Dr. RX

You like power, too bad you couldn't get the Legacy Turbo Wagon.

Here is a picture of the 87 Subaru Rally team, see any sedan in the picture???

Anypalce that allows studded tire to be run on dry or wet roads have them. I'm old enough to remember the time before studded tires, when road surfaces were rough because of lack of repair, not because they were being worn down by studded tires. They installed those reflectors on the side of the road so that drunks could drive home by brille.

Why not find out how Nokkia tests these tires. One of the tests that I've heard about is driving down hill onto a frozen lake at speed then locking up the wheels. The report that I remember, and changed my mind about studs, was that the un-studded Hakki's out performed the studded ones. On another note, unless you put the tires on only when needed, you will be destroying the roads. See all those ruts in the highway, they are caused by the steel of the studs wearing away the surface of the road like a grinder.

I can still see blue on the top of the car.

Why are you adding studs, I have a set of Hakka 2's without studs that work great. I drove from the Seattle, WA area to the Bend, OR area last winter, over the mountain passes, they worked great, never once lost traction, and I drive like a rally driver in the snow.

No wonder you can't afford a descent car.

Breakfast at the Rachner house, what a treat, I've done that several times at his old place. If you are hungry when you push away from the table it will be because of you. Jeane is a great cook, and make great la`tes too.

The Monte Carlo is the first rally of a new season. I believe it is Corsica this weekend.

Yea, I forgot about the Repair Manual on this web site, I looked it up there. Thanks for checking for me.

A friend at work has a 87 EA82 SPFI Wagon, I showed him how to pull the codes from the ECU, here is his latest code. I'm at work, so I don't have my books with me, anyone want to give this a shot?

But it is NOT a Legacy.

Exactly, thanks, I cleaned up my first post, hope it makes better sense now.

I really don't think the clearance is that tight. If the rod bearing was loose enought to cause a piston to valve collision, the noise would have been deafening and if it did hit the valve, it probably wouldn't do any damage because the rod would not be solidly attached to the crank, so there would be no force behind the blow.

To answer your question in the title, yes it does. Now, if you are going to put one in your car, does the transmission that is in the car have a 4.444 ratio? The front and rear need to match, unless the center diff compensates for the difference.

Bigger turbo = bigger lag. Are you sure you want a bigger turbo, or one that is better mapped for your engine. A bigger turbo can pump more air/fuel mixture into your engine, but the down side is that there is more inertia (spinning mass) to overcome. Turbo lag is the time it takes a turbo to overcome the inertia, to get back to producing boost. Sometimes the best thing to do is to get a bigger compressor side to your exsisting turbo, this will only slightly increase the mass while increasing the amount of air/fuel mixture. In a lot of cases, bigger is not always better. Now if you are only drag racing the car, this doesn't matter, but for a daily driver it does.

No, my being there would be a gift.

Does your's have the dual range tranny option??? The D/R was optional on the early HX models.

If these things were on Saturdays I wouldn't mind driving all the way to Portland, but on Sunday, no way. I start work at 4:30 AM so I need to be home by 7:30 PM at the latest. This is for a good cause, they have my wishes and prayers, but not my presents.

If so, they wouldn't bolt to a MPFI intake manifold. I'm assuming that this engine is running or complete, so if it is bolted all together, they would be either MPFI heads or turbo heads, and the only difference between those two is the oil passage.

Gee, I'm sitting here wondering, "What is the differenece between a N/A head and a turbo head?" The only thing that I can think of is that the right head (#1 and 3) has an oil passage drilled in it. Otherwise it is the same as a N/A head. If there is a difference, can any body tell me (show me) the difference?

Returning home today, I only saw two Subarus the whole time I was down here, a bug eyed WRX and a new Legacy wagon. Some of the NASIOC Texas members tried to get a dinner together, but it was too short of a notice. At least they tried. Ed, I got your two voice mails, and yes I did have my cell phone turned off, I was using my company cell phone.

I still think you guys (some of you) are missing the point, Toyota will not have a controlling interest in Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI). There is a lot more to FHI then just Subaru. Parts for the new Boeing 787 are built by FHI. When I was in Japan, I saw far more Fuji trucks then Subarus. Honda just showed the world it's small business jet, maybe Toyota wants to get into the aerospace industry, and buying into FHI might get them there. The one thing no one has mentioned is that this might have been seen as a good investment by Toyota. Just think, if they wanted to influence FHI even more, why didn't they buy all of the share GM has to offer.

Here is another article on GM selling it's shares in Subaru (actually Fuji Heavy Industry, Subaru's parent company), http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B18917D34%2D8BB2%2D404F%2DBA8A%2D972E93065C67%7D&siteid=google

Well, I can't say anything about the current Alfas since they are not imported to the USA, and I have not owned one that was newer then a 1963 model year. But the 13 Alfas that I owned were great little cars, I even raced one in F Production road racing. I took that same car on on of the early preformance rallies here in the Pacific Northwest, back in the days when they were part of the WRC. Back then, Alfas were rugged cars. I don't know about depreciation, but the 58 Sypder Veloce that I raced, today would bring over $25,000 at an auction, not bad for a car that I paid $500 for. By the way, GM does not have a contoling interest in SUbaru, so I don't know where people are getting that idea then GM is making the decisions at Subaru.