My ZFR
03-03-2013, 03:29 PM
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I have a buddy who got one of the first 04 STis in our County. He used to drive down the street from his house to the mall, maybe an 8 minute drive, never going past 4k RPM and hardly any boost. He would let his car idle in the mall parking lot for 5 mins. 
I used to tease him so bad. He was so paranoid.
(Sorry for the derail, just had to share. Haha.)
I used to tease him so bad. He was so paranoid. (Sorry for the derail, just had to share. Haha.)
03-03-2013, 07:57 PM
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Don't think so. I know a couple people who have had the EFR on before me. Donkeyballs, Omiotek, Gmtech has one too. xxghostxx hasn't been on in a while since something happened to his piston rings he had one of the first DD EFR. There is another guy that got the EFR on before me too.
03-03-2013, 08:20 PM
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Don't think so. I know a couple people who have had the EFR on before me. Donkeyballs, Omiotek, Gmtech has one too. xxghostxx hasn't been on in a while since something happened to his piston rings he had one of the first DD EFR. There is another guy that got the EFR on before me too.
Sorry, just had to clear that one up..
03-03-2013, 08:24 PM
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I think with a water cooled turbo, thats not really needed (based on research and conversations I have had). Oil only, I could see for sure. I can't believe people still buy oil only turbos. Its kinda crazy IMO.
03-03-2013, 08:36 PM
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03-03-2013, 08:53 PM
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It never stopped running really, he just stopped driving it until he got it fixed. He hasn't really touched it yet last I checked with him about a month ago but he said he was planning on getting her back on the road sometime in the spring.
03-03-2013, 11:20 PM
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Hey man replacing the turbo is not that hard just time consuming I would replace the zfr with k04 myself if I were you you can do it with basic tools. Just trying to save you some money. Btw did you have any flutter problems? I just don't understand especially if you didn't beat it... I'm sure Borg warning can do something 7 months is unacceptable I know how you feel now I feel like I'm gambling with my 2000$ zfr!
Warner damn spell check!
Warner damn spell check!
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03-04-2013, 02:22 AM
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Hey man replacing the turbo is not that hard just time consuming I would replace the zfr with k04 myself if I were you you can do it with basic tools. Just trying to save you some money. Btw did you have any flutter problems? I just don't understand especially if you didn't beat it... I'm sure Borg warning can do something 7 months is unacceptable I know how you feel now I feel like I'm gambling with my 2000$ zfr!
Warner damn spell check!
Warner damn spell check!
03-04-2013, 10:01 AM
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Hey man replacing the turbo is not that hard just time consuming I would replace the zfr with k04 myself if I were you you can do it with basic tools. Just trying to save you some money. Btw did you have any flutter problems? I just don't understand especially if you didn't beat it... I'm sure Borg warning can do something 7 months is unacceptable I know how you feel now I feel like I'm gambling with my 2000$ zfr!
Warner damn spell check!
Warner damn spell check!
03-05-2013, 01:08 AM
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I hope so, I just want to make sure I still have everything from the k04. I beleive I have to get a new oil fitting cuase they had to drill this one bigger to make it fit the zfr AFAIK. I'm not too sure I need to go through the k04 box and hope I have everything. Or I have to order them ASAP. I'm hoping one of the ZZP guys will get back to me today or something and I'm gonna talk to my mechanic about doing the turbo swap tomorrow or soemthing if I have everything here.
Also, this turbo has been on your car for 7 mos but what about how long ZZP had it? What's the warranty time frame? (Just asking bc I'm curious nothing more)