Dr. RX

I'll bring a support vehicle.

You got your $20 handy?? Subaru officially annouced the new model Impreza on October 22, 1992. The first WRC race the an Impreza ran in for Subaru was the 1000 Lakes Rally, August27-29, 1993. Now, if you have something different, I'd like to see it.

No, the Legacy has a 25 spline axle, your 88 wagon has a 23 spline axle. If you wanted to do the 5 bolt coversion you'd either have to do as Fox mentioned or get a turbo tranny.

OK, oh grand sage of the Great White North, my reference to "same goes for Legacy", was refering back to my post about the parts needed for the conversion. Does that make sense to you now, if not, quit bugging me.

Gee Zap, since they start the 93 model year sometime during August and September, I guess that they would have built them in 92, but they were a 93 model year regardless. As for racing them in 92, I'll have to check into that. Subaru team was still racing the Legacys in 93.

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Gee some people can't take compliments very well. Maybe you should re-read all the posts again, this time don't take them in order because someone maybe responding at the same time someone else does and their post will appear before the other's does, making the string out of context. If you feel my comments are personal attacks, you'd better not go to other message boards, they will eat you alive.

Eventhough Rob has aready answered, here is a rule to go by without look at the engine; car from 1980 to 1984 were generally EA81s (some EA71s in there), from 1985 to 1989 they were EA82s, this rule doesn't include the BRAT and the Hatchback (not to be confused with the 3 door). There were EA82s from 1990 to 1994, but there were also Legacys and Imprezas in that time frame. It only applies to 4 cylinder cars.

I guess that is what happens when you don't know who someone is responding to. My answer, "The same goes for Legacys" was not in reply to dragonlee's reply about that he meant a Legacy. You should be a news reporter, you have a good start at taking things out of context.

If you have 4 doors and a hatch, it's a wagon.

??????????? I'm not sure what you are refering to here, someone ask if the wagons started in 1990, your reply seems to say that I said something to the contrary, I don't think I did. By the way, I just nswer the other person's question.

Yes, the wagons were available in 1990, but the trubos didn't start until 1991.

Gee Rob, I can't believe that you would challenge the doctor. Yep, the hatch is an EA81, if the rear brakes off of an EA82 will fit on an EA81 then the rear brakes off of a XT6 will fit also. As for the fronts, if you use the strut tops off the that EA81 struts, the EJ series struts will bolt right in. Or you can redrill the strut tower on the EA81 to accept the three holes required for the EJ series struts.

Fuel filters are not connected to the engine check light.

If you use XT6 front calipers and the complete rear disc brakes they should bolt on. Note, it needs to be a 4WD XT6 for the rear brakes, you'll need to pull eveything from, and including, the backing plates outward.

I would change the fuel filter, sound like some sort of temperary blockage.

Same answer holds true for Legacys.

If you what to do a 5 bolt conversion, you'll need to ge a tranny with a 25 spline stub axle (ie and turbo tranny), then you can only use front suspension parts, the knuckle, strut, axle, tie rod end, ball joint, and all the brake stuff, but now you won't have an e-brake. Nothing in the rear will work. Dragonlee, I'd like to see that 90 Impreza, it is rare, considering that Subaru didn't make an Impreza until 1993.

To change the stub axles on the tranny, you'll need to pull the tranny apart. Just how much longer are the EA82 axles then the EA81s? The EJ axles are a whole 4 mm longer then the EA82 series, yet they work perfectly for a 5 bolt conversion. And if you are planning to use the EA82 front suspension, you'll need to use the EA82 axles.

Is that a diamond in the rough or what???

Just use that axles out of your RX.

Well check out Joe's web site (Joe at Carter Subaru), http://www.cars101.com/impreza_archive93_96.html , the first year it shows an Impreza with a 2.2 is 1995.

The 2.2 was first available in 95, but it only came with an automatic tranny.

So Mic, are you going to make reproductions?

Unfortunately, you car is during the timeframe when Subaru used updates for each new year, so to have a complete FSM, you'd need to go back to the beginning. If I remember correctly that started in either 93 or 94 (I know the Impreza started in 93), so you would need all the books from the start to 96. I have a set that goes through 99 but it is not for sale. They started single year FSMs again starting in 2000. I don't know about these downloadable FSMs, and how complete they would be for your model year. If they are Subaru manuals, you'd need to download every book from 93 to 96.