Cyfun
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Damn dude, what awful luck.
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That's kind of what I figured. I wonder how far the stock shock travels before it hits the bump stop anyway. I'll have to measure it tomorrow.
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Well I'm going to be relocating the lower spring mount anyway, so we'll try them and see what happens. I'll see if I can do a side-by side comparison at some point. Kinda sucks, though, I'd almost rather get stock struts with a lifetime warranty and just replace them if they bend.
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Sadly, for the amount a good locker would cost, you might as well weld your spiders and deal with a bit of tire wear. I'm tempted to do that and then mount up Toyota front knuckles to the back so I have locking hubs. Hard part would be frankensteining some rear axles...
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Looks great for a Rustoleum special! Love that color, looks like a flat peach.
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Okay, so I just realized something. Stock EA82 rear struts have 6 inches of travel. These 4runner struts only have 4 inches of travel! wtf! Have you guys who have done the swap noticed any problems from the decrease in travel? I imagine it would mostly hurt articulation.
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Someone punched your muffler?! Better call it in to your insurance.
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Ah okay, that makes sense. Where did you put your MAF, though? It looks like the airbox is right up against the throttle.
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Was looking at the crankcase evac kits on ebay, pretty straight forward. Thinking I might try and weld a venturi tube into my exhaust, prolly just past my cat, and run it through a catch can to my PCV lines. What could possibly go wrong?
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Even just putting breathers on isn't very good. Needs to be pulling some negative pressure. I've always been tempted to make a pan evac setup with a catch can just to get more pressure.
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Is that an EJ22 airbox? How'd you get all the piping mounted up to it?
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Never EVER delete the PCV system. It's sucking through a lot of oil because you have poor cylinder compression and it's causing blowby, pressurizing your crankcase. If you don't have it ventilated, you'll start blowing seals. There are some alternatives, such as a pan evac system, where instead of piping into your intake, it dumps into your exhaust. However this isn't usually legal and is mostly common on drag cars. Another option would be to use an electrical vacuum pump, but most pumps don't have enough volume to keep up. So do what everyone else does: get an oil catch can. They are specifically designed to catch excess oil coming through the PCV system. You can find some on eBay, or make one out of mayonnaise jar, or do what I did and get an air filterer for an air compressor from harbor frieght for ten bucks.
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Aren't there all kinds of dog fences designed specifically for Subarus? Nice work. Hit the skid plate so hard you still dented the oil pan?
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You're probably thinking of having custom camber plates made, which is always an option. I did it the easy way. Drilled out the strut mount holes to be a LOT bigger, then got some thick fender washers. If I let the struts sit all the way inward, it gives me probably 3 or 4 degrees of negative camber.
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It's summer, do you really need heated seats right now? Just pull the fuse til winter, and look into a switch relocation in the mean time.
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Modern fog and driving lights have much better reflectors than our stock GL lights. I had some really nice 55w Hellas on my car, and I hard a hard time driving at night without them on. Not to mention most people's GL headlights have a poor ground and are much dimmer than they should be.
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Holy wow, impressive. I could see it getting weak if it's worn and rusty, and you quickly lift that wheel up in the air enough to get the spring kicking it down pretty hard. Luckily, they don't seem too pricey to replace. Looks like about $55 from the local parts stores, and this guy on ebay has it for $25 shipped!
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That's a GORGEOUS car, by the way. Black and tan. Is it 4x4 though?
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Seems odd that one would be offset so much more than the others. Should be a standard offset.
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6-speed, fich ja! Or just throw a FWD auto trans in for drag racing purposes, and then you wouldn't have to worry about a clutch, but where's the fun in that?
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So to clarify, you put your catch can between the driver's and passenger's side valve covers? I'm working on some catch can ideas. Was just going to make one out of a jar, but then I considered using this filter/catch can for air compressors from Harbor Break. Not too worried about the filter getting clogged, it's designed to push pretty good volume. And like you said with the eBay catch cans, the pipes seem too small. For $10, we'll find out! I'm actually going to try this first on my mom's Volvo 940 Turbo first, as she gets a disgusting amount of blowby. Mostly happens when I drive it, for some reason.
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Don't have any pics of the one in question, it was for my Eagle Talon and not my sooby. I've got it lying around here somewhere, I'll try and find it. It wasn't very pretty, as it was off of a Dodge Colt Vista and still had the plastic shroud for that vehicle. The trick was getting everything centered. I still had the existing boss bracket from the car it came off of (my '82 Trans Am), so I just lined everything up, drilled holes to bolt the bracket to the Colt steering hub, and called it good. Never did get the horn working, didn't really matter when you can't hear the horn over the exhaust anyway.
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This might work, claims to be "universal Subaru." Looking at the horn mechanism, it just might work. For $20, I'll give it a shot. If not, I'' b!tch them out for not being completely "universal."
