back to working on my DSM that's been sitting for a few years. I'm trying to get the car running smooth once and for all and this particular hose has me stumped. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance

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Hey guys, I'm looking to swap out my 450 walbro with another unit. I initially had a shop do it 3 years ago, but it seems to have hit the fan. Either way, I was curious, if it's possible to remove replace the fuel pump, without disconnecting the line from underneath the car? I'm okay with...

Price for tune?

Make a dsmtuners.com fb page that redirects visitors to this site, or better yet, pin the post that you made there on other social media sites as well?

I'm in the market for some fuel injectors, but I'm concerned that the fic 1800s blue max "low z," may potentially have issues with drivability, including warm start ups from what I've read regarding smaller fic injectors from older posts. I don't know if they've made their products better over...

Just the turbine housing. thank you

Thanks for the smart comment, if I was a pro, I wouldn't be asking here. One I had shop install the box and secondly, all I did was pull the plugs out the TCU.

No mechs out here familiar with auto trans?

Hey guys. Just to make this short, my 98 GSX has been having intermittent shift issues. This all started once I went with the 3g shifter w/ shift box. With the TCU operating, car shifts fine. My current issue is, I no longer have second gear. The gear display will show 2nd gear, but the car...

The first question I have is whether or not the car completely stock? If not, what mods have been done. No check engine? Id say unplug the maf and see if the car is better or worse. If the car gets better there is your problem.

Check the coolant level when it's cold, is it full? Definitely change the radiator cap and flush the fluid. Properly burp the rad. If the car has been sitting for that long, could be some corrosion in the radiator and a new one may be necessary. The current temperature in NY is 40s 50s and my...

I had bought some off rockauto. Thanks

Is this combination possible? For some reason I only see 1g heater hoses listed on extreme psi and want to purchase from them. Can anyone confirm this? Thank you.

Did you end up trying this?

First off, stop with the sad face for it being auto lol, these pieces of machinery are absolutely amazing when setup correctly and could always be swapped out if need be. 2nd, if the car has been sitting for 2 years, i would definitely prime it before starting her up with some fresh oil, as...

Thank you for that in depth explanation dog whistle.

Thanks man

The biggest mistake is running your dsm hard with old tired fluid and the stock transmission cooler, especially if you're running a good amount of boost. I learned this the hard way, back when I didn't know any better lol. That trans lasted 90k of absolute abuse practically stock, until I had...

Okay, so I have the tru cool unit mounted on the car, my only concern is the top of the trans has 2 ports and the tru cool has two also, does it matter which way it's connected? If so how do I do this correctly. Thank you.

I'm using a spectre I guess half filter you could call it. I went this route because with this intake, it has an adapter with a hose that I extend to where the fog light used to be. My int temps prior to this was 140 at idle without it, it's down 60 degrees with the tube connected and close to...

It turns out there was a good amount of water in the intercooler and piping. After draining it was clear, now my temp gauge is acting up, so I'll change the sender and hopefully that fixes it.

So, yesterday on my way home from work at night I drove through a very deep puddle at speed. Engine turned over and I was within feet of my house. The engine did stall and the valve cover had a puddle of water. Dried everything up and this morning checked the oil and it had milk color. Changed...

Ahh okay, good to hear. Yeah, I'll go and get some rtv tomorrow and get this darn thing repaired. Thanks for the quick reply.

Good morning guys, just a quick question. I've dented my water pipe and now have the infamous leak where the pipe meets the thermostat housing. I've never taken this piece off, but how long would you guys think this job takes to do and does the manifold have to come down as well? Thanks for the...

I know this is an old post, but figured it's worthwhile to mention (for others) that if you check off the box to not log egr cel prior to the state being completed for example, that it will remain incomplete until Dtc is enabled and cycles. I think this is the issue many people with link run...

Thanks guys for the answers!

Just want to ensure the obvious is correct, that it's best to leave the 1100s rather than swapping in the 450s for the time being?

Is it safe to run a stock fuel pump with 1100cc injectors until I get a 255 pump installed? The car I'm referring to has a hx35 and the pump on that vehicle went out and we replaced it with a stocker until we could get a replacement unit. What kind of issues can you run into? I'm just assuming...

Funny thing is, I washed under the car today and the sound is gone/very faint.

Yeah, the car is awd. I'd hope it would be something as straight forward as that, but wouldn't that make noise all the time?

I have know clue to this new issue and with school haven't had much time to look. The problem is that ONLY in reverse, the car makes a terrible squeaking sound. Car is automatic. Initially I thought it was coming from the rear, so I loosened the hand brakes,nothing. It appears to be more from...

One important tips I wish I had known the first time is use as short of a chain as possible. As clearance became an issue for me towards the end. So don't use a balancer imo

I only shift in heavy traffic, to keep it from shifting constantly. I honestly thought with the shift box you had to use the controller to shift. Okay, so that's great to know.

I have a question regarding full line pressure and using the gear selector to shift gears. There are two apparently popular shift kits available: the forced four and the roadsurge. I'd like to use the gear selector to upshift, instead of the box. Is this possible to maintain the line pressure...

On the street, the 2.3 with the auto is so much more responsive,very fun car. Don't have to rely so much on the turbo to get the car moving.

Did you try just unplugging the maf sensor and see how it runs starts up? Also, you have to drive with the new maf for a few miles before it runs right if that's the problem.

2 of my dsm had bad valve seals and the main symptom was start up puff of smoke and clears shortly. After a good drive and idling it would begin to smoke a fair amount... depending on how bad yours are will determine the amount of smoke.

"20mm long at the pan (MF101229), 16mm long at the turbo (MF241225)." I copied this from another post. I'm looking for the bolt size for the return line to use on a fp black with their blue return line, but the op for this post didn't state the turbo. The bolts off my t25 are to short. Are these...

Also looks like my charcoal canister is in the way.

So I'm installing my new vrsf fmic on 2g gsx auto/with ac and ps and just running into some issues. What have you guys done with the ps lines? What about the ac? Doesn't seem possible at this point

Initially I was going to post a pic, but I don't want to down play the product, it just may of been a dud. I will send pictures to the respected vendor and see what they have to say though. I was also unaware that I could contact the shipping company, but the way it was packaged, it was almost...

I just bought a FMIC from a known vendor and it was shipped with the least amount of care possible. FMIC was outside the box on the porch pretty much lol. It's full of scratches,bent fins, just not what I was expecting. None the less, comestics is one thing, but my biggest concerns is just how...

If everything checks out with timing, I would check for vacuum leaks, especially at the intake manifold,fuel injectors and intercooler piping next.

I did not adjust the ride height, still fit 3 4 fingers in the gap. I didn't find that you're being mean about it, but if you look at the spec sheet, you can see the right side is in terrible shape vs the left. My initial question was how to determine the control arm was bent.

Well, I was advised not to just put a camber kit if something is bent as it would cause it to fall out of spec... plus I want to lower it

The car is on Megan ez street coils, but I haven't adjusted the height, still could Fit 3 fingers in the gap.

Hey guys need some help here. Brought my car to get an alignment and here are the results. As you can it's pretty bad,particularly the rear. Now the guy I spoke with said something is probably bent and said the rear control arm or the "spindle." I guess he was referring to the axle, but either...

I'm in Nassau county, would be nice to get a few dsmers to meet up when the weather is nice out or roll out to some of the car meets

Oh yes, I was referring to the actuator. The nipple broke off, figure I'd buy a new one.