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If this is still a thing, I blew the head gasket on my 2.2, and found a frankenmotor "kit" to swap in. If this is still a thing, I'd love in. Craig

I haven't posted on the forum since I'm not very experienced and don't feel I really have much to contribute to this forum, but I may have something after changing the timing belt in my '96 Legacy L wagon. The crank pulley was severely overtorqued (didn't come loose with either my dad or I on a breaker bar in 5th gear, e brake on, braced against the passenger's fender with ~1/2 revolution) and as it turned out had RTV as a Loctite substitute. My dad has a Bridgeport mill, so that's how I made the tool, but it could be done with a drill press and band saw in a pinch. Dimensions are the following: 5/16" Gr 8 bolts on 3.15" centers 1.25" center hole 1" flats for holding with a wrench It took me about 2 hours, but would take less time if fly cutting, digging tools out of the mess of a shop, precision machining, etc. aren't an issue.

They sound too rich for my blood, but maybe when I graduate with a BS in electrical engineering next summer I'll have a little more scratch to flow. :-) I'd guess you'd need a 45* fixture plate and a dividing head or rotary table with a mill to make those center lockers manually. It'd probably be cheaper in terms of dollar value for your time to have them, or at least the sprockets, made. The clamshells wouldn't be too bad, just kind of a pain to fixture in a manual mill. I'd probably recommend making soft jaws if you want to do even limited production. Just my thoughts from the SolidWorks drawings and 3D printed models you showed. Keep asking weird questions though! Craig

Right on. I've taken a few machining classes too, partly to be more valuable as an engineer, partly because I just want to be better at it, and partly to be more valuable to the shop. Just got done with MasterCAM 1.

If you need help or a shop to run limited production and aren't against paying shipping, I work in a prototyping shop in Corvallis. I'm still pretty green myself or I'd offer my own help, but you could at least get a quote from us: http://kingmachineproducts.com/ Hope this turns out, it looks rad!

Sorry if I'm dredging up an old topic (relatively), but has anyone tried the 98+ Intrepid springs? I'd rather control my Loyale's body roll a bit. :-) Craig