TheSubaruJunkie

Any pix!? That sounds like fun. -Brian

Thats good to hear. As long as there is no major body damage, or engine damage you should be good. Stereo's can be replaced. A complete set of those rims might be alittle harder. My brat was stolen once in Alaska. I couldnt sleep for days. I was worried because it wasnt registered, and it had no exhaust. It was also the middle of winter, and I knew if they didnt know how to drive it, they would wreck it. We found it 3 days later abandoned a few blocks away from my friends, where it was stolen from. The driver must have been drunk and tried to drive it through a 3' snowburm, or lost control through the corner. Nothing was stolen, not even my amp that was sitting in the passenger floor. But whoever did it took off with my toolbox. Oh... and ive been in Longview a couple times. You'll probably never find the people who did it. -Brian

When the alt was in my brat, i did notice it would move when the blinkers were on. And if the AC Fans were on or not. I redid most of the main wiring for the positive and the negative, replaced the alt (with another used one I had) and replacing the battery with another one. I need to go over the wiring for my stereo and make sure its grounded correctly. Then take the car for a test drive. I have aprox. 28 hours until I leave for a road trip to Oregon. Dont watn my car dying on the way. -Brian

Woah. Im not going to read all of that. What the doc said was enough for me to state my opnion. I havent owned any EJ series subaru's, but ive been around Subaru's long enough to know a thing or two. The one question I want to ask is, when was the last time Honda, Acura, or Lexus released a production race car like Subaru has done with the STi. The only other honda's i hear about are "type R" or some crap like that and its usually a civic with a 4" exhaust and a shiney intake. And Subaru is not just a nitch cars. They created and pionered the AWD passenger vehicle class. in '74 when they implimented 4WD, the only other option was a small toyota truck or some chevy. If I recall, there were plenty of AWD passenger cars that tried to compete with Subaru. Honda being one of them with that SORRY excuse for a 4WD Wagon. The Toyota Tercel tried and did well, but failed with the SR5 4WD Wagon. Nowadays we have Volvo, Saab, Audi, oh and dont forget Mitsubishi. So i think we have reason to compare our subie's to your wide selection of overpriced imports. -Brian

http://www.wheels-and-rims.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/car-wheels.html?wheel_id=4936&sid=8LpJDk0mJ7k91V--06103260190.aa There is also a wheel guide on the net somewhere for our Car's. I believe its on ultimatesubaru.org -Brian

I was under the assumption that if you pull the negative from a running car, it will remain running if the Alternator is putting out power. Can you explain a ground loop to me pls. im electronicly stupid unless it's a computer. -Brian

My '84 GL Wagon's alternator had a bad voltage regulator, so i put the alternator from my brat into the wagon. Today after driving the car for 2 hours and parking it, i went to start it and it started right up but... the voltmeter jumped to about 14 volts, then dropped to below 10volts. all the dash lights came on and i tested it and the car dies when the Negative is pulled. What would cause this? I wired my Stereo, CB and Amp the other day. Wondering if maybe my wiring is bad?? All 3 items are running off the same lead comming straight from the battery. Then they are grounded to the chassi. I pulled the lead from the battery after it blew. Wondering if I should re-wire it all. -Brian

I'll talk to John and see what he thinks. I know he's going to be busy in his shop on monday, so im not sure if he's going to want to drive toward bend after work. Message me with your TN# (cell if you have one) and i'll keep it on my phone so I can call you when im up there. -Brian

In california we dont get rednecks in trucks. We have ricers. None of the sube's I have now will hold up to a ricer thats propperly equipped... but in most cases you see honda's that are just lowered and are loud. Those are fun to beat in a Brat. And dont be affraid to shift at 4000 or 4200 rpm. WHat year is your car? -Brian

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Dont break it before its time to take it out and break it! -Brian

I will be in Eugene on Monday the 22nd, and then leave on Tuesday the 23rd early morning. I would like to meet up with as many of the USMB members as we can in that area. Already planned to be there are: Me Adam_NDJ Mudrat NV Zeno GeneralDisorder. I know there are more in that area. Not sure where we're eating, anyone have any suggestions???? -Brian

I welded mine. Not sure how good it is, we'll find out in less than a week. I prepared it last night, filled it, cleaned it etc... gotta put a new alternator in the wagon and go do some last minute shopping and then im ready. -Brian

Caleb. Message me next time you see me on MSN and i'll set you up. -Brian

Marnix, i think i have your video's archived somewhere on one of my drives. If i can find them, i will be able to host them. You need to talk work into sending you to California. We need the business, and it'd be alot closer. -Brian

the main wire comming through the firewall is actually black. Its a 12 gauge solid black wire. From there, i have the power from the Stereo and the CB on it. The power from the amp is turned on by the stereo's power antenna out. I have the 2 lights wired, but need to wire my swithch. This is the switch im going to use: I was told with a switch like this, a relay isnt needed. But I do want to attach the lights to a fuse. Just dont know what kind of fuse to use. Any ideas? -Brian

Very nice Eric That little impreza is sweet. -Brian

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Yeah, your right. But take your stock rig on the trail behind me, and then lets see what the difference between modified and stock means! -Brian

They dont look gay. I feel like im driving the starship enterprise with that star trek logo looking back at me. The '82 just looks and feels so much better. -Brian

Vacation. My 1 year aniversary was Sept 9th, and i got 5 days of vacation. Well, lets say i HAD 5 days of vacation Another sube would be great. Would feel more comfortable knowing there is someone to help me if the wagon leaves me stranded (KNOCK ON WOOD). -Brian

Dave. I need a co-pilot. You are more than welcome to tag along. No A/C, and the tires are loud. As of now, the plans are: Leave sac on either the night of Wednesday, or Thursday Morning. Hanging out with Adam_NDJ Thursday to Friday. Camping and off-roading all weekend until Sunday. On Monday morning im thinking of driving to Eugene to see John and maybe have a mini-meet. You got my #, lemme know. -Brian

Well, chances are it was the engine in that GL10. EA82T right? Of course your going to have more power. And the later model GL10's with Turbo come with 4spd AT's which are actually not bad at all. -Brian

hahahahaha yeah, it is isnt it. Its actually ALOT cleaner than it was. I have before pix and im affraid to put them up. -Brian

John, check your PM's... and upload some pix! -Brian

John, i think i have to rebuild your account. I will PM you shortly. Ive driven IN a EA81T with a FT4WD RX tranny and LSD behind it. The thing was a rocket. Didnt get past 100mph cause we were doing some urban rally'n. But damn that thing got UP and WENT! The driver liked to take the revs past 6000 alot. Probably why the heads cracked hehe -Brian

Not sure where you heard that, but the AT is NOT better in any way, shape or form than the MT's. As a matter of fact, if there's one thing FHI ever made a mistake on, it was the way they made their Auto's. Subaru's auto's (for EA82 at least) are very very sluggish, slow and probably rob about 40% of the power from the engine. Ive heard good things about EA81 AT's and EJ AT's, but the EA82 i had with the 3spd was a SLUG! -Brian