Recent content by ZIOI

I'm facing this myself. I recently had my GX up on jacks to get the driveline greasing done and I was bothered by how poor the damping on the rear was. Each pump of the jack, the whole rear bounced several times. 2011 with OEM suspension at 179k miles, she's due for full upgrade/replacement.

I'm sure it's coincidence, but one of the two accidents I personally witnessed was a Subaru. And it was the super rare variant that didn't have the "who rescued who" accessory package.

No, never even thought to lock it. Didn't need to and probably counterproductive. I edited the typo in my post that was erroneous.

We left Red Wing MN 0800 local on Saturday after thanksgiving. Yup driving right into the teeth of the storm. We were looking at a very long trip back to our home just south of Indianapolis. The snow was an ever-present challenge for 14 hours. Down the Mississippi coast, to I-90 all the way to...

Constant tension clamps are used more for their ability to prevent warranty claims due to hose failure than for the convenience of assembly.

My experience with CSF was very good. 1. I didn't take the foam seals as anything but shipping material 2. The shroud fit fine for me, but I'm not trying to make it seal with a gasket. 3. I reused the factory bolts from the original radiator 4. Not the fault of CSF as they probably didn't damage...

water wetter is not a good product to use in these engines, that's almost certainly what you're seeing here. WW is designed to be used with straight distilled water in racing applications. It improves heat transfer and provides some corrosion resistance. It's not a good thing to add to...

R95/C95 is how I’ve usually referred to it.

That’s me. Went to Michigan last weekend and returned in a brutal crosswind and with high heat and humidity. Coolant temps refused to go past 91°C. Trans got as high as as 95°C but usually was near bang on coolant temps. With no add on cooler, just the CSF, trans temperature can’t really be...

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Hard lines aren't needed, but they are often really nice to have for packaging and routing. Indulge me, here, because my livelihood is essentially on-engine fuel plumbing and related components (pumps, injectors, filter, etc). Because of the temperatures and pressures in a trans cooler line, a...

I didn't have my OBD dongle then to monitor temps, but I remember thinking about my poor trans with the cruise control would kickdown and race up the hills of eastern MO on I-44.

Hottest ambient temperature logged thus far are 31C, ~88F. Hit 104C briefly in the converter when passing but when the clutch locks the temps drop. I’m seeing the trans avg temperature track up to 10C higher than radiator temperature. Figure 90/100c for working peak for radiator/trans...

Bumping for some updates. It hasn’t been that hot here yet, so I’m going to be considering temps relative to ambient. On a longer interstate run when temps were 20C (68F) and speed was at 74mph, the coolant temps are 89C and the trans is running <80C with the converter locked. On the entire...

That’s brilliant, I’m sorry I just now saw this. I’d need to think through how to attach said straps to the panels. My gut says rivnut(s) with a grommet(s) through the webbing.