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Hodaka Rider

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  1. They are not the same. In fact, the STI key is different than most Legacy keys, as well. (search NASIOC if you don't believe me).

    If an STI key works in your EA-82, you locks and ignition switch are all work badly. More power to you, I guess - but usually almost any similar key will open and start the car when they get to that point, in my experience (started my '83 wagon with my dad's VW Golf key, IIRC).

  2. I've got an STI blank on my desk, and a standard blank for our '02 Forester. I'm planning on modding the standard blank and transferring the mods that work to the STI blank. So far, it looks like the STI one is too thick (can't find my vernier calipers right now), and the groove is not wide enough (looks like the groove spacing is pretty close, though. I'll try and get this going, and let you know what I find.

  3. I read on a Toyota forum that the Accel coils were not designed to be mounted horizontally. And that is what usually leads to premature failure. They were designed for VW Bug guys and mean to be mounted vertical.

     

    That maybe why we're having so many problems.

     

    I got mine in 2001. Still working to this day, as far as I know. I guess the fact that I live in an area where the roads have lots of corners, and I did a lot of off-roading might explain it if the cooling was the issue, but I think the real reason was that they switched the manufacture to a different facility, and had poorer procedures and quality control. I believe there was an email or something posted in 2003 or so that explained this. Not even sure if these issues still exist.

  4. I just went from a 2.5in pipe with out converter or resonator to stock pipe with converter, resonator, and a free flowing muffler and noticed how much low end power I was missing. The 2.2 NA engines seem to like a little back pressure. But now I miss the wake the neibhors piss off old people rally car sound track! Just my 2cents.

     

    The 2.2 NA engine hates backpressure, just like any other 4 stroke engine. What it does like is having the exhaust pulses create a good scavenging effect in the pipe, which does not happen at lower RPM's in a 2.5" system.

  5. There is almost zero back pressure on your car now.

     

    That was probably the goal. Low backpressure = more power, as long as the pipe is not so big that it only creates a proper scavenging effect at higher RPM's. That being said, I would think a 2.5" exhaust would be a little big for a 2.2l to develop proper exhaust flow at lower RPM's. The cross-sectional area is just too big. I would think a 60mm exhaust would be good on the 2.2 (slightly larger than the 2.25"), based on the fact that most 1.8-2.0 litre N/A engines are happy with 2.25".

  6. I went out today and started taking my donor car apart. Got the dash out and a few other things done. Took awhile longer than I figured because the car had been in a front-ender and both airbags were popped, as well as the windshield being smashed and dropping shards of glass inside the car. (No major punctures in me yet!)

    I'm going to try to get back there Monday (1 hour drive each way) to get more work done on it.

  7. Yah, I second the SJR idea. In my mind, no one of the existing EA-82 lifts is right in all ways (let me know if you want details on this), but at least you know the SJR one has someone standing by it full time. The Ozified one is good, but it doesn't agree with everyone - especially since Patrick is away a lot. I like my AA lift for the most part, but my dealings with them were not exactly 100% painless.

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