TheSubaruJunkie

Should have kept the Toyota. Forget the heep

Yeah i created the thing and I don't even go in there I'll try to pop in ever so often from now on, sorry Andy.

JB LETS GO WHEELIN!!! I got nobody to go with.

It so freaking tempting you guys. My EA81 is old and tired, and everyday I curse the 73hp carburation. But, something tells me I should focus my energy looking for a job, or something. But we'll see....

yarly

thats awesome JB!! Glad you got it running and looks like its even driving now. I talked to my buddy and we're definatly going to plan a trip for the Moonrocks. I might have to come up alone cause he likes to drag his feet. Spring Over & 33's and you'll be rockin'

I kinda did the same, but I had fun with paint instead... oh and its for the toyota, not the sube...

You are correct. I used http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html and I think i left the rim size at 14" or something. My Bad.

So ive slowly been repairing some damaged body panels. Already replaced the fender, nothing fancy there. Next was the hood. So I picked up a replacement hood last week, and it needed paint. I could have just painted it red to match, but i thought I would do something alittle fancier. At first I was going to sketch a skull or something crazy and paint it, but skulls are overdone. So I did something alittle different.. First was to blow up the insignia to make a masking. Check out the Rastorbator if you ever want to blow up an image across multiple sheets of paper. Here we have the insignia covering 15 sheets... i think it will fit perfectly: Next we have to put a base coat. Im going to do a red insignia, so I laid a few coats of red down, then masked: Then i taped the insignia in place, and carefully traced it with a razorblade.. cutting through the sheet, and the masking tape underneath. After removing the left over stencil & masking, this is what we got You can probably see some of the red paint was lifted with the tape. Kind of pissed me off, i guess my prep-work wasnt as great as it should have been. Oh well, it will all be covered with black. A few coats of gloss black And after a few more coats, I removed the left over masking, and viola!! I'll let it sit in the garage overnight and continue to dry, then install it on the truck. Extra Credit for anybody who can tell me what this insignia is from

Thats true.

You could change the Fuji Heavy Industries at the bottom to something else so people are aware they are not the original and could raise speculation if a diff with that decal shows up on eBay.

WOW DUDE!!!! Super Gratz!!! This is one thing keeping me from biting the bullet. Since you passed, you win the opportunity to swap mine too!!!

I couldn't transfer with my job. But now Im no longer employed, and can go anywhere I want. I do have roomates here that I have to deal with, i just can't leave them high and dry. Now the list goes: Oregon, Colorado, Washington.

I dont think those are lifesize in the picture rob. Here is a more realistic shot:

Yup, stuck in California. Looking for an excape. Maybe this summer if businesses start to hire again, i can find someplace outside of California to work and live.

Nobody anymore.

Stock, IIRC, is 175/70R13 which equals 23.3" total diameter.

You probably didn't miss me one bit, but awkward enough I missed you. Good to see your doing well Corky, and welcome back. Same to you Geoff.

The difference is so small it doesn't really matter. I mean, yes... there is a difference... but it wont make or break anything.

Should do a good job of lighting the top of your roof.

Yeah I wasn't poking fun at Subarus crawl ratio's... just thought it would be nifty to know. 163:1 is impressive for the Sube Brian, I can't wait to see it in action.

Took me forever to find them for my Brat. I bought 2 sets from Napa thinking i was buying just 2 gaskets. So I got 4 of them... 2 were the wrong ones, 2 were the right ones. Same part numbers. Its kind of hit or miss.

Just wait until you get some.

I was snooping around when I did the gears for my Toyota, and found a crawl ratio calculator. So I punched some numbers using this as a guide to transmission gear ratio's: And what I came up with was; EA81 Dual Range 4spd Crawl Ratio of 20:1 EA82 Dual Range 5spd Crawl Ratio of 22:1 this is with a 3.9 final diff. In comparison, my toyota with the new gears has a crawl ratio of 90:1. And when I stack a second transfercase it will go up to 208:1.

So a jeepin buddy of mine called me up and wanted to buy these spare jeep rims i had laying around. Then he tells me he needs them cause he has been invited on a wheelin trip with some guys he's never met. Of course I was invited, and I couldn't refuse. it was a pretty laid back trip. A bone stock wrangler came along, and a stock F150 as well... so I knew ahead of time it wouldn't get too extreme. We mainly stuck to forest service roads and some power line trails. It was a good time, great weather and scenery. A few pix of course: Still waiting for snow to melt on the real trails. A few more pictures that I didnt post can be found here: http://photos.bydemons.com/v/4runner/april4/