The Scooby

then today i found out that the stock exhaust can get it the way, it now looks like a pretzel after i was run pulling it out from between the mustash bar and the car. i guess the car was saying that it wants a better flowing exhaust. it ripped the welds at the cat right off where it goes to the rest of the exhaust post cat.

sorry for the crappy night pictures but oh well, and the darn rain washed most of the mud off. looks like i need to find some more trails to hit.

ya i just went back to that place on my lunch break, the post was burried in teh ground atleast a foot, and i took that thing right out now to pull the RR wheel and hammer it back so i can fit the bigger tires in.

well it was raining this morning as usual in seattle, and i had 30minutes till i had to be at work, 2minute drive, so i went down to my local rally location and had some fun. well i was sliding it around like colin Mcrae until i went a little far, and found out that street tires on the rear, and snow's on the front is perfect for sliding, but not stopping. i ended up taking uot a 4inch by 4inch wood post that was holding a sign up. put a dent on the passenger side rear door as well as pushed the area of the boddy up, so im gonna have to take a hammer to that. oh well ill have to get pictures later when i get home, the whole car is covered in grass and chunks of earth. the car used to be blue and to think i almost sold the car, im dam happy that i didn't. now i cant wait for my 14 pug alloy's and 185/70 tires so i can clear some of the stuff on the trails.

sorry, but i cant justify spending more on exhaust then i did on the car. litalone on a stainless system that will get bashed and beat to crap.

its amazing how many people need to do some research... yes it reduces NOx, but it also sends the vapor back through your engine to make sure you burn every partical of gas that you put in your tank. as well as droping your cylnder temps causing less pinging or detenation, causing your engine to use less fuel to get the same HP output. so good luck with your engine life/milage. if you care to disagree all i have to say is go read a book or something.

im sorry, but why did you remove your EGR? if it was bad and your broke pick up one from a wrecking yard, a EGR doesn't kill horsepower, it helps with your fuel milage. so im just wondering why you got rid of it? another thing is it keeps cylnder temps down which helps the engien last longer.

i took the whole rear trailing arms axels and the brake assembly from a 88RX that we where sending to the crusher when i worked at aaron's auto wrecking and it all bolted to my 86GL wagon, even used the RX brake lines.

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my girlfriend has a 87 like that but silver, turbo auto 4x4. i just finished rebuilding the engine, having the turbo rebuilt, etc etc. has over 400K on the orignal drivetrain when the head finally went and i did the full rebuild. her dad bought it when it was new off the lot with less then 1 mile on it. i love the freaking thing too.

88 SPFI wagon, RWD 5sp with slipping clutch, no a/c but has power steering. i can get atleast 325 on a tank of 87, dont bother running anything else. i love it, only have to fill up like once every 3 weeks to a month.

ya know my 88 GL was towed and i was thinking of just signing it over to them and buying another car, but after reading this story i decided to go bail her out. i got the car with $1000. ya thats right, i got the car for free plus they gave me $1000. and latly i had been thinking of making it RWD and a ghetto drifter, but after the snow we are getting i think its going to get lifted.

yes you can, i went to a wrecking yard and cut the plugs from the stock harness and the O2 sensor, then flipped them around and wired them together for a pigtail harness. spliced the signal wire into the white wire in my harness and plugged it all together. works great on my 92 turbo legacy, or Liberty RS in ausie land

i put 94 impreza seats in my 86 GL about 3 years ago back when i worked at aaron's auto wrecking (subaru only place) all i had to do was bolt the GL brackets onto the seat frame in the front and redrill the rear holes on the seat frame and put in bolts/nuts. alot better then the stock seats that where lacking in foam at that point.

ok the 88 spfi wagon i got that i plan on lifting and having for a trail rig needs a clutch. what would be a good clutch for off-roading, ether going with a stock XT6 settup, or what. thanks, shean

so what... just pull out one axel when on the street then toss it back in off road when im wheeling with a welded diff... i think ill just pull the 3.90 VLSD out of my 91 turbo legacy for my trail rig then, i really dont want to have to swap in an axel on the side of the road just to wheel then take it out when im done, im just too lazy to do that and i like to do stuff on the spurr of the monent.

well since my turbo legacy is gonna be down for a little while this will be my daily driver, so i cant run studded tires, or a welded rear diff, basically i just want to be able to clear most deep ruts, and hit the mud and have fun. i think im going to just put on some snow tires, roll the fenders, and put on a skid plate and go beat it up for now until i can afford a 3inch lift, pug 15's, and some tsl ss's

ok im getting another older scooby again, im putting my 92 sport sedan in the garage to do some major stuff, anyways im picking up an 88gl spfi 5sp w/ d/r and $1k for my 94 legacy, i want to build this into a nice trail rig with least amount of money into it. i dont care about bashing out fender wells, i just want to run some agressive tires for some mud pits, trail riding and just goofing around, nothing really agressive. prefer not to lift simply because i dont have that kind of scratch to throw into this car. so whats a good set of tires for the stock 13's? i was thinking of destudded snow tires. or if i can find a way to get it lifted cheaply than i was be good with that also, so if you guys have any ideas or tips please let me know.

you wont see any hp/tq gain, or spool time in a turbo, all it does is add more alochol to the mix in your gas tank, and too much is bad, there is a reason that there is only a certain amount of alochol in your gas. also octane boosters because its adding more alochol will eat up your oxygen sensors, and your cats. if you going to put anything in any system in your car to clean it out, the best is sea-foam, i have no affiliations with them but its a proven fact to clean out your systems the best, also NEVER use Restore, metal flakes in the oil is bad, so why would you add more into your egine?

the only really thing you can do is to put in a resistor in-line with your CTS, to trick the computer to put in more fuel and getting more performance. Shean PS even if you do ice the intake or anything like that, it will still heat up by the conductivity of the aluminum of the engine.

no offence but no matter what pressure your running, the ecu will see that pressure and back off the time in milliseconds that the injectors stay on, we did this on a car at school today to help to prove the point i was making, it doesn't matter what pressure your running it will always come down to the ECU to control the amount of fuel entering the cylnder.

if your directing that at me, yes it is cold, BUT that is usually shot in at the end of the intake runner right at the back of the intake valve, or a dry kit, which shoots such a small amount it is reheated by the time it enters the cylnder.

no offence josh, but i HIGHLY doubt its bad rings, engines build in the last 15-20 years have a evtremely small chance of mechanical failure, they are more prone to electrical failure, ie sensors/wiring

the purge solnoid can purge it at any time other then idle, it uses your unburnet fuel HC's (hydrocarbons) and puts them back into your intake to be burnt, which bacically increaces your engine efficency/mpg

hey i hate to burst your bubble but, cars are built to make their most power with an air intake charge of 120-128 degrees F, if its too cold the atomized fuel will fall out of suspension, and too hot, well less power, so there is a VERY fine line on what you can do. but putting fans in, its just a air restriction, just like taking out your cats, cars are made to work with back pressure, plus the car will run BETTER and have more output power with cats on. so i would say ether turbo the car, or leave the stock air intake alone.