Might be leaving the DSM world

[richard33]

When I first got my car 3 years ago someone putting in 550s broke the middle bolt on my fuel rail. Well I've had like 5 different sets of injectors in and never bothered fixing the broken bolt cause none of them ever leaked. Get the right o rings and you will be fine. Just tighten one side a little then the other. Keep going back and forth slow until they are both down. You don't have to kill them on there. Just enough to set the injectors in place.

 

[11Banger]

Don't do it, as soon as its gone you're gonna kick yourself in the ass for getting rid of it

 

[g4ebguy90]

Fuel rail bolt, dude ive ran 1 bolt in there till I got some junkyard ones. Drill it out, tap it, install new bolt done. I have like 15 fuel rails if you need one.

 

[Eagle96TalonTSi]

You have an awd 1g that runs and drives and is virgin.

That in itself is an accomplishment.

 

[99ECLIPSEGSXDSM]

Don't do it, as soon as its gone you're gonna kick yourself in the ass for getting rid of it

He got the injectors to stop leaking and is back in love with his car. Got to love this love/hate relationship with our dsm's

 

[Cdc1221]

Hell ya i got so frustrated with mine today i was ready to sell both and buy a 3kgt( not that it would be any better), but i got the issue resolved. Also found another . Damn timing belt is loose as wore out ####y. Get to #### with that over the weekend

 

[EisHERE]

hahah. so many good points in this thread. owning these cars is a rollercoaster of emotions and makes you feel bi-polar .

 

[undefined0000]

I was going through a tough time . I ended up getting a different one anyway. Currently its just sitting in the back yard because I lost a damn shift linkage clip, picking up one from a guy tonight.

 

[Spector5]

One tool would of fixed this "torque wrench". Not trying to knock you, but how do you break those bolts?

 

[buhay6]

I've been so close to walking away from my build 10 plus times already........I have to buy 1k+ just on tools to fix my car and have to redo my whole drive train, brakes get an exhaust and fmic before I can even think of driving it......plus have to fix my supra again.

 

[awdtalon4451]

I bought my Talon with the head, turbo, and even front bumper in the trunk. Engine had spun a bearing and was driven until the crank was junk. I towed it home on a U-Haul trailer two years ago and I'm on my second engine, trans, and clutch. I've probably pulled the head a half dozen times alone. I just spent a few months and a couple grand overhauling the original suspension, which required almost every single bolt to be cut into pieces, removed, and then replaced with grade 10 hardware (which is stupid expensive). After all that, I'm just now to the point of replacing the small 16g the car came with.

My point is that you don't have it hard. Not to say it isn't frustrating, we've all been in your shoes. But you've been at it for a few months while some of us have poured our lives into these cars for years on end. It's part of the game and I can promise it only gets harder. So if you don't want to deal with that, sell the car now. But if you want to keep going, just know that a fuel rail bolt is the least of your worries. However, the reward can be well worth the trouble.

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Well done sir, doesnt even look like the same car. :thumbup:
Just curious but why stick with the plastic/rubber intake pipe?

 

[99ECLIPSEGSXDSM]

The a aftermarket intake is t that much better then the rubber intake. The biggest difference is in the airfilter and box removal

 

[WES_393]

Well done sir, doesnt even look like the same car. :thumbup:
Just curious but why stick with the plastic/rubber intake pipe?

Thanks! And like 99ECLIPSE said, it's not much of a restriction if you put a nice filter on it and remove the inner recirc tube. I saw no point in using a 4" pipe for a 2" turbo inlet. I'll need a 4" for my Holset though, so it'll get upgraded soon.