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Dave Coleman special! Sport Compact Car sez "Oh, and we may grow a tree inside the car to push out some of the dents made by trees outside the car.":lol:

yes. it seems to be pretty popular to remove the air suspension amongst this group. if i had one, i would have converted too.

my clutch fan is pretty loud. i dont have extensive with subarus, so i dont know if its supposed to be THIS loud. you can hear the fan over the exhaust! i want to get rid of it anyway, because its killing power at the crank. i want to get a new radiator and a new electric fan. so should this thing sound as loud as it does? can i take it out without overheating the car? is the other fan going to be able to perform cooling duties on its own? exhaust.zip

it appears to be leaking on the end where it connects to the thermostat, right around that little clamp. oh, and i dont have any more AC stuff... weight reduction!

i found a coolant leak! apparently this line is a PITA to replace. how do i get at the end i cant see? and should i buy an OEM hose, or just get some silicone hose so i wont have to worry about it again? TIA, john

anyone else going this year? ill be leaving here around 7 am on saturday. should be in wellsboro by 10!

that thread doesnt say much about the oil, which is why you need the cooldown procedure. i dont wanna cook the oil still inside the turbo after i shut down!

a turbo timer is probably one of the best things you can buy for your car. its nice to give your car time to cool down without having to babysit. plus its useful when you need to run into the house or the store for a minute. take your key out, get your stuff, hop back in and insert key, and boost away!

dont forget about emissions. i think you pay each time, pass or fail. its more expensive than regular inspection, because each garage can name their own price.

hopefully will can chime in on this one, hes the suspension master. iirc, you can put kyb gr2s in the front. rears are gonna be oem unless you concoct your own custom set up.

check out http://www.rallitek.com , i think they sell 2.5 turbo kits.

i saw a pic of a cut up K&N beside a cut up wix filter. the wix filter itself was larger, and the pleats were more uniform than the K&N unit. i hear purolator pureone filters are good too.

scott, you got mail!

my photo gallery is full , and each of the pics are about 800k. i think ill have to delete some stuff, and resize all the pics, maybe put some stuff up on yahoo...

well, yeah, i guess it does start to spin up around 2k, but its not really useable until you get above and beyond 3k.

my insurance isnt very expensive for my wrx and the buggy, and im 23. you gotta get the revs up to about 3-3.5k before the turbo really starts to spool. 4k and youre WOT, full boost, now thats fun

white looks good when its really clean, like < 24hrs after a wash. after that, its dirty as hell. i had a white cavalier, and the buggy is white too.... i am not buying anymore white cars!

this is a little OT, but this thread got me thinking... is there a port or something i should tap into to install an aftermarket oil pressure gauge? i would much rather use something from the factory than have to drill a hole somewhere in the engine bay to put a sending unit.

ill be there on friday whenever i roll my butt out of bed. no telling when that is... i might be too excited to sleep much, or i might be tired from working the night before. i got a cooler, so ill swing by a grocery store and get some ice on the way in.

now you really have been succumbed by the dark side :-p

a buddy suggested the same thing of the buggy, to match my wrx! thing about that is id have to keep the buggy clean :-\ its more of a rally beater, not a "looker"...

if you have a vacuum leak, your hvac will be screwed up too. you wont really be able to control where air blows from (ie: floor, vent, defrost). i read in a book if this happens, the default is supposed to be the defrost vents, but i had a vacuum leak in the buggy and iirc, it blew air from the regular vents.

probably the rex, the gl-10 isnt really fast... or pretty...

i really like those rims. KISS is my personal preference on wheels.

my car came with the digital dash, and im not terribly impressed by it. the speedo never can decide exactly how fast im going. it likes to flip flop between 2 numbers... like 58 and 61, when im crusing. the straight line tach doesnt really do it for me either. i dont plan on swapping it out. i dont drive the car everyday, so its not that big of a deal.