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Hello all, Reviving the thread to add some useful info that I found out after getting one of the Maxima alts from GD (thanks BTW ). I installed this into my 1990 Loyale Turbo Wagon with A/C. This is the one with the A/C on the outside, and the alt in between the Power Steering pump and the A/C. It's a super tight fit, but it does fit I mean I can't get the belt any tighter because I hit the A/C, but it is just enough tension that it's perfect. It will be better when I buy a new belt for it here coming up soon. But if the belt was any bigger, I might not be able to get the tension it needs, it's that tight of a fit. But, it works great right now! Pics! I had to extend the two wires that plug into the alt because they are located on the side of the alt, not on the back like the stock one is. So they wouldn't fit without a lot of pulling and stretching that isn't good for things. You can see where I added wire to make it fit better. It's just because of the way the alt is mounted that you need to extended it. I also used heat shrink and dielectric grease to prevent corrosion when I did it. I use this method on all my solder connections in the engine compartment. I also added a nice ring terminal I had kicking around, and I managed to stuff both my new cable, and the existing stock into it, so that made it much easier to deal with. The stock ring terminal is too small for the new alt anyways, which was the real reason I decided to use my nice ring terminal for it. I will probably end up putting some shrink on it with some grease as well, but I think I am going to replace the faded old blue wire with some new wire this weekend, so that's why I didn't do it now Here you can see where the wires go in at the side… I also added some 4awg wire that I had laying around so that I wouldn't catch my car on fire So you can see the blue wire(the faded dirty one ) that I added for that… So far it works great! While idling I finally don't have a huge voltage drop when I have all my accessories on, and my radio bumping. It's great! Thanks GD for hooking me up with the alt all ready to go! I would highly recommend any do this swap if your alt fails. Mine failed, so I decided to do it right and get rid of the turd that's the stock one and got a much better one. This was easy enough that there really is no reason not do to it! I hope that helps someone else out! Thanks again GD!

Interesting, learn something new everyday Ya, mine never really held vacuum, maybe that's why? I ended up wiring in a factory vacuum pump to get mine working correctly, haven't had a problem since I wonder if they did remove it because it just caused problems? Like I said, I got 2 units without it, oh well, I have seen stranger things... Thanks for the correct info man!

You sure about that? I have on in a box, and one installed in my car, and no big sphere in my car, or in the box, but it does have the other thing with the wires and mine are the exact same color and look exactly the same as the pic. So unless they changed it in 1990, or subaru happen to have missed installing the big round thing when the original owner had the dealer install the cruise system (I have the original invoice with this on it, and the round thing won't fit in my engine bay with the turbo even if it was included, so it can't be that important if it is part of the system), and the second system I picked up was missing it also, I don't think it has to do with the cruise. Unless I am missing something... I have been known to be wrong in the past...

What, you don't use your cruise offroad? Is it too good for ya? And I agree... The cylinder I don't know what that is though... It's not part of the cruise. I have a whole dealer installed cruise control unit sitting in my garage, and I don't have that. It's been talked about before, but I don't know what it is... But the rest of it is the dealer installed cruise control. If you look up under your dash, by the hood release you will probably find the cruise control brain.

Buy an FSM, it's in there for free! I am assuming you have an ea82? All the electrical diagrams are not online, I have searched and searched to find them but could not. So your best bet would be to find a used set of the FSM's for cheap, that's what's I did... Maybe someone with a scanner could scan it in for you? Good luck man!

Do a search on turbo brake swap, should get lots of hits. The turbo cars came with the rear disc brakes, and they literally just swap on with hardly any modification, at least on an ea82 car, might be different for your wagon, but not terribly. You might need a proportioning valve, something like that. A search should yield you plenty of answers, as its been done tons of times, by many members. I believe you can get everything you need for about $100. The PAP might be cheaper, but every now and again they come up for sale on here as a kit. Just keep an eye out

I believe monstaru was referring to GD and his hate for ea82t's not you (I could be wrong), that's all The turbo's are getting harder and harder to find stuff for, so if it's a big money build, I would probably dump the xt as well. The impreza's are just built for that kinda of thing. Turbone stuck with the ea82t for a while, but eventually swapped in an EJ22T. They are just a limited engine when it comes to mods. If you wanted to drive it everyday, then I wouldn't be telling you do dump it, but since you are looking to build a rally car and don't have a soft spot for the xt, there is no reason to really stick with it. Don't get me wrong, I like my turbo and older subies, but they are not a performance platform, that's for sure!

Yup, I totally missed you on that one I was tired and apparently couldn't read Sorry about that!

