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i went from 97 1.8 to a 94 2.2 and the 2.2 had what i thought was an egr setup plumbed into the pass side head and intake. I used the 1.8 intake and cut the line and removed it from the bolt on the head and then put a spot weld on the hole in the bolt. That sounds kinda messed up but it makes sense if your looking at it.

I know that i don't have abs on my 97 brighton but i want to swap to rear discs do i have to find a car that didn't have abs or would any work?

Here come the 'banks storys of "real cold" Both STARTED!! -42F in the subi without a block or oil heater -49F in the tacoma, i ended up blowing out a oil filter gasket and changing the oil the next morning at -42:banana: then there was the time i changed the starter on my blazer in the parking lot of teh gas station with the sign reading -45 in high school I don't miss the interior, the coldest ive been down here is -25 ill snap a pic next time cause i know itll happen again sooner than later.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=756910 heres one that i watch

so the past few days it hasn't bogged at all but it feels like its not putting out full power. Ive got the injectors out of the 2.2 manifold ready to go in, i just don't want to swap them if i don't have to, a buddy said maybe a failed cat. does anyone know what a bad cat's symptoms?

I replaced the Fuel Pump last year with an aftermarket part, i usually run a can of fuel system cleaner before each oil change to keep things clean but now i don't know whats going on.

I traced the wiring harness from the maf back to the firewall and it seemed ok but once it goes into the cab i can't trace it. I checked all the ground points i could find under the hood, the battery was a little rusty on the + connection but nothing a little wire brush couldn't fix. What are the chances that i got another bad MAF sensor from the junkyard?

I've always let it warm up at least til the heater blows warm air, it gets cold over night in Alaska and it usuall runa fine at the start of my day, I drive all day stop and go as a courier and it does it at different times throughout my day

I used all the 18 stuff to merge all the wiring easily I really was shooting in the dark with the whole deal but it ran great for almost a year before this

FIRST: the car is a 97 Brighton that came with a 1.8 that i swapped in a 2.2 out of a 94 leg Long block only, all the electronics and intake manifold and injectors are the EJ18, borla headers,99 LGT cats and muffler New Tbelt O2s and autolite platnum plugs at the swap time ~10k miles ago. I just changed the oil from maxlife 10-30 to 5-30 for winter. So i took a 700 mile road trip a few weeks ago and on the drive a few times the motor would act like it was out of gas, shut down for a few seconds and then come right back like nothing happend. CEL comes on on the return trip but goes off by the end of the drive. Starting the next day the car would act like it was out of gas, chugging and backfiring a few times throughout the day when i would take off from a stop or just after turning a corner from stop. never shut all the way off but sound real bad and almost shut down and then come around after i let off the pedal for a sec or two. When it does come around it runs awesome, my milage has been crap but its winter and i let it warm up for a long time in the morning. Its been doing this now on and off with no real pattern for almost three weeks, I scanned it when it first started happening and got a 1141 Bad MAF volt, cleaned the MAf with specific cleaner and reset the computer, it didn't help. Scanned it again with a different unit a few days later and got 1142 MAF code so ive replaced the MAF with a Junkyard unit the fuel filter with a napa unit, it was less than a year old Spark plugs from Autolite Platnum to Subaru NGK when i pulled the plugs i thought they were a little white but they looked really good but after a little research white means running lean so i think im going to change the injectors/rails to the ones off the 2.2 manifold, i don't even know if its going to help but im out of ideas.

I do have a blown front boot, but even before the lift i would blow at least one boot a year, its not the lift that kills them its the flexing in the extreme cold. But im gonna drive it till it starts clicking and then drive it some more, then maybe fix it... Thanks again for the comments, and if your in the anchorage area, im downtown m-f 9-5 couriering stuff around

just adding a painted shot for good measure

<<<ej22 swap using ej18 manifold and injectors, no problems but i get a random CEL on long drives, it goes away after a day though. If i were to do it again i would have just saved an extra bit of time and done a ej20 turbo or ej25 turbo swap. 18-22 swap got me about 30-40 horse in theory where the 20 would have been another 40 on top:burnout: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=68523 is my swap thread and i used Austins for most of my research(the one listed above)

that would be my guess seeing as they are built on the same platform essentially. Yea when i put the forrester coils on the imp struts they didn't look happy at all, but once i got the longer For struts it all came together Maybe you could try a FXT coil topper then your OBS top mount, hmm that didn't make much sense but it does in my head:lol: these thingys

i didn't say a waste, defiently try it and let me know, take a bunch of measurements cause im curious also

