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sounds like you have it all worked out. Good luck w/start up. BW

Actually, the BRAT is registered as a car.

you have PM

might be a timing belt issue but then that means that #1 the valves are closed and #3 the valves are partially open. Pulling off the timing belt.covers and you will find out. Low compression means that there is a leak in the cylinder somewhere. It's either going to be through the head gasket, the rings or worst case scenario the piston I would put my money on it being head gaskets. If you really want to have a soob, I would really consider an EJ since you seem to have super bad luck w/the EA's. EA are sort of a gamble b/c you can get these cars super cheap along with that come potential problems. Good Luck BW Otherwise, BW

when was the last time you priced XT6 rear hub parts?:-\ good idea. i will need to see if I can tweak the design.

I will be buying the materials to make smack's booster this weekend. I plan to put it into my BRAT. Right now I am logging a consistent 21-22 MPG. I drive 50 miles each day to work. I usually spend about a tank of gas a week. I will keep a track of time it takes to make the electrolyte mixture, the time it took to make the booster and any changes in MPG and the of course the butt dyno.

The cost did not increase that much with the holes being threaded. Yeah I could try to build them myself but this is primarily going into the RX and since I intend for this being a road vehicle the idea of getting the adapter just right and centered is critical. BW

Ok... so I know that Ren.man was working on some adapters to make our wheels 4X140 to 5X100. not sure what has happened to the thread or the source. One thing that I recently found was a program called emachineshop.com. You down load their CAD program and draw something and then you can get a quote. Well I drew up a 4X140 to 5X100 adapter similar to the plan that Renman was working on. The one that I drew up is threaded so you would thread in the wheel lug bolts instead of having them pressed in. You supply your own bolts. If someone else has downloaded the program, I would like to see if they could double check me measurements as I have really never worked with CAD before. anyways the big question in price. Obviously, the more bought at once, the cheaper it will be. Price for 2 is $178.81 each. 4 is $112.74 each, 6 is 92.33 each, 8 is $82.33 each, 10 is $76.25 each, 20 is $62.18 each. So obviously, the price gets cheaper and cheaper with more people ordering. I really want a set of these, but the idea of paying $357.62 is really cost prohibitive. Now paying $152.50 is a lot better. (that's 4 other people buying a set) If you are interested let me know and download the program so you can double check my drawing. once we get everyone's approval for the drawing then we can go for it. (hopefully this will not turn into another fiasco like the calendar) BW

hey. get me a list of parts that you might need and how much you are willing to spend. I will be going to Phoenix on the weekend on July the 24th. I can swing by and drop off some stuff for you. I might even be able to get you an EJ18 w/ECU and harness for less than $100.00. spend another $400 or so for the adapter plate, and the exhaust headers and other misc stuff and you have a good working EA car. Ohh and you will have to get the harness stripped but we can talk about that one. BW

Front is easy to do. Take a look at poormanimpreza's thread about the ball joint spacer and stuff that he is working on. Rear is possible, but really difficult. mixthetoo tried to put a complete impreza drivetrain into a BRAT, but I am not sure where he is at in the project. The 5 lug impreza rear suspension is completely different than a EA set up. If you are really itching to do this one possible way is to make adapters to convert the 4X140 to 5X100. BW

Nahh.. there are soob powered bugs, soob powered boats, soob powered hovercrafts, soob powered VW buses why not a soob powered Saab. I would suggest the name saabaru, but that’s already taken for the 9-2x. EA81 pushrod motor will probably get you about 80 HP or so. The didn’t come in EFI, but you can bolt on a SPFI system from a EA82. Turbo ones are uber-rare and hard to get parts for. EA82 SOHC. Just under 100 HP. Came carbed, SPFI, MPFI and turbo. Some say it’s a good motor, others say garbage. EFI and turbo need to have electrical harness work so you might get an EJ motor. EJ18 SOHC. 110 HP. MPFI. Requires harness work. Since you are local I can probably lend a hand. Not very powerful and not very powerful but can be had for cheap to free if you look around. Has a same dual port exhaust so exhaust from a EJ25 will work. Good stepping stone b/c an early EJ22 will bolt right up to the intake EJ22 SOHC, 140 HP. MPFI. Requires harness work. Prior to 1995 they were OBD1 and had less sensors to work with. Plentiful at the PAP in Legacys. Stout engine also earlier EJ22s were non-interference.

THE STORY http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=17977 We should make a section of trail stories and archive some of this stuff. BW

who could forget this.. where is nicky now a days? BW

but if you live in SMOG Nazi land like I do, you will have to hook up all those sensors and such as to not throw a check engine light. BW

There is nothing wrong with using the 4 speed. If you are going to swap then do I all at once so you don’t have to re-drill two flywheels. I don’t think there is anything wrong w/doing this. You just have to make sure that you get a matching rear diff. IIRC all FT4WD trannys were 3.7 ratio You can get a complete harness sometimes on NASIOC or I-Club. You just have to look. Make sure that you get the one matching the year of the donor. You also might want to see if Shawn has an extra harness he can sell you. Good Luck BW

drain it all out and add this you are suppose to top it off with hypoyC so you may not need a whole 2 quarts.

