TheSubaruJunkie

I remember seeing an entire set of air shocks from a XT6 off of eBay, but not an XT. -Brian

Ive seen under Tony's hood, and i really doubt its an electrical problem. Tony has every wire under that hood spotless and zip tied to something. Not sure what it could be Tony.... but hope you get it fixed. -Brian

No, it wasnt too messed up, i am just too lazy. http://www.subaru4wd.net/New/mods/maplight.html I should add it tho Maybe later -Brian

Thats what he said when I told it to him. No, its the Ultimate Subaru Message Board. -Brian

Well, i guess it wasnt my 1st, since ive met alot of USMB members. But last night was the 1st time in my life I was approached by another Subaru Owner and actually held a decent conversation regarding subaru's. I was at my friend's house, and comming back from the store. We were both in my Brat. When I parked in front of his house, a white '95 Legacy LSi pulled up next to me, and the driver yelled "That car isn't going to be for sale anytime soon, is it??" Of course I said no I complimented his Legacy, and we started yacking away. Turns out, the guy is from Nevada, and he has two '87 RX's, both 3 doors. He said he has owned quite a few subaru's. I gave him the address to the USMB (REALLY wish i had some business cards, hope he remembers USMB.net) and hopefully we'll see him online. He had mentioned he plans on moving to Oregon, i had to mention Richie and John. I think he was suprised to find out he's not the only one. -Brian

yeah, but its FUN!!!! Where else can you drive around through the streets in 4WD, bawling past Chevy's and Ford's, sliding around corners.... just having FUN!! I miss it Hope I can get up there and play in the mountains this week. -Brian

Well... We got our 1st rainfall the other day. No snow here, but its good to see rain. If it snowed in Reno, that means there's snow in Tahoe! Ken, thats a great pic, love how your decal is exposed. -Brian

Please, if you guys have my old address as Subaru4WD@subaru4wd.net i need you to update it to the new email address. TheSubaruJunkie (AT) USMB.NET That is now my current email address, please use it to contact me for whatever reason. I will not be checking the other email address much anymore, so if you email me there chances are you wont be getting a responce. Thanks All -Brian

My adjuster wont make it tru enough. I Wanted to mount mine where the stereo goes... ive removed that entire center console and was going to fab a new console that holds the CB, Stereo and Meter's. I couldnt get it tru enough. -Brian

Just more stuff to break. The FT4WD tranny has an open center diff which transfers power front and rear but to whichever end has the least amount of traction (kinda like your side to side open diff, but front to rear). If it has a locking center diff it will lock to 50/50 front and rear, but why go through the hassle for off-roading? With a standard D/R Tranny, when your in 4WD your garantee'd to have 50/50 front rear no matter what. FT4WD would be better suited for racing when 4WD helps, but you dont need a locked center diff (or dont want one in some cases). -Brian

Have you tried removing the Turbo all together??? It would run like crap, but see if its smoking without the turbo connected. -Brian

Adam, there is a 1983 FSM Turbo Supliment on eBay for $7.95 starting bid right now. Thought of you when i Saw it, maybe it could help you with your Coupe. -Brian

ok... my nick is KatieNBrian..... I need a '84, soon i'll have a '83 up for grabs. Only if I win tho. -Brian

Thanks.... now I need to find it again. -Brian

Yeah, John is working on lifts for EJ car's, so even the newer sube's will be able to be lifted. When i was a kid, I had a friend with a father who had a CJ7 with a lift, and he worked in a off-road vehicle shop as a mechanic. When i asked him if a Subaru could be lifted, he said no way, no how... boy i wish I was still in contact with him so I can prove him wrong. -Brian

IS that you who has a bid for the '84 FSM??? Just what I was looking for. I wont outbid you, good luck! I also hope other USMB members don't outbid you either. If you want a '83 instead, i have a '83 FSM, but i own a '84 Wagon. -Brian

SEE!!! Things are starting to look toward the better. If the busted bolts are only holding the alt bracket, then i wouldnt be afraid to drill and re-tap those holes, be careful you dont go too deep tho. Let us know when its running again -Brian

Time for a new EA81 if you ask me. Dont give up. -Brian

I got to see that wagon when I drove up to visit John, your buying a premo Sube! Congrats and welcome. On another note, Zap... I got the sticker you sent me. Thank you very much, i dont know if I ever want to use it tho... i'd hate to ruin it. Have Fun Dante -Brian

Youre right, but you would need to swap the tranny as well so it would match. If you put the 3.9 rear in with a 3.7 tranny, the rear tires would spin slower than the front, and well.... that would be bad... very bad. -Brian

Yeah, was the 1st enging you pulled attatched to an automatic? If so, thats the torque converter and not the flywheel. -Brian

Yeah, Adam has a real good image in his album that shows blocks in the propper location. Alot of people do not grasp the concept of a uni-body lift, but after you actually see a lift, or install one it becomes alot easier to understand. A lift kit FAQ would be a great addition to the USRM. I was in the process of making an article with instructions on installing a PK Lift, but only got the front done. -Brian

Hey mick, have you mounted one of these to your sube?? I have one of these in my garage waiting to go into the wagon... just need to find a place in the wagon that i can mount it, and keep it true. If you have any pix of them mounted, that'd be great too. Ive been toying with idea's, but short on time lately. -Brian

Put a few bags of concrete in the spare tire area that will take care of it. But for real, Ken is right. Get rid of that welded rear end. Its pushing your car through the turn. And if you only have 1 CV in, then that one tire is pushing the car at all time in the rear, not much fun for racing. Some things to try.... Enter the turn off-throttle. create understeer, then give it some throttle to create alittle oversteer and have the front end pull through the turn. hard to explain, but pretty much it just comes down to alot of practice. My brat has ALOT of understeer, but after I put the 15" pugs with 205/60's the car i havent had much trouble at all. -Brian

I saw a set of chrome jackmans fitted to a EA82 at Johns shop. there is no more data left to be converted to the USRM. Everything that wasnt converted was either to vauge to understand correctly, or the HTML was so jacked up i couldnt convert it to the new interface. I made sure all the valuable information had made it over, and im always adding new info. If you have a set of jackmans, maybe you can fit them to your car and find out why they wont fit. Then make the necessary modifications to make them fit. Then I can add that to the USRM. -Brian