I talked to my friend who has a small garage and we are going to try and complete the installation this weekend. Just have a few questions on what left to buy with what money I have left.

1. Have the cartech but heard too many horrer stories, I cant afford a SFMU at this time so would upgrading to a Vortech FMU still be a good idea?

2. I dont want to blow my motor and I know my wastegate is set for 9psi. but run at 8psi cause of intercooler, I would like to lower this to like 6. http://www.denverspeed.com/wastegates.html. <--Is that the only way of doing this or is there something simpler.

3. Another reason to lower boost is cause Im still looking for a EGT that, is there anyway I can tap the manifold and plug it off till I buy one of would it just be easier to wait.

4. I have 26 lbs injectors that came with the kit, but everyone seems to go with 30lb or higher, will these do for the boost i want to run without causing problems?

5. Should I just go ahead and get the missing link so minimize problems.

6. Where you guys get the teflon paste?? places around here only have the tape.

You can probably tell im afraid im going to blow the motor up and I just cant afford a rebuild right now.

2002 WRX
Eclipse RS-T..sold

My friend is taking fluid mechanics, run a 3 inch intake pipe from the ic to the tb, that should lower your psi, how much I am not sure.

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for 6 psi you can run your stock injectors . as for fmu its probably worth it to save a bit more and get the sfmu . you can get teflon paste at home depot .you should wait on the the egt gauge because you dont know what size hole you need to tap for the probe unless you know exactly which one your gettin then you can just plug it with a npt fitting . as far as the missing link ,i personally think it sucks . just build a voltage clamp ,it also a lot cheaper.

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Yeah, I agree, I give a vote FOR the ML. I had the "black box" for like 2 weeks and then upgraded to the ML. No problems since and it took away my CEL. For 55 bucks, get the ML.

Teflon paste can be found at Home Depot (as mentioned) in the plumbing section. It comes in a black and white tube. Use it on all your fuel and oil fittings. I had an oil passage get blocked using teflon tape = bad experience.

26lbs injectors are fine for 6lbs. of boost. You won't be satisfied for long though - you'll want more boost and want to upgrade later. If you can't afford it right now my advice would be to save your money, use the Cartech regulator (if it's new you shouldn't have too much trouble just yet) and save the money you'd spend on an FMU for a SMFU and bigger injectors. I personally believe the reason the Cartechs get sloppy in their fuel management is b/c the fuel breaks down the diaphram inside over time. Just my opinion.

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Spend the FMU money on an EGT now! An EGT guage is probably one of the most important gauges you can get. It'll tell you ton about your fuel situation and how your car is running. It's quite easy to tap the manifold. I recommend for the time it takes to take it off the car, do it off the car. You can do it on the car though.

Good luck with the setup. Boosting is a lot of fun, and a lot of work to maintain. But if you enjoy being under your hood you'll never look back

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" yes, thats the only way to get less PSI from your wastegate. thats what i did on my first custom kit. it worked great!"


Alright, well do you know what size die I should use on the wastegate?, might as well get it when I get the paste. Oh yea, anything else i will need for the wastegate mod? Thanks

2002 WRX
Eclipse RS-T..sold

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You are somebody special Tim, you matter! - from the admins (but nobody likes you, because your username is just like that other guy's, and you whine a lot)