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I have a 88 Vortex turbo motor and ecu that i want to put into my wagon I have a 89 Touring wagon with mpfi that i figure i will use its loom and add the required sensors and wires to use the Vortex ecu. Now the important stuff,... 1. Are the pinouts the same between year models, (eg 87 - 90) 2. Are the pinouts similar (except the obvious sensors for turbo) between turbo models and NA ones? 3. Are the pinouts similar between XT and L series models? and finally 4. Are there differences between the pinouts between US ECU's and Australian ECU's? If anybody has or could point me in the right direction as to where to find Ecu pinouts i would greatly appreciate it:D And General knowlege and advice is also great:cool: Cheers Gannon.

92 DL wagon - Metallic Magenta, (dunno the real name, but thats how i describe it) I went to subaru to get touch up paint and they said that no l series were painted my colour, but the early libertys (legacy) were. Grey Vinyl Interior, no smelly carpet Who else has vinyl? Gannon.

I may be mistaken, but arent they 'superlites' or something like that. Gannon.

Cool, thanks Gary:banana: What is PB Blaster and why is WD40 no good? Is there any precautions i should take before welding, other than the obvious cover the intake, make sure there is no flamable stuff on the engine Cheers Gannon.

Cheers, that was the anwser i was looking for I will pick up some new gaskets for the intake on wed when i go to tech. Any tips for removing the broken studs:brow: Cheers

I just bought a vortex xt turbo ea82 motor and wiring loom ect from a guy who put the jap spec motor in his vortex. (his car is a weapon) Now, he said that it was using a little water (not much), but no steam from exhaust, no bubbles in radiator and no oil in water, where else could it go? Also, when he tried to remove the intake, he broke two of the studs off, the longest ones closest to the middle, luckily they protude out of the block. What should i do? 1. remove intake and fix bolts, fit new manifold gaskets, and see how it goes 2. remove heads, renew headgaskets ect (dont really wanna do this if i dont have to) Im open to suggestions Cheers in advance Gannon

On the NA Mpfi engines, 87>, the disty is set to 20deg also. This is because the ecu has the ability to delay the electrical signal to the coil as it needs to, (in much the same way as a guitar effects pedal applies a delay/echo to the sound) The timing is set to 20deg on cars with an optical sensor disty cos this is the max timing and the ecu electronically retards it depending on load, rpm, tps & temp signals ect. On cars with a mech disty, it is set to 8deg cos it then allows the vac and mech advance unit to 'advance' the timing as needed, based on manifold vac and engine speed (though crudely compared to elect disty) Hope this makes sence Gannon.

This was a pretty recent thread http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=51531 Ross was dealing with modified cooling lines for his ea81turbo (i think that is what it was about) Gannon

Awesome:slobber: All it needs now is an RX bodykit and some sweet mags, and of course the usual bag of go fast bits. Go Phizinza

Yeah i should have made myself clearer, i meant the aircon with it switched on,.. cos it feels like engine power halves (well not really, but u know what i mean) I will do a search Cheers Gannon.

I was thinking the other day, how much power does the Air con use? Then i thought, what if somebody dyno'd to see? And then i thought, has anybody dyno'd after every mod they have done to show how much power each mod makes? Somebody has prob mentioned this before but if there was a thread or chart that showed the power gain per mod, it would be cool Gannon

I quite like them, but they would be 13" wouldnt they They would be cool in 15's or 16's

Oh it is sweet isnt it:slobber: http://www.boostcruising.com/readersrides/entry/6/1209.html

If the normal water pump uses say,... 0.2 of a hp to operate. then wont you need a 0.2hp electric motor to do the same job. So the alternator must produce the electricity to power this 0.2hp motor plus more for heat and noise generated. I cant see how it would be any more effeciant, although i just though of the thing where it can cycle on and off It mite sound a bit pesemistic but i cant see any real gains Gannon.

Congrats I see that some people have a custom thing that usually says 'eat live breathe subaru' or newbie ect What do you have to do to edit it? Cheers

My money is on corrosion/rust ect. on and around the terminals of the fuse box If the fuses aren't blowing then the problem isn't too much current, you have what is known as a hot joint which is caused by a high resistance somewhere in the circuit, probably in your fuse box Get a little ammery cloth and clean the contacts on the offending fuses Hope this helps Gannon

Rang around and found that the chances of getting XT6 parts is very inlikely Wern't sold in Australia, very little sold in NZ, impossiable to get from Japan Looks like im either gonna have to find some Pugs or machine my hubs to take a different stud pattern Gannon

Thanks mate I will see how much it is gonna cost me

Im trying to price the needed parts for Converting from my current setup (front disks with 4x140 and rear drums with 4x140) To front disks with 5x100 and rear disks with 5x100. I dont have a rear swaybar but would like to add one in the future I have read corkys page on the conversion but i dont have the exact list of what is needed Any advice is welcome Cheers Guys Gannon

I remember seing a picture of a modified spyder intake with a carb on top, but it was a while ago

I wonder if sombody who workes in a plastic factory would like to copy these. I know that they would probably sell well

I made my gaskets thicker by wrapping them in several layers aluminium foil. When i re-welded my flanges on, one of them wasnt completly flat, and this way helps fill in the gap. Gannon

Hey Fang The spider intake will fit both the mpfi and turbo heads A spfi manifold will bolt onto the carb heads, (there is a conversion manual floating around) but unforunately Australia didnt get any spfi Subes Gannon

Ive always wondered how a sube would go in a demo derby, our local show has a derby but the ground is usually wet and most cars get bogged, a subaru in disguise would be awesome:brow: P.S. try to disguise a piece of railway girder behind your bumper bars, the other cars wont know what hit them:lol: