Hello, I'm new to the Subaru world. I bought a 1986 Subaru XT GL-10 for use as a daily driver, so my other car (MBZ 300cd) can be a garage queen. This subaru is much cheaper to run and insure, and I really like it so far.

 

About the car: It's the wedgey XT, with a 82A MPFI Turbo, pushbutton 4wd, Digi-Dash, 5 speed manual trans, 13' aftermarket Enkei wheels, stock cassette stereo with upgraded speakers. It was a project car that came from California, very little corrosion(I slapped some POR 15 on to stop what is there) It has an ameteur repaint in a non-factory color, it doesn't have a clear coat but it looks decent. It runs and drives nice, I took it on a 200 mile trip to school with no problems. The car has 95k miles with a 50k used engine installed at a shop(A P.O blew up the engine, cracked head probably). A screw on the dist. cap was loose, so the rotor chewed up the cap, which made the car run rough. I've done an oil change, seafoam, replace PCV valve, next is plugs/wires/cap/rotor/fuel filter when parts arrive today. Will do thermostat change, replace hoses and coolant flush in a few days too. Everything works including A/C.

 

So I drove the car to school, tried to start the car in negative degrees and killed the battery . It still had the chewed up rotor and cap on, with a tuneup and fresh battery it should start up later today, I cleaned the idle air control valve, all grounds, coolant temp sensor, etc, it's not firing any codes so it was probably the distributor and cold weather that made it hard to start.

 

Also, the car came with a trunkload and backseat full of parts, 3 alternators, ecu's MAF's, intake, spare interior parts, catalytic converter, fuel injectors, anything you could think of. The P.O had another XT that someone smacked into a telephone pole, and he pulled whatever he could from it. Anyways, I bought the car for $750, pretty decent price, needed tires and some work of course.

 

Here are some pictures to enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chewy rotor, see plastic covering up the contacts

 

Awesome! Looks like it's in pretty good shape. Still have the air suspension?

 

My friend wants to get an XT or XT6 too. Hope you like it!

in the words of borat, Very Nice!

Good looking car man, can't get enough pictures. I am going to be the first to give you the head gasket warning and urge you to purchase an aftermarket temperature gauge.

 

You also landed something special with those wheels.

Edited January 22, 200917 yr by Durania

Nice Subie, I Like the Colour!

The Front Emblem is from the Japan`s Impreza, isn`t it?