TheSubaruJunkie

Ive been talkin with the seller via eBay cause they were out of stock. got word today they had another shipment come in so I jumped and purchased one. Cant wait to get it this is gonna be SWEEEEET!

TEll her to get married at the WCSS and its a Win Win Situation!

Covers the 22R in detail... so yeah should be the same.

If you dont have it already, here is a .pdf version of the Factory Service Manual for Toyota Pickups 1984 to 1995: (RIGHT CLICK AND "SAVE AS") http://www.ncttora.com/fsm/1985/1985FSM.pdf It might help -Brian

My 22R likes to adjust the valves all by itself and keep them from closing all the way. I would check the valve clearances. That and the timing chain may have slipped... check that as well.

This is my fav. And was my fav out of all the Subaru's I ever owned. Sure do miss her

That is correct. As long as the wires are arranged in the propper order it doesnt matter. However, if the cap isnt perfectly seated, it will be off center and when the rotor rotates, it will grab the edge of the cap and destroy the rotor and/or the cap. -Brian

Yeah had planned on having it switch a relay. Just trying to find the best thermo sensor.... dont expect my intake temps to reach 1000 degree's.

Do me a favor and edit out all the b.s. if you can, since this is now in the apropriate forum. I made the remarks I made because it was in the other forum which is more appropriate for conversation... p.s. Affordable horsepower to me would be like a $60 boost controller or a $40 crank pulley... $1000 cams are definatly horsepower, cant argue that... but affordable on the other hand.

Those part numbers are NAPA part numbers. Other parts stores will probably have no clue what you speak of.

Rick... how well do you think this will work for monitoring intake temps? I wanna setup one of these to monitor the air traveling from my intercooler into the intake. Im also in the middle of building a water sprayer for the intercooler so to hear this has an alarm function with the ability to close a circuit is sweet. Should be able to have it automaticly trigger the sprayer when intake temps get too high. -Brian

I looked up your '89 XT with my Napa Prolink account through work and here's what I found for Part Numbers: CAPS: EP778SB EP778 1414178 ROTORS: EP845SB EP845 1413174 Like I said above... take the old ones in with you and have them compare with the new ones so you can identify wether or not its correct. I recommend NAPA cause usually they have people working there who know a thing or two (really a hit or miss though) and if possible try and locate the Distribution Center for your city and just go there since there's a better chance of them having the part in stock.

DO NOT REMOVE THE DISTRIBUTOR!! Take your old cap and old rotor in with you and have them match them with the new. What auto parts store are you going to? Sounds like its full of retards... no 4WD option for a Subaru??? You gotta be kidding me! Try NAPA. They usually have everything for everything.

Put the money you would have put into the STi, into your Legacy. Hopped up Legacy GT's are way sexier than a STi anyday.

Can you drop the engine crossmember? then bolt it back up when the motor is in place?

Its possible the distributor cap could be on backwards but its hard to do. Check to make sure you are getting spark from the coil to the distributor first.

OUch, you would think an impact like that would at least set off the airbag.

Did you put the wires in the right spot? That image is for a EA81. -Brian

$1000 Affordable? HAH!

IMO i'd rather have the Legacy GT over the STi... What more needs to be said?

Not sure if the market is the same over there as it is here... but a '92 Brumby would get you $50,000 in the US.

I think the closest you'll find is the Toyota 3.88 rear end.

Dont think its a members. ive been seeing it on Craigslist for weeks now. He started off at $2500, then it went down to $2000 now its at $1850. Had thought of selling my Turbo Legacy to get it... but I love the 180hp and power everything too much -Brian

This is an excerpt from my Build Thread on Legacy Central. You can view the entire build thread for my car here: http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic.php?t=35301 This is the section I wrote for my suspension that I installed yesterday ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well. The suspension on this wagon is 170,000 miles old. Not to mention it is a Station wagon and wasnt created for performance. The car's body sway is horrible and bounces alot over bumps. Ive done alot of reading and wasn't sure what to go with. I knew whatever I ended up with, would have to be on the cheap since Im on a budget. Coilovers were out of the question. WRX Takeoffs was a good option, but what worked and what didn't??? From what I read, the '02 WRX stuff was supposed to be a near bolt in so I picked up a set of '02 WRX wagon struts and springs for $100. I didn't plan on using the struts, but wanted a complete setup so I could mix & match parts to see what worked. My intentions were to use the WRX springs on a set of KYB GR2's. I picked up a complete set of GR2's for the 4WD Legacy off eBay for $277 shipped. With everything I needed here, I went and tore into it... Before I started, i wanted a before & after picture to tell if the new setup would lower the car any. I didn't have a tape measure, so I had to find something to use as a refference. FRONT: REAR: With the suspension pulled, I set everything next to eachother to use as refference. You can see the 3 setups are near identical. In the picture we have, from left to right: KYB GR2's - STOCK LEGACY - '02 WRX FRONT: REAR: I dismantled the Stock legacy and Stock WRX struts and started fitting parts. The springs fit into the GR2 struts, but the top of the spring is narrower at the top. So you must use the WRX spring perches. I also used the WRX tophat because they are 110,000 miles newer so I figured they would have to be better. In this photo you can see the new strut/spring setup compared to the stock Legacy strut/spring. Installing it was as easy as removing it. The rear was alittle different. After tearing apart the stock Legacy and the WRX struts, I could tell right away the top hats would be different. The WRX top hats are one piece with the spring perch. Ontop of that. The bolt pattern for the WRX tophats is wider than the stock Legacy... so using the WRX tophats would be out of the question. I placed the WRX spring into the GR2 and found another problem. It appears the bottom of the WRX spring isn't as wide as the stock legacy and didn't fit quite right. So i determined it would be best if I just used all the stock Legacy stuff with the GR2's. However, I liked how the WRX bump stops looked as opposed to the Legacy ones. They were taller, and like the front tophats, where 110,000 miles newer than the Legacys... So I used those instead. Pictured on the left is the WRX bump stop with the Legacy on the right: I then assembled everything and installed the strut. So after everything said and done... did the new suspension lower the car any???? No. It appears not. If anything, the rear end is slightly taller than before. FRONT: REAR: However the test drive revealed immediatly the improvements over the stock suspension. When pulling out of the garage and driving out of my driveway, i could tell the car was much stiffer. Driving through the gutter at the end of the driveway no longer made the nose of my car bounce up and down. A few quick 30mph right and left hand turns also convinced me the body roll of the past was long since gone. The WRX springs definatly stiffened the front end a whole lot, and now its time to get my new tires mounted to my 16" RS rims and have the car's alignment done.

Glad to hear everything went smoothly. Both those links are giving me a "Album not found" error. -Brian