Hydrodip is amazing if only for the many, many tasteless patterns you could use. Houndstooth. Paisley.
But like...that big, awful gaudy big pixeled houndstooth:
OEM downpipe jellynuts, install date TBD.
Last night I got my Defi oil pressure sender from Japan. Even with the typhoon, it left Osaka on the 7th. Japan, you're awesome.
It was also cheaper than RallySportDirect too! RHDJapan, props, props. Onto some pictures, some from Friday where Canuckrz and I installed the oil-temp sensor (thanks again for the help Canuckrz) and some from last night.
Start by pulling off the IC and BPV and expect to swear; but don't because you don't have a gigantic STi intercooler shoved in your engine bay like Dan does...
Gross throttle body. Cleaned up as best as possible. Same with the intercooler.
Old galley plug, 8mm hex. Canuckrz boilermaker strength. Replace this plug with 11024AA210 and the washer 03701820 which has a 1/8 BSPT fitting:
So much stuff to remove to get the sensor in...
She's in, where's waldo down underneath. You can see it, I promise lol:
Onto the oil pressure sensor, it gets installed where the stock oil pressure switch is underneath the alternator. Good time to change your A/C idler pulley, mine was getting skateboard-y.
New pressure sensor, yellow teflon'd for maximum petrochemical resistance
Turns out the one I had in before that didn't work - it was a GReddy branded one. Probably not compatible with the Defi-Link system (ah the joys of mad-tyte JDM things from the early 2000s).
(thanks again Canuckrz for your crowfoot wrenches, convinced me to buy my own set)
A lesson: Don't reef them in too tight. They don't need it. The fittings are tapered if you have 1/8 BSPT (or 1/8PT) so they should self seal. It'll start to bind up and that's when I backed off.
Inb4 electrician jokes:
In this pic you can see where Dan and I hid the boost sensor. The mount had an M6 mounting hole, so it's almost invisible! We tee'd off the BPV line for the sensor.
I also learned that if you disconnect the clock; the instrument panel airbag light illuminates (because the clock has the passenger airbag icons). Solution? Keep the clock:
Finished! JDM STi Genome Gauges.
