Diversion

http://static.flickr.com/86/267262737_c59cbebfdf.jpg $20 shipped (or best offer) I bought these and sold the car before I had the chance to put them on They will look incredible! Includes the rear hatch decal, 2 side fender decals, and on hood/front decal. Best way to reach me is my e-mail at jayperry@gmail.com Jay

I used high-temp paint as well on my wheels due to the paint sticking better. I'll post a pic of them on the car.. they truly look amazing! Jay

Are you planning on making a abs plastic mold around the headlights? it'd look really professional then. Jay

4 to 5 hours per wheel because I was being very tedious and also painted the insides of the spokes black to match the car. =) Jay

Here's my before and after work on polishing a single wheel from the Starion. All done by hand, using wet sandpaper. In this order of grit, 220, 340, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500. Then use your favorite mag polish. Before http://diversio.home.comcast.net/before.jpg After http://diversio.home.comcast.net/after1.jpg Another http://diversio.home.comcast.net/after2.jpg Jay

Yeah it's a Starion. Check out this link: http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/motorsp...0s/2starion.htm Jay

Mark e-mailed me, apologized for everything and sent the package and I have recieved it. The unit is in good shape with no problems. Just wanted to let you know he fixed the problem. Jay

My experience with Mark is negative. I sent him $30 via money order and he e-mailed me saying he received the money, however, said he "lost" the A/C control unit I purchased, then after a month later e-mailing each other back and forth said he would yank the one from his car to send to me, then a day later said he found the box with the A/C unit he was going to send to me and said he would send it out the next day, but never heard from him since. The last e-mail I got from him was back on December 7th. Has anybody heard from him after that date? Thanks. Jay

I own a WRX that puts around 210 horsepower and 190 torque to the WHEELS. It can pull a 13.4 @ 103 mph all day long.. Mostly due to traction, but as you can see it has a low MPH. The G54B is an engine designed to make gobs of power at incredibly low RPMS, and it does it quite well as you can see on the dyno charts. It makes HUGE torque and decent hp to the wheels. Reason why WRXs and DSMs have much more potential to be faster than a StarQuest is a lot of things.. Dual Over head cam and 16 valves for starters... this makes a huge difference over the SOHC/8 valve setup in our engines.. The DSMs and WRXs use airflow 150% or so more effectively than the G54B can. The second most important factor is the technology of the engine verses the newer cars.. It's obvious the simplicity of the G54B just can't physically create the output of newer cars.. Lastly, the biggest flaw of the G54B is the ability to rev high.. Doesn't matter if you have a cam in the G54B that allows revving to 8000 rpms, the engine will NOT make much more power, IF AT ALL past 5000 rpms.. We have a 2.6 liter 4 cylinder, c'mon, put two and two together and that adds up to a nasty long stroke.. A good thing is that our 2.6s can spool a huge turbo up much quicker than your smaller 2.0 4 cylinder.. however, due to the limitations on the power making ability in the high rpms, the G54B can only make use of power effectively for MAYBE 2500 rpms.. then the power drops off HORRIBLY and you get slower the higher you take the rpms.. A short stroked 2.0 4 cylinder can be designed to make power up to 8000+ rpms.. so sure it might take 3600 rpms to spool a Big 16G... that leaves you over 4000 rpms of FULL BOOST power to lay down to the ground.. That's why they are so fast.. once they get that big turbo spooling, they got all that rpm room to effectively use the power.. The G54B can't effectively use a large turbo's power.. that's why I think people should stick to 14G, 16G, and 18G turbos.. .anything bigger will just begin to limit the way your engine uses the turbo. The only thing one can do to extend the length of time the power is being made in each gear on the G54B is to use longer gear ratios.. That way you're revving SLOWER.. causing the engine to stay in it's sweet spot LONGER... Staying in the sweet spot longer will allow you to use the power more effectively... Of course, longer gears will make off-boost driving annoying and slower. Jay

Are you running the stock cam still?? From the horrible power loss after 3850 rpms or so i'd say it's stock.. Reason you can't break a 13.6 is mostly due to not being able to hold power for a long enough time.. You'd have to shift at 4300 rpms in each gear to keep the car in it's powerband, and I bet you'll be in 5th gear by the middle of the 1/4mile. What's your mph at the end of the track? Are you running a stock head and bottom end? Give me some specifics and I can probably tell you what's wrong with the setup. Jay

Any differences in the mold between the Gaugepods.com and the MidwestTurbo one? I have a Gaugepods.com pod on my WRX and the gauges point towards the back of the car and aren't angled at the driver.. I was kind of disappointed with that... but i've learned to deal with it.. Was wondering how the molds where for the Starion pod.. thanks. Jay