Dr. RX

Welcome to the EJ world. Nice ride Matt.

Boy, you guys are lucky, I could never get these guys on the phone or get them to reply to an e-mail, granted that was over two years ago, and maybe things have changed, but I'd never order from them again. They still owe me my core charges on two axles.

The water is from the A/C and is normal.

Well to answer your questions, yes, I have done that swap, and yes it does work. There are many things that you can do to an EA82T to increase hp, some of them can be inexpensive, but most are not. By the time you get an EA82T any where near 200hp, you could have bought an EJ20G out of an early JDM Legacy RS (200 to 220hp) with tranny for $500 to $800 and had it installed in your car. The EA82T with 200hp would not be all that reliable and at the top end oof hp increases, but the EJ20G would be very reliable and have a lot more room for hp increases.

Gee, I never had that problem with the small block Chevy I used to run in my boat. Ran it in both fresh and salt water, but I always flushed it after running in salt. Ran the boat for three years, almost all summer long, never had one bit of trouble with the water pump.

I think you guys are confused, the WRX refers only to a model of the Impreza, no other cars. Now the RX, that is a different story, the RX that we know of here in the USA is actually the Gen II version of the RX, but my research shows that it is actually a Gen III. There was a RX 4WD that appears to be based upon a mid 70's coupe, then there was a EA81 based car, somewhere in my archives of pictures I have a photo of the mid 70's one, I'll see if I can find it.

Emily, I'm curious, why would the water pump rust out with fresh water? If this is a problem, maybe youy'd have to come up with a way of by passing the Subaru water pump (which appears to be the weakest link).

I know what you mean about the early WRXs, look at my signature block. I am just about finished with getting my 96 WRX STi Type R replica put back together after painting. With luck, I'll have a picture posted on Sunday.

So, I'm curious as to why you are going with the EJ22 engine instead of an EJ20G engine. If you are going to go through all the trouble to install an EJ series engine into the car, why not get one will more horse power, and possibly even a WRX engine, then the car's name woiuld fit better. There are EJ20G from Legacys out there for less then $500, but they only put out 200 to 220 hp depending upon the turbo they have on them. You might be able to find an early WRX front clip for around $2000, that will have everything you need, engine, tranny, rear suspension, rear diff (to match the tranny), the ECU, and a complete front wiring harness. Those range from 240 to 275 hp. You might be able to use a Legacy FWD tranny if you wanted to keep your car FWD.

I have two EA82T powered vehicle, and both of them have a hesitation at low RPMs, I have tried everything to fix this problem, nothing ever completely got rid of it, so I live with it. My EJ20G (turbo) powered vehicle does not have any hesitation at any RPM, so it looks like Subaru fixed that problem on the EJ series turbos.

Gee I had Tex check last Wednesday and I check again on Thursday, neither of us saw the wheels eventhough we know that the Peugeot was going into the yard. I guess it went in after we checked.

Get the vacuum checked!!!!!! It sound similar to what was going on with the wagon and that was cause by valve timing, but the other thing that could have caused it was a vacuum leak, and a vacuum test should point that out.

I was planning on leaving earlier then that, but I might rethink that. I'll be taking two cars, the wife doesn't have much faith in her car, so it might be good to travel with a group of Subarus.

The wife and I will be there, probably with two cars, Imprezas weren't made for hauling a lot of camping gear.

Try here, http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/ , I've never used it, but a lot of people have.

OK, Jamies is at http://www.allsubaru.com/ , I think you can see the confusion here.

Looks like the Pickle Wagon ran into stiffer competion this time, too bad they misspelled Matt's last name, but then maybe that wasn't really Matt, NOT!!!!

oddcomp, that's not a toy, that is a weapon. I don't think the Park personnel or the Police would look kindly on that type of thing being shot being the show, please leave it at home.

Gee, at 1st Subaru Parts, it only costs $39.78, but then you'll need to add shipping, for me that would probably be less then the $4.00 difference. I need a clock for my Impreza, but I don't think this one would work, as I don't see anywhere that I could fit it.

Ken, AllSubaruPart is not Jason (Auburn Subaru), that is Jamie's (Carter Subaru) site, Jason is http://www.1stsubaruparts.com/ . Jamie's site tends to be more towards aftermarket newer Subarus although you can get genuine SUbaru parts there also. Jason's site is purely genuine Subaru parts only. Both sites are great places to get parts, I usually use Jamie's for aftermarket and Jason's for genuine Subaru parts.

I think he means the STi engine, that is a 2.5 with 300hp.

Bummer I can't find my tool to confirm this, but I believe the tool needed to remove the stub axles from the rear diffs is this one from Snap-on, http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/pro_det.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=14957&group_ID=2358&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog , is this the correct tool???

I think it's about a three hour drive from Bend to Hood River.

So, were you asking if the turbo engine or just the turbo can be installed. The answer to both is yes, but with the bigger turbo will come a larger spinning mass, thus more ineria to overcome, thus more turbo lag. Actually going to two smaller turbos would be better, but if you want to talk about mods, this is the way to go, you have to mod everything.

I wouldn't even bother with the metric wheels, there are plenty of US Peugeot wheels (inches) out there.