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  1. GTSBoy
    Manifold leak bad enough to do what you're describing would be catastrophically bad.
  2. GTSBoy
    It's just a matter of where you hang the ambient temperature probe. Lying on the exhaust manifold is a good way to make the power.
  3. GTSBoy
    Zen question for the day. If a burnout happens in a deserted industrial area, and no-one posts the video to the forums, did it ever happen?
  4. GTSBoy
    Despite your findings, it can only be the throttle remaining open after you release it. The presence of an FFP just adds more likelihood that there's something weird going on with the throttle. Put a goPro under there and film it while thrashing it.
  5. GTSBoy
    I didn't, but I assume that it's like asbestos and I will eventually die from the exposure.
  6. GTSBoy
    I would suggest that RBs are becoming sufficiently rare now that the old days' behaviour of beating them to death are unsupportable. Unless you can afford to keep a stock of blocks and heads that will get you up and running again without having to pay someone COVIDtax/US enthusiast prices for theirs when you desperately need it, or you can afford to just not put the engine back together and thus give up on the car, then you either spend a lot of money building it absolutely properly (to prevent the inevitable bang) or you just don't lean on it that hard (~300rwkW sensible limit expressed above) to also prevent the inevitable bang.
  7. GTSBoy
    I think he also has "fail often" appended.
  8. GTSBoy
    Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. /litany
  9. GTSBoy
    Technically illegal to do anything with wires, even comms cabling that will never see a phone system. But if my house ever burns down they will know that a contracting electrician didn't do all the wiring in my house, because some of it is done properly. Guess which bits done by who are done properly. You don't find many catenaries, proper strain relief loops, required separation between 230VAC and control/comms wiring in any house not owned by an engineer.
  10. GTSBoy
    Installed ~2011. SA govco tariff was massive. Used to be 56c IIRC. Went down (to ~45c) a few years ago, then went back up to ~50c. System cost ~$12k after something like 10k of rebates. Paid off in <5 years. Making cream since. But, the negative side is that I could fit something like 50% more panel capacity on the roof with new panels but can't change them without losing the tariff. So I have to keep thinking about whether it is time to dump the old panels for new with more generation and live with the lower per unit tariff. Same with batteries, etc etc. Not that I think batteries are actually a good economic decision anyway. But maybe they'll get there.
  11. GTSBoy
    Is this the wrong place to talk about my 50c feed in tariff?
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    Ah. The world of front loaders. I don't have 2+hrs for each load. I don't care if top loaders use more water and make more noise. I can repair them myself when they go bunk (as opposed to the $3000/month service bill for an Asko! :p ) and can get a decent load done in <60 minutes.
  15. GTSBoy
    What the hell has the oil change interval got to do with anything?
  16. GTSBoy
    There is no such kit. Choose a power output that you're after. Choose a turbo to suit. Choose a manifold that works with that turbo. Get a dump pipe fabricated because there quite probably isn't an off the shelf dump to suit that turbo in that car. Choose an ECU that your local tuner knows how to tune. Get bigger injectors, fuel pump, intercooler. Upgrade clutch. That's how we do it.
  17. GTSBoy
    You got the wiring diagrams for the 2 cars? All you want to do is connect a wire that runs to your foglight to the foglight output on the switch. I have no idea whether that circuit is supposed to be switched on the earth side or on the power side on the GTR. Most things on most cars are switched on the earth side, but lighting is quite frequently switched on the power side. If the highbeam wiring/terminals are different between the GT-T and the GTR, then you definitely need the wiring diagrams and/or reasonable electrical diagnosis/probing skill to be able to work out where the highbeam power/switching is supposed to be on each switch.
  18. GTSBoy
    This would be done by joining wire A to wire B. Probably have to disconnect wire A from it's existing connection to wire C first.
  19. GTSBoy
    Buy eliminator kit and install. Job done.
  20. GTSBoy
    Rebuild ~half the price.
  21. GTSBoy
    Take the bumper to a crash repairer or a plastic welder (the sort that the crash repairer would use if they don't have their own guy) to stitch a little plastic into the hole and sand it back.
  22. GTSBoy
    Typical Subaru head gasket failure from inside of block out through bottom corner onto road. It's f**ked.
  23. GTSBoy
    The joke was funny for the specific reason it was created for. Overall though, at the time Turkey wasn't that bad. It was actually a nice place with nice people. But now, Erdogan is making it into an corrupt fundamentalist Islamic hell hole. So the joke is now sadly closer to reality than it ever was.
  24. GTSBoy
    Won't be this. Under cruise, that is a vacuum leak, leading to lean operation, not rich. Only goes rich on boost, when you lose the air outwards. The presence of an FCON is not a trivial thing here. I would take it to the most suitable mechanic, put it on the dyno and see WTF is going on. Internet diagnosis of this sort is not going to lead to anything except 10 suggestions for things it won't be followed by as surprise announcement from you that you found a family of frogs living in the cat converter and once they were moved on the problem went away.
  25. GTSBoy
    I wondered how this would play out when I started reading the thread. There is still one sphincter in one of his posts. Merhaba Bahadir. nasılsınız? Sorry I can't offer good suggestions for the transmission. I hate autos and I'm usually happy to see them die. There are manuals around for them on-line, so keep digging. Hopefully someone here can point you towards one.
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