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every time i remove the oil fill cap on my 86 ea82 xt turbo the idle drops to bout 500 rpm or less, and there is alot of air bein pushed up, what would cause this?. mike

no ideas anyone, i would like info on this too

i installed 91 loyale strut assembly's onto my xt and it got me 2 inches lift, and also allowed me to sell my air system(wink) with all 3 struts(wink again), cheap. mike

thnx man, will get this done as soon as i get the alternator, and will post pics. mike.

i have searched and searched and searched, andlooked on the usrm(404 not found mostly) to find out exactly how to swap out the hunk-o-junk alternator in my xt for a 100A gm unit, or the part number that i will need, i have many dodge-style units in my garage that i can trade for a core. any and all help and patience appreciated. mike

well, i finished the swap of front struts from a 91 subaru 4wd loyale wagon onto my xt, it was harder than i was expecting, and it raised the front of the car 1.5 inches, i had to undo the sway bar and whack away with a board and a buddy to get the strut to slide into the knuckle, but it worked out well, now the car doesn't bounce down the road uncontrollably, it soakes up the bumps, now i need to swap the rears out and all will be good. mike

thank u very much. mike

also would like assistance in an alternator ugrade as for which type of alternator will work, i think i remember reading that someone put a GM 120A alternator on theirs, and if they did, what part number was it for future reference. mike

i have an intercooler off a 92 talon tsi that i am tryin to make work on my xt, i need to figure out the routing for the pipes, i can't decide on top-mount of front mount, front would be easier i think, but then the routing of the tubes comes into play again, if anyone has pics of past installs that they could send off to me for more help would be great. i have some of the tubing, and the bov already mounted on a peice of angle pipe(pics to follow). mike

thnx, 2.5 to a straight-through magnaflow muffler it is, thnx for the help. mike xt turbo

well, the exhaust fell off my car xt today, i was driving down the road, and missed the center hump on the road caused by heavy trucks sitting, and the pipe from the end of the downpipe got riped off, luckly there was noone behind me, i stopped, threw it into the back of the car(wasn't hot) and continued on my way, turns out the pipe wasn't even connected to the muffler and the downpipe, so now i need to figure out what to do, what is the best size of pipe to use on these cars, i don't want to have to do the exhaust again, is 3" too big, or will 2.5" be good enough to support the mods planned? mike

in alberta, 50 km's over is grounds for confiscation of vehicle, and it was on 97th just outside of town where the highway goes from 28a to 97th, where the speed drops from 110km to 80km in 100m.

no worries man, i completely understand. mike

i understand what the majority of people who have/are goin to read this thread might say, and i know that speeding kills, i keep my speed down to a respectable 5 over for the sake of others and myself, but even the best of drivers have taken the speed up over the "respectable" level. i do not support or condone speeding or street racing, thats y i participate in sanctioned autocross thats held here on base. just to calm things mike

just cool down man, its not all the time, i know racing is not cool, it was the reaction of the cop that was the topper of the night