ShawnW

Do you have the hydraulic lifters quieted down and it runs pretty quiet now?

I like SUBRDAV. I wouldn't put FAST on my plate for sure and I wouldn't single out any make/model as you just never know whats under the hood or tuned on anything I have seen Hondas, Evo's, VW bugs and all kinds of cars that are sleepers that I wouldn't want to claim my car is faster than. I have a 2009 WRX and I don't take any car for granted. Of course I also don't condone or participate in street racing either.

Its for ea81 and ea82 type vehicles. Working on keeping it at or around $1000 but no huge promises. When you see the machining and pieces in the kit you will understand why. Also going to have to send core pieces back in the form of the original control arms, and backing plates so he can make them without a bunch of trips to the salvage yard. Heres the kit info page from CrossBredPerformance.com http://www.crossbredperformance.com/kit-info I love that I won't have a single 13" 4x140 wheel around here anymore. Well, after I sell the 12 sets I have.

I agree but I have to decide if I am going to RallyX national championship that weekend or not. Its only 55 miles away as opposed to the show that is 1255 miles away.

I am about to open a box I have been dreaming about receiving for about 2 years now. Finally got all the details figured out and my wagon will go under the knife next month. I have lots of parts to obtain now. This will be the first one of these kits on US Soil and RetroRoo/me will be the USA vendor for these. Still working on pricing for them and how to deal with currency changes, shipping and a possible large shipment eventually. I think we have most of the details worked out. This makes your 4 lug car a 5 lug car with rear e-brakes and all Subaru Impreza/Legacy parts. These might seem expensive until you consider the cost of Peugeot Wheels, safety, rear disc swap you are probably already thinking of buying, and piece of mind. I think a friend of mine might still have his hatchback today if he had these brakes instead of 25 year old tiny ea81 brakes. The car had the awesome big tires, lift kit, new radiator, disc brake swap, the works but it couldn't stop itself like a normal car. Most of us already spend around $100 (if not more) to get disc brakes from a Turbo Ea82 car and these are getting harder to find. XT6 even more difficult. When you do find them they are 20 year old parts and at times very rusty, maybe not even possible to get off at the junkyard. Lots more availablity at the parts store for pads, rotors, calipers and rebuild kits.....aftermarket Hawk pads and such.....yes I am excited. Photos will be coming of course. To me this is an epic day I know the swap has been possible for a while now but not as a professional, complete kit. Feels like the days when the first BYB lift kit came over from Brett.

Thats still not fixing the problem for sure and adding freon to a system that may have a leak is just rediculous and not cheap either. You need to put those seals on and put a vac on it and see if it holds vacuum. If it doesnt you aren't done yet. People are doing this themselves thanks to the cans being sold in every store and single port installation kits. It makes me mad that people can just walk into a store, buy a can with a nozzle on it, and basically release it right into the air like its no big deal. Whining about how much a professional charges to do it right is childish. Pick your battles. Fix what you are qualified to fix and leave the rest to the professionals with the right equipment to do it right. A $10 can doesn't give you a license to fix it yourself.

That we should have adopted 100 years ago. Still bummed that I have to pick between the show and RallyX national championship.

Join AWDPirates there is usually a "red rocks meet" every year but I haven't seen a posting yet.

Anybody that has had their car broken into for the CDs or CD player will appreciate a simpler radio with aux jack and taking their ipod with them. I agree CD player is still nice its just not something I would invest in a car in 2010. Somebody posted in the last month a really nice basic radio they got at WalMart or something I will keep looking for that link.

Id find a smaller radio that is shallow that just has the AUX input and toss some money at an Ipod or similar device. CD's are fast becoming obselete too.

Ive done it its pretty straight forward. If you use a 2000 or later one you will need to route the rear o2 sensor wire forward to the back of the front cat by looping it over the trans in the tunnel and it will reach.

Did the piston shatter that is on the seized rod? If so shatter it enough to get at it. If you can work the block to be open at the top or bottom like a V you can take the rods apart with a wrench one at a time till its not so frozen up. Done a lot of them unfortunately.

If you take a part number off the distributor I think I would have it I have a box that is huge full of them. Not sure how to ship to Greece but I could have the post office help me or my wife could with her UPS account. Not exactly inexpensive to ship I bet but its not a huge box.

Theres a lisle brand tool made speciifically for inner tie rod end. http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-45750-Inner-Tie-Tool/dp/B0002SRGFW

LegacyMax's RallyCar engine swap is finally running thanks to Phil's (KingBobDole) careful eyes. Thanks again maybe this car won't be sitting much longer!

None but there are a couple I would like to have back.

1. Dealer service techs are used to working on the newer Subarus but that doesnt limit their abilities, knowledge or experience. I did it for 2 years and while I agree many techs don't know squat about anything 1990 or older you can't make a wide statement for all of them. Its not only wrong but its rude and unnecessary. 2. I agree it could be a loud lifter tick but if it gets worse as the engine warms up and is driven harder its likely to be the rod bearing. 3. I just had the engine in my 2009 WRX replaced because the engine developed a rod bearing noise. Yes it was the rod bearing, yes I saw the crankshaft they took out of my old shortblock, and no it did not go thru the top of the block. Again, exaggerated by you. People that listen to their engine, hear a strange noise and shut it off before it tosses the rod thru the case are out there and I saw numerous ones at the dealership. Verified thru teardown and visable damage to the rod bearing itself. This motor could make it over the mountain but why would you risk it. Get a tow rope, tow truck, or fix the engine on the side of the mountain that it is currently on if possible. Why ruin an engine that could be rebuilt.

Looks like a Lazy Boy on the end of the seat looks like it would hold your feet up. Nice work!

Im not convinced there would be any adjustment without some "rigging" the factory instructions for installation just say to install them.

Doesnt seem to matter much on mine.

I have seen 1 that had an air suction or EGR type of system I can't remember what so make sure there isn't any piping going to the head on the 1.8 that the 2.2 doesnt have holes drilled for. The cam and crank gears here on USDM cars are all identical on the ej18 and ej22 engines.

Right now my wagon has an EJ22 Turbo crossover pipe running above the crossmember (turbo), and then it has a 2 in 1 out cat about half way down the car next to the tranny from there its 2.25 back to the stock ea81 muffler and out. The muffler will be next to go just ran out of money then to do a nice muffler or resonator.

Basically my new version of the harness when I am done you don't know if its an auto or a manual harness originally aside from being able to tell the ECM number and reference it that way. Otherwise I de-pin the whole thing of anything related to a transmission its just an engine harness if done right IMO. But what I am saying is you need to find the key plugs and cut virtually everything else off to begin the harness if you sit there trying to identify each plug and what it was for you will be there for a week or more.

I just did this for $95 and it goes WAY high like almost dangerously. I need new jack stands as the standard ones max out below what the jack is capable of too! Love it. I can get a trans under the car now.

Or if its an Impreza use 93 model year axles.