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I just got rid of those plates on mine to make the scoop and vents functional rain getting in wont hurt anything hell I regularly spray off my engine with degreaser and a hose to keep things clean, water on your engine isn't a problem like people think it is, you just don't want water in your engine and if you have the stock air box that wont happen.

I got a set of front struts with springs off an 78 brat PM me if you still need some.

Sounds like the shop messed up. like was already said there is a arrow on the strut mount this should be lined up with bracket on the bottom of the strut, if its too far out and you try a forcibly rotate the strut with out taking tention off the spring you can end up dislodging the spring off the perch, I know this from experience.

I dont have a diagram for the eval hoses but I will say that on my 98 I just ditched that charcoal canister but left all the sensors and solenoids pluged in and have never goten any codes. I got rid of it because I figured I would just smash it hanging back there

Red line will be the same, cluster doesn't determine red line anyways this done though the ecu. Doing the swap should be fine as long as the connectors are the same between the clusters I just did the same on my inpreza brighton

So I swaped a D/R ea82 trans into my 98 Impreza a few months back so everything has been working fine except I keep getting I check engine light and when I pull the codes I get a p1101 and p1507 I looked them up and both are Neutral position switch codes, this make sense seeing as I no longer have a nuetral position switch because there is nowhere to install one on the older D/R trans. This wouldn't be much of a problem if it wasnt for the fact the every once in a while when the codes come up the car goes into this limp mode where the ECU starts cutting injectors to protect the engine causeing it to have no power and run like crap. So I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this problem after this swap and if there is a way to fix it. I'm about ready to put a EJ trans back in the car because of this.

If you get outback or forester stuts you can fit a 215 75 15 tire, id recommend some general grabbers in that size a friend of mine has them on his outback and they fit fine and work great

Love this car I've been whatching your progress on here as its evolved into what it is now, your car and Stella are what inspired me to go with an Impreza wagon for my new build, I still need to start a build thread. I had a question for you on the DR trans swap I'm doing the same with my impreza and have the trans bolted up to the engine and modded trans crossmember in but the stock drive shaft is about 4 inches too short, I noticed you said you used a Legacy drive shaft and it fit other than the flanges. Do you know what year it came from or if it was out of a auto or manual car, I think they are different lenghts, this would be a big help so I know what to grab at the pull a part.

Good fine on the Brat looks like a decently strait body to work with should turn out nice. I noticed your in Bend, same as me, thought you might like to know last time I was at Brads Upull it in Redmond I saw a 79 Brat out there still mostly complete this was a month or 2 ago so it may not be there anymore but I would take I look might some good parts, I think it even had the dealer installed A/C.

That was great yet another reason to love Reagan. and funny that he dosen't get that Brat's really have a real 4wd and not AWD.

So are you going to switch to a duel A arm suspention? I had been thinking of trying to use the toyota hubs too but wasn't sure what to do about the axles other than trying to make custom ones.

Why do you have a spark plug and oil presure sensor in your intake? Is it for some sort of 5th injector set up?

In my search for longer struts I came across a posible option useing volvo 240 strut inserts, they have 8.25 inches of travel, my plan is to use them in a EJ front strut housing. They are 44.5mm around but I still need to open up a subaru strut and see if they will fit.

there seems to be a few make of ebay latteral links I have this set http://www.ebay.com/itm/Subaru-Impreza-WRX-Sti-95-07-Rear-Lateral-Link-Control-Arms-Blue-/230951779354?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3ASubaru&hash=item35c5cc7c1a&vxp=mtr with rubber boots over the hiems, I've had them on my impreza for 4 years now and there still quiet. I think the boots help to keep dirt out of the heims but most of mine have gotten torn up and fallen off. Im thinking of giving this set a try next http://www.ebay.com/itm/6PC-REAR-LATERAL-LINK-TRAILING-ARM-SS-SUSPENSION-KIT-02-07-IMPREZA-WRX-STi-GD-GG-/190804344943?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3ASubaru&hash=item2c6cd3406f&vxp=mtr the hiems look really beefy and look to have a dust boot built into them.

If your clutch is cable driven, im guessing it is, try adjusting it the cable is likely getting streched now because of the lift and partly disengauging the clutch at all times