I’m fairly certain that it’s a copy/paste from one of your posts 🤣
Ok cool. Yeah unfortunately I don’t have space anymore for this stuff, so a shop will do it.
I wasn’t aware of upgraded cam bolts, are those a failure point at stock levels?
why do you regret the silicone hoses? Wasn’t really looking at them but thanks for the heads up lol.
I’ll look into radiators then as well.
as far as oil pump, can you flow too much oil? Is shimming a stock pump still a thing?
Im tempted to buy an AP before this, get some data logs to look at, and then swap to a fluidampr and take more logs. For science.
wondering how much of a difference would make, or if that difference would even show up in what you can monitor with the AP on a stock motor/sensor setup
The AVCS bolts dont fail nor would I say a failure point. However they do strip/get ruined while trying to be removed. They're in there real tight. They're also a larger allen headed bolt so that makes it easier to strip. The aftermarket upgraded bolts have a regular bolt head on them. This is pretty well documented on the internet. Many have gone through some tough times because of this.
Radiators are a good upgrade at any time but now would be a good time to do it. Koyo or CSF should be what you're looking at. Oh and dont forget to replace you're current rad caps with brand new OEM subaru caps. Another thing that has been a known overlooked and forgotten about issue....yes radiator caps. Just get new oem ones.
Oil pump can be regular oem from subaru or high quality aftermarket like IAG, and RCM. There have been post on here on shimmed, ported, 10mm, 11mm, jdm 12mm oil pumps. I would say stick with the 11mm regardless of what route or brand you go for.
@JDM-STI Like I said one of the mods I regret the most is those silicon hoses from grimmspeed. I may be one of the few that have had issues however I know im not the only. I've had absolutely nothing but leaks from these stupid hoses. I went through multiple different sets and styles of clamps over the past year on these stupid hoses. They all leaked! I finally tried a set of T-bolt style clamps from HPS and they seem to have the best results. They still do need to be checked and tightened every once in a while to make sure. My car has never ever had a single coolant leak or coolant smell until I "upgraded" to those hoses. It drives me nuts every time I open the hood and get a slight wiff of that coolant smell. Maybe its my keen sense to it or paranoia. However I can tell you that I dont smell it anywhere in the engine bay except right in front of those hoses. While I never cut or modified them like some others have had to, they fit fine so I left them alone. The lower rad hose where it connects to the thermostat elbow kind of rubs the bottom of the timing cover but whatever its slight. The upper hose fits fine from the rad to the coolant crossover pipe. Yes they are in the correct orientation too.
I know others probably have never had a single issue with silicon rad hoses on this that and the third car, I have had nothing but frustration with them on mine. If there is ever another time when the coolant is drained or getting replaced for whatever reason....those pieces of sh*t hoses are going right in the trash. I will gladly go back to oem rubber subaru hoses with the expanding clamps. Don't get "hosed" like me and spend $100 on junk silicon rad hoses.