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    fuji's current project (05 STI, Best STI ever made by subaru)

    So......did it blow up?
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    turbo rebuild

    I'd go with a bigger turbo unless you are heavily into high level competition autocross or some race series where a larger sized turbo raises minimum weight etc etc. Just my 2 cents though
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    turbo rebuild

    yea built heads/engines and oxygenated race gas/e85 kinda throw my rule of thumb out the window :tup:
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    Subaru Powertrain Warranty Review

    Total Money Cost to me: $0 Total Time cost: ~4 hours (including driving time to and fro) Total Gas Cost: ~ 6 gallons of 93 Yes Holy, while I had my suspicions I thought everything was good to go and we'd be ready to roll! However, I always told myself if I tuned before warranty was up I'd...
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    turbo rebuild

    Here's a nifty trick for gauging power output. On our cars it tends to be about 10bhp per lb a minute of flow from the turbo on 93. 40 lb per min turbo * 10bhp per lb = ~400bhp on 93
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    White STi HATCH with carbon roof wrap... anyone?

    why not just plasti-dip the top of the car black?
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    Subaru Powertrain Warranty Review

    40% done with break-in #2, everything is nice and smooth again. Here is the pic of the write-up from the tech....quite interesting.
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    Custom Rally WRC Inspired Exhaust for sale!

    Interesting, do WRC cars really run their exhaust this way??? The rally america Subarus route it above the rear axle (for more ground clearance im guessing) from 2008-2012 :)
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    Think I've added more BHP today

    Laminex good for 5bhp, red pinstriping good for solid 8bhp, you used the thicker style striping so 10bhp. Looks good AND 15bhp!!!!
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    Subaru Powertrain Warranty Review

    The master tech took it home to make sure nothing crazy was gonna happen. So when I get home I'll take pics of the paperwork, but the gist of what went down is I have a new longblock in the car :tup:
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    Subaru Powertrain Warranty Review

    Man i must have a knack for timing on these things, got a call today, should get it back tomorrow with a clean sheet of health. Tech is taking it home to put some mileage on it so nothing crazy happens.
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    Info on buying a used STi

    Close to the same buying process as a VW, except the following you do NOT have to do: -Check all electrical circuits front to back -Make sure interior doesnt smell like a crayon -Make sure it's not bagged -Make sure it's not herrafrush (this can still happen to subies but not nearly as often)...
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    Subaru Powertrain Warranty Review

    They are taking forever.....should likely call for an update except I know it'll just leave me more confused by whatever the non-technical person tells me
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    Subaru Powertrain Warranty Review

    My guess is they did the compression wet already long ago to no avail, because that's what i expected actually on the first go around "compression is fine, now pay us". Really the dealership is screwing themselves as i've put 6k miles on their loaners.....ROAD TRIP!!!
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    Subaru Powertrain Warranty Review

    Yea, or they did the work, checked the compression and it was the same, cause I had these calls early to mid last week and havent heard shit yet. I was also under the assumption that if machine work was involved they just replaced with new generally. Regardless I'm not taking the car back...
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    Subaru Powertrain Warranty Review

    Update: Does not seem loss of compression was due to anything in the shortblock. Service advisor called me and said "a valve needed to be tightened and theyre fixing it up good as new and id have it back soon". I wasn't exactly sure what tightening a valve meant and when I pressed for details...
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    Smoking on start up.

    As others have stated, if the smoke is blue its burning oil and a bad sign. Get a compression check done if you're super nervous, mine would spit a little blue out on startup if i hadnt driven in a week+. Mine ended up having bad compression in cyl 3 (for a unknown reason, but speculation is...
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    Subaru Powertrain Warranty Review

    Another update, finally dropped my car off so SoA can see the latest compression results. I'm not taking it back this time until its in specification...
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    Subaru Powertrain Warranty Review

    Small update, called customer relations at Subaru of America and they said they need to call the dealership and the DPSM and get the scoop then they'll call me back. Not getting a warm fuzzy feeling about what will happen
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    Buying lots of parts? Get a free plane ticket!

    oh yea, always make your money work for you. Personally I use bank of america cash rewards and pay the balance every month, then every now and again i get a check of "free money" to do whatever i please with and not feel guilty :)
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