soloracer34

SCCA Rules only require a rollbar for Solo Trials, AutoX only requres it in an open top car. I AutoX an EP Honda and I just have a welded in harness bar for 4 point harness. It sounds like your car fits nicely into SM with the engine swap which was intended for street cars with engine swaps etc. Unlike my Honda which will never see the street again. Now that the lower balljoints and front wheel bearings are all taken care of it's off to RallyX for my Legacy...

Thanks all, I'll try picking up a coolant temp sensor since they're fairly cheap. As to the EJ18 I'm really not sure, I knew the motor had been replaced when I bought it earlier this year but I didn't find out it was a EJ18 until I replaced the power steering pump, on the plus side it gets 27-32 mpg...

My 90 Legacy (with a 1.8L oddly enough) just developed an odd hard start issue which I can't quite decide if it's cold weather related or not since it hasn't really warmed up yet. Occasionally, but getting more frequent it won't want to start and just crank over, but if the gas pedal is held to the floor which is usually FI taboo it fires right up. Any ideas as to what I should be checking? Is there a temp sensor or something that controls a choke function? Plugs and plug wires ar erecently new as well as IAC being recently replaced. Thanks.

That top photo is in fact a late 90's civic HB with an Imp nose grafted on look carefully under the hood, thats a transverse 4 valve cover under there. I'm guessing it's more likely a photochop job than a real car. As for the lower pic, isn't that a Subie concept car from a year or two ago?

I've found alignments at Tire Source in Boulder to be resonably priced and excellent work. Pete does many, many local race cars and is highly recomended on the racing message boards. Probably won't get much of a diagnosis of anything beyond alignment though.

I'm fairly certain that early LS cars did not have ABS as my 90 LS 5spd wagon does not. Don't know about the seats though since mine has newer Outback Leather throughout. What about painted door handles, the blue wagon has painted handles. Mine has three chrome handles and one painted one, what gives?

I don't know if Subaru's are in the same boat but my Chevy Colorado I had with a 3.5L was only rated to tow 3,500lbs and I was told by a reputable source that they are physically capable of towing more but under a heavier load will not meet the current emissions standards. Often the EPA may be the cause of lower ratings not physics and safety. Just a thought...

I don't know what car specifically you're refering to, however if the stock wheel is 7" wide and yours is 17.5" it is not stock legal. If it's a WRX than STX is a likely home under SCCA classing. Or if we're talking about a STI etc. than STU. Bottom line, even if they're "only .5" wider" it's still not legal for stock class.

I've had great experience with County Line Import Automotive near 470 and University. They're not subaru specific but have been great to work with with anything I throw at them. If nothing else they should be able to give you a comparative quote.

my 90 wagon has over 270K miles on the body including being rolled onto it's drivers side once upon a time. it goes down the road without the slightest squeak or rattle, only a bit of wind noise from the passenger side mirror I haven't fixed yet. I only get a very little bit of creak from the windshield area going over the curb onto the driveway. This is with new outbackified KYB GR-2's. In fact my 90 Legacy wagon makes fewer noises then my 99 F250 SD. I like my wagon, still drives like a new car...

It'll stay with the 1.8 likely for a long time, I was just surprised to see that someone put the 1.8 in. My only real disappointment with it is that one of the reasons I bought the car was so I could go and play at the Rallycrosses. I'll be even more of a challenge to keep up with the WRX'es and EVO's. I'll still mop up with them at the ice races though.

So this weekend I swapped in a junkyard power steering pump to replace my failing unit and noticed something very odd. The block in my 90 legacy was stamped EJ18. I knew my car had had the motor replaced before my ownership. The owner prior to me put it on the Dyno at a club dyno day and it registered a whopping 62.2 hp uncorrected at the wheels which seemed low for a 2.2. On the plus side I get 28-30 mpg. Someone must have got a great deal on that 1.8 motor... All the more reason I "need" that EJ22T swap...

I just had to use a little pry bar between the bottom of the strut and the lower arm to get the holes to all line up so I could slip the bolts in. The lower mounts should be Subie standard from pretty much 90-current. If you're using your original tophats and springs and just swaping struts it should fit just fine. In the rear the top hat is directional, if it is not aligned right (mine had an arrow indicating the outside of the car) they will be nearly impossible to get back together, I learned that the hard way. Hope this isn't too late to be useful.

I have a similar metal bracket mount for my Ford Superduty for my Starmate Replay. I like it for two primary reasons, if I remove it there are no holes, and secondly it's very rigid and stable meaning no wobbling and no second hand needed just to push a button. Yes it is $35 for $.75 worth of metal, but think of it as buying someones engineering and design expertise! I would avoid the cigarette lighter mount like the plague.

Yes, Legacy Outback, the Sport is not what you want.