This might stir up a bit of dust again, but Uncle Scotty's Cocktail is what you are asking about. 1 part Redline Lightweight shock proof 1 part Penzoil Synchromesh 2 parts Castol Hypoy C. Add all three, mix and stir at 4000 RPM. :-p and get great shifting. BTW if you can't find the redline I have a quart for $13.00 plus shipping. BW

Read the PDF file and you will see that about 2/3s in there are plans to make a 100 cell electrolyzer. It would produce 100 liters per minute of HHO. This would replace the gasoline demands of the car. The main problem with running pure HHO is that the timing would be fubar. Since HHO is very combustible, it would fire immediately when the spark hits it. Most gasoline engines have the spark a few degrees before TDC. The complexity of making the 100 cell unit is the biggest deterent. Other than that, the concept is sound. The hard part is doing it with an engine built to use gasoline mist. Like Gravityman was talking in the beginning use some sort of spark control so that it will spark when it is at or just past TDC.

theres an SVX in the Fresno CL for $800.00 posted on 5/8/08 doesn't shift into reverse subaru - $800 (Clovis) Reply to: sale-671150236@craigslist.org Date: 2008-05-07, 12:45AM PDT 92 SVX runs but not in reverse must sell quickly. this is an insanely low price, even with a transmission problem. call me Nathan 681-3980 This item has been posted by-owner. Location: Clovis it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Yep.... It this is a great story.... One day my wife and I went to visit some friends and in their driveway is stilling this emerald SVX. I stop and drool over it so long that my wife has to drag me into the house. Anyways, this is like 6-7 months after we got married. When we were married, I had my OBS and the BRAT, but I always wanted an SVX b/c they are the hotness. My wife had a Civic DX that she was ripped off on so she hated the car. We agree that she can take about $1800 and buy another car maybe an Acura or another Honda or some other cheap econobox. So I get a call from her and she said "honey, can you run this vin number to check the smog history on this car?... JF1... " I think "JF1. I know that from somewhere...." The smog check site shows a subby SVX. I almost crap in my pants. she said that it's at a tow yard and had been sitting there for a year and a 1/2. They guy wants 1800 for it, does not know why it's there, but he has the keys. It starts up and moves. At first I am hesitant b/c I think probably a bad tranny or something else wrong, but she talks him down to $1500. We paid 2 years of old registration on it and I do a tune up and it passes smog w/o any problems. We have had it now for almost 3 years. So far I have replaced the water pump, timing belt, resealed the front seals, A/C took a crap so I am in the process of replacing that. But not bad for less than 2K on the car. Mileage is 164,XXX. BW

single. they setup is almost identical to the SOHC EJs.

one more thing.. do a google search for the car and driver SVX book that they wrote. It's 90 pages or so and someone has a downloadable version on the internet. Also.. I have the original videos that came with the car. They are the dealer video and the owners manual video. If you get the SVX let me know and i can get a set of these videos to you. BW

i have a short list of questions about svx's that i hope some of you svx guys wouldn't mind answering. first of all, what known issues do these cars have - as in weak points, common faults, whatever gripes a critic would have. besides what grossgary said, it’s really hard to find parts for and the glass is very costly to replace. 300-700 dollar windshields, what tranmission/drivetrain configurations were available? were they all awd? what manual trans did they have? lsd optional? SVX’s came in AWD and FWD automatics what unique options/packages were available and which options, if any, aren't worth any added cost they may bring? The main differences in between the L and the LSi was the L came with cloth seats, the LSi had leather seats. what kind of mileage would a well maintained, efficiency-minded modded manual trans car get? Not sure about the manual tranny, but my stock SVX gets 19 mpg. what kind of aftermarket support do they have and how hard is it to find parts for them? (replacement and performance parts) Hmm… ECUtune makes some chips for the car. Smallcar.com sells the 5 speed kits, there are some small providers of aftermarket parts. I have seen fiberglass hoods and things like that on Subaru-svx.net. This is probably a good place to start. and perhaps most importantly - do they deliver? i'm not asking if the svx is the japanese ferrari, but i just want some opinions from guys that drive these cars on how they compare to other import performance cars that may be considered fit for comparison. Being an automatic with the “POWER” mode option, I find it accelerates pretty good. I just double tap the go pedal and the “POWER” light comes on and it roars away. I would say that it’s about the same as my EJ22 OBS. One thing that I love about the car is the super smooth quiet ride I get at 80 mph. It is completely different than going 80 in my OBS. Also when you lower the windows at that speed, you don’t get the wind in your face. Seats are nice and supportive. Not like a STi or anything like that but it works. I think that if use it like it was designed to be as a “grand touring” car, similar to the Lexus SC300 it’s great. For stoplight acceleration and other things like that it’s kinda lacking. You want a “fast car” get an old Impreza and do a WRX swap or put a Frankenstein motor into it. You want a car that can go fast with huge style points, get the SVX. This car is unique and will continue to become more so b/c more and more are being scrapped or crashed. This is my wife’s Daily Driver and she usually get people coming up to her once a week or so asking what kind of car it is. We always get looks from people when driving it around.

read some more of the PDF. I thing that I thought of was that you could use the exhaust system to produce more distilled water for you. Make some sort of a boiler near the exhaust or wrap the exhaust around the boiler. Then have the steam and water vapor travel through a coiled tube and the distilled water collects into another container. That way you will always have distilled water to use in the electrolyzer.

I have an EJ18 running 215/60/16 which is the stock forester size. I am getting about 22-23 mpg. I guess if I were to run the stock tires I would about 25+ mpg. About to get me EJ22t RX up and running soon. Will let your know how that works out. Bw