Mendodave Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Hi I was doing a spark plug change, and that damned aircleaner intake pointing directly into the upper heater hose has been bugging me ever since I got this '84 Ozified wagon. With a lifted wagon, the body goes up and the engine doesn't. The air intake was so close to the hose it was rubbing, and I held it back with a ziptie. I saw a post about this, and the postee chopped the intake off just behind the heat valve, so I did too. MUCH more power. Spins up very quickly. Seems like more mileage, I am getting about 300 miles before the light goes on. And it can pull 4th a lot more often. Still need a weber, but hey! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scooby Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 what do you mean, is this car carb, SPFI/MPFI what does this mean sawzalling the air cleaner, if its car can i get pictures i wanna know how to get more power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendodave Posted April 1, 2004 Author Share Posted April 1, 2004 It is a carbed wagon. If your Subie is not lifted, you will not have so much of a problem, also, if you need to resmog yearly, this is not an option, unless you get another aircleaner from the salvage yards. Here is a photo. It will pull third around corners it would not do before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86subaru Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 also if you can get it done , degut the big fat cat ,if it is a turbo , i run acell coil , ngk plugs, 8mm wires, k-n filter, air box cut out , improved hp alot, mpg is 22 city , set timing at 20 , it is a/t full time 4wd wagon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBrumby Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Yeh I am thinking of doing that but cutting it down as far as possible. Mine is a N/A brumby with a 2 inch exhuast. I think that is larger than stock!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonOfScio Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I for a while had a 9" chrome air cleaner adapted onto my hitachi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendodave Posted April 2, 2004 Author Share Posted April 2, 2004 Already have the hot accell coil, good wires, ngk split electrode plugs, and a K&N filter. might do the cat modification, but it is a pain to get to, and I like reducing smog as much as I can, balancing that against power is the hard part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganM Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 modifications with the sawzall are FUN been doing quite a few with my BFH and die grinder w/ cut off wheel! gottta make room for the 30x10.5s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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