Kostamojen

Someone email them for a price on the other 15's http://ackerwheel.com/wheels/AW66657.html

Damn, sounds good, your killin me BTW, I went to the Roseville/Rancho yards today, didnt find anything interesting, exept the 6 14" pug wheels are still at rancho, and I saw no less than 3 5-speed dual range RX's with the trannies still intact (with the rear LSD as well)

Which yard was it at? I think ill try to head back up there wednesday.

I kinda need to go back to the junkyards, I didnt get some stuff I needed

Weak in first and 2nd? That is odd, those are my only decent gears with my 1.8 Impreza... Is your clutch bad? That can cause it to engage slow. If there isnt any physically wrong with the engine, i'd say try some mods. Particularly an underdrive crank pulley, that really helps with 1rst and 2nd gear acceleration on EJ engines.

Get some Koni inserts

Ya, all the engines are back to MAF now, even out of CA.

P.S. The open/closed deck engine isnt really an issue unless you are talking turbo.

The "R" is the designation of the EZ30-R engine in the H6 outbacks, there is another engine even with that designation in Japan, the EJ20-R. The i, I have no idea.

THere is a concept pic that has been floating around for like a year, but otherwise no.

Pics: http://community.webshots.com/album/144542676FpLRKI So aparently the 05 Outbacks are showing up now in California, monday or tuesday basically every dealership in my area got some in so today we went to check them out Basically there were only base model 2.5's in white gold or the other funky colors, and one that was a 2.5 Limited in silver and another that was the new blue/green color and also a base model. The bad news: I did discover that they ALL have the PZEV motor that was an optional model here in California for the 04's. Thats the one I drove too, with an auto tranny. OMG, it totally sucked... I was very disapointed, even the sport shift didnt help... I dont think having 4 people in the car helped either, BUT the tranny shifted like garbage, so I went and drove my mothers 2000 GT limited to be sure, and yes it is faster than the 05 I drove, much faster and shifted far better too. Theres no way i'd get one unless it was an XT. The good news: The interior is absolutely fantastic. Definatly Acura quality. I was VERY impresed. Loved the steering wheel too The beige interior is nice, the grey cloth was even better. I cant wait to see the GT's though The handling was surprizingly good! Even with the base model outback, there was basically no body roll along with a very smooth ride. I took it hard around some corners with 4 people in the car and it just tucked right in and went, I was very impressed. Handles better by FAR than the previous gen models. The looks, im not sure about. Its an outback all right, dont care for the rear lights now though, but the font is nice. I dont know about the body cladding still... Very good car, but I think my parents are now 100% on getting a Forester XT, since the Outback XT or Legacy wagon GT's are up around 29k with the auto tranny, while we can get an XT right now for $24k. The interior on the XT isnt a huge let down either compaired to the new legacies, its almost as good, but ya the handling wont be there but thats fine. Anyway for some other news, the RS pro is a screaming deal!!! Its under $20k, has the WRX seats, STI steering wheel, the new better HP 2.5l engine, STI foglight covers among other things, and that nice new interior. I was blown away, I would definatly get an RS Pro Wagon right now if I could I took pics of the CA PZEV engine and exhaust, they are in the pics folder at the top of the page... Its a VERY different setup. Probably the same block, but as you can see the intake manifold is totally different even from the new ones, with aparently TWO air filter elements, and the exhaust has THREE cats along with a very odd box... Crazy stuff.

http://community.webshots.com/album/144542676FpLRKI I test drove an 05 today as well Saw a few other things about the 05's that are interesting too...

Ya, I went and saw some today, that moon roof is a freakin convertible!!!

Grab some WRX wheels and tires for like $200 from someone used, then get the larger brakes

Who needs a spy brocure, they are at the dealerships now.

Upgrade to some WRX front rotors while you are at it.

Odd question, but someone here might know... Does anyone know where the road is that goes from Soda Springs and contiues to Foresthill Road and goes into Foresthill the city? I think its a dirt road, but Ive never found it... I thought it was way in the back of Serene Lakes, but ya, theres some wierd dirt road that might be there but im not sure... Anyone know?

You can get a used set of WRX rims and basically brand new tires (i seen sets all the time with like 8k miles, or even only 100 miles on them) for ~$200 on Nasioc or I-club private sale forums, the strust the cheapest route are GR2's, V5 struts, or just a used RS/WRX suspension. ($50-$200 for used suspensions, GR2's are like 200 for a set, the V5 struts are a little more). For a catback you can just get a custom one made at a shop for $200 or so, or just get a WRX or RS muffler and stock midpipe which might require flange rotation or exhaust hangar moving via a muffler shop, but you can get WRX, etc. stock mufflers/midpipes for basically free (ive had two free WRX mufflers, and a free RS muffler, for different purposes ) If you need to know anything else, let me know. I bought my 95 also for pretty much the sole purpose of learning how to drive a manual tranny

Ya, fun stuff, got alot of little things for the 78 Met some of the Reno folks, who are always cool for some reason, even when its hot (which it wasnt today, perfect weather)

Oooh, I hope the Impreza is 97 or newer and still has its headlights Any turbo legacies there?

What year EJ22? Doesnt sound like much of an upgrade to me, what are the power numbers on the AU N/A EJ20?

I use this on track days The db levels are definatly not legal...

110hp, 110 torque. Its definatly slow. 1rst and 2nd gear are ok, but after that nothing. 4th and 5th gear no power at all. The one time I took it to the wednesday night drags (just to get some numbers) I had a 17.782 @ 76mph, never got out of 3rd gear. And thats with a couple mods (underdrive pulley, modified intake box w/out snorkel, borla headers, 2" midpipe with wrx muffler) The EJ22 install wouldnt be that hard, at least compaired to other EJ engine swaps into imprezas.

Hey, I got a new "hole" too http://community.webshots.com/album/138980219SMGShA

If I find 15's this saturday, im buying them! Wont go on the car anytime soon, but im buying them anyway...