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Offline farva

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another issue with JDM gc8 fuel tank related
« on: July 15, 2009, 07:17:16 pm »
I think I may have figured out what might have caused my motor to blow. coming round a tight right corner gave it gas coming out of the corner and it felt like I hit a fuel cut. I had about 1/4 tank filled it up tried it again worked fine did not fuel cut. so basically don't take hard right corners with less then half a tank. im going to be looking at running a swirl pot to actually fix the issue.  Ithink this issue may have contributed to the death of a number of JDM motor deaths.
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Re: another issue with JDM gc8 fuel tank related
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2009, 11:18:43 pm »
I had this issue too, when my car was getting low on fuel it stuttered. Honestly it ended up being the coilpacks, it was just conv. that it always happened at lower fuel levels.
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Re: another issue with JDM gc8 fuel tank related
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2009, 09:06:37 am »
Fuel starvation is a known issue with Imprezas... I've seen it on Best Motoring with STi's on the track.  And I know that a WRX will do it at auto-x (ask me how i know. :P)
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Re: another issue with JDM gc8 fuel tank related
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2009, 12:32:42 pm »
That's good to know. I'll have to make sure I keep my tank topped up.
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Re: another issue with JDM gc8 fuel tank related
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2009, 01:18:08 pm »
If you can get through the awkward translation here

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww5a.biglobe.ne.jp%2F~miner%2FImpreza%2Fmisc_databrk.html&lp=ja_en&btnTrUrl=Translate

it is spoken about a bit.  This is a good group of pages for information regarding the JDM WRX/STi's
I can't seem to get the link to work properly, just cycle forward through the next few pages the page is titled "Gas Defect Condition" - sorry I can't be more helpful here...

Thanks for your post, as I didn't actually know this before, that is helpful to know.
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