Centrifugal

alright. thanks for the info, everybody. we'll see how this plays out.

The budget is probably a little looser than I implied, but we're talking high school student working one part-time job. On the plus side I spend money on nothing, ever. And I'm well acquainted with craigslist. What's the price range for the adapter plate and flywheel redo? Possibly someone on USMB who can help me out?

a Justy with...a VTAK! TURBO VTAK! so you can own all the noobs, of course.:-\

That was kind of my tentative plan... ...and that was what I needed to know for sure. Much thanks.

'93 Loyale, motor's got one foot in hell, I'd rather put an EJ in than deal with the old EA. From what I've read: more reliable, better mileage, sounds cooler, wayyy more fun. The latter of course being my typical teenage priority. So, what's the cheapest and easiest EJ I can shove in the Loyale? Also, does the donor car have to be a manual (which mine is) or does it matter? Very very low budget, minor amounts of mechanical experience but I do have this site (i.e. Numbchux's magnificent writeup) and plenty of good friends who know what they're doing. Also, I'm only moderately sure this is in the right forum sector thingy.

screw that, keep the xbox, trade out the pos2.

For the record, I ended up basically taping two of the wires (can't remember which ones) together, in the dark, at 5:30am, and it stayed drivable...ish...for as long as it needed to. Of course later in the week I ended up with a presumably cashed thermostat and a fat burn on my hand and previously boiling coolant all over my favorite shirt...but that's another story. It still does need to be fixed though so everybody's input is still appreciated. And to clarify it is indeed the red button on top of the shifter. Single range.

i really wanna go, never been to one. but i have no drivable car and no ride. so, uh *ahem* anyone in the gresham/troutdale vicinity of portland metro...

it is broke. i can't turn the car without a heavy lurching effect.

bump. i need this drivable by tuesday or wednesday.

so i took it apart, for very little apparent reason, and i see three wires. a red, a yellow, and a white. which two should be connected to each other for the 4WD to be disengaged? just, umm, curious.

I wish I'd been able to get up there...

i would be all over that, as a learning experience if nothing else, if i could actually drive my car (legally ).

throttle cable seems fine to me, but we've established that's not an expert opinion.

Maybe I'll just wait until I can afford to pay other people to fix things for me. Or until I can afford a WRX swap and thus eliminate the problems with the current engine. On a somewhat related tangent it brightens my day to know there's a bunch of similar Subaru kooks (in the most affectionate manner possible) out there who are kindly enough to help me.

Greeaat. Which probably goes beyond the narrow scope of things I'm able to mess with.

p.s. emissions sticker is either gone or the type is all faded into oblivion.

screwed (ha!) with the idle screw for a bit and it indeed had very little effect. i found the other screw for kicks, and it's got what would appear to be a white mark, where should that white mark be?

well, with the mysterious thing removed, it now idles consistently at about 1200. which i guess is better than before. does that work, or does it still need to be adjusted somehow?

could you point me in the general direction of the throttle body? wow, i feel dumb.

thanks.

What is the significance of these just dangling? are they supposed to be plugged into something? Each other? Yet another question, and thanks for everybody's help as of yet. I inherited this car from my mom and stepdad, he having done various things to it and probably screwed it up, but he's not here to point out what he did.

umm...how do i do that? thanks to all for help, btw.

So i took the thing out, secured the little plastic connector, started it up, and was suddenly idling at about 2100. Does that still indicate that it just just needs a better clamp?

I did notice that...