calebz

Absolutely correct. I love my turbowagon. One of the things I love about it most is that I don't have to drive it anymore.

No. cars are supposed to go straight unless you tell them otherwise.

I think you are on the right track. Having an offroad soob to beat on is a blast. It doesn't have to be roadworthy. Get a nice reliable honda or something of that ilk. You will like your soob soo much more when you don't have to worry about it getting you where you need to be.

Diameter and pitch weren't the problem when I talked to the guys at ARP. It was the different lengths that got their panties all in a twist! Thus far, the inserts I have used have held. I was able to get the correct size to retain the stock head bolts. The tools (Drill bit and a couple of taps) were the most expensive part, but now that I have them, I can do an EA82T for about $40. With prep time, it takes a couple of hours to do it cleanly, by hand. Would be a little faster with a drill press. Less likely to make a mistake that way as well.

I have been using Timeserts. Carbon steel inserts. Never blown a head gasket. Even at 13+psi. Have a few overheats under my belt as well.

Quite honestly, my experience has led me to believe that the gaskets are not the problem. Having head bolts threading into 20 year old aluminum seems to be the problem IMO

When I was using the stock WRX exhaust on my wagon, the 2nd cat (the one with the O2 sensor) was well past the bellhousing - I would say the 02 sensor was almost to the tailshaft. If you were doing something custom, I am betting you could go back a bit more.

I have less $$ in my whole car (plus all the parts, spare motors et al) than the swap costs. Thats reason number one. You are correct in saying the EA81T is unmodifiable, thankfully, the EA82T is not. For the record, I have blown up nearly every part of an EA82T except the head gaskets. Patrick - IMO, a TD05 is just too much - you wouldn't be able to effectively utilize its potential, and I think you would be unhappy with the lag. My suggestion would be to go for a Deadbolt TD04 - Good spool, good flow

My kid knows all about the hardcore habits of the sesame street gang when the cameras are off We've been trying to get Grover to stop smoking, but no dice I have at least managed to get bert to stop drinking crappy beer and move up to Newcastle.

I had an L-series with no scoop So I made a little hole Got it where I wanted it. Painted it a little One big difference though. I have this. My car is now so gangsta I have my own posse.

My wife would be ecstatic if I destroyed my subaru for her birthday

2.5 inch pipe No Cats Dynomax muffler Thats what I did when mine crapped out.

I should have specified EA series.

If his car is a factory 5 speed, it is unlikely to have one. The earliest subaru with the clutch switch was a 91 loyale.

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PS - Being able to post in locked threads kicks rump roast

This is downright ridiculous. Nearly all of you are adults. Post whoring for post count? Jeez. You guys know better. Locked.

Thats a clean looking wagon. That hood scoop looks vaguely familiar.. hmm More pics of mum please.

Don't lose hope on the RX kit. IIRC, it took me a year or so to find and purchase mine.

No drain on reliability due to using stuff from different years. Where you run into reliability issues is when you mod the car and/or parts to do things they weren't meant to do.

+1 on the legos thing. Carb Block WRX Turbo XT intake manifold And a handful of other goodies. - stuff them in a station wagon and you have a fun toy for very little money. My goal when I started my wagon project was to see how much fun I could get out of it for the least amount of money possible. My previous toy was a Saab with 300+ HP and way too much money invested in it. 5 years and something like 7 subarus later, I'm still messing with them.

My experience is limited to 87+, but I have changed out or cleaned up a dozen CTS over the past 6-7 years. Replaced a few completely failed ones. Never had one cause a no start.

Right now its just a big pile of parts again..lol

1 - There is just no aftermarket for these cars. The only reason upgrades for the front are so easy is because you can mod it to accept the newer generation of stuff. 2 - Cutting the springs effectively increases spring rate. But honestly, the spring rate on my coilovers is so much higher than stock, cut springs would feel like a cadillac by comparison.

You owe me a new keyboard. This one has coffee all over it now Careful - Mrs. Calebz and Baby Calebz will be in your neck of the woods in about *checks watch* - They're landing at DIA in about 2 hours. Baby Calebz has full discretion and can perform real life bannings! We mods are Big Bad Scary People. Keep that in mind and you will live a longer, happier, healthier life.