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well, I've taken the engine and trans OUT that way twice on EA82s. it worked great. I don't know why you couldn't put them in that way too.

psssshhh. naysayers. Everybody's got an opinion and nobody's done it. Well, that's going to change. True dual with a crossover. starting with borla knockoff unequal length headers so the exhaust pulses get to the X at different times (rumble and torque). I've photoshopped a basic idea of what I'm going to do: with a resonator and a muffler of somesort on either side. This will allow better ground clearance than a single 2.5+" pipe (when you're as low as I already am....a half inch is the world), and will probably sound amazing. both pipes will exit right next to each other in the stock location....to add to the sleeper effect, and so I can tuck the mufflers up into the unibody. [/hijack] Phiz. looks like you're making good progress there. to answer your question about the diff locker solenoids. They do stay engaged. I found at the ice races (I didn't have a T yet, so it was either heat, or locker...) that under hard conditions, it would frequently unlock on me. the stock switch is just a DPST switch, power in the middle, and then out one side, and straight to one of the solenoids.

yep, but you're going in a straight line I assume...that really doesn't work the diffs very hard. I've felt a huge difference with my rear LSD as long as the center is locked. but with it unlocked and when cornering and accelerating hard (when you'd really work the LSD), I just spin one front wheel.

I've been thinking about getting a small dual gauge panel and mounting it in front of the existing temp and oil gauges. Something like this: http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/tf-Browse/s-10101/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2008946/p-2008946/N-111+10201+600010337/c-10101 nice work Turbone! I've also thought about cutting holes in the dash next to the clock....

I've been running the Y, and the midpipe for about 6 months now....great sound. of course, mine has about 240k miles on it, so I think the cats are more like resonators....

double clutching means you release the pedal while in neutral. when downshifting into first, and people say they double clutch, you're also blipping the throttle. but just blipping the throttle isn't enough, because if you don't engage the clutch first, it won't spin the synchros up to match the speed of the gear you're trying to shift into. I've heard, on a couple different occasions other than the fast and the furious, about double clutching when accelerating, but never any reason for it. and I must admit, I've tried it a couple times....and I know it slows me down.

yep, your best bet for a budget power build is a closed deck block. either jdm EJ20g/k or an early legacy ej22t. if you go the 22t route, your best bet is to find yourself a donor car. something that's all rusted out, or been hit in the rear, and do all the work yourself. but either way, keep your eyes on the other forums, nasioc, rs25, legacy central, i-club, etc.

this would be the stuff you want: https://www.amsoil.com/storefront/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=39

for good reason. I've known a couple people who have them, a guy last year at the Crawl 4 the Cure, and another local guy that I've talked to a couple times. neither of them were impressed at all. I guess the offroad traction is similar to your average knock-off Mud-terrain. but with the cost and rough on-road ride of the SSR. if you're going to spend the money, get the real thing. if you want a knock-off...get a knock-off, and save your money.

interesting motors. but like I said, the EG33 won't fit in the engine bay very well. the EZ30 doesn't have a whole lot of potential, because of it's single port exhaust. the EZ30R is a cool motor, but cannot be run on the stock ECU in a swap, it's also very rare. and none of those motor options came stock turbo, and because of the different bore and stroke of the EZ motors, any aftermarket internals you want will have to be completely custom.

+1. There's a whole section on Nasioc dedicated to Conversions. and, again like 970Subaru said, All subarus use the same basic engine design, so they all fit relatively easily. the 3.3l SVX 6-cyl is substantially longer than the others, so it'll be the most complicated mechanically speaking. a VERY popular engine swap is a 2.0l jdm WRX turbo. almost 300 crank hp on the stock ECU. and a full clip (engine tranny, wiring harness, ecu etc.) can be had for a few grand or less...of course, there will be the cost of many other parts required to get it to work, and installing it, etc. so 5k is a pretty accurate estimate. Your options are endless...so be patient, do lots of research, weigh all your options, and you'll be set. just don't jump in too quickly.

well, I'm sure it has a sensor of some sort that detects whether the doors are locked or not. I tried for days when I had my '85 to find this sensor so I could bypass it, but had no luck. Why does it want me to lock the doors? I just can't figure that out....

pretty funny. I'm glad you think this is a joke. I never said the same thing will happen, but if it gets banned in one state, you can bet that a handful of others will immediately followed, and dozens of others will be effected.

