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Thank you to both of you! I pm'd Baccaruda and told him the situation. A co-worker finally came through with a lead of a space... hopefully. If that falls through I might look to one of you., if eith Alsoer of you need help sometime I have a full tool box (just no big tools) and a pair of willing hands to help. Thank you once again for possibly opening your extra space for me. Oh, and do you have a red Brat with a with canopy? If so, I think I saw you going up the south hill a week ago or so.

Are there any Spokane guys that have the tools and space and are willing to let a complete stranger either pull their motor or drop the transmission in their garage/paved flat area. I have all minor tools needed just no Jacks, stands, or space. It "should" be just a day long exercise. If you are willing to help please PM me! Thank you. Kenny

Has anyone made/added an intermittent circuit to their rear wiper so it's only going once or twice a minute instead of always on? I couldn't figure out how to add this into the sub's system without adding another switch. Has anyone done this and were able to do it without adding another switch?

Well whatever sensor they use to send a signal to the speedo It is a 91 Loyale and had spfi, I would have to look back again to see if the Old ECU needed a speed sensor or not.

The OBDII appears to read correctly the old EA speed sensor. I haven't done an EJ swap with an older EJ but did one with a 97 and the wiring was very easy and straight forword. Have people run into problems when trying to swap the Newer EJ's?

Do people have any complaints about the AA lifts? For those who have them do they... 1) Actually require change to the Radiator hoses? Or do stock hoses work? 2) Do you need to go get an alignment after the install? 3) Are you happy with the lift or do you wish you would have stayed stock? Did most of you go with the High lift version or the moderate lifted version? Thank you to those of you who take/have the time to respond!

Thanks Tex, I will call ya and get his number. I have ventured through spalding a couple of times becasue i work just right up the road. The other one i haven't heard of so i will have to go check it out. Thanks once again!

For the EA82 wagons, where do people get those rear spoilers for diverting the air so it blows across your rear window? What are those called, a rear dust fin?

Spokane guys: How are the junk yards in the Spokane area? Have they been pretty picked through? Any that one would recommend? Looking for new and old subaru parts.

I don't know. There must be a reason that some people had problems or something. What year EJ did you use?

"Use the throttle pedal and cable from the EJ series vehicle." Everyone always says this but I did not need to. There is plenty of travel to go from closed to WOT. The old EA82 Cable fit fine onto the EJ22. Why do people say use the other Cable?

Mike (the guy I lived with when you dropped off the transmission in pullman) and I will have it crunch out in 6 hr..... If not..... something went wrong and with me it always does. :cool: So i better plan a whole weekend.

I do remeber you! I believe you had a thunderbird when I met you.... I could be wrong.... Or at least you were driving someone elses. You must have a subaru now? what is it?

I just got my AA lift in the mail today. How long did it take you for an install time on your BYB lift?

I will give it to you Tex you definitly didn't make it hard to Turn down the Subaru Experience. How is that old GF? It has fired up, I have about 3000 miles on it, Ran it back and forth from Spokane to Bellingham everyweekend for about a month. Runs like a champ. It is so nice to beable to drive at 75-80 and not have to drop down to third gear going over the pass to maintain the speed. I used Mudrat's adapter and it fit and works just as described. The motor is an EJ22 and all those 2200 cc's aren't enought. I don't think Tex ever got to ride in my Nova but the subaru has a long way's to go before its up to par on what I like for speed. I forgot to take a picture of it but I do have the OBD-II connector mounted just under the CD receiver so it makes for an easy plug when hooking up the laptop. To pull codes or monitor sensors.

You guys are probably getting tired of seeing pics like these but here's my wagon. (About 95% done, I just need to clean some things up.) http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=3142 Let me know if anyone sees anything wrong :-\

The motor is a 96 or 97 2.2 in a loyale. It has a open air intake, custom profile cam's, borla header and pretty open exhaust. I have done some minor polish work on the heads. The rev limiter kits in at 6000 rpm and it feels like it is cutting out about 1000 rpm short of its peak. I haven't be able to get down to a dyno to varify that yet. I am not worried about breaking parts because the trill of building an engine that is a strong runner out weighs the parts you break on the way. I am assuming there's no way around the rev limiter? No simple way if deactivating it?

Is there any way of getting around the built in rev limiter on the EJ22 motors without getting a piggy back system or a full blown after market ecu?

I have just completed the EA to EJ swap. Probably the easiest engine swap that I have completed. (Granted I tried to save some time and orderd the adapter or the modified flywheel but that ended up taking much longer.) I have a question for the board. I don’t know what type of copy rights are out there on the adapter plates. So far I think there are none since there’s a website with step by step instructions on how to make the adapters and modify the flywheels. Why hasn't anyone spec'd one of these into a CNC machine or similar computer automated cutter? It would take me very little time to input it in, that way people could simply share the file. I can't get a hold of John (Mudrat79) for the life of me so I don't know if he would be offended or not. Comments? Concerns?

No the fan turns on for about 1min and a half and then shuts off for about 30 seconds. (These are just guesses) The idle stays at about 800 jumps to about 1200 and then comes down to 800 for a two or three, then bounces again. the whole idle process takes about 8 seconds. The idle starts to bouce once it has ran for about 45 seconds, at which time the water temp is around 149 f. Thanks once again for your time and effort in helping with my problem

Yes, the idle pulse happens reguardless of AC/Defrost/fan/lights. I say this only because I have driven it around at night and day with all on and all off and almost every combination between. What effects would the A/C and Defrost have if they were mal-funtioning?

No your advice is awesome! There has been more than once where I was sure I had ruled something out and it ended up coming back and getting me in the butt. I was checking while the idle was irregular and the temps stayed the same/rising slightly. The only flux in temp was when the fan turned on which made the temp drop until the fan turned off. Thanks once again for all your help and effort! Anything else you might suggest please do so!

To check the ECU temp sensor reading I looked at what its output temp was via an obdII scanner/software and then checked it to the temp of digital output on the guage sensor. They both read the same temp. I was going to follow it up by checking what the the resistance range should be and make sure its within that range.

I played around with the idle air control valve with no change. I will check the fsm to see what the spes should be or replace it completely. If I increase the idle to about 1100 the changing idle disappears. I will check the EGR to make sure that its not plugged and is working correctly. I heard rumor that Subaru stopped putting egr valves on after a certain year is that true? Thanks for your suggestions, if you come up with any more please let me know.

OK, I had two extra alternator's, and I believe all three are good, I tried them all and still no change with the changing idle, Vacuum lines are good, and the temp sensors are still reading where they should, including the one that goes to the ecu. Change O2 sensors front and rear and still no change. Any Other Suggestions? I will resort to doing a magical Subaru dance if anyone knows the moves!