TheSubaruJunkie

You want a roof basket??? See Soobme. He made mine, and at an EXTREMLY reasonable price. I was quoted over $250 for a custom made roof basket, the one I got from Tony was made to my spec's and was less than 1/2 that price. here are pix of mine: Im sure tony can make it so it'll attatch to your existing runningboards. Or you could remove them and attatch it to the gutters like I have. His nickname on here is Soobme... shoot him a PM and im sure he can help you out. -Brian

It might work, the hardest part is bypassing the way the lines are run. Like you said, Subaru is setup FL/RR and FR/RL. You'll need to install new plumbing to get both rear tires to lock instead of one rear and one front. I think a hydrolic lock isnt the best way to go. You might be better off trying to find rear calipers that'll work. Maybe look into adapting Legacy calipers or something, and use a cable system with rear disc's. -Brian

If the peddle is sticking, its probably cause whatever you used to attatch the 2 levers is catching on something. When i did this mod for the 1st time, I used some type of metal that kept getting stuck. And it would make my 2nd barrel stay open. It caused the car to idle at 3000rpm, and always wanted to speed up when it was in gear. -Brian

Only really works at WOT since both barrels will be open. best on freeway's and uphills. Dont expect to beat honda's off the line, its not that much better. -Brian

Only if you drive at WOT at all times. Keep the peddle off the metal and you'll be fine. -Brian

Im planning on being at the show until Monday morning. Then leaving Hood river MOnday morning and high tailing it to Sacramento by monday night. -Brian

Yup, works pretty good. Thats the reason i put it up there. Ive done it to 2 carbs. -Brian

Im sure there will be TONS of pix. I came home from the WCSS3 with over 130 images. Hopefully i'll have a new digital camera to use for this trip. -Brian

Prolly best for you guys to meet us in Bend andrew. not sure of a ETA, wasn't planning on rolling through bend. Hood River might be 3 hours from Bend, but the convoy would be rolling in late at night. If we were to stay in bend, that means we'd get to roll through the convoy in the morning in broad daylight. Im planning on camping in Bend. So andrew, i should be somewhere in bend by like 8pm Friday night. Hopefully hangin with the rest of the subaru crew. -Brian

Looking good. I was looking through your album and saw an Intercooler among all the other new toys. Did you turbo your car? -Brian

Sizzor jacks are better than your arms for lifting the car... but thats about it. I would use one in an emergency, but not as a regular garage jack. I once had a sizzor jack fold in half cause my ex-GF forgot to set the e-brake, and her blazer started to roll backwards. Good thing it happend as i was raising the car, and not while I was changing the tire... but yeah, it folded in half like a piece of paper. Trust it to lift the car, but never trust it to hold the car. Subaru's can be lifted from the engine cross-member or the rear diff housing. -Brian

I guess we'll just play it by ear then. I dont really feel like doing the trip in one day. Ive never been to Bend, and i think i'll hang out there for the night. It'll give me a chance to converse alittle before the show. Then bright and early SAturday i'll roll out with anyone else who's left, and make it a spectacular entrance to the show -Brian

Oh... well, all who plan on making it in one day say "I". I know I could do it, but that mean's I'd have to leave behind all the slow EA81's following me -Brian

I dont think we can make it from Sacramento to Hood river in one day. It'd probably be best to crash in Bend on Friday night. -Brian

Well. Looks like a HUGE convoy of Subarus will be traveling into Bend on friday night before the show. That's probably where we'll call it a night. With that in mind, we need to figure out where all these Subaru's are going to park and sleep for the night. What does the Motel situation look like in Bend? Or would we rather campout? I'll have a tent and rations traveling with me, and with my budget it might be the only way to go. -Brian

i-link is just another word for FireWire. Any FireWire hub should work, and cables as well. Sounds like fun, but i dont have room to tote a PS2 and a TV. I do have a force feedback steeringwheel by Logitech made for GT3. I think i should have room for that. -Brian

Ive been thinking too. Thinking about leaving Sacramento with some of the So.Cal guys on Friday in the AM. Then we'd meet with the Nevada Caravan in Klammath Falls and travel to Bend. In bend we should be able to meet up with another caravan and travel as one HUGE subaru convoy. Its all documented in the meet and greet section. -Brian

Pre '81 have 2 groove pulley's. WRX1AB and I went the the Junkyard, and he went crazy when he saw it. We pulled it from a '80 DL Hatch with a EA71. -Brian

Yup, my #'s still the same. I'll have a CB Radio with me, and I encourage others to bring one along. I bought mine for $30 at walmart, and got my antenna (with magnetic base and wire) for like $10. It's ALOT easier than a cellphone and alot more fun. -Brian

Pressurized cans of carb cleaner ususally works best. I have a parts bin that i'll spray over, and it will collect alot of cleaner after a while. You can then use that cleaner and an old toothbrush to scrub stuff clean. The presure of the can is good for blowing dirt out of jets and small passages. If you get a rebuild kit for that carb, you will get alot of those small o-rings and brass pieces. Should also come with all the gaskets for the carb too. -Brian

I'll most likely be in the Legacy. The only way the Wagons going is if I can find a carcass and rebuild the wagon. But right now, im focusing alot on the Legacy, and it looks like it'll be the main mode of transportation at that time. -Brian

Regular Unleaded is between $2.07-$2.30 depending on if its AM/PM or Cheveron, etc... In a month, it could be +/- $0.50 easily. It'd probably be best to stay in Sac thursday night and then we all could drive to K.Falls/Bend on Friday. If we drove to K.Falls on thursday night and stayed there, we'd have to kill alot of time before the NV crew caught up with us. This way, everyone should be ariving on schedule. Andrew, look on page 2, i have a few maps i came up with. It describes the routes we're all thinking of taking. -Brian

Did you see the maps Andrew? -Brian

Yeah, these engines are super simple to work on. You'll never have to worry about a timing belt You can find the gasket kits alot cheaper off of ebay, and you will use alot of it. It'd be a good idea to replace the carb gaskets, and the intake manifold gaskets. If your oil pump is leaking, you'll have everything to fix that, along with the water pump, oil pan, valve covers etc... There's always gasket paper and an exacto Sometimes thats the only way. -Brian

Just looked at the map again and noticed it'll be a 2 day trip for both groups. Hrm... changes plans alittle. s'ko... when do you think you'd be aproaching the sacramento area? And Mike... you need to get online and msg me If you guys can make it to Sacramento by thursday night, you guys can get a good nights sleep in Sac. and then we all could leave sac Friday morning. If the NV Group leaves around the same time we do, we should both be in Klammath Falls late afternoon Friday and be able to meet up. From there we could finish the day of driving and end in Bend. Oregon where we could sleep. Then bright and early Saturday, catch up with any crowd that might be at Bend, and head to the show. If we leave bend at 7am, we should roll into the show at aprox 10am... just in time -Brian