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Here I imagine! Amongst some great mechanics. Or some old peeps that only have driven their RX 50k or less since new.

I was looking for the tires I wanted the wrong way. I was searching for tires for the RX rather than just searching for the tires in the tire size I wanted. I know better than this. Sometimes, I can smack myself!

If you have the intercooler already, I'd think all you need is some piping, silicone or other hoses and some metal clamps. I'm ignorant of this since I've never done this on these cars. I'll be heading out this upcoming week to get the parts I think I need. Seems simple enough. I just have issue as to whether the intercooler needs to be elevated or is it naturally elevated by how it's connected to the the turbo piping and throttle body piping. I don't have welding skills and such. Seems the intercooler setups here have the intercooler elevated up some, somehow.

Will, I knew that! I was just joking around. *Boink* :-p So...as a refresher: You are now running at stock boost with an intercooler, Delta Cams, intake and what else? Just trying to get people to know how you got that first 30hp (cough). *Now, I'm going to search to see what years of Scoobies had the Spyder intake*

Yeah, I remember the pics of Skip's engine bay and I remember seeing the water injection. I'm surprised there haven't been more discussion on this being though the turbo models have such a high air intake temperature. I know we have the option of browsing the NASIOC boards for more info but if people here have applied it, I'd love to hear/read their input on this and how to apply it. I may need it sometime in the future and want to be prepared. Some think it's a crutch or band-aid I know. I'm just looking for what works and is affective at keeping detonation down when the boost is cranked up. Timnig retard, better intercoolers, more fuel, I'm familiar with. I'm looking for that point at which your fuel is limited by your injectors/pressure/pump/octane and where the water injection could become of great use.

Even with an upgraded turbo and more boost? I'm just talking about 13psi or so with an upgraded turbo. I know the stock system can handle 13psi of boost on the stock turbo but the extra flow is what I'm concerned about. Thanks for the reply though. At least I know that at stock boost with a stock turbo, there are no worries.

Would love to hang out with you guys. I haven't been off in two weeks (12hr rotating shift work) and I won't be off work until the 18th of this month (for now). Working lots of overtime to pay for repairs and mods to the XT6s and RX. I'll come around though if I don't keel over from exhaustion. Man, I miss Subaru meets and such.

I'll repeat some of this just so you know that it isn't just some random stuff. 1: Air Suspension problems (major problem), 2: Electric Power Steering problem (major problem), 3: Slimy green Water Temp Sensor, 4: Oil leaks (Like all older Subarus), 5: Valve tapping from bad oil pump seal, 6: Problems starting from ignition plug, coil or coil igniter That's all for now off the top of my head.

Has anyone else on this board attempted water injection on their vehicles? I'm not talking about in normally aspirated like the previous poster but on turbocharged models? I know Skip had done it but haven't read about anyone else doing it. Skip, Are you selling any units like the one you made up on the boards for use on the turbocharged models? Thanks! *And yes, I'm digging through some old posts for info* :-p

So Dog1, How did everything work out for you? Did you get the intercooler installed yet?

Have any of you thought about what you are going to do about getting extra fuel to your engine? Especially those of you that plan on using a Legacy turbo. What are you going to do about fuel (the Non-MegaSquirt users). That Megasquirt item makes my head dizzy. I'm an idiot!

Yes! Anything to route cool air to the intercooler would be worth it. I've seen pics of an intercooler mounted on the underside of a car with a scoop of sorts routing the air up to and through it. It was supposedly effective.

*Bump* Hello Will, Your intercooler looks like it may be elevated up some. If it is, how did you accomplish this? Also, there seem to be some vacuum hoses (I believe this is what they were) in my way if I were to put piping from the intercooler to the throttle body. Did you run into this problem? Those vacuum hoses by the throttle body look like they are further back (towards the front of the car) on your car for some reason. I looked at this briefly before coming into work tonight. Perhaps I need to look at it with more detail tomorrow.

67k, wow! Congrats!

