TheSubaruJunkie

Mine has never eaten any tires. But, I dont have any negative camber either. -Brian

Instead of Labaroo call it the Subagini and paint it blue with the yellow stars -Brian

I'll just send my RX to someone and have them do it -Brian

When you say tranny... do you mean AWD?? KICKASSS!!!! -Brian

The 1st thing I learned about mechanics are to never listen to mechanics. 98% of the mechanics you run into only want your money and will tell you whatever they think will scare you into leaving your car there for a complete engine overhaul. if you dont fix your gaskets, and all the oil leaks out, and you drive your car with no oil... then yes, your engine will die. If you keep oil in it, your engine will last forever (well, until something ELSE breaks 1st). Our engines are Horizontally opposed. The pistons lie flat. This means, the combustion chamber has oil in it when the engine is at rest. This helps keep the combustion chamber lubricated as opposed to V or Inline engines where just the crank is submersed in oil. Get your car to pass smog 1st, then worry about the ticking and oil later. I think your worrying too much about nothing. Do you have any hesitation when you drive? Does the car stall? Do you see any smoke out the tail pipe? Anything OTHER than a small puddle of oil under your car that worries you? Ive owned 13 Subarus. They've ALL leaked oil (to the amount of a quart or more every couple weeks) and almost everyone of them has had a horrible clacking caused by the lifters. This is the way all subaru's are, and to a new owner or a novice this may scare you. Don't worry about it. -Brian

Only suggestion i can give would be to put some plate under each rear tail light to take some of that gap. Other than that, they look great. -Brian

Woah, is that all? Hell, our shop charges $74 an hour and that is for piddily little lawn mower engines and bobcats etc.. -Brian

CCR isnt cheap, but they are the best... and you get what you pay for. If all your engine is doing is leaking oil, a cheap fix would be to buy a case of oil and carry it with you. The tick of death is normal and even tho it sais "death" in the title, it will NOT cause any damage to your engine. Just your ear's. Is your car still blowing smoke out the tail pipe? -Brian

With your 4 lug eddy your options are pretty limited. You could swap to 5 lug and do what Styles is doing, but if you want quick and easy I'd say find a set of pug rims. They are Peugeot and are pretty much the only manufacturer who uses the same lug pattern as our RX's. Im running 195/50R15's on my RX, but a set of 195/50 or 55/14's would be nice and fit well on the car. I might even know where a set of 14" pug alloys might be -Brian

I just got a reply from Magnacore and placed an order with them. I should get the wires by next week. The man sais they are only for XT's, but Im sure XT's have the same EA82 Layout as my RX. The wires cant be any different, right? I read on that page that MSD MAster Blaster II part number 8202 were unreliable and to stay away from them. Looks like im looking for a different coil then. -Brian

Yeah I saw that after I had replied. I will email them with the PN cause i still havent heard back from Magnecor themselfs. Thanks for the info Handtool -Brian

Thanks, but I dont drive an impreza -brian

I Want to try the MSD this time. I had the Accel in my Brat, and after reading some horror stories on here about them I think i'll try the other. I've also used the 8mm "make yourself" wire set from Accel but I'd like to get some magnecor this time around. Thanks everybody for their replies -Brian

Found it at summit racing for $35 but they dont have the wires. I emailed magnecor and we'll see what they say. Found the part number for the wires tho. And MSD's site confirms the 8202 coil is CARB legal -Brian

Anyone know if this is the MSD Coil im lookin for? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7977601015&category=33689 -Brian

Ouch... good luck with all that LOL -Brian

Funny you should say that Rob because today when I stopped at Autozone the clerk saw that I was wearing my Subaru shirt. Its a short sleave tech shirt. He mentioned something about it and said they'd have to ship any of the parts I was looking for. This was even before I asked for a coil (didnt even bother to trouble him with the disty cap). He said he'd have to order wires, and they had coils but they were some off-brand. Then he giggled and said "told you so". I guess they stopped stocking Subaru parts. Thanked him for being so unhelpful and went to Kragen where the Assistant Manager took the time to pull out the book. I hope I got the right parts, it was the only disty cap listed for 87-89 Sube's that had the screw's instead of the clips. I'll cross my fingers -Brian

Did you browse the .pdf catalog and call in the order or something Dave? I didnt find an order sheet or browsable catalog other than the .pdf. Havnet thought about ebay for the coil. -Brian

I have a compression tester. If I werent so busy working on my RX i'd go out there and help you with yours. Give me a couple weeks. I have to prepare the RX for the big show in July. And make the smog nazi's happy. -Brian

I went to 5 different parts stores and NOBODY had spark plug wires or a MSD coil for the RX I also went to 3 of them before I found the correct distributor cap. We had to look it up in a HUGE book of pictures and cross refference part numbers to find it. Sucked I guess im placing an order for magnacore wires. Does anyone know of a online merchant that sells the wires and a MSD coil? I cant find many online merchants that have Magnacore Wires for a EA82T. -Brian

been there done that.

His is a 3door. -Brian

What color is the smoke? If its blue smoke than you are burning oil. If its white smoke you are burning coolant and if its black smoke that means your burning too much fuel. The bubbling in the overflow tank leads me to believe you have lost a head gasket... but if you did that your car would be overheating. Did you notice your car running hotter than normal? The ticking could be anything... it would be hard to identify unless we were there. -Brian

I'd like to get that STi hood scoop from you if you'd like to sell it. You can PM me or reply here. -Brian

Brad, show him a picture of that aftermarket spoiler you were going to put on the red coupe. -Brian