I don't plan to do much other than maintenance, and driving it.zok15 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:48 am Sounds good! Throttle response seems good too. Have you looked into make a quarter wave resonator for it? Looks like a great way to cut down on unwanted frequencies without adding any restriction and a fun project.
Sucks about the power steering, sounds like you have done everything. I will say if your inlet elbow has an o-ring and it does not have a groove it sits in, I have found these types of connections to be super finicky, and I have had to make sure I leave space for the o-ring to roll into its final resting point as it gets installed. Otherwise it finds a way to get pinched and leaks. Not sure if your leak tester was able to test that connection.
And that's not a bad 0-60 for a FWD, though I am shocked the car is as light as it is, looks like a 3400lbs car visually. Google says your stock 0-60 was about 8.3 seconds so shaving a second off ain't too shabby, and I am sure you could get into the 6's with a perfect launch. What do you think you are making for power? I feel like with the cam, heads, and exhaust you should be able to get into the 230hp+ range which should be able to get you into the high 5 second range for a car that weight (if not limited by traction). Probably feels similar to when my WRX was stock which was plenty quick for a daily.
part of the short list of things I plan to do that isn't maintenance, I am going to try and empty the AFT out of the trans and swap it for a heavier oil. one of the TSB's states to fill the trans with "Saturn manual transmission fluid" which is something like 75w-85 IIRC.
the inlet to the pump is integrated with the pump reservoir, I won't say it's impossible to be leaking, but I feel it's not likely, especially when the old pump didn't make the same noise prior to all of this, and I did nothing to mess with it other than unbolt it, and bolt it back onto the engine.
Edit: I'm beginning to wonder again if it's not the power steering, but something else. it only makes the noise going left, and I don't feel anything in the steering when it's making the noise. when I leave to go to work later, I'm going to try something I should have tried a long while ago, and see fi I can replicate the noise stopped.
I have no idea what the power is, and I don't want to make a claim of anything, it makes whatever it makes. I'll take it to the dragstrip next month for shits and giggles and see what it puts down for a time, but I'm not expecting much.