MilesFox

my wagon was once lifted, home made, but i took it out(handling!) i had chevy 16 inch truck roms, 6x140mm, k-6 blazer style, with camaro 205/55 tires my intent was to instal the 5 lug suspension to mt existing ea82 parts, using legacy/impreza strut, xt knuckle, xt or legacy axle and try to fit a 23 spline doj from an ea82 2wd auto TURBO, and see if it would fit on a 2wd legacy axle. this will be necessary for my 5spd dual range part time, non turbo trans with the xt6 lower control arms on your ea82 mounts, you will be able to fit the xt6 or legacy ball joint (mine is drilled out ea82, xt caliper and knuckle, rotor for the front parking brake) so with that effect, if the axle doj idea can be proven (trashwagon 5 has the part i need for a mockup) you can go with the legacy strut assembly and use wrx style brakes( for my 5spd dual range, part time, 23 spline shaft) but the setup from the impreza/legacy splnes will be 25, same as an rx full time tranny but the rear suspension is limited to the xt6 rear brakes(xt6 had ea82 rear suspenion, but 5 lug brakes, ea82 spindles and axles) since the ea82 style parts are a different design of impreza and legacy my intent was to turbo the 5spd dual range like how my 83 ea81 turbo wagon was converted from automatic to 5spd dual range. i have the parts from my 87 turbo wagon, wich now has an ej22 conversion(existing mpfi is still intact, legacy ecu and harness under hood) but if i can get this ej22 to work, i would entertain the idea of putting it in trashwagon 5, for my off road, and make the 87 turbo like its supposed to be(it came with a bad motor, i put a carb in there) to be my RX KILLER. right now its a legacy killer (wagon)

I am Miles Fox! i am from NE Indiana, butler on us6 and state road 1 someone needs to compile and list people. or how about a self generating form page? (ok everyone, post your locations!)

i had a chevy spectrum/isuzu imark, and i would catch air every dasy coming hme from work, and the axles chunked and jerked the wheel, but they kept going. i drove these poor axles 130 miles one way to probation and weekend jail 6 or so times. i ended up having the front wheel fall off and the car junked before any axle ever let go

DAMMIT CORKY! just kidding.. sometimes the occasional "battle of wits" can be quite fun,,,as long as it doesnt get personal:eek:

on panasonics and inboard hitachis: flip the alt up out of the way. take out the 12mm bolt underneath. unbolt the 14mm that holds the bracket to the intake. undo the ps tensioner pulley boly, and the hexagonal long nut(12mm) remove the pulley. behind the pulley is a big long 14mm hex, remove it. under the compressor, the far end of the bottom of the bracket LOOSEN the 14mm bolt, and the ac/alt assy will come off, flip it out of the way

i had an axle outer end go out on me. i drove around for a few days when finally i made a left turn, and the axle popped out and tore up my caliper, brake line, and bent a tie rod. if the outer end goes, turn the whll all the way, and pop it out with a prybar, and remove the other end from the trans if the inner end goes, it wont pop out so readily(unless maybe catching air on RR tracks, extreme suspension travel

87 RX with carb bottom end, disty slightly advanced, 87 pump gas all day long for the past 3000 miles

the napa in butler knows when we walk in, subaru parts are in order. we are the only ones to get soob parts, every one has to be ordered, but we get good local service, and that goes a long way. i always buy my gas and smokes at their local gas station, too you know you are a soob freak when the local cops dont even bother anymore, "every time i see you youre driving a different subaru" and "i almost called a pursuit, you are supposed to STOP when i pull you over" walked away from that one with a made up bill of sale and no insurance you go to jail and some kid there you dont know remembers riding in your subaru, just from the mention of trashwagons you would rather do timing belts on a soob for free rather than be paid to change tranny fluid in some GM. why in the hell do GM not have a DRAIN PLUG on the tranny? oh well, it was a quick 50 bucks(rear shocks too)

typical usmb drama. you should have been here since last summer..................more to come this march......................

