WJM

I'm pretty sure anything wider than a 245 and you'd have to start playing with different offsets and seriously rolling/pulling fenders. The 245 Conti on this rim is nearly the perfect match for 'here is the widest stuff you can fit on an RX.'

So tonight I did 3/4ths of my 5 lug swap, purely XT6 parts exept the front struts...which are D2 racing coilovers with 750lb springs on them. Ofcourse, I had to grind the XT6 knuckle down to fit. After that...I just need to get tie rod ends and one ball joint and its done...which i have in my garage. The only set of wheels and tires I had were: Rota Tarmac 1, 17x8 (i think the offset is like 52mm or so) Continental ContiSport Contact 3 in 245/40/17 http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Continental&tireModel=ContiSportContact+3 What happen you ask?????????? They fit. No rubbing. Perfect match. Of course...with 750lb springs in the front and 500lb in the back...its somewhat easy to see why...but, the car is low...so one would think that they would rub. A HARD test drive tomorrow will show if I need to roll the fenders. YES...there will be pics when I get it all assembled in the front tomorrow. Ok, rolled the rears, and I raised it about 1/2 an inch just to be safe, as I was getting some light rubbing.

oh yeah, im running Motul 8100 synthetic, 5w30.

the PG's have a decent bit of initial, but its a weak 2 way in reality. I didnt like it on the back of the WRX I had. However, the one in the front was a PG rip off, but about 5x more preload, and it work pretty well....but it would eventually tear up the spider gears and spew metal all inside the transmission, ruining everything.

As long as that D/R is a turbo D/R, yes.

grab the adapter on the pump with that line set...thats all I need...if you dont mind... WJM

well.... I'd look at the stock diagram...then see if you can do the same type of hookup on the coil pack as the stock one does to the coil. Maybe? *shrug*

Yes, we can use those on the EA82's....but, they are not avalible new from SUBARU anymore.

Yeah, ALL of the US-Spec EJ turbo engines came with the oil-water oil warmer/coolers....as well as the 4EAT Foresters. It sure does get the oil up to temp fast, and keep it around 200 F under normal conditions. All of the EA81T's that the US got had the oil-air coolers...and as far as I know from the information i gathered...ALL of the non-US EA82T's got oil-air coolers. Only the USA didnt get them. Also, many MPFI-N/A EA82's also got oil-air coolers.

87, EA82T. Warm Idle: 20 psi Warm cruise (3000+) 60 psi

Ok, so I finally got the DEFI gauges installed last night, after that I went out for some more tuning. I installed...EGT, Oil pressure, Oil temp, Water temp...I have a fuel pressure gauge, but no fittings yet, so that will be for later. Oil pressure was good. When warm, 18~20 psi at idle. 58~60 at cruise (anything more than 3000 RPM). The oil temp leveled off at 220F during cruise and long periods of idle time while I was changing the map. However...during ONE 3rd gear pull, the temp would rapidly climb to 230~235 FAST. 240F is where most people put the limit, its too hot. SUBARU runs the all of their EJ turbo engines at 200 F oil temps normally. On autox runs, spirited driving, they'll get to 210 and no higher...no big deal. During tuning pulls, the oil temp gauge (when one has such gauge) doesnt even flinch. I believe that the EA82T has a serious oil heat buildup problem under the conditions that most of them put them thru. Unfortunatly, the oil cooler equipment that came on the EA81T, it all gone forever, cannot get it from SOA anymore.

Alrighty, thanks.

it could be that the auto-4wd driveshaft could be shorter...

Well, after many fustrating days and years with the EA82, and not being able to find an appropriate engine management system to run the car PROPERLY and RELIABLY no matter what money and time I spend... It is EJ time. But, again, I will boldy go where no one has gone before. There are many of you out there with EJ22's in them...some of you have EJ25's....still there are others with EJ205s, EJ20G/K's...and some day soon, I am SURE there will be a complete EJ257 in one. I'm sure there are EJ207's in a few somewhere on this planet. However...I'm sure no one has done this in an EA82 car yet. EJ257 shortblock+2.5 RS heads+EJ205 Intake manifold+stock EJ257 exhaust manifold Add in a VF39, water injection and an AEM for engine management...plus a US spec WRX transmission with some upgrades, and you've got some decent power. A RELAIBLE 350/350 or more at the crank. It starts tonight. Finnish time? Oh, I dont know...could take months.

Ok, so what about the driveshaft? what did you guys use?

Yeah...the trans crossmember...???????????????

Looking at the VERY first pic...thats definatly a VLSD. But...we already know that with all the other posts. The VLSD is extremely common. Found on ALL WRX's, optional on outbacks, standard on newer outbacks, standard on ALL 04+ Turbo cars (Baja, Forester, Legacy, Outback).

Oh, if I had that port, it would get tee'd in as well. However, the block is from a non-MPFI car originally. Umm....basically its just a nice looking grounding kit. *shrug* All i know is that after I put it on, a lot of electrical related inconsistancies dissapeared.

Traitor. You comming back to the Dragon this year?

PCV is simple. A hose from one valve cover to the other valve cover, a tee, a line from the tee to the can, and then the hose out from the can to the filter. Done! Yes, i want 5 lug. I'm going to get a TWR 332MM big brake kit for it.

with the TWE header and the TD04, I had to cut and modify the downpipe. From there I took a stock midpipe, cut and redirected it...then used a stock axle back, cut the muffler off and found a redneck chrome tip and voila!

It was a 250ms fuel cut every 10 seconds of boost time. Thats better than the standard cut...which detects overboost, counts...then cuts fuel until the boost is back below 10psi.

mine fuel cut on STOCK boost with a completely BONE stock setup. *shrug*

Drives ok for now...still need to do some fine tuning on the MS. the BOV was cheap...later I'll do a recirculating setup.

12 PSI maxes the injectors at 4000 RPM with that setup. So yes, I was running about 15:1 at redline at 14~15 PSI.