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Working on getting cruise control set up. Swapped over the stalk from my red Impreza to the green one. Not too bad but I wasn't getting continuity/switching at the base of the steering column. Turns out the rotary coupling for the steering wheel on the green car was broken. We took it apart since it was already broken. Not a design we were expecting to see. Guessing someone put it together a turn or two off center. I swapped in the one from the red Impreza which was a bit of a project. Hopefully it's on center. The wire plugs for the airbag are different (red Impreza is a 96, green is a 98) but most of that has been removed already. Hooked it back up and the horn works and we seem to have continuity at the base of the column now. B replaced the washer pump on the green Impreza, it was leaking at the bottom of the body. The best replacement I had was the one in the black Outback. B swapped some city boy tires on the black Outback. Then he swapped the less worn mud tires that had been on it on my green Impreza. We rolled the rear fenders for a little more tire clearance at full bump. B also hammered a few flanges behind the tire for clearance. Articulation picture below, probably not as far as it can stretch. Three wheels still on the ground. Trigger warning slammo, rear ABS cables laying on the floor never to be reinstalled. It was a good thing we did that because we learned a couple of things. One, the parking brake cables were pulling tight on suspension compression. Rerouted them and we seem to have enough slack now. Two, the wheel weights were hitting the strut brackets. We don't normally run them at max negative camber and the old wheels apparently didn't have weights on the inner beads. Ground those down and repainted them. We also did a little PID tuning on the cams and looked over cruise control wiring. Some updates in the EZ36 swap thread.

Gaskets need to match the bore AND the coolant passages in the head. No stock gasket correctly does this. What you need are these. Cometic Part number: H1631spk051s

Looks like an awesome project. I have to say i'm in the "why mess up a clean, low miles, 2 owner brat?" You are kinda ruining the long term collector value. Don't get me wrong, your making it a cooler car to drive and own and enjoy for a while so I get it. It's just personally I would keep this one original.

Closed course, professional driver, I'm sure:rolleyes: You actually contributed 5th gear and the case, I thought. The STI gearset and fancy diffs actually makes it feel a lot more controlled than it did before. Your 5th gear is a little odd. I thought it would be more of a cruising/fuel economy gear, but it actually has enough power behind it. I have yet to have to downshift from 5th for a hill or anything. I just wish more people knew how gutless a stock Brat is, that way more people would flip a lid when I go by:lol: Jacob