November 27, 200421 yr long time reader, first time poster -- and i admit upfront i'm not very mechanically inclined.. anyway, i got this air intake for my 98 legacy gt and realized when i was installing it that it's missing a plug thingy for one of the vacuum lines. So what do i do about that? Is there a way i can bypass it? Some type of adaptor where i can hook it up to a different line? Do i need to get one welded on or something?? this sucks.. :-\ Any help you guys can give would be greatly appriciated!
November 27, 200421 yr It should be easy to fabricate a vacuum nipple from a piece of tubing of the correct diameter (copper, brass, aluminum, whatever) and cut to the proper length. Drill the correct size hole in the intake pipe at the right location, then secure the nipple in place with some high-temp epoxy putty (available at Home Depot or reasonable facsimile therof).
November 28, 200421 yr Are you certain that you need it?? It looks to me like the idle air hose and the design was changed on the Subaru engine. The idle air is routed around the throttle valve on the throttle body in my car. Do you have a picture of your own engine bay?
November 28, 200421 yr Hehe, Yes, you need that big Vacuum tube. I changed the plugs in a friends car and somehow dislodged it...when we started her up it ran VREY badly and when we pressed the accelerator, it sputtered died and a puff of smoke came out around the sides of the hood.!!! ;0) (this may be a good, harmless, prank to pull on your subie-owner friends.) As for the intake, Return it on principal! The same friend bought the intake you have (off ebay) and they had it listed working with his model and year... Well it was missing the nipple. (maybe ok on 2.5 RS?) So he returned it. What then: Go to a U-Pull-It type junk yard with early to mid 90's Legacys/Imprezas. (I assume you have a big air-box on top of your engine) Get the simple intake tube without the box... and some extra vacuum tubes.. and stuff.. should be about $10 Then buy, just, the 3" blot on adaptor that makes it so you can hook a conical filter to your MASS air flow sensor... Get a good quality conical filter w/3" connection...Look for one where the back (that has the rubber connection in it) is NOT aluminum, but rather one rubber/plastic... I've had an aluminum-backed filter un-glue and fall in two pieces, twice. This setup isn't shiny aluminum, but works at least as well. Have fun, (and complment your intake with exhast! A Borla Header a LOT of power to my 94 Legacy)
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