Well its SLC Punk if you all know him......it seems from his list that he has indeed gone through and done all the repairs to the car. Heres what he sent me.....
I replaced every coolant hose I could find. I also replaced the valve cover gasket, added new spark plugs, cap, rotor, wires, and changed all of the fluids.
The turbo oil seal was leaking, so it was blowing gray smoke out of the tail pipe. I sent the turbo to Performance Techniques (
www.turbocharged.com) to be rebuilt. The total was $500 for a complete rebuild and a impeller upgrade to a 46 trim.
The car ran very well, and the mileage was creeping up toward 60,000 miles. I decided to take it in to the dealership to get the timing belt changed. I had a friend that is a top Toyota tech work on it and he discovered that the head gasket had an external leak.
I decided that since he was going to take the motor out, I would replace a few things to prevent any further repairs down the road. I had them install ARP head studs, completely rebuild the head, new cam seals, front and rear main seals, new power steering pump (leaking), new timing belt and drive belts, new water pump, and a new stage II clutch. The total damage was over $3,000, but the car has been running top notch ever since!
I built a manual boost controller. I made a dual ball and spring controller out of parts bought from Home Depot. I have never had any problems with boost creep or spikes. As far as I am concerned, it is as reliable as the $100+ controlers! I have the boost at a conservative 10.5 psi, it will go up to 12 psi before hitting the fuel cut. There are a few posts on alltrac.net on how to bypass the fuel cut, but I never wanted to boost it more than what I have it set at.