Ya, I am making my own stereo surround out of some left over 3/4" MDF. I got it all drawn up, I just need to cut it. Right now mines hacked in there, but that was done by the previous owner. That and I don't want to buy a surround when I can just make one Those are some decent components! They *might* be too deep to install them in the factory place, but you can mount them "outside" the door panel and gain a bunch of room. Just make it flush with the door panel, and get rid of the stupid plastic grill that's built into the door panel. True2Blue did this, but his pics have been removed from his post. So I can't show you what I mean... I have shallow mount speakers right now that work fine, but when I upgrade my components I will probably have to do something like that. You wanna go active eh? Whys that? That Pioneer xover should be fairly decent. I thought about going active as well, but decided against it. Too much work As for the sub, you will probably be sad when you remove the panel and see how much room is not there. I don't even think a shallow mount 10 could fit into the panel. Unless you are good with glass, making a small box is going to be really the only way to get a sub into the subie. The box I made is small, but big enough to run a 12 with 600watts going to it and sound awesome. I hardly lost any room in the back of my car. I just had to rearrange things. When are you going to pick up your subie?

Ahh, I read it wrong, I thought it said "don't", not "didn't" my bad

What do you mean? I did the swap myself, so I know this is the procedure, if that is what you mean? I didn't get super detailed, but that is what I did to get it to work for me... Edit: I can't read, I am an idiot! I read "dont" not "didn't"

I hate the panel. That's how my dealer installed cruise system works, and I hate it. Really annoying to adjust things while trying to keep your eyes on the road. My panel is located where the power mirror controls are supposed to be (I don't have power mirrors). I added the steering wheel controls in and it's much better But that's just me I don't know why you are having problems with your tach signal. The negative side works fine for both my cruise and my remote start. I installed the remote start myself. I just use the same wire, and it's attached to the negative side of the coil. No problems what so ever... Might want to make sure you are getting a signal at all. I just used my test light, and it just flashes rapidly, so I knew I was getting a signal. Glad you got it working though! Cruise control is sweet when you do alot of freeway driving

Nope the DL's didn't get that, same with the Loyales. The Loyale is basically an "updated" GL. They just changed the name. I did get power windows and power locks standard, but that's about it... It's a super easy upgrade. All you need is 2 parts. You need the turn signal/head light switch assembly that was the intermittent wipers (from a gl-10), and then you need the wiper relay. Then all you have to do is remove the steering wheel and swap the signal/headlight assembly, and then plug in the wiper relay. Done. The hardest part was removing the steering wheel because I didn't have a puller. $15 later at Harbor Freight and I was good to go Search for it on here and there are some good post about it. That's all I did If you can find the dealer installed version of the cruise control, it's easy to install. It's what mine came with. The dealer installed version usually doesn't have the steering wheel controls, so I added those in. I also made the system independent of engine vacuum by installing a vacuum pump off of a gl-10 turbo. Works great! I picked up an entire cruise system off of here a little bit ago, so just keep an eye out, you will probably find one Link to my post: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=105299 I should finish that up... I went all out (I have updates as well I will be posting later today...) and I am still going all out with the stereo stuff I love getting sweet deals Since I don't really plan on offroading my subie that much, I am not worried about the stereo gear. It's my DD, and I need to have music in my DD. I drive up to Seattle every weekend, so that 3 hours of driving a weekend, so I need good music to keep my sanity But if you got any questions, feel free to ask. Here's a link to the one's that I bought. They work great! I actually stole it out of my MR2, so I need to order another one for him... http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&category=ACCENTS&Page2Disp=%2Fspecs%2Falm-x3.htm#photos Since 2 of the LED's are angled, it works perfectly for lighting up your lap, the passengers lap, and also the center console. I added a 3 way switch in so that I can turn on the map lights by pressing the switch up, and then turn on all the lights (dome light, rear light, and map light) by pressing the switch down. It's off when it's in the middle. It's really nice to just flick a switch on your dash to control the lights. I also hooked them up to my keyless entry so when I unlock my car it turns on all the lights in my car. Very nice considering I work graveyards I will go snap some pics here in a min for you. The easiest thing I did was just make note of where the mounting locations are when you remove the mounting hardware from the donor car, and then take off your panels and find those locations. Then start cutting zzz It just comes on with the dome light... I's gots an auto, hence the paddle shifters Now with that said, I am going to add remote start to my MR2 with a 5spd, but not for the remote start feature (I am going to disable that), but for ablity to leave my car running after it's started without the keys in the ignition. I LOVE that about my remote start. I can run back into my house and unlock the door to my house without having to turn off my car if I forgot something. It's nice. That and the remote start is also keyless entry... But I don't recommend the remote start on a 5spd for sure! This is also an easy swap in thing. Since almost all loyales have power door locks, if you find one, just remove all the actuators and rods, and then just install them in your car. The wiring is already there, you just need to plug in the gear. So that will get you 4 out of the 5 doors. The driver door doesn't have a motor by default. So I installed one from another subie. I had to make it work, but it's great. Each actuator cost like $3-5, so it's an easy, cheap upgrade. Here's a link to what I did... http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=105193 I need to finish that up, These cars are fun to customize in my opinion. If you want something installed into it, it's really easy to do. The dash comes apart easy, it's a simply wired car so it's easy to add your own stuff to it, and subaru doesn't remove any of the wiring for any of the accessories, so if your car doesn't have a certain option that you want, just find it in a donor car and install it! I really like that about these cars, they are just legos! Have fun man, and let me know if I can help out some more!

