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I made some time this winter to work on the ol '78 and put her back on the road. I put her out to pasture 4 years ago with the best of intentions but y'all know how the last 4 years have gone. In the face of rapid deterioration and a narrow miss by a giant pecan tree that uprooted in a wind storm, I made the tough decision to do the best I could for her. I grabbed the grinder and the welder, some paint and the sander and figured since I might not ever get to fully restore it, I may as well do the next best thing... and drive it! Got the antique car registration and the vintage 1978 licence plate. She's back to turning heads everywhere we go! I'm not even going to contemplate the "right or wrong" of it.

You have little to lose trying to save those bad bushings but I've not had much luck with that Sika product. I found that after a few years in use, the material became gooey and broke apart. I've had better luck with 3M Window Weld. I have also used that same SIka self-leveling to fill driveway cracks and the UV exposure and heat pretty much destroyed it after about 5 years of exposure. Now I'm digging out the broken, sticky bits and having to seal all the driveway seams once again with a better product (I hope).

They were all dirty or cracked bushings, definitely failing state. I've only went with window weld if was too lazy to take things apart, though nowadays window weld is pricier than getting replacement bushings. I did have one that needed extra stiff bushings, so used concrete leveler. Needed to make molds to pour it in, but it completely filled the voids after some days of curing. It was definitely close to solid, had to tap it in with mallet. Car already had stiff cusco style transmission and engine mounts, so a little more noise from solid diff mounts isn't an issue. It was $7 at home depot.

Exactly. used Subaru pumps have higher 3 year survival rates than a new aftermarket. I would never install aftermarket unless I had an uncanny reason.

I would say, if you’re wanting to do the EJ swap sooner than expected, go with the nitrous. At least you should have some fun before the swap.