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I did not ask for rude comments. This is MY car lol I can do what I want with it. If you don’t have anything helpful to post please move along. I wanted to play around and see what I can put together myself. I think it looks cool so it’s going to stay. It’s not hurting anything or anyone. You’re not the one driving it, I am. And for your information I do not use harbor freight tools.

That radio has a story , of course. So one day some local bigwig got permission from the FCC to put up a radio station and its towers across the street from us - roughly. The transmission from that station would naturally blur over many other stations , pretty much all of them excepting the local high watt news/BS station. Ok here’s the tickler. You could even hear that station in an appliance !!! Yes , we all went over to Uncle Gus’ place so we could witness the radio coming from the fridge!! True story. I’m sure there’s similar out there. So , that radio you see was the station’s hush up gift to various neighbors who complained. Enjoy !

Definitely check the wire and connectors. I've seen wire break inside it's insulation inside the harness.

Been working on other projects and finally got to focus some time on the Loyale. I'm getting code 23 flashing. So would I suspect either 2 bad MAF sensors, or perhaps faulty wiring? So

Thanks! Very helpful.

To read the codes that are currently flagged - just leave them unconnected. If the CEL is on, the codes are being flashed on the LED on the ECU, which is bolted to the bottom of the steering column. You have to remove the plastic kick panel to see the hole where the LED is hidden. Long flashes are the tens place, short are the 1s. If there are more than one code, they are flashed sequentially, and repeated.

1. Time. As in, we'd like to solve this problem today. 2. The price you see in USD does not necessarily approximate what we wind up paying, all in, when it's headed for Greater Soviet Canuckistan. The amazon link you provided doesn't even display a price. https://www.amazon.ca/Zhixiang-13021AA141-Crankshaft-Sprocket-2000-2015/dp/B091HX1TLZ/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Subaru+13021AA141&qid=1629850460&sr=8-2 (In case my link won't show you the price, it's almost $100 for a Chinese knockoff.)

I'll try to summarize my thoughts to keep this succinct... As mentioned, this has been discussed and attempted for decades. Back in the early 2000s there was a crew of guys on this forum pushing the EA82T. At that time the turbo EJ was still pretty new to the U.S. and the cost of entry was too high for most of us cheapskates. Not many people had the gumption to invest in an unknown, undocumented EJ swap. People kept pouring time, money and ideas into the EA82T and since I was keen to replicate their success on my EA81T, I paid close attention. From memory, not one of those cars has survived today and is still running. Contrast that to the first few EJ-swapped EA82s and they're still out there. Hell, my RX-RA that @suberdave built back in ~2005 is still on the road with the same engine that was originally swapped into it 16 years and three owners ago. Try making 260 chp for 16 years on an EA82T... Hasn't been done yet, probably won't happen until somebody creates new, redesigned head castings. The bottom end should hold up to quite a bit of abuse, but the pistons and heads crack, HGs aren't up to the task and the stock ECU is closer to an Atari than smartphone. To do what you're describing and keep the engine reliable (we're taking cost of acquisition/hard parts/labor/machining/and ECU tuning labor) you're probably looking at a $10,000 investment. The custom parts will be more expensive because they'll all be one-off parts. You'll want to pay someone to tune it, since there are no base maps for this engine. Now, an EJ? If you've got the coin you can bolt in 300 chp, leave it stock and be able to enjoy it for the next 16 years vs. the next 16 days (until the EA82T blows up...).

I’d be looking into the Lemon laws of your area and sticking it to the dealership. Subarus have the same build quality as Toyota’s, just without the typical “Toyota Tax”. Hold the dealer to account if the lemon law allows you to. It’s not good enough for a new vehicle of any sort to be in the workshop for much more than a general service with an oil change. Cheers Bennie