Nice man! That's a really clean subie! Ahh, you don't have it yet, I think I missed that part in your posts. I was wondering why you were curious about some stuff, like intermittent wipers. I was thinking, why don't you just go look to see if you have them, but you really can't Make sense now

If you can find a cover, you don't need to replace anything. The holes are in the car for all the pieces you need, they are just not cut into the interior pieces. My 1990 turbo didn't have a cover, so I went to my local PAP, got the mounting hardware (pocket pieces ), cut the holes in the interior panels, installed the mounting hardware, found a cargo cover and installed it! Works great! Took me about 30min to install it. No swapping required You want a real stereo? Checkout what I have done http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=111650 This older subes are super easy to install anything you need to into it. Here's a list of what I have installed into my car that I didn't have when I first got it: 1. Intermittent Windows Wiper 2. Cruise Control Steering Wheel Controls and Fixed Cruise Control 3. Paddle Shifters 4. Custom Stereo 5. Map Lights (Custom LED job, but stock ones wire right up) 6. Rear Cargo Cover 7. Rear Cargo Light (I have it, need to install it. Wiring already there...) 8. Remote Start 9. Keyless Entry (Added a door lock switch on the doors as well, hated not having one) 10. Hella 500FF On Front Bumper (turn on with my lights to improve my headlights) 11. Upgraded Alt to a 90amp Maxima Alt (in process of doing this) Some things I still plan on adding: 1. Leather, Heated Outback Seats 2. Roof Rack 3. 4" Lift w/27's 4. More Offroad Lights 5. Carputer (Just need the touch screen) 6. More stuff I am sure I forgot Subaru = Lego's man! If you find it in a similar car, then you can have it too! I have had my Subie for about a year now, and it's still a project for me I have added a bunch of options that it didn't have when I got it. Basically, if you think you need it, you can probably make it work Good luck man, and let me know if I can help you out! PS You should check out Aarons Auto Wrecking in Seattle. They are going out of business and have lots of stuff to get rid of, just an FYI

My money would be riding on the CTS being funky... Good luck with the DMM Let us know what you find out man!

Alrighty, it's been a while, and I have acquired some new things as well as having some things fail So things that failed... My alt went tits up on me when I was up in Seattle, so that was good times. I started getting the faintly glowing christmas tree, and I just hoped that I would be able to make the 75 mile drive home at 1am when I have to work a 7am. That was good times. But the subie didn't fail me! I got home with no issues, and in the morning my voltage started spiking with the RPM's, so my VR is out for sure. So luckily my wife was still up in Seattle and was able to stop by Turbone's place (thanks again man!) and pick up a used, good alt from him and brought it to me. That was sweet! I was able to fix it up and get going again in very little time. I also decided that this was the time to do some much needed upgrades to my charging system, so I got a maxima alt on the way here from GD. I told myself that if the alt failed, just do it right and replace it with a better one. So I am I am also "borrowing" my buddies 50' spool of 0/1awg wire so that I can upgrade the wiring to support the added amps from the new alt. I really can't wait to get this alt in. I am so tired of my lights dimming when I turn on my fog lights, or turn my AC on high So this will be a great upgrade. I really don't understand why they put such a small, dinky alt in. But whateva, that's what the USMB is for Now onto the even more fun upgrades I got my bassCUBE installed, and man I love it! It makes the low end so much more full. It's fantastic! I can also listen to the music at a lower volume, but still have bass! Before I had to turn up my music almost all the way to get some good bass, but not now! Since I can boost it cleanly about 12db, it's get's louder sooner! I love this basscube. It's one of the best purchases that I have made. Don't know why I didn't have one before, but I am pretty sure I am going to have to get one for the wife now as well. She really likes it, and that's saying something. She actually told me to buy her one, she wouldn't give me any crap about it One more thing to get her I also managed to get a RSdC124 sub This sub is sweet! They don't come up on ebay very often, so I managed to talk my buddy into buying a pair and giving one to me Granted I have built a box for his sub as well, and I am installing all of his gear, so it's not like the sub is "free", but either way it's sweet The box is curing ATM, and the sub will be going in tonight when I wake up! On top of that, I also managed to snatch up a line driver as well. Got it for super cheap because the neg touched the pos, and the unit didn't turn on. So after getting it, I found that it had a pico fuse that was blown on the board. So after going to my local electronics wholesaler, I was able to get the line driver to work for about $3 The line driver is cool because it will up the voltage on my RCA's to about 8-9 volts. This allows more dynamic range in the music, and a higher noise ceiling as well. Considering I am using almost all of my 20' of RCA's in my car, I can use all the help I can get with the signal. My line driver will really help with that. And since I have some device daisy chained in or a processor added in, the upped voltage with just mean a cleaner signal, and a cleaner signal means better sounding music. So for the price, I am pretty happy about it. I have yet to install it, that will probably come this week... The last thing that I have managed to get my hands on is a zx500 to match my zx450 This amp is a BEAST! It's rated to do 600x1watts @4ohm, and is 2ohm stable This amp can and should be able to put out 750x1watts @2ohm no problem, which is what I am going to do My new RSdC124 is a DVC 4ohm sub that is rated to handle 600watts, but I know people that run close to 800watts to it all day long with no problems. The subs are under rated for sure! Right now the amp has a distorted right channel and the case is pretty messed up. So it's waiting in line to get repaired as we speak. Then once it's repaired and working like new, it's going to another guy who is going to powder coat it, and then put all the lettering back in place so that it will look brand new when I get it back So I am stoked about this gem as well. This amp is pretty hard to come by, especially for so cheap I love forums! No pics of anything right now, after I get my new sub installed, my line driver in, and the basscube remote installed, I will take some pics of it all and post them up, but for now that's all!

