TheSubaruJunkie

Garner that car is looking great! Glad to see you got the fender flares worked out. And those rims Too bad your on the wrong coast now Was hoping you'd make a special appearance at a WCSS.

I wish I had Not long after I got it from you, i ended up selling the RX. The Downpipe sat in the garage until the WCSS8 where I delivered it to Brad (Subaru_Styles) and it is now living happily in his RX. Im cruisin in a Turbo Legacy now. Keep us informed on that Brat's progress... and dont forget the pix!

If you want to know for sure, perform a compression test on the motor. Hope its just something simple and stupid.

Nope.

The prev. owner did not change to 1983 Brakes. They are the original brakes for your hatchback. EA81 share the same brakes. EA82 share the same brakes. EA81 rims do not fit EA82 brake calipers (some do, but most do not). EA81 = 1980 to 1984 EA82 = 1985 to 1991 Hatchbacks and Brats manufactured in 1985 and 1986 still have EA81 brakes, so when you go into a parts store and ask for parts... you can expect to get the wrong parts. You should just assume you are buying parts for your '83... cause everything on the '83 will fit your '86. -Brian

Garner! Good to see you are still alive. Too bad your on the wrong coast now, but at least you still got your Brat. Sounds like your plans will be more than enough to safely fire up the motor. -Brian

You could also relocate your MAF and put it between the intercooler and throttlebody. That way the air that is blown off, has not yet been metered.

come down and lets go biking!

10k is nothing. 250k is what your shooting for. And with increased boost, added intercooler, no BPV will make a short life for your turbo. -Brian

You want to use BPV not a BOV (bypass valve, not a blow off valve). The air travels past your MAF and the ECU tells the injectors to account for that air. Once you shift and blow that air to the atmosphere, your injectors are expecting that metered air and is supplying the fuel for it, and without it you get a rich condition. It will make the car slugish after shifts. Sounds cool, but performs like crap. A Bypass valve performes exactly like a BOV except it dumps the air back into your intake, after the MAF... so the metered air stays in circulation and your air/fuel mixture doesnt change. I used a BPV from a Saab 900 turbo. It was manufactured by Bosch and you can find em real cheap on ebay, or next to free in the junkyard. Tricky part is plumbing it back into your intake. I kinda rigged something up like this on my old RX: And here it is installed with the SAAB Intercooler:

JB weld will patch it, but you need to clean the area REAL good! Down to the bare metal if you can, and remove any of the oil residue. Then it will take a good 6-18hrs for the JB weld to cure. You can get the fast acting JB weld but even then I think it needs 3hrs to cure. It'll get you home at least. -Brian

Wow that brings back memories! I remember when I set that up. Easy on the eyes, but a pain to input new articles. Anyhow, yeah I bought USMB.net and Ultimatesubaru.net in '03. I only got 5 year subscriptions so they run out in '08. Thats why we now have .org and both the .nets will soon disapear. -Brian

Have any of you guys got one of these to work in their subaru yet? I want to see some before and after MPG numbers Im curious how something like this would work on a forced induction system? Turbo or supercharged. If you route the HHO tube to the manifold, pressure created by the turbo would push gasses back instead of sucking them in. And if you put the HHO in before the turbo, im affraid the heat generated by the turbo itself would combust the HHO. Regardless, I would like to see this topic stay on topic so we dont get 7 pages of Global Warming debates.

With the current price of gas, im expecting to pay $400 round trip.

Find another shop. Im sure there's a restoration shop somewhere in sacramento that will be willing to help you. Just gotta be willing to pay for it. Sounds like the shop you talked to today didn't want your business.

NEW JOB?!?!?!? AWESOME DUDE! If gas prices keep up the way they are... i may have to cancel too

Cant get any more steps than that. pretty basic swap. Your hatch is no different than any other Subaru as far as the rear end is concerned.

Home depot sucks for hardware... goto ACE or a REAL hardware store. Not a home improvement store.

So who here has done a 22R head? I have to replace the head on my toyota. Im reading the FSM i have, and im wondering if there are any tips or tricks I can use to avoid some of the more difficult work... like the timing chain? If I remove the sprocket and keep the chain attatched, is it possible to reinstall the sprocket with the new head and not have to worry about timing? Stuff like that. Thanks -Brian

Tell him you saw it already and let him know what you'll offer him. Also, did he mention it passed smog or not?

Hotels? HAH!

$2k wow!! I myself wouldnt pay more than $1000 for it, and thats IF it passes CA smog which is getting hard and harder these days of EA81's. The rust on the drivers rear fender, and the scratches/dent on the passenger front fender alone make it worth $1500ish, and then add the damage he did to the interior with that horrible stereo install and the destroyed front seats take it down to the $1200-$1000 range.

Cool. Should give us plenty of time to get back, i dont think it will take us 3 days to get home but is nice to have that buffer incase something happens. Im going to work on a route soon. Plan is to just take 101 down from Oregon and cut over highway 20 to I5 and back to Sac. -Brian

Keep it stock. You wont get a rear eBrake unless you do the 5 lug swap. You also wont get to use any impreza or legacy suspension unless you do the 5 lug swap. You can get some OEM replacement struts from KYB that are stiffer than stock and it will help alot. You can also replace the front and rear swaybars with those from a XT6 which will also help handling. -Brian

Cause this thread is for people FROM nor*cal who are going to attend the show. I am planning on leaving Thursday night and ariving at the show Friday night. Leave the show on Sunday afternoon and be home by Wednesday. Plenty to see on the way home. Im going to put together a "scenic route" here soon and was wondering who else was interested in tagging along. Sucks you wont be able to go. -Brian