Hodaka Rider

Pretty sure he's got them in stock right now. I just got mine from him last month.

Nice air filter also like'n teh floppy hood mod.

Hawt!!

Awesome! It's nice to see things are gaining momentum still. I had a guy leave a note on my car last week asking about lifts, I'll likely be sending him your way.

I get 25+ on the highway around here with my Loyale. With a 4" lift, 27" Swampers, 2-3 people, full size spare on roof, etc. And I live in the mountains. Yeah, I should think you'd be able to break 30.

I'm working on the missus. We had talked about going to a couple of the earlier ones, but it never happened. This is lots of time to plan, plus we want to do the OR coast again.

Or grab your nearest "Guido" type friend and go over there and "strongly suggest" that he give you a full refund - or else.

Looking for wiring info for my donor car (1996 Legacy w/auto). I'm planning on starting to pull the harness soon, and will need the wiring info for my harness work.

I notice you have not filled in your location info. A big contributing factor in whether or not to buy will be the cost of repair. Living near other Soob nuts could mean cheap labour!

Plus, it looks pretty hanging on the wall until you actually get off your butt to do the swap! (my experience, anyways)

When the original video came out (way back when) we were all gaa-gaa on it. Basically, we wanted more. Can we see more? BTW, I had stealthily tracked you down on a drift forum and had serious thoughts of purchasing it when you put it up for sale. Sadly, I suck, so I never contacted you.

It was only a matter of time... Some crazy Canuck builds a WRX Justy, then this happens. Reminds me of when a crazy Canuck built a VR6 Syncro GTI (Golf) - before the factory had any such combo. That lead to all sorts of craziness - like VR6 Twin Turbo AWD New Beatles.

You wil also need the calipers and the correct pads (I might be wrong on the pads). The vented rotor calipers have a wider spread to make room for the vented rotor's extra thinkness.

Sure. I'm also doing an EJ-22 swap next year, so I'll have another engine available (my lifted Loyale has about 160,000 KM on it right now).

As I said, bro, it's basically ready to put together. This engine came out of a '94 Loyale, which had about 300,000 KM on it. Dad and I disassembled it, cleaned the block, honed the bores, and started cleaning the rest of it up. Heads are pretty clean, but it definitely needs a valve job. A couple of the original valves are not so pretty, but we have spares that are in good shape. Intake manifold is included, as well as t-belt covers, etc. I had not bought a timing set for it, so you would still need that. The reason we pulled the engine is that it had stopped running when the previous owner neglected to put oil in it after draining the old oil. The bearings suffered a little (new bearings included, remember), but the main damage was a seized oil pump that then took out the timing belts, which caused the engine to stop running. I am including 2 oil pumps that I purchased from another board member - they're in nice shape. The water pump on it is newer. I'm not sure on condition of the HLA's - they're cheap to order. I am not a shop, I was doing this with dad as a project (he has rebuilt 100's of engines in his life), and then life got busy for both of us. I cannot offer a warranty, as I will not be doing the work. The heads have the typical small cracks between the seats - not leaky at all. Believe us all when we say that you will not see a used head without these small cracks. As far as things being soo much $$ in BC - we need these cars here. The wreckers know it, and charge accordingly. How many other places in North America have the climate and terrain that we have in the Kootenays? Obviously, not many, which explains why skiers/snowboarders/tele/etc. move here from all over the world. I'm guessing you may have moved here for those reasons yourself. Me, I'm local, born and raised - as were my parents.

Oh yeah, re: Western Auto Wreckers. Like most yards around here, they are hard to deal with sometimes. I remember going there and dealing with the Owner (Clint) directly and having him treat me really well, and then dealing with someone else (his son, or one of the other guys) and have them quote me stupid high prices and treat me bad. I have yet to find a yard in the area that is not like this! It sucks, and is the main reason I now order my parts elsewhere when I can. Bob at Organic Mechanic is usually good (I preferred dealing with his son before he moved away), but only if you show up with tools and say "I need a ___, how much if I pull it myself". Even then sometimes he's difficult.

OK, I remembered that my heads are not exactly "ready to go". They need a valve job and a bit more cleanup to be usable at all. I think I can get dad to do that soon-ish, but if you're in a major rush . . . If you want to buy the whole package (you had said you were thinking of rebuilding a spare engine), I'll do it for $400 - less than the cost of all the gaskets, rings, bearings, etc that come with it. Basically, aside from the needed valve job, this thing is ready to put together. Case and heads are cleaned of grease, bores have been honed and measure great, ring gaps have been verified, bearings have been measured (but not plastigauged yet). I'm not sure if I want to sell the heads separate at this point, though. Package includes 2 oil pumps, too.

Nevermind, I just ordered one yesterday.

Hey Richard, it's Mike over in Nelson. First of all, have you already bought a bunch of parts? Second, what method did you use to verify that the crack is indeed blowing into the coolant passage. Third, I have a complete (unassembled) engine from my '94 Loyale, as well as new bearings, rings, gaskets, etc. I believe my heads are fine, the engine ran fine until the previous owner drove it without oil (thus the need for new bearings, etc.) Fourth, I have had the same problem with getting quotes for stupid $$ on parts/service at a lot of places in the Kootenays. Ernies wanted $1200 for a Loyale engine with over 200,000 KM on it. The parts to rebuild it like new cost about half that. Get back to me here, or miked -at- subarubrat -dot- com.

There's also a Walbro "universal" pump (GSL-392) that several have used. It will deliver WAY more fuel than the Loyale SPFI can ever use, but is a good buy if you ever plan on doing an EJ swap or similar.

I guess it's because their website application guide lists the R180 as N/A. Which seems to indicate they don't make one - all other spots in the guide which say N/A mean they don't make one for that application. They do list one for the 6cyl Navarra, but that's an R200 application.

Well, not sure about w/o, but they are ~$170 regular (shipped). I think one of the guys on NASIOC is a reseller, maybe we could get a group buy through him? I posted this more in the hopes that someone already knew of a group buy going on.

Anyone know of one going on right now, or interested in starting one? I'm going to be getting one soon, to run in the Forester and the soon-to-be LegaLoy.

OMG, we're on the same wavelength! Except mine's going into an EA82. DOCUMENT EVERYTHING! Especially pulling stuff from the donor. I know rguyver has done it with an OBDII car, I'm sure he can give us some info at some point. I wanna hook in a Scangauge when I'm done - that will be cool!

UPDATE: So, I got the engine/ECU/etc. Actually, I basically have the whole car (at least, what he didn't take from it already) at my disposal without actually having the car in my driveway! I don't actually have any of the parts at my house yet, but will be able to get it when I need it (might leave it 'till spring at this point). Anyways, from anyone who has done the OBDII route, is there anything extra I need to do/get while I'm taking stuff out of the car?