Dr. RX

Where in Sammamish are you?? I live at the north end of the plateau. Send me a PM with the info.

Any update???

I never really liked the color, neither did my wife (it was her car), we were going to paint it silver, which is why the seat are gray. Can't believe you lost a center cap, those are almost impossible it get now. I had to replace one once, it took getting ahold of the US represetative to BBS to get one.

Here is a picture of the car. The side molding is installed now.

WOW, I am really sorry to hear that, that car meant a lot to me and I was glad to see it go to a good home. By the way the color is not purple, it us traupe, but it does looks like a purpleish brown. I hope it was just for a joy ride, I doubt that they know the value of those wheels, nor would most people. I was thinking the other day that you hadn't come back to pick up the spare tranny. Hope that the police find it soon. Dr. RX

So why not Idaho??? We have never had one there, and last time I checked it is still considered part of the west coast. Or what about southern Oregon?? Or even the Spokane area.

Sammamish, WA Dang, talk about being late for the party.

Just got word from the advance party that it gets real windy at night at the fair ground. Seems like Dan almost lost his tent, after he had put it up a strong gust came along and almost blew it away. So if you haven't left yet, and are camping, bring plenty of stakes, also the ground is rocky.

Nice to see that someone finally came up with a kit for this. It sounds like what I did on Ulitmate RX many years ago.

Something I've said for a long time, people are wasting their time trying to mod an EA82T. I have seen many people waste loads of money trying to tweak out a few extra hp out of these engines. Rob finally did the right thing. Since the EA to EJ swap is so well documented, there is really no reason why a person with reasonable mechanical skills couldn't make the changeover. Depending upon the price, buy the car, then upgrade the drivetrain.

Well I wouldn't say that nobody spent any time with the Haltech. I spent many hours on the phone long distance to Haltech in Australia, to a US representative to Haltech in So. Cal and several hours with a so called expert here in Washington. It might have been different if I had install the new spark plugs like I thought I did, I'm sure it would have run better. If I ever do something like this again, I will not use a Haltech.

I will admit, Tex has taken my orginal creation and made it his own. I really like what you have done to the car. At the time I did the hood, I didn't have my MIG or TIG welder, gas welding just caused way too much warpage. Next time I need to do something like that again, I will have the tools to do it right.

OK, did my first test on the center piece. I did it in a cold room, so the paint didn't atomize well. I sprayed too much paint on at first, when I wiped it off, I took some of the masking with it. I think at room temp (around 70 degrees) the paint should spray better, but I might go with a different paint too. Here's the picture of the first test run.

The side pieces are just getting rechromed, but have at least one NOS badge would help getting the image correct for that part of the restoration.

I looked under automotive badge restoration. It;s not cheap, that place I used charges $65 per badge these sizes.

OK, I have the first set of badges back from the restorer, I must say, they look a lot better in person that the scanned pictures show. First the gold Subaru badges Before After, sorry, one is upside down The rear trunck turbo badge Before And after I have two side badges there getting rechromed, I'm still working on how to get the blue image restored. I don't want a decal, I want it to look original.

I found a place in Canada to do my chrome and gold pieces, but it is not cheap. I was one badge still available through Subaru, that was that badge around the lock on the trunk. You can still get the SUBARU badges for the front fenders, but on my Turbo oupe, they are gold, the only one that you can get are chrome.

Here is the first badge that I took a shot at restoring. Before After

Did you ever get my PM????

Thanks, now to see if I can find any in the world.

Well, do you have any other Turbo Coupe badges? With the exception of the 4WD badge, which somehow looks almost new, all the others will require some sort of restoration. The trunk lock badge should be on all coupes and sedans, but the SUBARU badges were gold tone plated.

Don't have a stock EJ22T, but I do have an EJ20G uppipe, don't know if they are the same, but they should be close.

I'm sorry Connie, but I don't remember getting them, but then I'm getting older and don't remember as well as I used to. No, I would not bug you to sell the ones have to me, I think at the time you were talking about scrapping out your coupe since you were having so much trouble with it, I was just offering to buy them from you if they were for sell back then. I'm glad that you kept your coupe. Maybe one of these days I'll get a chance to see it.

I'll probably be getting a set of those decals from you. But first I need at lease another complete one. I may end up casting these out of aluminum.