would you know it, i was bumpin Nine inchNails: Closer at wcss5. the guy with the $13,000 hatch felt inclined to turn on his 6x9's as if to compete with the mighty ROOF OF BOOM. oh yeah, the cd is waiting with the car, i should bring a copy of DAFT PUNK: HOMEWORK (would be good for sountrack) as far as getting a subaru, i would prefer it over the toyota, moreso that the subaru is more versatile with parts swapping, you can make an astounding rig with the right combinbation of STOCK subaru parts, subarus are modular, and multi-configurable for example, trashwagon6: its a GL-10 mpfi turbo. it had a spfi block, with a earliar model carb. the front axle broke, so i ran in 4wd, the rear axle live. i bent the rear suspension, so i swapped on 5 lugs in back. so the last time i drove my car before throwing in an xt6 tranny and legacy 2.2 motor, it had 4 lug wheels in front, 5 lugs in back, a 3.7 final gear tranny and a 3.9 rear differential so how far can you go with the film. as in independent festivals? indie film network? how long would it be? gots to have some DAFT PUNK in the soundtrack. wouldnt it be cool to find an animator to throw miles fox in the fur into the mix? i think some cuts of cop chase scenes would add to the effect(like a prequel, re-enact the first half of the adventure i would like to plan the itenerary according to the first trips mishaps, such as air in fuel lines in chicago, the broken axle in onalaska/lacrosse exit quick pick gas station(cops involved), our luggage falling off the car in minnesota, the girls we stopped to help in their stranded SUBARU FORESTER (we left them alone, cause the sheriff was on the way) and the GAS TANK RUPTURE in south dakota, we get out of the car, robert goes "look the gas is leaking" and went inside. there i was laying in a parking space sized puddle of GASOLINE, with my finger against the hole in the gas tank, waiting for him to come out and help, all the while people are moving their cars out of the encroaching puddle of gas. also, off the side of the road front wheel alignment in BUTTE montana, the narrow speeding escape from the montana patrol, and the green subaru that we passed us in montana, we passed him in idaho, and he passed us in washington as we were running out of gas. i am going to think of how i will present myself in front of the camere, my style of dress, and my clever "catch phrases" myoss feece and iu can put on quite a show with the verbals! probably a lot of fat girl speak will be directed at me, oh well i think the film should be at least 2 hours, as you know it wont be boring! anyway, i just made 200 bucks working on cars today alone, so now i am sitting on $450 in the bank, and 75 in my pocket for the WV trip

the whole idea of having lower compression is you can squeeze more VOLUME of air/fuel charge, thus burning more per stroke, more power. so i would go with the lower compression, rather than lower boost. simple physics. there was a topic about this, try searching compression+volume+turbo and see if you can find it

oil blowby could be making its way past the oil fill tube mounting gasket, as that is what it appeared to look like on a soob i had serviced today

my bad, jumped the gun. but it does get old when someone posts, and someone else throws some remark to dismiss the post or the idea. seems like when SOMEONE in particular tries to shoot me down, i come back with some clever trick up my sleeve. i see a bit of silence as of recent. oh well, i keep doing what i do, and people recognize that, and appreciate it

things are falling into place too well, i just made 150 bucks on a timing belt job, and will make probably another 50 bucks tonite servicing a Blazer. and i wonder why im scrubbing toilets for a living?

(from the original "you know youre obsessed with subarus" thread from the old board 17: you renewed the same plate 2 years in a row, with no insurance, and use the plate on whatever car you are driving 18: you wish the cops would chase you in your favorite off road spot 19: the cops actually chase you in your favorite off road spot, and you WASTED them! the cops laugh at the car as the tow trauck takes it to impound you can say your current ride has only been impounded ONCE manage to keep a turbo wagon driveable with spfi block, floppy carb, broken axle, and rear wheel drive with a bent trailing arm you have driven 45 miles on a rim the local used car dealer calls you to work on his customer's subaru out of 10 subarus you kow of in the area, you end up with 9 of them you go out of state to whip togethe a soob over the weekend you take a deadbeat turbo car, tear down the motor, fix all the gaskets, and have it running in the same day 5spd conversion and a motor swap done over the weekend 400 miles away trashwagons 2, 4, 5, and 6

the optical type distys serve as the crank angle sensor, so the ecu knows when to fire. dont you know this? why ask if you do?

