DeadAir said:Where did you find the template? What kind of air tool did you use?
I put a piece of cardboard (could have used wood but would have taken longer) up on the head. I taped it in the middle and poked holes for the 2 studs in the head that the IM sits on. Then I poked holes around the port holes. That's basically it. You need to be carefull about getting crap into the head, and you need to use a knife or sandpaper (cleanup...) to get the cardboard just right. Then you just transfer that to the IM when you're porting.
I have a craftsman air die grinder.
DeadAir said:Do what now? I Googled this and all I saw were Impreza instructions... same thing?
It's on this forum. If you take the IM off it's really really simple. Basically there is a coolant tube going to and from the throttle body. There's one that goes from one side of the TB to the other. All you have to do is match the to/from loops together, and then keep the one on the TB just on the TB. You use the existing rubber hoses and just isolate the two loops, keeping coolant away from the TB.
P-Funk! said:Question:
Why not just cut the VTCS actuator link flush with the inside of the head? Then just re-install the actuator. It would turn - but not protrude into the air stream...
Just quicker/easier than tapping a new bolt...
2 reasons. 1, when you make it flush you groove it like a valley to match the shape of the port. When the VTCS activates it will rotate it, and now it won't match the shape of the port. 2, the only thing that keeps it in place is the other parts of the rod going to the other cylinders. When you cut it off it basically floats in there. You can't really tell how far it or out it's going to sit. That's why I cut it halfway through and put quiksteel in the hole, that way the inside of the runner is always the same.