Recent content by Blades

**** I paid 7022 for my bootleg 2002 WRX. Plus more in reg fees and repairs. Less miles tho. So dumb. Get it hissman. I should note that this car does have a lot of upgrades.. it's a blast to drive. Gears are super super short. I'm actually writing this while sitting passenger in car.. While it...

I was recommended UEL by a Subaru guy.. Had I looked into it beyond people just saying UEL rules.. EL would've been my choice. I don't care for a trade off between sound and performance. I want everything tip-top. Oh well, headers look nice. It's so funny to have two "sides" of a 4cyl...

Using Chromium (which is the base of Chrome).. Win7. 128gb ram.. tons of tabs open.. No problems yet. No problems on Linux (Mint) either. Tho I will say... Chromium and it's derivatives are resource hogs. I have no flash plugins installed as well.

Oooh yeah. Beef Tongue (2 mo old pic but whatever, it's delicious) yakiniku ftw

I just got unequal length headers (Tomei). They're getting coated right now. Also replaced eBay CAI with Perrin short CAI. The shitty thing about these cars is that if you want to make power.. 600whp or so.. you need to drop a shitload of money into it. I also was offered a Focus RS (2017) for...

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haha is that an Acura? No wing for me! Not even a lip..

I wonder if there is something similar for WRX..

Look at this Japanese tomfoolery. Gear ratio (cheating) magic. I guess I'm not complaining too much, makes for lots of fun. But still. This is 6th gear. I should also probably wipe down my dashboard.

I have DSMLink!! I bought it when I thought I was buying a DSM.. Only to find out the typical DSM nonsense.. "Yes the car works but it doesn't drive". I think it's such a neat tuning package..

Yeah Bob, did you think I got soft? :) Update: I have a disease. 2014 Radical SR3 Update 2: I'm happy I got outbid.. as that wasn't the street legal Radical. My impulsive bidding is ticking up a bit tho!

Yeah and the great part is that you could do that and keep the blended MAF + VE setup, as the ECM in the 07-09 TBSS is far more capable. I wouldn't want to deal with 'Virtual VE' but would probably accept the trade-off for MAF tables with more headroom. Plus, you can log more stuff at a higher...

Yep that's me. I have another Terminator now.. same color too! I just got the WRX back. Mostly everything fixed. Pulls hard now. Good God tho, the gearing in these things is a bit much. It seems the Japanese are quite fond of short gearing with their AWD cars. Makes sense, tho

It's 2WD with 555Rs. AWD have an even worse go of it once they make power. There was even one case of a stock awd that broke it's transmission. I would've gladly paid extra at dealer for a better transmission.. I hate that they were only auto too, considering SSR is the same platform.. oh well...

Well, it likely makes about 600+RWHP (made 500+ at 3800-4000 rpm before a damn exhaust pipe blew off; it was slip on.. since changed to v-band for entire exhaust). I mean, hell with the stock motor at 5.8psi it made 526RWHP.. So.. 600 is probably a touch conservative; I just don't like to...