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Done, check my STUFF photo album.

It's hard to say. I would suspect the fronts would interchange (I have 2003 WRX seats in my '97 Impreza which has the same seats as the earlier '93's and up) easily without any modification. However, the rears are a puzzle since the mountings for rear seats are often unique. Your best bet is to find someone willing to let you take a close look and try a "test" fitting.

Here's the first cut. Great job guys!

The Haynes manual is partially correct in that they aren't replaceable by the average home mechanic, but I know it can be done. Thanks for the clarification on Hope Valley. I know where Rhode Island is since I great up in NJ and my wife has relatives in RI. It's just that Hope Valley sounded like it might have been in California.

If anyone wants to see the pics, I will post them in my photo album. Things to note are the DF weber doesn't interfere with the distributor on the passenger side and there's no trouble with the linkage on the right. I got the linkage adapter at BowWow Auto Parts in Lynnwood, WA. If memory serves me, it cost around $20. In some ways I like this setup better than the DG.

I'm sorry for my "tongue in cheek" comment about the STi 6MT. But please don't even think about $700 for a new driveshaft. Check around at the junkyards in your area for a used one or have a local drive shop replace the u-joint on your current one. Good luck.

John has the correct idea. I don't know where Hope Valley is, but the local junkyard is your friend. The local (to me) Pull a Part yard charges under $30 for a complete driveshaft when they have the right car in the yard. Any MT Impreza wagon should have the correct driveshaft for you.

However the good news is, if you install the STi 6 speed MT, your automatic drive shaft is the correct length.

Automatic and MT driveshafts are different lengths. Sorry.

Did you check for spark immediately after it died? I found the ignition module on my '85 wagon would intermittently fail (Hitachi distributor) whenever it got warm. It looked like it had spark, but not enough to run the engine until it cooled down after 5 or 10 minutes.

Nice score, best of luck with it.

If you like, I'll send you a pic of my son's weber (df...); drop me an email address. I may have an adapter plate for you; let me check on it.

Check out Delta Cams, Tacoma, WA or send a note to Qman. I had an engine rebuilt for my '84 Brat with the Delta cams in it, but it wasn't a turbo.

I know it's a bit early, but any feedback or pics from the 1st day rallyX at Pomeroy?

My choice would be the '85 with manual tranny. But I'm a flat lander and don't know how either engine would behave at 6200 ft above sea level. I would think they are both the same. Turbos come with their own baggage and I personally hate automatics. As to the '85 that stalls after it runs a while, I'd bet a six pack on the fact that the fuel filter hasn't been changed in a long time.

Here it would go for around $1500 to $2000. Don't forget that with that mileage you're due for timing belt and seal service, brake work, and shocks. Once that's done, you should be in fine shape for another 100K miles. Check NADA price (that's low ball figure) and Kelly Blue Book (that would be the high end price); this car should be somewhere in between.

Actually the dfav is just fine. I have one mounted on my son's brat and the only issue was re-routing the throttle cable. In some respects it fits better than the dgav that I have on my brat.

Sounds like you have a plan. I wish you the best of luck with the move and hope everything goes according to plan. Keep on flagging!

I've gotten about 15% better mileage with the weber, mostly because for normal driving the secondary hardly ever opens. But when you need it the power is there. Only trouble I ever had with the weber is the fact that it can freeze up in cold weather (make sure you use that plastic shield in front to keep it nice and warm in the wintertime).

Here's the flyer; just for you guys out in eastern Washington. http://www.pacificrallygroup.com/

It's a great mod for the Brat. Check ebay and craigslist for a better price. Also, consider used; they usually sell for $100 to $150 and if you decide you don't like it you won't loose as much money in re-selling it.

Good luck with the move; I hope it works out for you. Do you think the price of housing in Portland will be any better in 5 years?

Not a lot of information posted, but here's the link: http://www.oregonrally.com/Event_Detail.cfm?EventID=557

Thanks Jamie. I'll look for them. Yea, we all had fun. What surprised me was the number of people who tent camped at the site. We wussed it out and spent the night in a motel in town:); I couldn't have slept with the constant snap, crackle and pop of the overhead high tension wires! The family doing the food concession also did a great job. Not having to run into town for lunch was a plus. I hadn't planned to do any fun runs, but took one of them out on my street tires. I'm not sure whether I enjoyed it more or she did. I think we might have gotten a convert from among the local people. Results are up! Great job! Thanks. http://offcamberevents.com/events/underthewires/rx091308.pdf http://offcamberevents.com/events/underthewires/rx091408.pdf

Dust was everywhere; they couldn't water the course enough (altho they tried:eek:). Sunday's run, the ground finally gave up and became saturated with water and it became a mudfest in spots. Great event however! Technical course designed by Qman which was quite challenging (Saturday). Not quite the 2 to 3 minute runs that were advertised but the top guns were running in the 1:45 range. JRach smoked the competition with all of his runs in the 1:30's. Tight spots cost the unwary cones for not paying attention. I was being careful and never made it out of first:mad:. Sunday's run was technical also and looked fast. My first walkthrough made me think I'd be in 2nd most of the time. Turns out, I only got into 2nd for about a quarter of the course. The ground finally was saturated in water in spots with standing puddles in amongst the muddy parts. An intriquing feature of the course was the quick changes in traction without a difference in appearance. It made for interesting corrections to your line that one didn't expect at all. As difficult as Sunday was I found it more challenging and fun than Saturday since there was less dust (not much less, but less:rolleyes:). Both day's scores and awards were handed out promptly at the finish. I found the event well received for a number of different reasons.