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I'm headed to KC for some dyno tuning tomorrow . . . stay tuned for before/after dyno graphs. Current engine mods: Turbo-back 3" exhaust STi injectors VF-34 turbo Cobb StreetTuner running "off-the-shelf" map The standard ECU map that Cobb supplies for my modifications is supposed to...

Inventors have managed to come up with a dye that will color soap bubbles, but when the dye is exposed to friction or water, it disappears (colored bubbles without staining). http://www.popsci.com/popsci/printerfriendly/science/0a03b5108e097010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html The inventors...

I'm looking for a decent quality car cover for my Dad's old Ranchero, but I'm looking to keep it as inexpensive as possible. The car is stored indoors, but with no climate control (a large Quonset hut), so really it will only see dust and temperature changes, but no snow/rain. If you know of...

I'm going down to KC this Saturday (the 19th) with a bunch of guys from the Omaha Subaru club for a dyno day at a local shop. If any of you KC-area Autopians are bored and want to stop by the shop between 10:00am and 12:00pm, I'll be there getting my WRX tuned. Tuning and power pulls are going...

Cyclo owners, I managed to pick up a used Cyclo off of eBay about a week ago, and it finally arrived last night. Unfortunately, the seller's definition of "good, used condition" doesn't match mine. I don't mind the machine being beat up a little (it is used, after all), but the outer layer...

I recently had a chance to play with FTG on my silver WRX. I worked with FTG (and FMJ) only on my roof, as the evening was getting short, and I was really just experimenting with these two new products to see where (and if) they would have a place in my kit. I had high hopes for the glaze, but...

OK, Santa Boss made with the bonus this year, so I decided to go ahead and buy a leatherseats.com leather kit for my WRX. I had an opportunity to see this kit installed on a WRX here in Omaha, and it looked amazing. Another WRX-owning Autopian, dookiebob, has done this to his car as seen in...

Yesterday afternoon (in 98' heat), I removed the ECU from my car, and sent it off to COBB Tuning for a re-flash. The Stage 2 reflash should be good for about fifty hp over stock, with a similar bump in torque. If you're at all interested, you can read about the re-flash here...

A friend of mine is road-tripping to Pike's Peak for some hill climb fun (he's serving on a pit crew), and is concerned about the bugs on the drive to and from. I pointed him to ProWax's website and Bug Guard (I haven't used it, but read good reviews here). He's decided to purchase a gallon...

For you Makita users: I received my new Makita rotary on Friday (still haven't had a chance to use it yet). The instructions mention a locking nut and a hex wrench that are used to attach the backing plate. I have neither the locking nut nor the hex wrench. Did I misread the instructions...

Check out http://www.kalecoauto.com/; they have a great selection of awesome mods.                :rofl KaleCo . . . selling quality muffler bearings and blinker fluid for years! Tort

I'd like to buy a couple more waffle-weave MF towels, but only have experience so far with CMA's Big Blue Towel. If anyone out there has tried a waffle-weave from one of the other MF vendors, could you please post your experiences? Are you satisfied with the absorbency? If you've tried both...

If you have tried to post an image from a hosting service using the vB code Just replace the string in the src="http://..." portion of the tag with your URL. No guarantees, but this has worked with several troublesome image hosting URLs in the past. Tort

I had a gallon of EF Spot Remover in the rear passenger footwell of my WRX, and apparently I hadn't capped it well. I discovered yesterday morning that there was about 1/2 gallon that had leaked out. I tried to dry it out by scrubbing it up with cotton towels, but got a ton of foam for my...

Before (car's dirty, but it's the only full-length side shot I have from before the new wheels and side skirts): After . . . I also debadged the S U B A R U that was on the trunk: Tort

See the last post in the thread: http://www.autopia-carport.com/forum/showthread.php3?s=&postid=79027#post79027post79027 :rolleyes:

Please check bretfraz's post toward the end of the thread: http://www.autopia-carport.com/forum/showthread.php3?s=&postid=78655 I started to compose a reply to him, but realized that I wasn't quite clear on the new guidelines myself . . . the 512 x 512 limit is for attachments only, correct...

I noticed AlBoston posted about picture sizes in Forum Feedback (he tried to post a pic that was 384x512, and the system wouldn't allow it) . . . perhaps a better method for limiting picture sizes would be the file size (in KB) rather than overall resolution? I know i-club does this; 50 KB and...

Last Saturday was near 70' in Omaha (in stark contrast to the foot of snow we received in the last two days), and I got to try ZFX for the first time. Overall, I give it a big thumbs-up. The 10-minute dry time was wonderful, and I think ZFX/Z5 was even easier to buff off than Z5 alone. My...

I've put three coats of Zaino (Z1/Z5, Z2, Z2) on in the last three days . . . here are a couple of tips to getting those really thin coats that both save product and make removal a breeze. First, I use foam applicators (Zaino heresy, I know, but I've not had good luck with cotton apps)...