Ooohh! I like how shiny the stock header is. What kind of polish did you use? Dayum! That is beautiful! Would be nice to see the stock header next to it for comparison. Mind sharing with the people not in the know what they are supposed to be looking at?

I know you are off to suspension world and all but how would us less mechanically minded people accomplish what you just did? I mean, where can I get this '5" back spacing'. Where can I get these tires at? I can't find any 13" tires at Tirerack but have found so me at 1010tires.com. Do you recommend this setup?

Yes, I know this is a year old but I'm curious. I've been searching for the last 5 minutes or so and have come up with limited info. Is there any mufflers that can be a direct replacement of the stock muffler on an EA82-T engined Subaru? I'm talking 2.5 - 3" mufflers. What are you folks using these days? I really like the Dynomax series muffler as I have one on both of my XT6s. Nice sound to them depending on the modification to your exhaust. Never annoyingly loud though. I keep reading about thrust but is this thrust a direct fitment? Does it have the 'louvered core' piping inside? If so, I want to stay away from any mufflers with this type of core inside.

Don't waste your time or your money Will. Do a dyno only if you are using a cone style filter, especially a cone style filter with custom piping. Testing a K&N panel filter vs the stock filter seems pointless. What's good about the K&N cone filter is not only that it's letting in more air but it has more surface area to suck in air vs the stock rectangular filters. I'm sure if there was a cone filter using the stock filter paper element, it'd perform pretty good as well, and would probably sell well if it was cheap.

OOOohhhh! Music to my ears!

Yeah, I know this has been asked a million times. I know there are pro's and con's to both. By a stroke of luck, I have both in my posession. The Air to Air intercooler I have is from a Ludespeed Stage II turbokit for my Impreza. I never got around to re-installing it and may never do it. It's an air/unit but I'm concerned about the airflow over the intercooler not being enough and it would just flow over it. I also have an air-water intercooler but no water tank to store the water in it. It's a 'Laminova' (sp?) unit. I purchased it in September of last year from ProECM.com (Dave there) with the intent on turbocharging the XT6 but my money ran dry and I dumped all the plans. So it sat in my garage. If you have any air/water intercooler experience, please fill me in on how I'd have to approach this because I'm clueless. I already have the intercooler, water pump, and 'heat exchanger' with clamps and such. I know I need a water/mix solution tank, intake-turbo, turbo-intercooler and intercooler to throttle body fabrication. Plus, where would I get the tank to hold the water? Thanks for any help and tips. This all would go on an RX turbo I purchased earlier this week.

The scoop is slightly wider than the hump. I'm thinking on an intercooler. Can't decide. I'm about to post up a question about it. Man....I'm pumped.

Good luck Gary! You got PM at the other board.

Got an RX turbo home from this post: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=10072&page=3 It looks different now. I had to change one of the front rims because it had a big dent from road rash before it was sold. So I put on two rims I had in the basement. Man, I'm so happy. I finally have a reason to be hanging out here with you guys. Here are a couple of pics I took of it this morning.

I know this thread is like 3 years old but I am looking for information that this thread pertains too. I am currently in the market for new tires on an RX. I always have shopped at Tirerack but they do not have any tires for 13" rims (or none I could find). Does anyone know where I can shop for 13" tires for an RX? I want 13's even though I know 14s and 15s are more so available. I read earlier in this thread that 13" tires can make the tires break loose somewhat during hard acceleration. I rather this than toasting my tranny since I'll be trying to learn to race this car from time to time at the strip (manual tranny). I really don't know how to drive a manual and am currently teaching myself. That's another story! Again, this car is primarily for transportation and occasional racing (dragstrips for testing purposes and fun). All I want to know is where can I get some 13" tires online. Thanks!

There you have it. Also, like RallyRuss says, I'd check the O2 sensor. As a matter of fact, I'd just replace it and get a new cat converter on there. Money pending, just do your basic tune up also to eliminate other possibilites. Spark plugs, disty, rotor, air filter, etc. Before testing the car, run it over 50mph for at least a minute. I bet after this, you'd pass with flying colors. Good luck!