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are those 3si wheels? I'm surprised they fit.

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They barely did after a lot of grinding. I do have 3mm spacers on the way off ebay which should make em fit a lot better. I love how much grip 245 series tires have to offer....

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with spacers will it rub on the fender or other places?

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It might rub on the fender, but I can always roll that out for more clearence. I'd rather do that than keep rubbing on the inner fenders preventing me from going full lock.

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I found an energy suspension rear control arm kit on ebay which includes lower and upper control arm bushings and the trailing arm bushing. I'm going to save myself 200 dollars and weld some washers on the active toe links.


I also called up Tirerack and ordered a set of 4 215-55-r16 General Altimax Arctic tires. I'm really excited for snow....

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Woo hoo got my tires in today:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/SDC12287.JPG


Also have been working on the Talon:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/SDC12277.JPG

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Just got done with the trailing arms at school today. Sadly no pics yet of my booger welds. Found a couple big washers over in autobody and welded them bitches solid. I've also got to remove about 6 metal sleeves inside the bushings areas of the trailing arms, lower control arms, and the mustache brace. I also want to beef up the stock mustache brace because it looks like a really flimsy piece.

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Cleaned, painted everything. Flat black ftw.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/SDC12300.JPG

Put the whole rear end together and then ended up installing it by myself and a jack.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/SDC12302.JPG

Also installed shifter base bushings, and driveshaft bushings.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/SDC12301.JPG

I was able to get it all put together today and just got home with it about a half hour ago. It'll receive an alignment at school tomorrow. I can say that in just the drive home from my parent's house, I could feel a real difference. I'll know for sure after a good alignment and some tight corners....

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Still no alignment, but I do have the stealth wheels on it with the 3mm spacers I got off ebay. I can say they fit way better than before, and the way this car handles now is like night and day to how it did before. Before, when you would get to the limit it would just understeer, no matter how much your turned the steering wheel. Now, it's completely point and shoot. Besides buying the stealth wheels, I want to say this has been the 2nd best thing I've ever done to this car. I'm still on stock springs and shocks too....


http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/SDC12309.JPG

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So a little update...


Been dailying it but I think I broke something. The other day I was out "testing and comparing" and was slowly trying to turn the boost up as I was tired of it spooling to 8 psi then slowly spike to 14. So I turned the MBC a half turn, nothing. Full turn nothing. One more full turn then it spiked to 20-25 psi. As soon as it did that it has deveolped a 5-6 psi stutter. Feels just like a rev limiter and now it won't idle after it warms up. I can actually rev it all the way to redline as long as I don't go over 5 psi. Stutters with quick throttle blips sometimes too.

I've boost leak tested it three times now, all holding 20 psi before blowing my leak tester apart. Changed plugs to bpr6es from the 7's I was running when it happened. No change, and when I pulled them today are white. I have no loss of coolant, and I don't see any milk on the dipstick. Plug wires are 8.5mm Magnacores. I'm beginning to think fuel pressure issue? I really need suggestions as I'm out of ideas....

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Have you done a compression test?

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only with a real shitty tester. hes waiting till i bring mine down

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Yes, like Travis said with a shitty tester. Came up from timing side to passenger side:

100 - 95 - 115 - 115


I don't trust the accuracy though as it's an old tester thats been sitting at school.

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Did another compression test with a known good tester. Came back like this:


120 110 135 130 from timing to trans side, cold. I'll be hopefully doing a leak down test shortly if my friend gets a hold of me.


Another tidbit... While idling in my garage it started idling too low so I tried adjusting the base on my maf-t. After I set the base all the way to zero, it started idling as it should. I'll find out if it drives any better shortly...

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trying to mess with the tune to fix a problem is like putting on a band aid on this issue that need stiches

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can you link me to the spacers you got that made those wheels work? I have a couple sets of 3/s wheels sitting around I wouldn't mind throwing on my dsm..

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Yes I know this but it does point to a fuel issue, right?




I got them off ebay. They are just the cheap, universal 5 and 4 lug 3mm spacers. You'd still have to grind material off the trailing arms and maybe a little off the spring perches. I was able to use them without spacers though, its just the spacers made everything a lot easier.

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Man what school do you go to! Thats awesome instructors let you guys work on your cars out there. Dunwoody sucks when it comes to working on your own vehicle its ridicules! I understand where the are coming from to an extend though cramped school. Good luck with your car!

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Ridicules!! lol

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White plugs points to running lean.