Forester Strut/spring combos will also work for lift, its what i have on my Lifted Coupe in Alaska. Where are you headed?

boy that was strange opening a new thread and seeing my car, new experience for me Im gonna side with Num on the xt springs being short, they are lower than a regular Forester, but still taller than what you got now, but if you use your OBS Struts they won't give you much of anything, the strut actually limits the coil a good amount, hmm that doesnt make sense i tried OBS Struts and lowered from the Leg that were on, then i went to For Struts and For Coils, blam perfect. I say try em and see what happens if youve got the parts laying around, but if you can get Regular Forester Coils on Regualr Forester Struts id go with that. I still havent ordered the obx piece yet, Let me know how much adjustment you can actually get. Im actually thinking about the latereal links before the trailing arms, i think the camber is more important than the caster.

i have a 97 Imp coupe lifted with struts/springs off a 99 Forester, gained ~3" over stock, Toe is fine but the camber is tough even with bolts, its not bad enough to really worry, but the rear caster? i don't mind and i drive all day around downtown as a courier, the fun and looks i get are well worth the little annoyances,

Please keep me posted on what you find out about the coupe fittment. I will be all over this

Do you know of any manufactuers of hitches for the coupe? Im swapping the brakes for leg gt units on all corners, with new wheel bearings:banana: , sorry thats one of my fears that a wheel will fall off from a ceased bearing, it happend 2x on my festiva. but the new breaks are gonna be great and help with the control.

its an Impreza Coupe, never seen a legacy coupe Im upgrading the brakes soon with ones from a leg, disc's in the rear and bigger discs in the front, plus adding skid plating, plus all my gear loaded, bikes on top, plus passenger(s), my weight should be pushing 3k #. The Forester shocks will help with the weight. I can't find the exact #'s for my trailer but i can get close on the net, 13-1400#. Its a 1996 Viking model 2006 pop up trailer. It looks just like this except no ac http://images.craigslist.org/0101030102040104022007070496c505bb6ba179e59100d665.jpg http://images.craigslist.org/01010901020201030420070704e1edd7481644667977004160.jpg I want to put better wheels on it, maybe work something with my leftover brake swap drums and junk, put maybe some sort of skid/mud guards. I usually tow it with my Tacoma, but it was under the weather this weekend (tear

So i have a 97 coupe that ive upgraded the struts/coiils with 99 Forester units, Im wondering if i could tow a pop up trailer with the car, ive seen obs and leggys with hitches but never a coupe. With the coil swap i gained 3-4 inches of lift in the rear, the trailer weighs around 13-1400# with a 2" hitch. Thanks for any help

So i have a 97 coupe that ive upgraded the struts/coiils with 99 Forester units, Im wondering if i could tow a pop up trailer with the car, ive seen obs and leggys with hitches but never a coupe. With the coil swap i gained 3-4 inches of lift in the rear, the trailer weighs around 13-1400# with a 2" hitch. Thanks for any help

I had the shiny spot and beat it back with an air hammer and sprayed some paint on to see if it happend again, it didn't but i had to pount the hell out of the fender. ive pulled the struts out and washerd them differently on the top multiple times, now i went back to impreza struts from leggy's but i still have the damn clunking noise coming from the RR with Forester coils, im thinking im topping out the strut because the back of my coupe doesnt weigh anything compared to the forester. like the coils are longer than the strut will allow. I bit the bullet and bought For. struts to go along with the coils, but ive yet to put them on. Mine knocks like crazy over any bump right now.:-\

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=68523 205 75 r14 legacy struts with forester coils on a 97 Imp Coop