"PowderHound" (PowderHound)
01/27/2016 at 12:05 • Filed to: None
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"PowderHound" (PowderHound)
01/27/2016 at 12:05 • Filed to: None | 4
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I hadn’t even driven a car in over a month it took so long! Definitely felt very weird at first, especially with a new clutch which is something I have never experienced. It felt very very light at first but it’s starting to come around to being a bit stiffer already. I still want to go do a bit more of a shake down on it but I may wait a week. The mechanic wants me to bring it back in a week so they can give it another look over after putting some miles on it. It’s not a brand new engine that dropped in so it doesn’t need an actual break-in period. But now I have an 03 WRX wagon with 80k on the engine and 183k on the body. Should last a good while!
I will say that there doesn’t seem to be as much turbo noise as before but I really haven’t wrung it out, only gone up to about 4500-5k rpms. One weird thing I noticed was that the cylinder heads of my new engine are painted black where I’m pretty sure my old ones were bare metal. No idea if that makes any sort of difference.
HammerheadFistpunch
> PowderHound
01/27/2016 at 12:08 |
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HOORAY! New engines are fun...but...keep a close on all the things. Depending on how stringent the shop was with torque specs and procedure there is a good chance there will be some minor stuff to follow up on. Even if they did everything right its best practice to make sure things are staying the way they should.
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PowderHound
> HammerheadFistpunch
01/27/2016 at 12:15 |
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I haven’t driven it too far but oh man does every little noise scare me. I heard some rattling this morning but it turned out to be some loose keys under my coffee mug. I’m definitely going to be paranoid for a little while.
supra-squirrel
> PowderHound
01/27/2016 at 12:20 |
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Happy happy happy. Putting mine in ze shop soon for new clutch as well. Can’t wait.
Klaus Schmoll
> PowderHound
01/27/2016 at 12:31 |
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Congrats! Do you feel whole again?
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PowderHound
> Klaus Schmoll
01/27/2016 at 13:25 |
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It is amazing! I got used to the hell of doing things the bus way. I was always in a hurry in the morning and couldn’t give up a couple minutes because I would miss the bus. Going to the grocery store was a game of, “Well I can’t get those eggs because they will be a pain a carry and might break before I even get home.” It’s so much nicer
uofime-2
> PowderHound
01/27/2016 at 15:55 |
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Congratulations
Where there any break in instructions for the new clutch?
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PowderHound
> uofime-2
01/27/2016 at 19:53 |
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They didn't tell me anything. I have never had a new clutch before either. It does feel great though