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I'm with GD on the Air Suction Valve. Do a search in the archives; there's lots written about it.

You might be in luck. There are currently two early Legacys at the Lynnwood Pull a Part with straight front ends. It would be a source of straight parts for you if you need them. Rent a portable sawsall and you're good to go.

Found this on the ORG discussion group today. Splendid and exciting news. Permanent land for all kinds of motorsports! Hi All - Please see message below. The full release should be available on oregonscca.com....I thought it was already there, but, I can't seem to find it. Thanks, Holly Remington - Regional Executive, Oregon SCCA ******************************************************************************** Oregon Region Sports Car Club of America For Immediate Release Contact: Jeff Zurschmeide 503-638-7300 email: zursch@oregonscca.com http://www.oregonscca.com Portland, Oregon (March 11, 2004) - The 1500 members of Oregon Region, Sports Car Club of America took the first steps toward building and operating their own racetrack, planned for the rolling hills outside Goldendale, in Klickitat County, Washington. On Thursday, March 4, the board of directors of Oregon Region voted to form a Limited Liability Company to obtain land and construct a multi-purpose, non-spectator motorsports park. The new company will be seeking investors this year and plans to build the track in 2005. The park will initially include facilities for road racing, autocross/skidpad, and performance rally. The club will make a purchase offer on 700 acres of farmland just outside the Eastern Washington farming community. The typically arid land east of the Cascade Mountain Range makes the site an ideal location for a track the club hopes will be in use most of the year. The Goldendale area recently rediscovered its motorsports history. It is just a few miles from the historic Maryhill Loops Road, the first paved road in Washington. That road, now owned by Maryhill Museum, is used for the annual Maryhill Loops Hillclimb for vintage race cars. It also has been used for numerous automobile television commercials. There is also an active motocross facility in operation in the area. "We are still a long way from realizing our dream of actually having a track there," said Holly Remington, Regional Executive for Oregon Region SCCA. "But for us this is an important first step." The Oregon Region is best known for its participation in the annual Rose Cup races held each June at Portland International Raceway. The Rose Cup remains one of the signature events in amateur racing in America and attracts drivers from throughout the western states. Remington said the club intends to continue to use PIR for many events and will continue to provide safety, corner workers and other staffing for events such as Champ Car and American Le Mans. Unlike the Portland road course, the planned race track at Goldendale will be designed for amateur races, not expected to draw the crowds that often attend events at PIR. The plan is for a 3-mile road racing circuit that can be run as two tracks of approximately 1.5 miles each, if desired. "It is important to note that this facility is not designed to accommodate large numbers of spectators and major commercial events, but rather to provide a venue for amateur and club events, similar to Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, CA.," said Jeff Zurschmeide, chairman of Oregon Region's New Track Committee. Thunderhill was developed by Oregon Region's sister club, San Francisco Region SCCA. The 60-year-old Sports Car Club of America is the nation's oldest and largest amateur motorsports organization, with a national membership of about 65,000. The Oregon Region was established in 1962.

Redhook is just a short drive from my old house; I'll ask if their sampling glasses are for sale or to donate next time I'm there.

Northguy, Who is Nordman? Available through Nokia? I haven't been to their 'site in a while but I'd love to get a set of Hakki 10's. I think they'd be the ideal rallycross tire for my Brat. Got a link for this lazy old guy?

GD, awesome report. Interesting picture of your exhaust pipe. Consider extending it out past the end of the bumper. With the pipe as it appears now you're going to see lots of rust under there soon.

I've got the KYBs on my '91 Legacy wagon and I love them. Not harsh at all and the car tracks like a dream. I don't know what to tell you.

If the temp increases with speed on the highway, you likely need to replace the radiator. Typical symptom with all the EA82 cars, especially the turbo--radiator is marginal and when it gets old it can't dissipate the heat fast enough. As your speed goes up, the temp goes up with it. Double row radiator is best for the Turbo.

Luke Ebert ran a gen1 Brat last year with an LSD installed. I'm not sure of the rear end ratio, but I thought it was a 3.900. Just make sure the LSD you install has the same rear ratio as your current open diff.

