OK I have my STI ordered
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OK I have my STI ordered
OK i have my STI on the way and i'm reading the post about CEL the thing is, i don't know what CEL means????? I have a apexi gt spec exhuast in the garage whating for the car. is that going to couse boost creep??
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CEL= check engine light. If your exhaust is catless you will get one unless you get the CEL fix. If your exhaust is 3", catless, with a good downpipe design, then yes, most likely you will get overboost on occasion. If the muffler or downpipe are restrictive then you probably don't have to worry.
congrats on ordering the sti
i have the apexi gt-spec also, you will need a cel fix, perfebly a mechanical cel fix. the mechanical cel fix everyone has is a little too long, so u will need to unscrew it and use the top half. as far as boost cut, i have only had boost cut a few times only on 6th gear, on my car there hasn't boost cut in any other gear. but i dont know how it will be because you dont have a catless downpipe like i do. update us when you get the exhaust on
-dashiet
i have the apexi gt-spec also, you will need a cel fix, perfebly a mechanical cel fix. the mechanical cel fix everyone has is a little too long, so u will need to unscrew it and use the top half. as far as boost cut, i have only had boost cut a few times only on 6th gear, on my car there hasn't boost cut in any other gear. but i dont know how it will be because you dont have a catless downpipe like i do. update us when you get the exhaust on
-dashiet
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Originally posted by dashiet
congrats on ordering the sti
i have the apexi gt-spec also, you will need a cel fix, perfebly a mechanical cel fix. the mechanical cel fix everyone has is a little too long, so u will need to unscrew it and use the top half. as far as boost cut, i have only had boost cut a few times only on 6th gear, on my car there hasn't boost cut in any other gear. but i dont know how it will be because you dont have a catless downpipe like i do. update us when you get the exhaust on
-dashiet
congrats on ordering the sti
i have the apexi gt-spec also, you will need a cel fix, perfebly a mechanical cel fix. the mechanical cel fix everyone has is a little too long, so u will need to unscrew it and use the top half. as far as boost cut, i have only had boost cut a few times only on 6th gear, on my car there hasn't boost cut in any other gear. but i dont know how it will be because you dont have a catless downpipe like i do. update us when you get the exhaust on
-dashiet
Originally posted by stibanshee
Whats with all of these people buying STi's and not knowing a thing about them??? Do alittle research if your lost and save everyone else from a head ache. Your probably also one of those hypocondriac that worries about everything too.
Whats with all of these people buying STi's and not knowing a thing about them??? Do alittle research if your lost and save everyone else from a head ache. Your probably also one of those hypocondriac that worries about everything too.
Originally posted by stibanshee
you dont know what a CEL is? you need to read some books before you do anything my friend. Do you even know what Detonation is?
you dont know what a CEL is? you need to read some books before you do anything my friend. Do you even know what Detonation is?
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OK this is crazy!!! I thank the people that help me; it is people like you guys are what keeps me coming back to the forums.
Now for the people that have nothing to say but crap, I'm in the Navy and the Military is the king of acronyms, and yes I did a search to try to figure out that C.E.L. means, plus when you look in the Manual it doesn't have CEL in it. So let’s drop this!!! I didn’t know what it was so I asked.
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Now for the people that have nothing to say but crap, I'm in the Navy and the Military is the king of acronyms, and yes I did a search to try to figure out that C.E.L. means, plus when you look in the Manual it doesn't have CEL in it. So let’s drop this!!! I didn’t know what it was so I asked.
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Ah...don't worry about it man...it ain't a big deal. Some people are just arrogant and think EVERYONE's as smart as they are. Don't let jackasses like that get to ya. We're here to help each other, not berate one another, so ask as many "stupid" qustions as ya want and most of us will be happy to pass along what we've learned along the way. I'm pretty certain he wasn't born knowing what a CEL was either.
Congrats on the new STi by the way. I picked mine up last month and have had a blast with it ever since.
Take care and post as much as ya like.
JW
Congrats on the new STi by the way. I picked mine up last month and have had a blast with it ever since.
Take care and post as much as ya like.
JW
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