jim, i like the hose idea better myself

john, we will stop by friday evening to get that motor for trogdor. glad to see you got it running. i had faith, wish we had more time, but we had the work cut out for you. how does it drive/tranny?

one of the timing belt cover bolts threds into the water pump on the top corner, but if you take the bolt out, you can slip the pump out from under

well right now the wagon needs its engine computer wired up, and some starter mounting issues need to be solved, plus i will be trusting a home made bellhousing adapter for 5000 miles the RX has the same internal dimensions as the wagon, split rear folding seat. the only difference is the slope of the rear hatch takes some headroom in the wayback, butit still has the same sq. ft of floor in back, my 6'2" tall can lay back there and stretch out we may go as far as mounting a roof rack, we would have to pull theheadliner, but a roof rack would stow all the take up room stuff on top we want to pack minimal, for room, just clothes and stuff, we can tie down on top, and have cameras in the back. once we get there, we can divide up the cargo as far as supplies, just bring emergency type stuff, a credit card would be good for EMERGENCY situations, but only if we cant pull thru with our own devices. a laptop wpuld be good for text documenting, and digital sstill pics, if you have one. but dont stress the laptop maybe a STRONG MAGNETIC mount would be good for the camera? how big is the camera, we can be creative with the mounting in the car

the xt6 motor will bolt onto ea81 and ea82 trannies, i would say go after it for its motor and 5lugs. 5 lugs will fit on ea82's, and will fit in my ea82 modified ea81 wagon maybe get the 4cyl xt and put all the xt6 stuff in it

Tim, glad you found the board. i see your rapid response, i just dug this thread up after it dropped off the page. i take it yopu have been lurking? i can conjure up some scrap metal or electrical conduit and weld up some sort of contraption. i dont know of any tripod mounts, but my digital still pics has a thread for one, maybe i can find a bolt that fits and make mounting studs? what are the tread demensions of the camera mounts? i think a hood mount would be best, at least we can watch the camera and catch it before it falls off i like the idea of you coming over here first, we can pack and load up accordingly then, and get some film of the local scene, and the office environment if you need directions or phone numbers, check this. http://www.warpthree.com/milesfox/subaru/subaruframe.htm yeah, thats the swap meet plan, but its the same place i am at, and all of my crew here at work i dont know of any video cameras off hand, i know the boss has one, but i dont know if he can loan it out. maybe his church has one we can use? try posting in the marketplace forum, someone here on the board may sell one, or borrow one, you never know..... 1: both cars cig lighters work. i can also wire in auxilary 12 sockets in the car, in other locations too(or outside the car also) 2: we can install a CB radio in the car we leave in. trashwagon5 has a cb, but iwill have to bring an antenna with. i can get a phone card for emergency calls, or to call members who would like us to stop by on the way thru 3: if you come in on I-69, get off on the kendallville/waterloo exit, head easton us6 about 10 miles. us 20 and the toll road both cross 69. if you take the bus, there is a stop in FREMONT, IN, right off 69 and the toll road, at a PILOT truck stop. if you do that, we can pick you up if you have any plans or tricks for navigating around chicago, lets hear it, i would like to stay off the TOLLROAD, but every road in chicago is a toll road "expect long delays" the sign says from fot wayne. that toll road is the 3rd most congested road, following los angeles and huston

you would need to make a bellhousing to fit a 4eat 2wd to a ea motor. but with the work involved, you may as well go the other way, ej22 to ea tranny with all my leftover ej22 wiring harness, i am going to cut out and isolate the TCU and its harness, i could live with an ej22 2wd auto conversion for something else if my trashwagon ej22 to 5spd doesnt hold up

check the MAF too.you can take the electrical prt off the housing, but be carefu, as there are 2 filaments inside. check the filaments to see if they are broken jims wagon ran like dook, the MAF had a bad filament, replaced that, and it ran half like dook. we cleaned he IAC valve, but no effect replaced the throttle sensor, and ALL GOOD NOW. the old one would rattle when you shook it maybe it would be cheaper to get a whole intake assembly from a known running car, rather than buy each component separately?