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Sometimes coincidence is weird. When I was younger, I once did an oil change on my manual transmission car. No big deal. Then went out for a ride. Everytime I got on it, the engine would rev, but it wouldn't take off. Long story short, the clutch had finally bit the dust. And yet, nothing...

At 1/8" thick, at least you don't have to worry about flex and putting your foot through those expensive speakers!

Educated guess here....I didn't think from your original post that your problem had anything to do with the tire diameter change. Unless you had significant differences (1/2" diameter) from front to rear, you shouldn't have seen anything from the AWD unit. Now that you're getting a slightly...

It looks like @PlatinumST has decided to get rid of his ride. I believe he has a brand-new Timberline 3.58 LSD rear diff and a 4 bolt subframe (IIRC). If you don't have the 4-bolt subframe, that might be a good upgrade, and the LSD rear diff would be an absolute must for a RWD ST IMHO...

These posts make my blood boil! Let's just say that an insurance company's customer service isn't how fast they write you a policy or cash your check. It's how they respond when you actually need the money. The best advice I can give people is do not buy from anyone who is willing to spend...

No. See explanation in this thread And also in this post

I've gotta say, I'm pretty impressed at the work you put into that. Nothing I appreciate more than a bit of innovation, improvisation, and fabrication. Good job!

Just FYI, for others out there- it is extremely difficult (read expensive) to build a street-able engine with over 200hp/liter on pump gas. Can it be done? Absolutely, but then you need much higher rev limits and/or fuels other than gasoline. It's easy to see that a 6.2 liter supercharged...

I'm not sure I've ever seen what your "power numbers" are- but I was enthusiastically watching your progress. I don't think it's any stretch to build a 600 HP ST on gasoline, although you did start with the Platinum. However, if you were looking for a lot more than that, it's hard to do with 3...

If one is worried about custom fabrication work, I understand. But how about thinking about it in purely economic terms, or even in bragging terms? Let's agree that the cost for a tune and an intercooler are common and required. I can pretty much guarantee if one bought an exhaust...

You could probably see around 500 WHP on the stock turbos on e85. You'd need the requisite fuel upgrades as well. I can't find it, but I'm pretty sure I saw one at 520.

I doubt there is anything left in those turbos at that level.

Because Forscan can't fix the ASS.

On any auto forum, you have people who only show up for a single reason. They are either looking for a solution, looking to sell something, or looking to bitch. They post a couple times and you never see them again.

I certainly miss the old days. At one time on one of my V8 cars, I could change the plugs, install new points, condensor and distributor cap in under 20 minutes. Another 5 to do the dwell meter to adjust the points and set the timing with a light. Of course, one needed to do that every 5k...

Theoretically if the load is spread across the horizontal axis of the differential proportionately, the stress on each mounting point is cut in half, so you're right. However, the differential under acceleration is attempting to rotate in the opposite direction of the wheels, so both bushings...

First would be not launch as violently (yeah, nobody wants to hear that). Put on less sticky, or way more sticky tires (you probably don't want to hear that either!) Barring that, you'd have to find some way to lower the amount of deflection in all the suspension pieces related to rotational...

As far as the "fix it with a better bolt" idea- that's a band-aid. I think you're addressing the wrong problem from an engineering perspective. I have seen pics of bolts snapped- meaning they were subjected to enough force to actually break them. I've also seen pics of bolts that seem to be...

I park on an incline in my driveway. As such, I always set the e-brake. To start the car, I have to push on the brake and press a button which takes about a two seconds. After starting the car I push the e-brake button to release and then push the Auto Start/Stop. Takes me about a second. I...