Good job man! Does it run? Is it drivable yet? Looks like you got a good start on everything, keep it up! I will be watching for sure!

Well of course it takes forever to load off of a CD! Same with the gui being choppy. Proper drivers go along ways I got my mac mini to boot from pressing the power button to using the interface and playing music in 1 min and 25 sec. That's fast, no matter what you are running. Keep in mind this is 6 year old hardware that is "obsolete". So on decent HW, it should boot quickly. Of course I am using gentoo, so that makes a difference, but ya. Nghost (the front end) is pretty sweet once you get it going smooth. I am using a better skin as well. Much better looking than the default. I am still working everything out with it, but I got sound going today, so that was the last "big" piece that I needed to get running. Now for all the little stuff. BTW, I am forced to go with either OS X or linux, as my mini is PPC (Power PC) not x86, so I can't run winblows on it, so roadrunner and centrafuse are out for me. They are nice, but I don't want even more pirated software on my computers if I can help it. nghost is super easy to skin as well, so that leaves it open for me to customize it the way I want, and I like that. That and it runs on my favourite OS, gentoo I am going to play around with the GPS program as well and see what I can come up with. I think I have an old skool GPS laying around here I might be able to use with it...

I would imagine just removing the plug would not do it. Windows probably needs to know that the plug is there, and then and only then does it shutdown if it loses 5v on pin 8. That would be my guess. You wouldn't want so subaru junky accidentally bumping the UPS and knocking the comm port loose and not realizing it at his job and shutting down the firewall now would you I don't have a computer that I care to try this on right now, but that would be my guess. The comm port needs to be there inorder for windows to initiate a shutdown. This is just a guess though

Ahhhhh, that makes sense then, and would explain why my 1990 doesn't have it. Thanks for the info man!

You forgot to read one important part man!

I like man! You stole my idea I am going to do the same thing with my car. I am going to remove my ash try and cig liter, and then cut/mold the compartment below it to make so I have one big gapping hole Then I will install a touch screen above the deck, just like yours It looks good man! Now just make your self a nice surround and it will make it all clean Have you messed around with linuxice at all? It's pretty sweet. I have been playing around with it lately... Ever since I saw you do this, I was jealous, so I have been busy as of late with a little project This thread triggered my memory and I remember that I have a G4 mac mini that was sitting in my office plugged in, but turned off. So I decided that instead of it doing nothing, it should be doing something in my car Long story short I got gentoo running on it with nghost (media front end, like road runner) installed and working. It boots to a working computer in 1:25 too And the mini only use 85watts. So it's perfect for a carputer! So ya, thanks for kicking my rump roast into gear with this! Now I just need to find a good deal on a touch screen...

At least you made it! Glad the engine ran good, and you were at least able to fix everything that happened. Last time I had a trailer tire go flat, I drove on it for about 100 miles without noticing It was dark, and I was tired Needless to say, that rim was messed up! It had compressed in on itself about 3-4 inches Once we noticed it, we said, screw and drove the next 50 miles That was good times. Lucky for you, you noticed BEFORE it went flat

Only the turbo's got the 4eat I believe... I just went out and double checked, but I can move my gear selector through the whole range (P down to 2) without the keys in the ignition, or me touching the brake. I don't even have a spot to override it at all, so they must have added it in the later years. There is no evidence that one was ever installed, so it's not like it was ripped out by the previous owner or anything like that. Interesting...