Update on Scrap

Scrap went in to Motorsport last Thursday. Luckily, it doesn’t appear that he has a busted ringland, or any other sort of imminent threat. Worn rings, was the diagnosis. I’ve always noticed a little a blow-by when opening the oil-fill cap while the motor was running, which, since the WRX requires an even more compact compression tester than most flat fours, was how the issue was diagnosed. Prognosis; unless you want to throw money at it, don’t worry about that. In that vein I loosened the wastegate actuator arm, and remapped the car to bring the boost back up to normal stage II levels. Parts have been ordered for maintenance and updates: Spark Plugs. One step colder NGK Iridiums. NGK BKR7EIX Iridium IX Spark Plug (Amazon Link) JazzyEngineering...

Stay Out of The Water…

… the autos are bathing!

Update on Scrap

Scrap is in pretty poor shape at the moment. He has been brutalized and vandalized within an inch of his life, but I am happy to report that the wheels are in motion to start getting him fixed. I’m going to be posting a new page for him, where I will list off all the work he needs, it may actually turn into a maintenance log of sorts. Who knows? Regardless, he has an appointment with Motorsport in Port Townsend on Wednesday, and we’ll see why he’s consuming so much oil and blowing so much smoke. Then its time for a tune.     Then its time to stop spending money on my damn car.