Hey Ryan, you were in that White dsm? :lol: That thing was smoking A LOT, does the owner know about the smoke? Man, that thing needs a little TLC. :cool:

Yeah, but it's a dark smoke, right? Like excess fuel? Which is weird, cuz we changed the spark plugs today and they were casper WHITE. So, I dont know. It does need some TLC. Although it looks like a POS, and is treated like a POS, it hawls BAWLS!

Yeah, dark black smoke.

That was covered with "DSM" in previous posts. ;)

What, our :lol: guy isn't good enough for you?

Perhaps you run lean while cruising but rich when you get on it?

I'm gonna go with "it's a DSM, so it's fast, smokey, and finicky". And yes, most tuned cars smoke when you get on 'em... nature of the beast. DSMs just more than most.

But what about the plugs indicating it's running lean? Or, is that normal for a tuned car too?

That's "normal" for a fast DSM. That's what makes 'em fast. :lol:

No, usually you can check the plugs to check whether you're running lean or not - thats what I learned, atleast. Of course, you could also do this with a wideband o2 or datalogger. And at idle, his car runs really rich. We gutted his mas and in order to keep it to idle, we added +35% fuel at idle.

And scott, about the smile, I think mine is more of a giggle than a laugh.

I'm aware that plugs tell a story. The "normal" plug in this chart looks pretty white though.

Plugs only reliably tell a story if you put in a freash set, run them at the RPM/Load you are interested in for a while, and turn the ignition off without doing anything else. Stop the car, and pull the plugs.

Anything else is mostly crap data.

I can see that bein somewhat true (RE: assuming AFR's), but if the electrode melts off, I think that tells you somthing for certain.

"Polite chuckles.....building to riotous laughter"


*Plays with fire OT'ing an OT in Sightings

:mad: Truth!!!!!!!



j/k :lol:

Looks like almost a whole page of posts with no sightings??? Where's a mod when you need one? :lol:

Posting OT in the thread. :p

ScottyS was that your little green wagon I saw heading into the Costco Parking lot?

If not, what year offered that metallic green. That the first one I have seen that solid color, most are two toned.

He has an Impreza L wagon I'm pretty sure, not an Outback, if that helps.

Well this looked identical as mine from the back, and I couldnt tell if it had a scoop, but it was wearing a bra. Looked like acadia green or whatever. Never seen one like that. What size tires do you need for your rims Jonny?

205/50 16s or 205 55 16s.

I've got a set of cheapo 205/55R16 summer tires you can have for free. Just get them out of the garage. :)

To the PM!

Sweet! I like that plan :lol: