Dr. RX

Gee, I have over 120K on my engine (JDM EJ20G) with no ill effects. Yesterday it never got above 26 degrees F, unusually cold for this area. The car started just like it does in 100 degree F weather in the summer. I never got a certificate, but if there were a grand master catagory, I'm sure I would qualify. I've talked to a lot of ASE certified mechanics in my life, and have never been real impressed, so if you were trying to impress me, you didn't. I have proven certified mechanic wrong in the past, and will probably continue in the future. I really doubt that my engine was designed for a 5W30 oil, but if you want to risk engine failure due to oil failure, be my guest.

Not just that but it has better lubricating properties all around, I've learned through the school of hard knocks what using too light weight of an oil can do. I've been building high performance engines for over 35 years, and I won't use anything less.

I run 20W50 oil in my car year round.

Since the pictures are of it sitting on the original intake, I don't think it will be that tall once it is installed.

So, it was only missing one side skirt? Yes, it is possible that it was a dealer installed part or someone installed them at a later date. I have seen several 3drs with aero kits, but not side skirts.

Not say all cars in Japan are driven this way, but when I was in Japan driving, everytime the light changed, it was like a drag race to the next light. I would say it depends on how long you are planning to keep the car, the rebuilt should come with some type of warrantee, the JDM tranny probably will not, you might have to replace the JDM tranny two or three time before you would have to replace the rebuilt one. If it is a matter of cash flow, then you only have one option, since you probably can't afford the rebuilt one.

Only RX's got the side skirts, everything else was available on any 3 dr or Sedan.

I think he was talking about the twin turbo.

I think you missed something, the twin turbo WILL NOT fit in a LHD car. I put an EJ20G (DOHC Turbo), which has the same external dimensions as all other DOHC 4 cyclinder Subaru EJ series engines, into an 87 RX, so the answer is yes, it will fit no problem.

There is no way to tell you what your total cost will be, even ball park figures can be way off. A rule of thumb that I use is, I try to figure how much all the parts will cost, then I double that figure, which still runs a little low most times.

Yes, a VLSD out of a 91 Leg Turbo will work, they are the same series rear diff, R180s I believe. The difference is that the Leg diff has stub axles held in by a 'C' clip and the others are held in by a bolt, so the inners will change, but you'll need the correct stub axles too.

Do you know what car they came out of, R160 parts does swap with R180 parts. It would be good to have some more info on what you are thinking of swapping.

Look at it this way, a car that was in a flood was probably no running at the time it was covered with water, so any water that got into the engine, didn't get into the bearing surfaces. If you blow a head gasket, the water gets into the oil system. People rebuild engines with blown head gaskets all the time, but won't look twice at a car the was in a flood, which engine do you think is worst? The engine should be fine, just make sure to change the oil, run the engine for about 500 miles, then do an oil change. If there is any rust internally, it would be surface rust and would not bother anything. There really shouldn't be any internal rust, the internals should have had a thin coating of oil on everything. I really doubt that must of the electrical would have been damaged either, it just may not look pretty.

Sounds like this is a known problem to SOA or they wouldn't be so willing to replace anything. They must know that there are two pistons that cause the problem and is why they are willing to replace only two. Yes, I would have them do it, hopefully they have a loaner car for you. If that doesn't fix it, then they will have to replace the other piston. It would be smart to replace all 4 at the same time, but they look at it as why pay for more then they need to.

Thanks, I never looked at the link, guess I should have first. The poster doesn't say anything about the car. From what I understand, the heel of Italy looks alot like the area around Tel Aviv.

I wasn't talking about the girl, she could have come from anywhere, but I would have bet Scandinavian before I would have guessed German. So, Lukas, how can you tell that the plates are from Israel. My guess was Italy because the building looked Mediterranean, Israel would work too.

My 95 L Wagon has around 85K.

I've been trying to figure out which country this car is in. It has to be one with LHD. The license plate is larger then a US plate, the decal on the side if different, if this were in the US, it would be a RS model with a decal on the rear spoiler, it is deffinately a 2000 or 2001 model year because it is a 4 door. Of course someone could have added the rear spoiler to a 4 door, but it is at least a 97, probably (because of the front bumper) a 98 or newer. It could even be a WRX, in which case it would be a early 98 since later on in 98 the WRX rear spoiler changed. A 97 WRX would have a Gen IV bumper, this is a Gen V or newer bumper. My guess would be Italy.

Yes there are such things are power folding mirrors, I have them on my 96 Impreza, but they are JDM parts.

Yes, there are power folding mirror, but they are JDM parts, and being setup for a right hand drive car they are difficult to adjust for left hand drive cars. I believe JHot Imports has a set on the eBay site right now. As for non-power folding mirrors, I would look at a Brighton model.

I tried to verify that, I found a picture of a 74 Coupe that had a lot of ground clearance by could never verify that it was called a RX, I know that Subaru ran a Gen I RX in the 83 African Rally, and the pictures that I found of it showed to be an EA81 Coupe, the thing is the Gen I RX did not have a turbocharged engine, it used the twin carb manifold and some other mods to the engine. I have the spec sheets of those mods, but they are in Japanese. I would really like to find a Gen I RX so the I could run it in the Historical class in rallies around here.

It is a Gen I since the Gen II didn't come along until 85. Did you forget who you were talking to, look at my board name.

I had a similar problem after I installed a new clutch, I solve it by adjusting the pedal rod, I have not had that problem since. (You'll need a 10mm and an 8mm open end wrench).

Yea, a Gen I RX, I'd love to get my hands on one of those, even if it were a RHD car. The bottom picture looks like it is in the USA.

One for automatics would be twice as long, it seems that there is a different automatic application for every model of Subaru sold. An auto for a Legacy Outback is different then for a Legacy GT of the same year, and those are different from an Outback Sports of the same year. True, you can interchange the trannys, but it would be a good idea to swap the TCU also.