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    why didn't you tell me?

    in Rally/Racing

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    Ok we need to start from square one. Forget everything and drive normally.

     

    Luging the engine is when you are in too high a gear for too low a speed. The car will fight you and the engine will not respond immediatly, it will complain and maybe stall.

     

     

    Bottom end is main and connecting rod bearings. Top end is valves and cam

     

    The way to get better gas mileage is to get into the highest gear as soon as possible, ONLY once you understand how to drive a stick.

     

    I hate to say this, but you need how to learn to drive a stick, it is much more then just getting the car to start from a stop. You can damage the car without properly learning. Generally about 15mph per gear is ideal (hard to explain without actually being in the car with you).

     

    And yes a tuneup is in order plugs, wires, air, fuel filters and PCV valve.

     

     

    http://www.cartalk.com/content/learn-drive-stick-3

     

    Please dont take this as nasty, I know comments can be taken either way and i am not being that way. :)

     

    Not at all nip. You know, the way I learned to drive stick was this: I was working a construction job and my foreman (who knew I didn't know how to drive manual) left me at a different job site with a company truck and said "see you there" :lol: Well, I got to the other site, but perhaps lacking a bit of finesse. He said "now you know how to drive a stick" and I took it to heart, never bothered to ask anyone if I was doing something wrong. Drove beater trucks around for years without a problem, but a sube is something a bit different and I'd like to treat her right.

    why didn't you tell me?

    in Rally/Racing

    Posted

    Well there are a few thoughts on this.

     

    You are both correct.

     

    As long as you are not lugging the engine things are ok, but it is not the valves that take the beating it is the bottom end.

     

    Have you tried skip shifting? Skipping a gear like 2-4 or 3-5?

     

    Valves are not the issue. Something else is and it has nothing to do with the shifting... what exactly is happening that you are loosing power ?

     

    When you say "lugging the engine," I take it you mean letting the needle drop a thousand or so rpm and then revving back up shifting into a new gear, instead of applying more gas and keeping the needle stationary. Yeah, I've been doing that, and I've been corrected.

     

    Alright, when you say "bottom end" I think cams and pistons, maybe clutch.

     

    What would be the purpose of skip shifting? I mean, over revving in one gear say to 5000 or 5500 rpm then skipping a gear? Seems like it would be pretty hard on the engine for regular use.

     

    You know, it's funny when I first got my sube I was shifting at 3500 but people on the road were looking at me like I was crazy or trying to show off or something... the 2.5 growl is intimidating to some folk I guess.

     

    Maybe I just need to seafoam the thing and replace filters and plugs, etc. I don't know, my mechanic took her around the block and told me that it didn't have the power it should. It's no slouch though. I don't know.

    First Sube!

    in Meet n' Greet. Your USMB Welcome Center

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    Welp, because of lack of funds it's taken longer than I thought it would, but I've finally got a hold of a set of four '04 Forester struts with tophats and coilovers. They've got 55k on 'em but look to be in good condition. Got them from a guy over on the SubaruForester forums in VA for $250 delivered! I could put them on right now but I figure I'm gonna wait until my next paycheck and buy some saggy butt spacers from Shawn at Paranoid Fabrications... seems like a really nice guy. I figure I could throw on the 3/4" rear spacers and be done but I'm gonna get the 1" rear and 1/4" front... add a quarter inch of lift for $30.

     

    Also going to get tires... I'm a little split between Geolanders and HydroEdge right now. I'm getting crappy mileage ~18mpg bleh. Probably because of my gigantic old cargo box, bad tires and struts, and need of a tune-up.

     

    Speaking of cargo box, I took off the duct-tape holding it together and laid some carbon fiber mat and epoxy, sprayed the thing flat black and sealed it. Looks pretty good if I do say so myself.

     

    Oh, also I got the rear five windows tinted to 3% vis at a cash-discount tint shop in Oakland.

     

    Tune-up, tires, struts, spacers and ground kit in a week or so! :headbang:

     

    Pictures to come!

    At what speed do you cruise with your legacy ??

    in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX

    Posted · Edited by LokeDawgg
    had to add a couple more "rolleyes"

    I cruise between 55-60mph for commuting trips... any less than that creates a hazard on the freeway. I get up for work early enough, and I figure that we'll all meet up at the bottleneck anyway so what's the point in speeding -- geometrically increasing the possibility, danger and damage of an accident? You gain at best five or ten minutes given the same destination.

     

    Physics of speed: http://www.science.org.au/nova/058/058key.htm

     

    Better mileage is a nice side effect.

     

     

    If I want a thrill I jump on a surfboard.... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

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