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The two piece driveshaft that came off the donor car with the transmission will work just fine; no need to make anything extra. If you want, a one piece driveshaft can be made by any driveshop, but it's really not necessary unless there's inadequate metal for attaching the center bearing carrier.

I use a set of long electrician's diagonal cutters to grab the ends and then a screwdriver laid across the rubber to act as a fulcrum and then lever the stud out. Crude but it works just as well as anything else.

Very nice article and pics. Where did you get the steering wheel?

Also the turbo transmission has 25 tooth spline on the inner axle joint (DOJ) as opposed to 23 for all the other transmissions.

OEM sparkplugs for Forrester (p/n 22401AA570) are list price $12.95 each! So what kind of platinum plugs are these?

This is the other side of Pro Rally. Subie Gal and Matt are okay, but it could have gone more awry very easily. This is Jamie's post from the ORG discussion forum: Hey Everyone, I've been too tired/stressed to write up a press release - but i do have some photos and details to share NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART okay? #1 thanks to the EMT's and Dr Deb on the scene. you guys were great - in spite of my state of shock and anger (sorry!) #2 thanks to Gary... i love you. that is all. #3 thank you Dave Clark for building a helluva cage #4 the car can be fixed - We didnt roll. WE FLIPPED somehow - the back of the wagon became unsettled, then airborne The initial point of impact was roof above my head... we slid along for sometime on our lid before coming to a stop on Matt's side of the car shortly there after, Mr Burnsie did his thing and caught fire again....!!! i've got a slight head deal - concussion or whatever and Matt is just fine We are very lucky and very grateful to all who helped us off the stage. small write up and photos are here: http://www.subiegal.com/images/rallies/oregonrally2004/oregon_rally05.htm thanks to all who have emailed, phoned and shared their concern for us. We appreciate it!! I personally love all you guys. the rally community just rocks look forward to being back out there and am planning on Dryad.... ! take care and rally on! Jamie Thomas ****----****----**** www.subiegal.com 2003, 2004 SCCA NorPac PGT Rally Champion 2004 Western States PGT Rally Champion

What is also different and has something to do with the compression ratio and really insigificant power gains.......the older 2.2L engine is a non-interference engine; the new 2.2L is an interference design. Not much difference when everything is running fine. But if you break a timing belt while cruising down the highway, the difference in repair costs is significant for the newer engine....lots of $$$$ more.

Good grief, you're really rolling along. When are you taking appointments for service work?

Unfortunately, I'm not sheduled for anything in Portland in the next few weeks.

Posted on the ORG yahoo board by Wayne Flynn: I've posted some shots from the weekend's action. Enjoy! (Reply off-list if you have any questions. thanks) http://www.pdxsports.com/go.asp?f=2005_otpr

NAPA or any other quality autoparts store will carry them. They are great for cleaning the threads and making everything right again; I use never-seeze compound on the plug thread to prevent future trouble also. However, the thread chaser tool will normally not fix a cross-threaded fitting unless you're very lucky.

If you need help in the evening before Thursday, let me know.

I'll be there. 'Looking forward to it.

I'm sure there'll be a learning curve.

I just did; and it certainly seems more stable than before. But of course hard to make the comparison because I'm really a very conservative driver normally.

You made me go out and try it out! It does seem more stable in hard cornering. Difficult to make the comparison but I'm happy with it.

I haven't put it thru some "vigorous" tests yet. Actually, I wanted the rear 'bar there to help alleviate the significant understeer my Brat exhibits at rallycross events. I seldom push the car that hard on pavement so I might not have a real comparison there.

But don't let that stop you. The more the merrier.

If you check the Whiteline website, they have a chart comparing bar diameter to force (or some such). Here's the link: http://www.whiteline.com.au/docs/bulletins/010barup.pdf I would suspect that the lighter back end of the Brat compared to the XT6 might account for the smaller diameter of the bar. As another point of comparison, the rear swaybar on an EA82T is also 16mm in diameter.

Currently the explanation and pics reside in the Marketplace forum; I inadvertantly posted it there. Sorry. Hopefully a moderator will move it to the Old Gen Forum where it belongs.

No, because I screwed up; hopefully a moderator can move it back to the Old Gen forum where I thought I put it.

Qman and I mounted the Whiteline rear swaybar to my '84 Brat today. It took a bit of figuring as to the best way to install it, but it's on and doesn't rub anywhere or clunk on anything while I'm driving. I'm writing this up since there were no directions for specific installation on this model Brat and there may be more Brats (or early '80s EA81 models) out there that could use this modification. Once we figured out how to mount it, it took about an hour to complete the job. The swaybar looks like a large mis-shapen letter "V" and is mounted with the point of the "V" toward the front of the car and hung by u-bolt hangers to the torsion bar. The "V" has a slight bend near the front and that bend needs to be mounted to point upwards (down will cause the bar to rub on the driveshaft). Also, the u-bolt hangers shouldn't point straight down but rotate slightly toward the front of the car to allow the point of the "V" to clear the front of the torsion bar adjuster. The rest of the installation involved drilling two holes near the lower shock mounts to attach right angle brackets. We mounted the brackets upwards to allow more ground clearance at the end of the links that attach to the ends of the sway bar. Pictures explain this much better than a verbal description. See them at the link below: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showgallery.php?cat=678

I have no idea what they charge but people in Portland have reported they are quite reasonable. Call them up, I'm sure they have a 'phone number on their website. Good luck with it. ---ed---

Thanks to qman for his help and expertise, the Whiteline swaybar is now installed in my Brat. Knowing how to do it now, it's a pretty simple installation and should take about and hour next time (well, maybe an hour and a half if you're my age). I'll be posting pics and directions later.

Gack! Corky, I'm sorry; I was so busy posting stuff in the marketplace that I didn't look here until tonight. Did you get it done? I'm heading south to qman's tomorrow around 10:30 so that makes the timing awkward. I should be returning about 3pm. I wish you had called; anything would have been better than trying to clean out my mess in the garage!