Tbird Man

I just finished putting a 99 OB 4EAT in my 99 GT, everything seems to work ok (except for a front seal that leaks like a sive, i know, i should have replaced it) but it seems to be slow to shift and hang in 3rd. when it does shift to 4th even a small amount of throttle will make it downshift. Initally i assumed it was from low fluid since it is a PITA to keep the level up with a leaky input shaft seal, but i wondered if it could be an imcompatibility with the TCU? the reason i say this is I recall hearing somewhere (maybe the service manual?) that the OB torque converter has a higher stall speed then the GT which if i understand AT's correctly would throw the shift points off, no? if so, since I have to pull the trans to change the main seal ill put the GT TqC back on.

well, i got lucky, the local JY has a forest green 96 impreza OB. its still the L hood but its the right color. The guy says a hood, fender, headlight, and corner will run me about 200.

Ok, so I hit a deer pretty hard tonight in my 95 impreza L. I am lookin at a new hood, fender, corner marker and headlight. What I was wondering was two things. one what should i expect to pay for these parts, and two is there a significant difference if I was to get the parts to convert to a RS/OBS style hood? obviously i would have to spend more on things like another headlight and a later model grill, but I am trying to see some opertunity in this misfortune.

Not sure about that car, but WRC cars don't have any kind of BOV, the sound you hear is actually turbo surge, the turbo actually reverses itself sometimes IIRC. its fine if you plan to rebuild the turbo after every rally, but not goot for a normal car. really the whole BOV sound thing is for show. if you have a properly engineered and tuned BOV or recirc. you won't hear it. if you hear it it is too restrictive and won't vent fast enough. reminds me of the fake "BOV" things people were putting on N/A cars, just to get the sound...lame(the fake ones at least).

Not in the States, and i don't believe Canada got it either.

My Evildar is going off, I have detected weapons grade Evil.

Open Deck: Semi Closed EJ25t: Closed Deck:

go turbo, the EJ22T is a closed deck motor, so you can push alot more power through it. its the block crawford performance bases their R series motors on. and stock it'll put out 160 and about 180ish without too much trouble. throw on some V4 WRX heads, and AEM and you have the 22B motor, 280hp. the ej22t is probibly the best motor subie made, sooo much potential.

Well, with my discount i am going to try to upgrade wherever possible. PS pump is probibly out, 80 bucks is a bit out of my budget with other things factored in.

I don't have that kind of money, and i work at Advance auto parts, so i get a discount on parts. also, do you guys see any benifit to putting bosh platnium +2s in?

I am sure my EJ18 is about due for a bit of an overhaul (200k on the car, probibly close to 100k on the engine with fairly long time between oil changes) im going to do an oil change, plugs and wires, Seafoam, and maybe timeing belt (can't remember if the EJ18 is interference or not?) also considering water/oil pump, tranny flush, vairous leaking engine gaskets, and PS pump, (JY one we got leaks like a sieve). anyting else i might consider? also any recomendations on the oil i should put in, thicker full syn. maybe?

how is the EA tranny setup anyway? is it a shaft in a shaft, like the EJ manuals, or dose it have an ofset gear driven shaft to the front like the EJ autos? EDTI: and their going for the 4.44 AND D/R so the WRX driveline wouldent do the trick.

I think it would be easier to have a custom gearset made, wouldn't it? I also thought that a setup similer to monster trucks might help, using planetaries in the hubs or maybe between the inside CV joints and the tranny.

for me? 95ish 2dr imp, 3in suspension, 8in T-case(atlas anyone?), custom tube bumper, rad and redtop relocated to the trunk, 4eat with a machined solid replacement for the clutch pack, 4.44 diffs (maybe a lincon locked rear) and 33in tires, snorkel and ECU/TCU relocated to the dash, crawford perf. 2.65 supercharged with custom headers and exaust, full exo cage. painted WRC blue.

In that case the bumper issue could be setteled with bolt on removeable lower bumpers, though the frame issue could be tricky (might be albe to get away with it being unibody?) also removeable fenders could be done as well.

Yeah, around here theres alot of meth labs. they busted one where the people running it had their kids sleeping on the floor in the other room. and toxic fumes in the air. those people should be locked in a hole and never let out.

the 3.0R is a better design and is going to have more aftermarket support. the EG33 is really just an ej22(NA) with two cylenders slapped on, whereas the EZ30R was designed from the get go as a 6cyl.

I'de settle for a 2dr leg or imp. i think subaru made a mistake discontinueing the 2dr.

sounds cool, my Grandpa (sadly departd now) had an old rabbit. he was a body man and weilded together the front of a rearender, and the rear of a front end collision. cool thing is, he was so good you coulden't tell unless you looked reeeeeely close. not sure what happened to it.

Now you need to Lift that 'preza about 6in

If you want truly insane the swiss hold that award. http://www.swissrocketman.com/ete03.html I wanna do this with a subie engine... http://www.swissrocketman.com/ete10.html and finally http://www.swissrocketman.com/ete02.html

ok, heres what you need. 2 'busa engines, put side by side and chained to eachohter, than run anther chain to a subie AWD auto tranny. now this is probibly the hardest part, swap the internal gears that transmit power to the front diff shaft from the main shaft (it is not a shaft in shaft like the manuals) for chains. than put the tranny in "backwards" and run power to the front. by swaping the gears for chains you reverse the rotation of the front diff, and thus make it into VW like setup, not the front ring and pinion arn't gonna like running backwards too much, but for an Auto-xer it should hold.

Reverse can be added to most motorcycle trannies at experenced machine shops, usually replaces one of the existing gears. (hense 4spd becomes 3spd with reverse)

If you get the conversion down, i think you could offset the R&D by offering either kits or ready made trannies to kitcar and VW guys looking for AWD.I would also look into (maybe down the road) the custom center diff on the 5mt, might work, never know. oh, and obviously you would want to use a high strength double or better triple chain on that, to hold the power. (I know the Olds toranado had issues with its FWD tranny chain at over stock power levels.)

ok, after a little research i see that it is manually engaged. I stand corrected.