Its been a while, but my final year of engineering school is eating away at my time...plus no job my last year of school = no money to put into any projects. I drive the FD a few times a week when I feel like annoying everyone (4" exhaust and w/g dumps will do that) and then drive the FB the rest of the time...both are running like champs.
The FD motor now has ~1500 miles on it and is about 75% tuned (~11.5 psi and 6000rpm). Pulls extremely strong and hearing the wastegate open never gets boring. When I finally find the time I am going to finish up the tuning on wastegate spring pressure to 8000rpm and just drive it like that for a while. Then maybe when I get some money I can tend to some other things like wheels/tires. Weighing the car is on my to-do list as well.
The first gen has turned out to be an incredible investment. I took the gas tank out, completely cleaned and resealed it, cleaned the pickup/return tubes and reinstalled everything. Now the fuel starvation problem it was having when I bought it is completely gone. Also on that note, I have to recommend POR-15's tank repair/reseal kit. It took a while, but man it works wonders...I should have taken pictures.
Once I sell the Subaru, I will need to put a little bit of money into the first gen and hopefully be able to put the rest into the FD. The first gen needs a full brake overhaul (rotors, pads, lines, fluid), new tires, and could use some new suspension bushings as well. Luckily everything for this car is dirt cheap, so this should happen soon.
Maybe at that point I will have a more useful post.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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