mad082

there is an idle screw on the drivers side of the plenum towards the back. start the car (once it's warm) with the tps unplugged to adjust it properly

shouldn't be much of an issue fitting it

depends on what power you want, and what sort of drivability/response you want. have a bit of a look through the forced induction and the dyno section in there and get a bit of an idea of what turbos give what power outputs.

what about the r30?

with 3g you will be struggling to get everything you need to upgrade the turbo (since you will also need aftermarket ecu, and most likely AFM and injectors) unless you get second hand stuff. as for what power you get, that will depend on the turbo you get.

yeah ECUtalk calculates the fuel economy based off injector size and ecu mapping. if your economy is worse than the ecutalk is calculating then either the fuel pressure is higher, or the injectors are fouled (being fouled doesn't always mean it will be injecting less fuel. it can mean that is actually injecting more fuel as the injectors may not close properly, etc). the other thing that may possibly be causing the oddity is that the odometer might not be working properly, so the KMs you are using for the calculation are actually more than what the ecu is reading (and what you are actually doing). if you, or someone you know, has a gps, use it to keep track on the distance you go between fill-ups (most will have trip logging. in the case of most Garmin ones, just tap the speed window on the map screen and you can reset trip totals from there).

just a rear muffler probably won't get it down below 90db. best off finding a whole stock cat back system for sale second hand and bolting that on. size generally isn't an issue unless it causes clearance issues

it depends on how low you go. if you go really low then the shocks wear out quickly. just going 1 step lower will be fine.

should do.

sell it and get a gtr as best option. building up the rb20 as the worst (putting in a 25 is a better option).

if you do the calculations you will find that pretty much all cars have a power to weight ratio of higher than 120kw/ton (which is what the old rule used to be. obviously they decided to change it to a simple list of restricted cars to stop people complaining because they put their car on the dyno and it made less than 120kw at the wheels so they should be able to drive it.

i don't blame sony, i blame the hackers. regardless of the motives, they are the ones responsible for pissing off all of us. i just hope some of them are now starting to get annoyed at the lack of PSN.

or maybe, just maybe, it is because the restrictions are based off power to weight ratios (or just outright power in some states), the target value being under about 120kw/ton. the 350gt comes in well over this number since it's power output is 206kw (compared to the falcon's 195kw) and it weighs about 300kg less than the 1700kg falcon (based of the FG which comes in at 114kw/ton - the highest for any natro 6 cylinder falcon). in qld though the car must be under 200kw (plus non turbo, etc). this actually rules out the sv6 commodore, since it has 210kw, although it is right on the limit for some other states using the power to weight ratio rule.

you just failed at the internet

might be worth checking the oil and coolant. make sure neither are milky. also look at the coolant with the engine running. if there are any signs of bubbles then you may have a blown head gasket (also if you are losing coolant).

ecu won't lose it's memory from a wiring issue (stock ecu will lose self learn stuff, but nothing related to the tune). you can totally remove any ecu from the car, let it sit on your desk for a week, put it back in and the tune should still be on there. if it isn't then the ecu is faulty like you said.

they are the same as water bottle screws on a bicycle, just a bit shorter, LOL.

yeah sounds like the auto is slipping. if it is, take it to an automatic specialist, not a mechanic (since if there is an issue they'll only take it there anyway).

what do you mean it doesn't work? does it turn over but not start? does it not even turn over? does the car have an alarm/immobiliser?

umm, why are you disconnecting the battery to change dash lights? if the car has abs, simply pull the abs fuse if you are worried, but i've never bothered. i've changed dash lights with the lights turned on and it didn't blow any fuses. and no, disconnecting the battery doesn't affect tune, just like how turning off your computer doesn't make it lose all the data on the hard drive.

you might want to do some more research on them. vr-x had between 8 and 20kw more power than the executive (vr-x was 163kw, executive was 143kw in the TH and early TJ models, 155kw in the series 2 TJ models and later), and the ralli-art had 180kw. they are both a touch faster than the executive models. fastest "mildly moded" NA magna in QLD runs about 14.4 1/4 mile. there are faster NA and force fed ones, but they have more mods than simple exhaust, etc.

wouldn't really call a focus a family car. be ok if you only have small kids. good cars though. out of the honda and the mazda i'd go the honda. accord euros are very nice cars.

mitsubishi did do an awd magna. didn't alter sales much. fwd is cheaper than rwd and awd. awd in a family size car just makes them even heavier as well as increasing the chance of breaking things when given a hard time. for them to develope it for just a sports model would make it much more expensive, especially since they would need to alter the floor pan as well as the whole rear suspension. would add a buttload to the cost of the car.

the temp of the metal line coming out of the turbo may well be higher than the actually coolant temp. that said, if you are worried, get yourself an aftermarket water temp gauge. as long as the overall coolant temp is ok i think that is the main thing, but you might be best off posting in the forced induction section.

it isn't that hard to do. takes a few hours (5-6 hours as said above). the oil and water lines are a bit fiddly. jack stands make it a bit easier (easier than ramps since ramps get in the way a bit).