Shipping charges: I don't remember actual costs anymore, but the typical axle in a box weighs about 17 lbs. Go to ups.com or fedex.com (ground only) for a cost estimate of shipping. No advantage for you, but I've found that my savings on salestax almost covers a portion of the shipping costs. Last time I received a warranty replacement from cvaxles.com, I paid to ship the bad unit to them and they paid for shipping of the replacement unit back to me. Replacement parts: Cvaxles.com will sell you the individual pieces if you really want to rebuild your own. They might even tell you how to do it properly. Local source for you: Another place I've done business with that is in your back yard-- Oregon Drive Axle Supply 12533 SW Main Tigard, OR 97223 503-639-9476, FAX 503-684-8365 and 1-800-336-2953 I'm not really sure that they are still around. The last time I did business with them was two axles for my wife's Geo Metro. They were the only ones who were able to supply them in a timely fashion (no one up here stocked them and the local price was outrageous-->$200 EACH!). They had two axles back to me in two days at $69 each plus shipping. I put both axles on the car more than three years ago and they are still working just fine.

Odd, I had the sender in my '84 Brat fail recently. Couldn't find an EA81 unit in the yard so I bought one from an EA82. It works; but I have 75 PSI at all times even at idle. Most likely I got a flakey unit because I see no reason for them to be different for the two engine types.

Call CV axles at their 800 #; I think Kevin is the guy you want to talk to. My understanding is that the axles are lifetime warranteed (unless the boot is torn). Price is $55 per axle plus shipping; there's a core charge of $55 but they hold off on billing that providing they get a good core within 30 days.

First time I did this, it took me over 2 hours. 45 min. is after you've done a few and you have absolutely no problems. Did you already know the pin out of the inner joint? If so, you need to put the washers and castle nut back on the outer portion and pull on the hub until the inner joint falls off the stub axle at the tranny end. Once that's free, loosen the castle nut again and using a block of wood to keep from murphing the threads, bang the castle nut in, loosen it some more, bang it some more until the outer portion of the axle is free from the hub and you can remove the old axle. Good luck.

FS: Passenger side visor for '91 Legacy; beige (vinyl material) in color and it DOESN'T FLOP DOWN! $20 plus shipping will take it.

I have never gotten more than 10K out of any axles bought from Schucks, NAPA, or other name chain. I have not had any luck with axles rebuilt by ARI. In all cases, I received a replacement and in half of those, the replacement failed again in a short period of time. I've had my best success (and for the lowest price) with axles pulled from wrecks at a junkyard; I'm very picky about what I pull and haven't had to replace any of those until a boot let go. My personal choice is http://www.cvaxles.com; I've had an occasional axle fail there also, but never a complaint about a replacement; I've replaced two there over the years and one had a slit in the boot and it was replaced without question. Just to get a comparison, I've owned or worked on (for my kids), two Brats, two EA81 wagons, a EA82 wagon, and a Legacy wagon for the last 6 years and have certainly done my share of axles. Best bang for the buck has been my carefully pulled axles from a wreck; but cvaxles.com still gets my vote for a quality rebuilt axle--I would not purchase a rebuild from anyone else.

Eric, if the relay is wired as per McBrat's diagram, terminal 86 goes to your switch. THE OTHER END OF THE SWITCH GOES TO GROUND! Sorry for the caps, but no one so far had answered your question. Although SubSandRail had the correct solution also.

Palouse Rider lives just north of Spokane but you won't see him post much.

Nearest town is Odell about 10 minutes away; Hood River is about 25 minutes. Fairgrounds has a building with real bathrooms and a snack bar possible; not sure if we can arrange that as yet.

This is the closest link I could find to the Hood River Fairgrounds. http://www.hoodriver.org/HRCCC_MemberTemplate.asp?MemberINDX=68&CategoryINDX= There is camping available at the fairgrounds. There's certainly a car wash available in nearby Odell (I think). You'll find this a great site.

You should hit PAP and pull the rear disks off one of the Turbos out there and install those instead of replacing the drum. You won't be sorry; it's one of the better upgrades. Also, get a set of the vented disks for the front off an EA81 wagon if you don't already have them.

Yes. My 5 speed conversion from the manual 4 speed dropped the rpm at 60 mph by about 500. I can cruise all day on the highway at 70 mph (or higher) somewhere in the low 3000 range (I'd have to look, but it's certainly below 3500).

I hope you didn't get me during my little off course excursion on run rhree. I'm looking forward to the video. I hope they do another event soon; this one was too much fun.

More photos of the afternoon run by Doug Chase: http://www.chaserace.com/photo/20040229rallycross.html

As far as I know, Scott has retired the Durango from rallycross competition. He showed up at the NWR event last weekend in a Toyota AllTrac. Personally, I think the ORG group made the correct decisions on this. Brats are in Truck; the wagons and such go back to Production. There is a limiting factor to this since there's not likely to be much of an increase in Brats running in the class. Having just gotten my Brat back from the bodyshop with a new rear bumper, the availability of parts (actually, lack of parts) will cause the number of Brats to be significantly reduced over the next few years.

Apparently the organizer's couldn't tell the difference. It is funny though.