rallyruss

None left huh? that sucks. I will check my local sources for any still on the shelf. I would love to be set up with the 5 lug. Unfortunately the expensive rally tires I just purchased recently are for the 4 lug 13s. I also no longer have a house with shop space or my tools to do any major work. I can get it into my friends shop for minor stuff but thats about all.

Yeah I will most likely swap in some KYB GR2s for the regular EA82s to get thru the season. Sucks. I may have to dump some money into custom struts. I have seen it done before on a stage rally car before. My RX is strictly A Rally X vehicle. Its not street legal.

I have a set of GAB rally struts on the front of my rally cross beast. Looking for any decent replacement or if someone knows where to get a couple GAB units. I know they are no longer produced. any help would be appreciated. The car is in the top three in Rally preped 4wd so far this season and I would like to keep it that way.

there is an O ring and a seal. you need to mark the location of the retainer and then spin it out(can be tricky) then replace and lube o ring and seal AFTER removing retainer. seals cannot be changed with out pulling the retainer out. axle has to be removed obviously.

Chase relax man. you did admit to using a fram so you should expect some flack from those of us that have been in the business since before you were born. they do leak from time to time. they also have been known to cause complete engine failures when they fall apart internally. these are not just "old mechanic" stories passed down but things I and other mechanics I know have seen personally over the years. now dont take offence. I know that you are a sharp guy and are learning tons every day. just rember im just like you but with 15 more years of real world automotive experience. its what ive done since before I was your age. the old saying "when you get to be my age you will understand" applies here. this is a forum and things posted need to be viewed carefully. some bits of info are excelent but they can be hard to distinguish from the BS at times. dont get all excited and try to set the record "straight". it just leads to little battles and makes you frustrated. now go fix your car and tell us how it runs and what you did. thats the good stuff around here. have fun.

yeah and its got that grippy stuff so when the crimp starts leaking all over you can still get the filter off by hand.

fram!!!!??? your asking for trouble.

address the GIGANTIC exhaust leak first(check the up pipe gaskets. They blew out multiple times on me). I doubt the WG is stuck open unless the actuator got damaged somehow. the exhaust just takes the path of least resistance. also make sure you dont actually have a GIGANTIC Boost leak. what did you remove and reinstall when you did all that work on the car? I would look there as well. all that TD04 turbo and intercooler plumbing is far from factory quality. It was put together by some guy in his garage on a budjet(me). Therefore it does not have the fit and finish of a factory system so you need to be carefull with it and inspect it often.

I had a quote on custom forged JE pistons and head studs a long time ago. it ran close to the 1800.00 mark if I rember correctly. thats not counting all the extras that go along with all that. I did not have the funds or the justification at that time. the heads are somewhat limited in creating big HP numbers as well and would ned work. you think you are hitting fuel cut at .65 Bar? is that sustained full throttle? I never really had a problem running close to that boost level with that car. you may have some other problem. possibly an ignition misfire under hard load(weak coil or bad secondary system) or if its running lean/overadvanced and knock retarding.

you can sell it for "parts use only" as far as I know. so the light is on but you cannot pull a code? that makes no sense. but hey you have looked at it not me. its probably somthing simple like the egr sol.

easy Chase. your going to dump a ton of cash into my baby then blow it up.:-\ leave the injectors alone. leave the fuel system alone. 9-10 psi boost is all you need. those pistons are NOT forged. getting around the fuel cut is a pain in the rear and has its hazzards. dont get all buck wild on it.

sweet. looks like fun.

no. its not a coolant hose its part of the idle air control circit. you will need it unless you just want to crank up the idle. I would keep it if I were you.

I have worked on three completely different intercooler set ups on EA82Ts. yeah you need to know how to do some fab work or pay someone to help you out if you cannot do it yourself. I highly recomend intercooling espically when done right. beataru has one of my intercooler instalations in his wagon(was mine). just as he stated I used some pcv pipe to set it up and then redid it with mandrel bent steel and silicone connections. I think I probably spent 500$ and a ton of time getting it all to work on that car. the other two set ups were more affordable mostly because the turbos were stock rather than a TD04.

its possible. I have done quite a few alignment in my garage and usually get really close. I use tape measures and a specially calibrated eyeball. oh yeah and I usually try to figure out why the car needs to be straightened out first unlike many alignment shops. that will get to the root of the problem.