carfreak85

Thats basically what Sweet82 put in his buggy!

Slap that puppy on a dyno and give us some numbers!

Subaruparts.com As long as you have a part number and the part isn't obviously out of manufacture, then they can get it to you. They are also a local subaru dealer, Tacoma I think.

Maybe part of the electrical system that feeds the clock when the car is turned off is broken. I would check a diagram for grounds and especially power and how it gets to the clock when the car is shut off.

engine turns once to spin the wheels 3.9 times.

I've stumbled across an early EA81 4WD wagon. I know its an 80 or an 81, but since I don't have the VIN in front of me, I can't decode it. What are some things I can look for to tell the difference between the two years?

Yes there is.

I'm down for a header and a downpipe.

That is precisley what I was taslking about. Got pics of the removal?

I know that one side si removed by 4 screws (passenger's side I think. the one with the step), but the other (Driver's side?) doesn't have the same screws. I want to put the step on both sides of a brat. This is on an 82 if that makes any difference.

Thats why Ram heads are about half as much as SUB4 heads. They are way easier to make!

Life time warrenty parts are cheaper because they are lesser quality than 3 month warrenty parts. The companys hope that most people will buy the cheaper, longer warrenty parts so they make those parts crappier so they can afford to replace those parts when they are returned.

I've heard of them. My only concern besides price would be that aircraft engines only need power at a constasnt rpm, so they don't necesisarily need the low rpm grunt that cars do. Just some food for thought!

Subarubrat is running dual shocks on his brat. Go to his web page and check out how he did it.

Also, where are these O-rings and how many need to be replaced?

Dan, your A/c needs to be recharged. The problem with that is that it is now illegal to use the type of refrigerant that your car has. You need the new type, but at the same time, you will need to replace the hoses and seals with ones that are compatable with the new type of refrigerant. I told you this before I left... Be glad you aren't here in Vegas! It is soooooo hot, 97*F in the SHADE!!! Thank god everyone down here has A/C that works!!! HAHAHAHA:drunk:

I think that the magazine would satisfy everyone if it was split 50% for 1990 and older and 50% of 1991 and newer. I think it would be a waste of my time to have a rag that is even 80% new school and 20% old school because my Dad has a WRX and I've read most of the stuff thats out there for them. I want to read somthing that pertains to the car I drive, not the new stuff and an occasional paragraph or two about a brat or GL.

Dan, you are manic! Its just a cigarette lighter, your car is not fast enough to need a radar detector, plus, if you keep your eyes open and look for cops, you have a 0% chance of getting a false reading like that silly POS radar detector you are using does! You are sooooo LAZY!!

Matt, your wagon never even ran right!!!!

I think an awesome tv ad would show the forester, baja and outback doing some heavy offroading because thats what they are intended for, offroad! Show the STi and legacy turbo cutting it up on a race track and your set for all their cars

Funny, my 84 turbo wagon passed emissions on its first try and lepetitprince's brat passed on its second try after we changed the oil, air filter, PCV valve, fuel filters, spark plugs and wires.

Well Dan and I drove his brat a bunch yesterday and after a while it got a little hard to strat. Had to pump the gas and crank it for 4-5 seconds. This continued for a while and after driving on the freeway for about 15 min at high speed, when we would get off and be driving slowly (5-10mph) the car would putter and idle would be pretty unsteady. The car usually idles fine but yesterday it was kind of erratic, not jumpy, but not steady. I should mention that this car has a small leak in one of the headgaskets and has a hitachi carb. What is wrong and would a weber fix this problem?

Ok, so Dan (Lepetitprince) and I (Plus the Papa) are heading up to Mt Baker to run an Auto X with Dad's WRX and Dan's Brat. Dad's car is stock except for the boost gauge and the Goodyear F1 DS G3 tires and Dan's Brat has a set of my enkei wheels with some decent performance rubber on them. The tires on the enkeis are much better than the tires he had on the stock steel wagon wheels, so that should help prevent the car from washing out into understeer. Dad and I placed 1-2 in C6 last month and we hope to repeat that tomorrow and I hope Dan will place in the top half of novice (He hasn't been driving for very long and has never been racing), plus there are a bunch of modded late model cars running in novice lately, so Dan's chances of placing high don't look good. I'll be posting a report Sunday night with a rundown of out laps and hopefully some sick pics! Wish us luck!

Keep anything you think you will ever need!

Since nobody seems to have done so already, I'm calling "DIBS!"