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Very nice! You are running out of stuff to add to your car :) It's going to start getting really (if it hasn't already) expensive to start changing anything, lol.

That's my plan to offset my dumb ass huge wheels, get the girodisc rotors, same concept as lighter wheels :)

Lomker, I am guessing you couldn't justify the rear 2 pieces? I am struggling internally with myself between the 2 piece and 1 piece for when I finally buy them.

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That would be sweet to go nuts on rotational weight upgrades, driveshaft, rotors, wheels, etc. Not the most cost effective way to pick up a few HP, but it's nice to get some essentially free HP. (By free, I mean not running any more boost, timing, not really changing the tune etc)

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At some point that is all there is left to change though, for power.

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I want to get some MR BBS wheels and 2-piece front rotors.

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Yum :)

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No. The rears don't do that much braking which is why my new setup will have milder rear pads than the front (XP8 vs XP10). I don't care about weight, just cooling.

As far as what's left for future changes--driver mod, aero and suspension adjustment.

The motor will have to come out at some point and I'm leaning toward a 2.2 overbore. I'm wondering if higher compression pistons would make sense.

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CBD hood installed at RS this morning. I need to relocate the windshield washer sprayers to the wiper arms.

We did a compression test. Not so hot, which is what I figured. I'll check it mid-Summer and see if it is degrading. Ron joked that they are Subaru numbers.

approx:
113 113 113 103

http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/a...ch/cbdhood.jpg

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At least your engine is destroying itself evenly :)

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:(

is this a stock motor?

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I think he had in-the-car drop in pistons put in. :-/

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A few other people had done it and Buschur thought it'd be okay. It wasn't.

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^ word, I've read the same thing. Sometimes it seats properly and everything goes well, and sometimes they're bitches. I guess that's part of the risk with saving a shit ton of money. :)

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I appreciate you being kind. Fact is that I was an even worse n00b at the time of the motor build and didn't completely understand the risk that I was taking.

I'll just keep adding oil and if I'm employed come Winter then I'll try to have it pulled and fixed. It's making good power, etc.

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Wow that sucks.

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Compression is even at least like Kracka said :)

But I am curious what should these numbers be? I know Scheides numbers were like 150's...but is that where yours should be?

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Just turn the boost up!

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Sounds like a fat tire beer hone and a set of rings and she will be making good power again! ;)

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At least the hood looks nice!

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Ron said 135-145 is typical for an Evo. Some pistons are naturally tighter/looser than others. JE are known to be loose anyway.

FTMFW! It broke 450 as she sits, so who knows what it'd do with better compression.

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Well like you said your car still makes very solid power...that just means you could've made even more I guess (insert bench racing blah blah blah here).

As long as it works this summer who cares...no downtime > good compression.

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Not sure if serious, but if I came off as being a douche I wasn't trying.

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Those compression numbers are definitely discouraging. Have you done a leakdown test?

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Not at all. I made a bad decision but I didn't have enough information at the time.

No, partly due to the symptoms and partly because it was a brand-new head. MAP built it up from a new Mitsu core. The car has been blowing dipsticks, fouling front O2s and filling catch cans with blow-by since a few weeks after the build. I know that head issues can lower compression but could it be the cause of all the oil burning and other symptoms?

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That sucks. I messed up about three or four engines learning how to do it right. It's been in and out of the car at least six times, maybe seven, but that's moddin' cars for ya. You'll be really good at pulling the motor after the 3rd time. I can have mine out in an hour if I bust my ass.

I like the idea of pulling it apart, honing and new rings, then steady state WOT on the dyno for the first 10 minutes, and engine braking from 150mph to 10mph for the next 10 minutes.

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I had another great car day! Spent it with simulatedwood in Hastings

I started by changing all the fluids: motor oil, tranny, tcase, and rear diff. I went with the Redline cocktail for the tranny.

We then did the rear brakes. Girodisc one piece rotors, Carbotech XP8 pads, and Technafit stainless lines.
http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/a...rodiscRear.jpg

A little Motiv bleeding action, with ATE Super Blue.
http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/a...pril/Motiv.jpg

Up front are Girodisc two-piece rotors, Carbotech XP10 pads, but the Technafit lines for the front didn't fit right in the brackets. :(

Rather than dick around, I threw `em out. I'll order up a set of Stoptech front lines since they replace the lines all the way to the caliper.
http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/a...odiscFront.jpg

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Nice, i was right down there today as well.

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looking good!

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Very nice! Technafit's customer service is great, you should at least send them back for a refund...or replaced with the correctly made lines.

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The Technafit kit is a poor design. It comes with front & rear lines for cheap ($80 or so) but the front lines only go from car to bracket and use stock lines from bracket to caliper. Once they didn't fit...I threw them away. I wasn't going to remove the rear lines since they were already installed and Shawn's time was limited.

I bought the lines like a year ago based on recommendations...I didn't realize the limitation when I bought them. I ordered a set of the Stoptech front lines this morning ($90).

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Gotcha.

Be sure to periodically check for fitment/rubbing issues no matter what brand of SS brake lines you have; mine moved slowly over time and ended up rubbing and eventually blew out on the highway during a hard stop coming down from 80.

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Will do. Was planning on total fluid changes every 15k miles (once per year for me) since the car is more of a toy than a driver.

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Wow, getting my NAV unit working has been a saga. First visit they order an antenna. Second visit the antenna didn't help. Third visit they try two different head units.

Turns out that the tech on the second visit installed the GPS antenna (clips on from the underside of the dash) upside down. bwahaha!

The guys a White Bear Lake Mitsu are super-nice and friendly so I'll give them a pass. Six freakin' hours sitting in their lobby for all of this, though. Could you imagine if I had a serious problem?

I'm happy that my clock is no longer stuck at 4:00.

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Why didnt you just drop it off? lol

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For two hours at a time? Finding someone with a car to drop me off wouldn't be worth my while.

As an aside, do you ever have anything helpful to say? You're mostly a prick from what I can tell.

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I never leave my car either...

Gotta keep an eye on those squirrely bastards.

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Wow. Noted, we dont get along. Simple question, didnt realize it was for 2 hours at a time, but thats cool.

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Isn't this warranty work? Why couldn't they just keep it for a day or two and work on it straight?

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Because it's Mitsu, plain and simple.

Quite frankly, I'm surprised it's getting warrantied at all, considering it's electrical work and the gauges he's got installed.

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^Your dealings with mitsu have been bad I take it?

I thought u meant 6hrs straight as well. Either way I don't have patience for that, i hate waiting 30-40 mins for a damn oil change.

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Mitsu warranty work is only as bad (or good) as the dealer...glad you found a dealer in MN willing to work with you!