upgrade (now with numbers!)

mosc · 06-07-2008, 09:49 PM

The wrx was sold stock. It also had a warranty on it which really made it much easier. If I had done something stupid to her and blown something, she still had more than three years of full coverage.

Modded injectors can put out about twice as much as stock. Give or take. The key is to do professional flow testing to make sure they're all the same and working right. It's not too much cheaper and of course you'll be without injectors for a while but there are places you can just send em off to and have all that done.

9d2TSi · 06-08-2008, 12:17 AM

I can't wait to see what's up with this "mystery turbo".

nagyhead · 06-08-2008, 10:48 AM

won't it be hard to tune if you don't know the size of the turbo?

mosc · 06-08-2008, 11:22 AM

well, I don't think I'm going to max it out on 92 octane anyway...

mosc · 06-13-2008, 04:32 PM

Tune moved to Wed/Thurs

newtothegame · 06-14-2008, 01:28 AM

That sucks, sorry to hear Mosc. Looking forward to hearing how your tune goes. Best of luck with it.

tuner ready · 06-20-2008, 12:57 PM

How did the tune go? What are the numbers? etc?

mosc · 06-20-2008, 06:24 PM

Boost leak. They're tracking it down for me because I'm not driving out there again until it's tuned. Already been back and forth twice now. I'm sure it will be an interesting bill...

God used cars are fun.

newtothegame · 06-21-2008, 01:06 AM

Dang, one after the next. I hope everything goes well and is sorted out quickly for you Mosc.

pzr2874 · 06-21-2008, 05:56 AM

You wanted the "upgrade"......

baller_v24 · 06-21-2008, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mosc

I was looking for about 6 months before I found one I could stomach. Many were highly modded or the owners were asking well over blue book.

I finally tracked this one down for 21700 with 41k miles and in particularly good shape interior/exterior wise. I was unhappy about the mods on the car but I don't think intakes and TBEs are a huge deal.

too bad u waited that long for something like that. espcecially the mystery turbo ordeal. good luck with the tune and finally getting to enjoy your new ride.

mosc · 06-27-2008, 03:15 PM

mystery turbo is an unmarked TD05... probably a 16G.

Haven't driven her in 2 weeks. I have a very frustrated mechanic out here who's been through most of the car at this point. I'll keep y'all posted.

Compression test came out 135psi all around. Not ideal, but shouldn't be the cause. Turbo seems to be fine. Map is stock (although now scaled for larger injectors I put in). New plugs.

WRXKidid775 · 06-27-2008, 09:30 PM

Maybe it has lower compression internals? now that would be even more confusing. Hopefully not though.

mosc · 06-27-2008, 09:45 PM

I'm leaning more towards distributor or something. It runs fine but once it gets decent boost, it falls flat on it's face. I originally thought this was just because the turbo wasn't stock with a stock map but the mechanic describes it more as a boost leak

newtothegame · 06-28-2008, 12:29 AM

Dang Mosc, I hope you soon get it all figured out so you can finally enjoy your car.