Greg

If you move the seat rails that far back be sure to get a racing seat and a 5 point harness to eliminate the seat belt problem and stay safe. Greg...

Thanks for the quick reply The Scooby. I think I will heed your advice since the gas here already has methonal in it. I think I will just suck it up and buy some 100 unleaded race gas and add a gallon or two to each tank. The race gas is denser and it is not oxyegenated nor does it contain any alcohal. But it costs $7.40 a gallon! Ouch. Greg. Also to answer your question. I am running the boost at 14-15psi. But I have run it at short bursts up to 20psi. But since the gas is weak the knock sensor will usually cut the engine out after about 15psi. Cause octaine is too low. the race gas helps this though. And the spool up and power are better. But I can't buy a full tank of race gas all the time. Greg...

What brand of Octaine Boost do you use? How big a difference you gain in spool up and power in your turbos? Greg..

I posted many weeks ago with a sudden drop in boost in my 2005 Baja turbo. Since so many of you have been so helpfull I wanted to thank you and keep you all updated. I drove my Baja from Montana to California for bussiness. seems the gas in California is even worse than we all thought. I was getting 12-14psi of boost in Montana. (Good gas) In california after using the gas there I started getting about 6-10psi. (Bad low octaine Oxygenated gas!) Wow I didn't know that. I took the car to the dealer, they scanned it and found nothing. They did reccommend Chevron gas. Though it is still oxygenated gas, just a little better quality. Still low boost. I took it back again to the dealer again, they reset the ECU. Tech said car is running good. I explained about the boost to the tech this time, not the advisor. He said 6-10psi is normal. By now it's been about a month and I 'm getting pissed off. I know 6-10psi is low. I bring the car back a third time. I finally got the tech to admit that ths Baja has the potential to put out that kind of boost, in the right conditions. (I hope I'm not boaring anybody with this.) Tech says ECU mapped out less boost since gas in California sucks. The tech says I am persistant. Needless to say I make some phone calls, do some quick dissconnects and now I got my boost back. I have to use a Racing Octaine booster cause the gas sucks in California and be carefull not to overboost the engine causing it to blow up. Now I can get short bursts up to about 20psi. But it's more like 14psi cause the engine knock controller will cut the engine at about 15psi usually. But the better gas I use, the more boost I can get. But I am afraid to go over about 14-15psi cause I don't want to blow the engine. I am sastified. Thank you SUBARU3 and Texas S and any body else I might have forgotten, Greg...

Thats good news! The dealer actually found a problem and fixed it. Lets call CNN and tell them to run a story, since Subaru hardly ever finds any problems with their cars. Let alone fixes them, welldone GTBear. Greg..

GTBear. Hi, Please tell me if you checked the ratiator in the morning, and did It have coolent in it? If the resovoir is empty but he radiator is full You might have a cracked resovoir. The change in temp can cause expantion and contraction of the plastic resovoir and crack it over time. Did your temp. climb when you drove the car? What did the coolent if any look like in the radiator? How does the engine run? We need some more info. Please update us on you condition. Good luck Greg...

Sounds like a good idea. I am always carefull dealing with internet companies. You have to be, other wise you can get stuck with items that aren't what you really wanted. I think I will call and ask. Excelleration seems like a good company and thay have an awsome selection of subby parts. Texas S is a good guy and is a big help. But I was quoting from Excellerations own terms and conditions rules on their website. If you go to order form page you will see read terms and conditions at the top. Click on it and it will read the same. Greg.

Texas S, I think I am somewhat mistaken. The company is in Vermont and I like their product line, it is the most extensive I've ever seen. I didn't say they had shoddy parts. Just thst their return policy states any defective part must be called in for a return auth. number within three days of said part being received by customer. Heck, some parts could take two or three days to install and see if the are working the way you want them too. Greg..

If people like Mustangs thats cool. I don't care for them either. Subarus are a little more expensive than other cars for good reason. I don't wanna be part of the "In Crowd" So I own a 05 Baja Turbo. Greg..

Texas S, Thank you very much. I was a little confused about what I needed. You are correct, I don't need a blow off valve. I am not running enough boost to need one. The stock valve is fine. I am however ordering a boost controller to increase boost to 15psi. I have seen Excelleation.com and I like their products however their return policy is terrible. Like three days from receiving parts. Since they are located in New Zealand or something I ordered from a place in Los Angelas called Turbo X. They have a 90 day return policy and their boost controllers are aluminum not plastic, so I feel more comfortable with them. Thanks Greg... P.S. I'll let you guys know how it goes with the new boost controller. They are supposed to be real easy to install.

