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Old 05-18-2007, 05:06 PM   #22
Migo
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by DZnutz View Post
is this a good idea? id assume the breather is there for a reason. possibilty of building up unnecessary pressure by capping it off?
A few other people actually pull the entire tube out, and weld the hole shut. I'm assuming that it is there for perhaps the extra stress/flow that the STi has compared to the RS, so I wouldn't pick 'yes' or 'no' because my application with my EJ257 is higher compression non-turbo....

But before I siliconed it shut, I had oil spewing everywhere out of that breather. The whole block was covered in oil and the oil was burning off under the hood, creating a large cloud of smoke. Other cars beside me looked quite nervous.

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Originally Posted by 4S-TURBO View Post
newb question: will a turbo x-member still be necessary to run the sti shortblock because of the oil pan/headers? i'm not too interested in grinding the stock one. thanks.
No there's no need for a turbo crossmember unless you want to eventually use turbo exhaust components. I reused my old oil pan and headers. Using a turbo crossmember is mainly for clearing an uppipe.
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