THAWA

where did you get that info josh?

http://www.subaru.com

It's setup like that because people don't like to see the actual gas consumption. Someone once stated that in lincoln or cadilacs or something they had a digital guage that showed the exact amout of gas in the tank and too many people were complaning that they'd just filled up the tank the morning and they were already down the first few notches by the end of the day. They were later recalled to show a less acurate gauge.

All 5mt driveshafts are longer than 4eat driveshafts.

coolness, but why wasn't this posted on legacycentral? for shame

search on legacycentral for Impreza or RS or GC and the words spring and lower. You should be able to find what you're looking for. and really ou should join us over there.

depending on what all else you want to do while you're doing hte headgaskets you'd be looking at anywhere from 150 to 300-400. This is assuming you do the labor yourself, and to be completely honest, it's not bad labor, just time consuming. I'd set aside a weekend if you wer edoing it yourself and make sure you have EVERYTHING you need before you start.

Well the outback does come in a 2.5i trim in japan so it's possible this could be a JDM ej25 but not likely, and it for sure doesnt make that kind of power

Also I'd like to appologize to Nayashewon. I didn't mean to go bad on your topic, but this was the one that broke the camels back. I probably should've started my discussion in a new topic and appolgize for taking this one the way it did, I'll add no more negative comments to it.

Well maybe you need to move the steering wheel or something. 4 position light switch is a good idea depending how they implemented it, but I see that causing more confusion than necessary. Couldnt you just see the amount of topics saying "Why are there two parking light switches?" And like I just said in the post right above yours that you obviously didnt read: Also you're doing nothing but proving my point that Americans are too stupid to read owners manuals.

The 1990's called, they want their joke back. It's not about it being obvious, we all have those questions. It's about the question being answered in something you should have already looked through or read or found out what it does before you started using it. If you had asked something like what size wiper blades do we use no I wouldnt reply like this. That info isn't easily accessable in the owners manual. Also I totally agree about the fog/headlamp washers, that IS bad design.

it's THAWA and where would you suggest the switch be placed?

or if you want NA power get an eg33 and slap that in there, It's about the same power as a 283 plus its still in the fam.

I sound cocky about this because I unlike most of the other people in america read instruction manuals. If this wasn't information that comes wuth the car then I wouldn't be saying any of the stuff with an attitude. But it's common sense that if there's a switch staring you dead in the face (and you can't discern what it does which obviously a lot of peoplre here cant, I mean come on, It's a big P with lines, hmm, kinda looks like a light symbol) you should probably find out what it does. Howard I don't know why they put the switches on our cars either, unless it's needed in some states, because obviously americans are too stupid to RTFM!

the ej25 certainly does exist outside of america, but that is definately not a turbo'd engine. You can tell by the waterpump/thermostat.

yes i understand that but his (98 forester) is online, so as I said, no reason. As for it being bad engineering, I have to disagree. You've basically got a switch that if it's turned on will drain the battery. Would you place this switch somewhere where it's easy to access or easy to accidentally flip? Of course not. Would you however place this switch somewhere where it's easy to see if it's on or off (the red part when you flip it), without being in the way of the other controls? Lets face it, how often is your hand in that area? Maybe once every two weeks if you reset the tripometer to see your mileage, and even if it is in that area it's not a very easy switch to flip without noticing you did it unless you're a clutz and don't pay attention to what the other parts of your body are doing or noises they're making. But let me ask you Tiny, where would you have put the switch?

well it's definately a 2.2 assuming he's not done an engine swap.

That sounds like a personal problem. Though I guess it's a good thing that subaru offers a free online owners manual when you setup your join my.subaru.com THat's free aswell, there's no reason not to know.

this info is easily accessable in the owners manual. You need to try taking a look at it first next time.

actually it is quite normal if you've ever been in a legacy that overheated you'd know what we mean.

guess i posted in the wrong multiple topic, but anyway the problem is in the gauge, it doesnt accurately show the temperature. As someone once stated, it's got four stages; cold, warming up, warm, turn off the car and let it cool down. You really ought to join us at http://bbs.legacycentral.org

when you're going down hill, are you using the negine as a brake, or are you coasting in neutral, or is it an auto? Have you tried burping the system to see if there's air trapped? Make sure you remove the bleed screw before you do. Get the coolant sniffed for hydrocarbons, you could have a blown head gasket(s) Do you see bubbles in the coolant when idling. I'm leaning twords head gaskets since you say if you dont drive hard it wont really overheat. That "leak" you noticed might be the exhaust leaking into the coolant, causing it to expand enough to leak out of the coolant resevoir.

yes, but then again, how long are you planning on keeping it?

i've resorted to xt6 and rslc

I doubt it's the same car. Wasnt STI_GUY on the east coast, and didnt he just finsh swapping an engine or something crazy So no torque bind on 5mt's eh? I feel something that feels like torque bind if I turn slow enough and give it enough gas, course that could be attributed to the ps rack that needs to be replaced. Or the axle that needs to be replaced. Or my horrible tires. anyway, good luck on the car, I can't really think of whatelese you should look for.