TheSubaruJunkie

Alternator is dying. Check the belt to make sure its good, if its not the belt it maybe time to carry a spare alt. -Brian

I do have to make a trip up there to get that engine from Jeremy. So maybe we can make a day out of it. I have the use of my parents jeep for now, they seem to be pretty understanding so I dont think I'll need to buy a replacement. I dont know if I can trust driving that jeep to Reno and back, but its made the trip many more times than my RX ever has. Oh, and i have new days off too... starting next week Sat & Sun off, think there's still time before the snow starts to fall? -Brian

Thurston will be hard to beat. I thought they closed that place down? If its available, i put my vote there over any other place. Has a perfect hill for a hill climb comp. -Brian

I dont think hood river will ever let us use thier horse coral again. So if we held it there all we'd have is a nice lawn to sit on. Maybe another rallyX through the grass. Last years show was a great venue. Had everything we needed. -Brian

WoW!! -Brian

Mine broke too. I couldnt find any bits and pieces at Home Depot, or Lowes or any other hardware store so went to the junkyard to try to find a replacement. Couldnt find one, so luckily Caleb had one and sent it to me. The easiest fix is to get another stock piece. If you make a custom piece, you will need to plumb everything for the PCV as well. -Brian

Yup, see the marketplace. -Brian

Every single person I know gives me crap about it. -Brian

Is there any running water around your place Shady? Like a creek or river? -Brian

Yeah, bad idea. CV's wont like it, and not sure how your going to keep the tranny dropped 2.5" with the motor in stock location. I would just install the lift as intended. -Brian

Holy cow... what a blast from the past!! This was so long ago, i wasnt even known as the subaru junkie yet! -Brian

Isn't Rallitek based out of Portland? I wouldnt mind a Portland WCSS, as long as its not in a parking lot. Its hard to sleep in a tent on asphalt. It is still really early tho. Shouldnt we wait till after the new year to start planning the next show? -Brian

HAHAHAHA, dave are you talking about your old honda? Didnt think you still had it. How cheap are we talkin? -Brian

Okay, anyone want a RX to do a EJ swap on? Im entertaining offers, just PM Me. I think im going to look for a Legacy, get my EJ22 swap the easy way. I dont have time to deal with a swap and bar and carb and ca and everything else... right now Im in need of a way to get to work and home. Maybe a good huffy is in order. -Brian

Lets just hope there is a WCSS8. I could understand why the previous years event organizers would choose not to organize another one. Would be a shame however, seeing as how each years has been getting more and more popular within the last few years. -Brian

Yeah, Subieman has a carbbed EA82 in Reno he said I could get. I was thinking of going that way, but Im not sure if I wanna stick with stock boost. Not even sure if I want a turbo car anymore... -Brian

No pictures just yet, I have to find a way to push the car up my driveway into my garage. Then I can start dismantling it. The junkyards here haven't had a EA82T in their yard for a while. But Im thinking of taking another trip out there next weekend. -Brian

Man that looked like a ton of fun. I wish I would have made it up there! I think my next attempt to make it will be by hitchhiking... that way i have a better chance of making it. -Brian

Ok Eddy... you prove me wrong. But IM not going to spend months to do a EJ conversion, just to find out it wont ever pass smog again and is useless. I have a buddy that did a EJ22 to a EJ22T conversion, and he said that was a huge pain in the rump roast to get CARB'd. That, and I dont have much time to figure something out. I think Tizzle has got it tho... this is a chance to start over. Im thinking maybe a carbbed block, gen3 heads... this should give me a chance to rebuild a EA82T and get the RX running the way it should. However, that is going to take a while. Weeks, maybe a month or so... and that just time I dont have. -Brian

Nope. But the computer he punches all the info into will. -Brian

Not in California The RX would have had to been offered with a 2.2 in order for the swap to be smogable. -Brian

Yeah, its a miracle! On my way to reno today the 3# piston decided to go. Im thinking it was the crank bearing 1st, then the rest to follow. That baseball sized hole in my block is going to cause some problems with my PCV system isnt it? -Brian

The compressor I have wont work for my puegeot rims. But should work for all the stock subie guys. -Brian

Take out one spark plug... Rotate the engine (using the breaker bar on the crank pulley) until that piston (doesnt matter which one you use) is at Bottom Dead Center. Then find a length of rope, some good rope, and start to feed it into the combustion chamber through the spark plug hole. Shouldnt take much rope, depending on how thick it is, but leave enough exposed so you can remove the rope later. Now with a good amount of rope in the combustion chamber, continue to rotate the engine by hand until that piston tries to compress the rope inside the chamber. It will become locked and you should be able to break loose the bolt holding the pulley on. This method should also work well on your spare engine -Brian

Had to do it on my lunch break, so no trips to the dealer for me. Had to use Fram :\ -Brian