June 10, 200817 yr Hello everybody! I've recently stumbled across these boards after many times clicking on old utimatesubaru.net links and being very sad that what seemingly was the best resource for old Subaru knowledge out there appeared to no longer exist. Well, swap that .net to a .org, and I was in business! Anyway, as a grad present at the beginning of summer last year, my parents purchased me a 1988 Subaru GL wagon (exactly what I wanted). The car was purchased with "snake" carved into the headliner above the driver seat, so the name Snake was obvious for the car. The man who sold it to me was perhaps less than honest, and I've run into many fun surprises along my journey of owning my GL... I love this car to death, and I plan on keeping it running as long as I can. The ultimate goal is to do an EJ swap, but until I have the money, I will continue trying to save it's life every few months when something decides to break. The car is stock (though the previous owner did do a 5 lug wheel swap, without mentioning that to me), and the body used to have a fuel injected engine, but the engine in it presently is carb'd...with the FI air intake...? It still runs, so I haven't found a need to change it yet, haha Anyway, here are some pictures of my baby, and I'm glad to have found this board! I'll for sure be posting around with some questions about fun quirks my car has, and I'll be helping out with the limited advice I can give. Here is Snake having some fun in a puddle filled quarry (note the ice in the puddles...it was cold out). This is before I switched out that busted front fender (I got the car like that...) Ah, the kind of road I dream of... Edit: Gah, can't get some pictures to work. No worries. Anyway, hope that wasn't too many pictures! See you guys around.
June 10, 200817 yr Welcome and glad you were able to find the USMB again. Your wagon looks vaguely familiar. I believe it might have belonged to a board member once. Maybe one of the Oregon guys can verify that?
June 11, 200817 yr and the body used to have a fuel injected engine, but the engine in it presently is carb'd...with the FI air intake...? It still runs, so I haven't found a need to change it yet, haha What you probably have is the Throttle Body Injection system , AKA TBI, AKA SPFI. Basically it's a single fuel injector that is mounted inside of the throttle body. I could be confused with a carburetor, to someone who is unfamiliar with the system.
June 11, 200817 yr Author What you probably have is the Throttle Body Injection system , AKA TBI, AKA SPFI. Basically it's a single fuel injector that is mounted inside of the throttle body. I could be confused with a carburetor, to someone who is unfamiliar with the system. That could very well be it. I can take some pictures of it later to clear it up. Thanks!
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