555jay

RS salute! You went from EJ251 to EJ255, but they're all EJ25, right? EJ25D is the one that eats headgaskets, anyway. How many miles were on your RS motor when it started having trouble? EJ255 is nice, though. Same block as EJ257, or so I hear. Should be easy to massage up to STI power.

I'm sure you saw this ad for a white 82 down there? http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/1301678739.html I was eyeballing it, but the price was a little higher than my "fun budget," and the 8-hr drive was prohibitive.

Hi All, Long time lurker. Been interested in picking up an older Subaru for a while as a fun runabout/project car and I joined the board about a year and a half ago to do research and to keep an eye on your "cars for sale" section. This past weekend, I picked up a 1983 Turbo BRAT at a very reasonable price because it has some mystery engine issues, including a leak that looks like the unholy mixture of oil and coolant. Haven't really dug into it yet; don't need to hurry as it can stay put away for a while. My daily driver for the past 6 years is a 2000 Impreza RS coupe. The motor is still stock EJ251 with almost 110k miles on it. I've done plenty to it otherwise, including brakes, suspension and body trim. And air horns. I'm looking forward to getting the BRAT up and running. I'm appreciating in advance all the great info you guys have stored up on here. It allegedly has A/C, which would be nice to have here in Vegas, but I didn't get it for comfort. I got it for its awesomeness. Cheers! Oh, and pictures: