Minnesota Focus Owners Club

umdivx wrote: Get the External WG installed. Get the Internal one welded shut.

What do you have against the internal?

Then he can put a spring on his external and get more boostsssssssss

Jeffescortlx wrote:

umdivx wrote: Get the External WG installed. Get the Internal one welded shut.

What do you have against the internal?

Reliability. Not sure how well it'll work I guess. If you can help me to get it to work right then I'll go that route.

Also I don't want more boost. I want it to be conservative.

- Josh

OEM wastegates are very reliable, they have to be.
If you want more boost, then you add a boost controller, if you want less boost then you do somthing like this:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2218783/3

my car has AC, it gets by that without a hitch... the downpipe is off by a couple degrees where it connects to the flexpipe... I'd suggest cutting off the homemade flange chuck made and redoing that part... the turbo is stug (to the point I bought slimline fans) to the stock fans, I highly recommend getting slimline fans... the internal gate is functional, but the actuator needs a new mount created, I didn't get that far. The stock actuator on the wrx ihi turbo as rated 7-8psi.

peace, I'm out

oh yeah, the downpipe is 2.5", both downpipe and log are tig welded... the log manifold flange points downward.

No pic's eh?

I can get some, when I get out to where they are stored... dust them off, ya know :p

Pics: http://homepage.duluthmn.com/~umdivx/Tu ... Stuff.html

So far this is what I have:
Mani
Turbo
Down Pipe (needs new flange welded on that goes to the flex pipe/exuast, already have the flange and new gasket)
BOV
External Wastegate (if needed)
Diablo Sport 3 flip chip
Manual boost controler
42 lbs injectors
oil catch can for PCV system
3 different MAF's (will sell the other two if needed)
Separate AIT temp sensor (helps with tuning)


So far what I know I need:
Piping ( http://store.racing-solutions.org/inbukit1.html )
Intercooler ( http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Probe-V6 ... dZViewItem )

Oil Drain Line
Couplers / Radiator hose
Slim Line Fans
T Bolt Clamps
Exhaust Gasket
Colder temp spark plugs


And whatever misc crap i'll need. So the journey begins.

- Josh

Whats the eta on this? I knwo you got most of the parts, and you said after the holidays, I just want to see...

Are you going to replace the stock clutch or do anything with the differential?

sc0tty8 wrote: Whats the eta on this? I knwo you got most of the parts, and you said after the holidays, I just want to see...

Are you going to replace the stock clutch or do anything with the differential?

Actually now I am going to wait to fully put everything together till spring time. Unless I have the tuning money right away. But one weekend I am going to mount the Intercooler and mock up the charge pining. Get it fully welded and then painted. Then either tap the block skirt or oil pan, dunno which one i'll do yet.

Basically i'll mock every thing up, a couple weekends in a row. Double and triple check everything. then just wait for the tuning.

So really this all depends on if I can borrow a car for a few weeks from the parents, or use my bro who is in Iraq, use his truck while I am working on the car. Also depends on if I can find a heated garage to work on it. I do know of one, friends of my parents, who also lives in ramsey, has a huge 4 stall garage thats fully heated and has air compressor and everything i'd need to finish it, other than a welder.

so we'll see I guess.

Also yea I am planning on using the stock clutch and no LSD, too expensive right now.

- Josh

I have a furnace in my garage, no gas line/ducting though

I also have a chop saw I am going to be putting a blade in to cut tubing with it.

i dont think db performance tune diablochip do they?

co_macho wrote: i dont think db performance tune diablochip do they?

Any tuner can tune any chip. Hitech is a Diablo shop but they can tune SCT chips. They both basically edit the same files on the ECU so it really doesn't matter who tunes it and which chip they tune, as long as they know what they are doing and what sections to edit.

I'll still go with Hitech as of right now they are definitely cheaper than DB.

- Josh

The general concensous I get is Hitech seems to be the best route with tuning and custom cams, they also build motors and such.