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That's for sure; especially Woodinville which has turned into Yuppieville.

4 turns out indicates you need to replace the primary air jet (likely two sizes); I wish I could remember which way. --ed--

The golf course is still around, but I think Bob's is gone. This area must have been farm country when you were here. You'd likely not recognize it anymore.

The rallycross school will be June 24th (evening), all day on the 25, and a rallycross on the 26th. It will be at the Red Lion Inn, Hillsboro, OR. Contact Paul Eklund at Primitive Racing. I think the fee is $150 or the weekend and includes the entry fee for the rallycross. I'll get you a better address as soon as I find it. Here's the link to the previous RallyCross school last March. Except for the date changes, the info is pretty much the same as the last one. It should be better since I think there will be a lower turnout since it's rather poorly publicized this time. http://bbs.subiesport.com/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=10&day=2005-3-20&c=1 Here's some pics I found from the last one (I hope you have broadband; a 56K modem will drive you crazy): http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=128896

If you happen to see bratcrazy at this event, ask him to drop me a PM. Thanks.

Glen, you absolutely deserve a medal for perseverance on this problem! Nice work.

It went together that easily! Maybe I should have charged you more! (Just kidding). Anyway, I think you got it right; maybe someone else can find Cameron's write up on the installation for the details. If you're two turns out on the mixture screw it's pretty close to correct for the idle jet; my understanding is 1-1/2 to 2 turns out for the mixture.

Fake mud; I heard about this on the radio today. Yuppies buying fake mud so they can look like they've been off road. Weird. http://techdirt.com/articles/20050610/0750239.shtml http://weldon.neogenesis.com.au/?q=node/view/133 http://weblog.herald.com/column/davebarry/archives/015823.html

If the wheels started with the standard '85 and up wagon wheels before they were chromed your problem is the wagon wheels themselves. These later model wagon wheels were prone to bending from day one....even when new; my understanding is that FHI even issued a service memo on the wheels years ago. I stopped using the wagon wheels when I had twelve of them checked at the local tire place and found 8 of them were no longer true! I switched to alloy wheels on my daily driver ('86 wagon) at that time and was never bothered by shimmy again.

Your turbo is fuel injected and you should pass emissions without any trouble. You'd be getting a check engine light if the emissions are far enough off to fail. Just make sure your air cleaner is new and not causing you to run too rich and make sure the catalytic converter is good and hot when you arrive at emissions; run it up and down the highway before you go.

That y-pipe allows hot air for the carburetor to be sucked up into the air cleaner intake through a corrogated aluminum hose. Helps in the winter time when the flapper in the air cleaner housing redirects warm air into the carb until the engine warms up.

Well, it didn't look like a Portland neighborhood either.

Noah, yea I know; I just had to pull your chain a bit.

Considering the PNWSEC and Ralli-tek decals in the rear window, I'd say it's from Portland.

Did you replace the sensor that is mounted on the front, near the center of the engine block, or the temp SWITCH on the radiator?

I've been using Castrol 10W-30 for close to 35 years (first VW products, then BMW, and now Subaru) and OEM filters at 2500 mile change interval. My cars usually last 250K miles or more. Nice to see that Suburb Service agrees with me; not that I'd go there for service.

I guess I can make it if I can get on the road by about 5AM.

Lynnwood has two new EA81 wagons and a new 2WD Legacy. The '84 wagon is metallic grey with a great body, 162K, and 4 speed d/r tranny. The '83 is metallic red with cool pin striping, 2wd, with 5 speed manual; looks really sharp; engine looks like crap. I didn't get too good a look at the Legacy since it was being ravaged by three people.

Try www.carbsunlimited.com.

Mark, what time were you planning on meeting at exit 88? My entry is in the mail and I'll plan on getting there fairly early. I'm not going down the night before since a two hour plus drive down before the event isn't going to tax me that badly.

From the flyer for the Brooklyn events (6/25 and 7/30): Entry fee: $30 (3 runs minimum) Registration and Tech: 8:00am Driver's meeting: 9:45am First car off: 10:00am Morning run: Production, Production GT, and SUV/Truck Afternoon run: Group5, Group2, and Open See www.historicbrooklyntavern.com for local information.

Is it a solid lifter engine or hydraulic? If hydraulic, don't even think about adjusting them unless it's absolutely necessary. Solid lifters I would certainly adjust your valve clearances.

Sorry, Craig; I made my estimate based on the fact it's exit 88 off I-5 (i.e. 88 miles north of the Oregon/Washington border) and then about 15 miles west. I-5 is strange. It's only 180 south for me to get to Portland, but I can seldom make it in less than 4 hours.

Pull a part in Lynnwood has a Legacy in the yard now and another going in soon. Probably cost you around $30 plus your time to pull it.

I've gotten around a possible shortage for my Legacy by picking up a good looking used one at Pull a Part. I installed it on my Legacy right away and it has worked fine for the last six months. I put the original working alternator on the shelf in my garage so I know I have a spare working one if I need it. Cost me all of $20 to do that.