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It would not be the most fun trying to ali weld a tiny fitting like that into a manifold. More than likely it wouldn't work cos it would melt the fitting.

Howdy everyone, small update and questions to pick the forums brains. Didn't end up going roll racing on the 18th, I wanted to save a bit of money after our trip. The event ended up being postponed to the 2nd Dec anyway due to bad weather. So if money permits I might give it a go then Can comfortably say that the car is an animal, it runs and feels mint!!! Really keen to get this multi-tune sorted out, but being the end of the year Monsta Torque is pretty under the pump. Will nudge them next year to get it in for some retunes (thanks again @JETURBO you're an absolute legend!). The new nankang ar-1's are mint! I've never driven a car with so much grip before! It feels so different to my brothers 450+kw rig, it hooks wayyyy more which is crazy. I have less power but I'm getting like 99% of it down which is mint. Can still foot brake and get em loose if you really want to, helps warm em up anyway. They leave darrrkkk black lines on the road too hahahah Since I had to helicoil more manifold holes right before the trip though, I have a noticed I'm getting more blow-by from the breathers. Pretty sure I got a bit of coolant (tiny puddle) in the turbo oil drain hole, I wiped it off before reinstalling it all. Curious how much blow-by is normal on these rigs? Not really something I've noticed before. I know I've had it in the past after it gets real warm from street pulls. Might be worth taking a video of it to show you all, but its really hard to catch on vid. Wondering at what point does it become concerning? edit found this vid from hpa that's quite helpful

Except I paid $100 less than that

@Tom TuckerI'm very impressed with them so far!! I'm running them full-time on the rears though. So can't really take the car out when its raining. Not that they don't work in the wet, but they're defs not designed for wet weather driving! I got 2 tyres from a place in Perth called Trident Motorsports, a Nankang supplier. He had ordered excess stock and so had a clearance sale on two sizes. I paid $215 each, for 265/35/R19s. Got them fitted on my factory 19x8 rims I had been very keen to get a set of ar-1's but for a 17" wheel in the future, but I couldn't pass up that deal!! $5 cheaper than my Falken Fk510's I ran previously! They are most certainly not going to last long though, they're very soft. I'm scared I'm gonna want to buy another set at full price once these ones are done 🤣 @Puffwagon yea its defs not that bad hahaha I meant on the sump 😅 It comes out as a very slow, constant stream, and its at idle but not when I start the car, only when I've come back home after a hectic cruise on the streets. I'll take your advice and take some videos

Been waiting to hear AR-1 reviews. What size are you running, and what did they set you back?

In what I hope to be the first and last episode of do as I say not as I do... Nearly junked the turbo inlet manifold. Mounting the supplied meth fittings onto the radius of the runner is not a good idea. Had to spot face it to save the job. What happened is there is not enough thread on the fitting to fully engage which = big leaks. In hindsight, if you're going to order the direct port bundle from Cool Runnings Engineering and you're looking to do a stealth install, ask for the 4mm 90deg angle nozzles and use the small cast bosses opposite the injector as the mounting point. The straight nozzles won't fit there as they'll foul on the heater core supply pipe that runs along the side of the block. I've just put the blanking plugs in for now as it will be a while before I get the meth kit fully installed. Just concentrating on getting the engine back in and running on a base tune for now.

Don't think it pushed past the gasket as it was doing 40psi same motor setup on c16 when it was the ETM f6 back in the day , I think the pwr expansion tank and cap are a bit dodgy , Gonna still push the limits 👍

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I need to stop. Yet another great deal I couldn't pass up! Hoping everything is ready today, then I can set up the new mobo, cpu, and RAM. Get windows resinstalled, and get the other stuff up on marketplace so I can get heaps of bots and low ball offers on 2nd hand PC parts