TheSubaruJunkie

Damn!! I could have gotten you a parts car for free. Had a crate engine from japan in it with 80k on it. Oh well... Look into a company called "Rising Sun Engines" they import 60k EA's from japan and you can probably get one for under $450 -Brian

Would do almost no good unless your car was turbocharged. You can sell it off and make a good profit. I paid $40 for my Saab 900 IC. They are almost perfect for EA82 Turbo cars because the inlet and outlet are the exact same size as our Throttle Body. Here's mine installed: -Brian

The junkyards here charge you $2 to enter. Regardless if you buy anything or not. They'd be stupid to turn people away. How are you supposed to check for the part you want, if they wont let you enter. Tell them, you are looking for an oil pump -Brian

You can find a generic pump pretty cheap. Try to find the fuel pressure specs and match them to a pump at Napa. Might be able to get one for under $40. If you've hard-wired your pump and still nothing... then yes, its dead. -Brian

Uhm... dont we already have magnetic drainplugs? I know the tranny plug is magnetic. -Brian

I was looking at my Intercooler and I think if I reposition it I could fit a strut bar under the hood. Might need to get alittle more creative with the piping, but im sure it can be done. If you find one before me eddy, let me know I want one. -Brian

Yeah, i saw that one... also saw one in white, one in Yellow and a couple blue ones. Hope your friend finds his car. -Brian

If you did the 5lug conversion, those struts would almost boltin. -Brian

Locks the center diff to force power 50/50 front to rear. The pictures of that grey RX are sick!!! Thats the exact same color I will have mine painted. -Brian

Im going to have some spacers fabricated to lift it about .5" Then we'll see what happens. I dont like the fact I can no longer hit speed bumps at 35mph. -Brian

Strut bars are easy to install. A small file should help modify the bolt holes if things dont line up right. Only problem is, the strut bar will get in the way of your intercooler. Or your intercooler in the way of the strut bar. -Brian

Find me some in 4x140 Brad. -Brian

Maybe im doing it wrong then. I used a breaker bar at 1st, then the backend of my pickle fork. Then I used my baseball bat. The tires are 205/50R15's -Brian

Yeah Dave I know. I guess no more off-road runs in the RX anymore huh. -Brian

I think i'll take off the 15" alloys and put these on: Maybe powdercoated white to match the RX. -Brian

Thanks morgan. Too bad i cant brake hard, or enter a turn. -Brian

Yeah, i already rolled the fenders. Then i bottomed out again, it caught the fender and bent the lip down. Then proceeded to tear into my tire. I think im gonna break out the diegrinder and do alittle work. -Brian

I installed the GR2's I got from the XT today. I think it maybe too low. The tires rub when ever I hit a bump. Sucks cause I really messed up my drivers side front tire. Also, the drivers side seems lower than the passenger side. I will keep the springs from my RX struts and put them in the GR2's to try to stiffen it up alittle. But I think i will also work on some sort of lift to try to gain alittle more tire clearance. Looks alot better than before IMO though. And here is my tire now There are more pictures here: http://gallery.usmb.net/album34 -Brian

Wether to use sealant or not is gasket specific. Some gaskets require a specific sealant and will usually come with it. Others are designed not to use a sealant and if you do you will actually make it easier for the gasket to fail. I would have read any instructions included with your head gasket set. I did a set on EA81 and bought some sealent that was rated for use with the gaskets I had purchased. The gaskets were FelPro from Napa. -Brian

I dont know if I'd throw fruit into them Soobmater. Probably project some vomit that way however. I guess i wouldnt mind seeing some spinners on something like this: -Brian

Thanks caleb. I was just looking at your car, I dont know about your adjustable setup tho...those springs look pretty skinny. Im going to take the springs from the RX struts and put them on the KYB's. If worse comes to worse I dont mind cutting alittle from the front and rear of the fender. I do know where to get some XT6 swaybars, but I will see how these struts perform before I start adding more. Dont need overkill. -Brian

the tire calculator sais my tires are only .2" taller than yours Brad. I think i will be safe. -Brian

You can get the spinning hubcaps in 13" but we're talking about chromed rims, the real deal. -Brian

Portland has some boonies. Im sure there is plenty of unpopulated space around the river and whatnot. -Brian

I didnt miss the part where you mentioned the roads were wet. And even in 4WD all 4 tires couldnt even get traction. The roads could have been deserted, but there was one other driver on the street with you. The WRX, and it only takes one stupid mistake.... well, nevermind. Im not your dad. -Brian