vacuum leak

Alright so I've owned my MSP for a while now and I've slowly been trying to sort out issues with it. I just replaced all the vacuum lines with nice silicone lines andreplaced any of the factory plastic t's with larger brass t's. I have an hks bov and it just doesn't seem to open. The way I have...

I never bothered to check my intake tube because my car was running fine. I finally decided to check it just for the hell of it (I heard about the tube cracks about a year ago) and found two huge cracks going halfway around the tube. I taped it up for now while I order a new one. After taping...

Can a squealing drive belt (since february 2012) cause battery problems and stalling? The squeal happens during cold starts and goes away as soon as i shift the gear. The instrument panel is dim and cuts off, horn is low, and radio cuts off. Yesterday after a 30 minute highway drive the car...