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If you do swap the carb, I'd suggest a weber if the local emissions station don't look under the hood and just check the exhaust. Good luck.

Coming up soon, a combined Primitive Rally School and ORG rallycross. October 8, 9, and 10th for the rally school. October 10th for the rallycross. http://www.writerguy.com/primitive/nwrallyschool.htm http://www.oregonrally.com/rallycross.cfm http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Hillsboro,%20OR&wuSelect=WEATHER

Check your owner's manual; I believe they specify 75W-90. I like the Redline (without the NS for lower mileage transmissions AND the rear diff). NS for high mileage transmissions; but stick with the non NS for the rear diff.

Drop me a PM with your phone number. I have a collection of hold down bolts. If I can find my collection, I think I can find you a longer set. Secondly, if you want the best price on batteries, try the Interstate distributor just north of us....north on I405, north on I5 to the 2nd exit, left across the highway, left at the next traffic light (not onto I5 south!), and Interstate is just around the curve to the right on your right. Sorry I forgot the address but you could google it. Convenient that we're both in Bothell.

P0420 is an emissions related code; that code shouldn't cause you to go into limp mode. Check the code again.

What's the mileage on your L? I have a '97 Impreza L which is my daily driver and I've been active in rallycross with it for over 5 years. I'm approaching 195K miles with it and there's no sign of an issue with the steering rack. Start with the simple (i.e. less expensive) things like wheel balance, tires and the wheels themselves. After that other suspension related things.

You mean you stop to eat before checking the internet?

PM'd about a shop in Snohomish.

Anyone hear whether the event went off or not? If it happened, any pics available? Posted results?

All the emissions places here in WA state.

That's about right. The people who claim 30+ are stretching the truth.

Well, I think you got a great deal. Enjoy the restoration; you'll be happier with what you've done than buy a fully restored one for more money. And to be honest, my Brat won't command the price I wanted for it in the current economy. My wife also decided we should keep it. So it is out of the garage now and is an occasional daily driver for when we need its unique capabilities. It is not a "parts hauler" or anything messy. Sometime when I find a power steering rack and assembly, I think I'll install that so it's a bit easier to drive and park.

I ran mind for three months with minor symptoms (i.e. only binding under hard lock turns) before I finally replaced it with a new viscous coupler. It took that long for me to give up on trying to find a good used one.

Looks like the one I recently posted in the ebay/craigslist forum. Nice pickup.

Early Imprezas are amazingly "clean". Looks like what I've gotten on our early model a few years ago. Don't have it now anymore so I don't have anything to compare it to.

Well, it's out for me. Maybe qman was correct and the rallycross is off also. I haven't had any updates since my last post.

There was a time I used Fram oil filters (roundly dissed by others here). The point is I never had any issues with them since I changed oil/filter every 2500 miles. I have since changed to OEM Subaru and I buy them 6 or 12 at a time through 1stsubaruparts.com (by 'phone with Jason in Parts, 866-528-5282). With the online discount, the price is low enough to justify stocking the filters and I go through them pretty rapidly since I have three cars that I do on the 2500 to 3000 mile interval. No need to spend extra money for a "premium" product IMHO.

Lynn thanks for the mention. They mentioned us because we were just out of the award circle. Jeanne and I did have a great time. The roads were exciting to say the least. We didn't get lost but had some issues with working the rally computer. As the old computer saying goes, "garbage in garbage out." I've got to get more consistent if I'm going to get us into the top three. There are some truly competitive teams out here. A great job done by ORG. We'll certainly be back again next year.

I was with a group of nasioc folks. They didn't invite just me, but Jeanne and I were fortunate to be included in this group.

No further information as yet. But if you're just down the road, go for it and enjoy. I'd like to go, but need more confidence that it's really on before I drive 5 hours out to get there.

Not quite correct. Wild West rally has been cancelled. Latest word is that rallycross is still on; Sept. 18 and 19; Garfield County fairgrounds. I haven't heard anything more as yet. http://www.specialstage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41674&page=2

Nothing wrong with an adjustable bar if you can afford the price. Whiteline makes an excellent one.

GD.....good points all. But it's easy to lose a thin shim washer in the residual gearoil (been there, done that). As to the cost of used, you're certainly having better luck than I had when going through this. Two used trannys and a dis-assembled tranny in a box (with a destroyed 3rd gear, so I thought the center diff would be okay) and I used up around $400 and about 3 months of looking without getting a working center diff. At that point, I opted for getting a new one.

Yikes, transmission issues AND a torn rotator cuff. Talk about double bad luck. You're wise to have someone else do that transmission swap for you. Best of luck with the repair.

Just make sure you find and re-use all the existing shim washers.