Hi, can any one please direct me to a web site that sells reliable turbo upgrade parts. Thank you Greg.

Hi, Does anybody know where to get an after market pop off valve for the Turbo. Also any good or bad experiences with installing one or with a certain companys parts? Thank you Greg.

Yea, lots of good advice on this forum. I used to draft trucks when I was a teenager, 10 feet off the rear bumper. It works great at that distance. But like they said dangerous. I don't do it any more, I don't do most things I used to do as a kid. Greg..

WWNH, Jeff. No problem. Thank you for the reply. I have never owned a Subaru before and I think I have alot to learn about the strange engine particulars. Such as the rocker covers holding oil long after the car has been shut off, giving a low oil reading. Thank you all for the help with my questions. Greg...

I'm not sure, but I think I've just been insulted? Greg..

Hi Subi Girl, Yes with engine cold. It is strange though. One time I checked the oil cold and it didn't even register on the stick. I just about freaked out, but I added an 1/2 quart and it registered almost full immediatly after that. So it seems the oil can get trapped up in the engine somewhere? How and why? Thanks greg...

Hi, I changed to Mobil 1 in my 2005 Baja turbo at 3000 miles but the rings didn't seat. I was losing a little oil, (1/2 quart) So I had to use regular oil untill 10k to seat my rings. I don't know why it took so long for the rings to seat. So just keep an eye on your oil level and you should be fine. Greg...

Hi George, I have an 2005 Baja Turbo and sometimes notice the same thing. Texas is right sometimes there is kind of a burp or slight shudder or heasitation at about 2000- 2500 rpm. I aggree it doesn't feel like turbo lag. I must ask you what kind of gas you are using. I had a problem with cheap gas. I used 91 oct. but I used Arco gas which didn't work well with the car. Try Chevron gas. If it keeps up I would take these guys advice and go back to the dealer and talk to the tech, not the sevice advisor. I am working through a different problem and the tech is fixing it for me. Good luck Greg...

Hi Tex, I am still working on it. The holidays seemed to slow the progress a bit. I did how ever follow the advice of the users here in the forum and have spoken directly to a few techs at Subaru and one has promised to increase the boost by hand tweaking the waste gate if I want him to. I will try to get this done this next week . I will keep you posted. Greg...

Thanks to WRX and Tex, I didi what you guys said to try. The advice was good and I welcome more. But it didn't work see above edited post. Greg..

Thank you for all the help. I didn't just have the car serviced. The dealer scoped the car got no codes. I was told that if I put Arco gas in it even if it's 91 octane it can be bad gas. So I will burn up all this cheap gas and I already disconnected the battery like WRX suggested. He said that will reset the CPU. So I will hopefully get the boost back. I will keep you posted. Greg. Thank you to WRX and Tex, I checked all the vacuum hoses could'nt find any loose or leaking. Intercooler fluid is fine. I did disconnect the battery for 3 hours. Took it for a drive and added some octane booster. Still the same boost 6.8psi max. I will take it back to the dealer (I hate dealerships) two more times so I can get a lawyer to help me with the lemon law if I have to. I did call Subaru to talk to a rep and got a case number on file. He said if I can't get the dealership to get the boost up he will call them himself and try to get to the bottom of this proplem. I'll keep you posted. By the way I havn't souped up the engine cause I don't want to void the warrenty. But once I get this unpleasent problem solved I will consider modifications since the warrenty service sucks. Any sugestions? Thank you Greg...

B.J. Greg here, I've been running two sets of tires only for a week. They are within 3mm of each other. I hope it's ok.

I had the same problem having to replace one tire and decided to peplace two tires instead on the same axle. If you want to mach the tires by burning rubber. I would suggest going to a racing garage and have them shave down the new tire to match all the tires the same. It might be cheaper to just buy two tires. Hope that helps, Greg...

Hi, I have a 2005 Baja turbo that suffered a sudden drop in boost. From 11psi to 6.8psi. The dumb dealer says nothing is wrong and the 6.8 psi boost is normal. I know this is wrong when I first got the car 5 months ago the max boost on the guage read was 11.4psi or so. Also I can feel the power loss. I'm planning to go to a different dealer tomarrow. Any body had this problem before? Thanks Greg...