well...300hp is asking ALOT out of an EJ22e. if you're shooting for that much power, unless you know a crapload about turbo engine building, a 6-speed tranny is going to be a pretty small cost in the grand scheme of things. why not just get an adapter plate and run your EA82 5-speed? it'll handle all the power the EJ22e can put out N/A, and maybe more. I intend to throw as much power as possible at my RX trans....we'll see what gives first. than I'll have that cryo treated and keep running it.... but, there's a guy with a fully built, twin-charged (both Super and Turbo) EJ (22e block, 22t crank, rods, and pistons, and JDM DOHC heads) pushing about 300awhp through the stock 1990 legacy 5-speed. it all depends on use. if you abuse it, you could blow any subaru 5-speed with an EA82 in front of it. if you take care of it, 300bhp or even awhp is definitely possible.

stickied at the top of this forum: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=69741 it's not entirely complete. I've got some more pictures to add, Shawn made a correction about the radiator hoses in that thread, so be sure to read that too. Hoping to get some time next week to get it really finished and uploaded to the school server for a better host. than I'll post it to the USRM too.

yep, the 1-2 gears are on the same synchro, which is on the output shaft of the tranny, whereas the other 3 synchro sets are all on the input shaft....so putting it in second would definitely spin the synchros to help.

I have that video. it's not a modified EVO. stock Evo Viii MR FQ400 (non-USDM version...) "A fit, young, racing champion, in a supercar. Cannot pull away from a fat man, in a 4-door Saloon" cool video....the best part is the second half where the rip into it. racing it against a 1.6l fiat wagon from 30mph in top gear. 1.7 mile runway, and it never caught up. HIGHLY recommend watching that video.... btw....Ferrari is the Stallion...Lamborghini's emblem is a Bull

As if that wasn't enough, Dave Westerburg just emailed me a copy of his editorial last June. This is a great guy, he single-handedly made it possible to open a State Park for an open house one day a year (took a year and a half...), and is now spending almost all of his free time working on a YJ that they plan to donate to the MS Society's Crawl 4 the Cure to be raffled off. complete frame-off restoration + lift, lockers and tires. AND, is trying to loose 70 lbs at about $6 a pound for the same event this summer. That's above and beyond the things he mentions in the following article. He has some great things to say, and the North Shore Wheelers (myself included) are behind him 100%. Remember that was last June... and the rather comical response that was published a few days later (keep in mind, these are the kinds of people who are working against us....and unfortunately have about 10x the power that we do....ALWAYS remember that) and what Dave posted on our forum about that: But wait...there's more: I'll probably find more....

yep, I had them on my black wagon (which probably had about 25k miles on them when I got it), and they still had decent tread left, and even aired down in the nasty rocks up here, I never punctured a sidewall (although I worried alot about them ). Great tire, Amazing cost... but...if you've got some cash, you can do alot better

the SPFI fuel pump in my loyale had what looked like a regulator on it, exactly like you describe. ZERO problems with it (well...except it rusted through and started leaking gas all over the place). and IIRC, the MPFI pump puts out more fuel pressure at normal use on the EA82t than the SPFI one CAN put out anyway, I replaced it with one for a turbo EA82, and it didn't have anything that looked like a regulator on it. either way, they did not require modification. I wouldn't worry about it, unless you guys got something completely different (which, I don't know how it could be that the OZ-spec EA82t would be limited to a substantially lower fuel pressure...and the EJ22 not...).

truth is....probably not much. because of the open center diff, when it really matters, all the power goes to the front anyway (accel out of a corner). but if you lock the center in the snow or dirt....oh man is it fun

I guess I just have fat feet....it works really well for me

many things are close, and can be made to work with a little work. and most of them are an upgrade. The XT6 seats are a bit of a pain to make work....but IMHO....100% worth the effort!! I love those seats.

OK, here goes. I've been brainstorming for a thread like this for a few days.... guess what....it does. we're all tied together, if one state bans ORV use on public land, the dominoes will take out many others. Washington and Oregon may not be next....but they will be effected. You can bet on that. The State of Minnesota is the third largest land owner in the US. Behind the Federal Government, and the State of Alaska. A year ago, we were allowed into two (2) state-owned facilities. now, we're down to one. Lucky for me, I only live an hour drive away from it, but, who knows for how long. Last spring, the State Legislature was offered a bill that would ban OHV use (ATVs, OHMs and ORVs) on all public land. It almost passed, and it's pretty likely that that same bill will be revised, and re-offered to the state congress.....and the vote could very easily go the other way. Now, I don't have to tell you guys that this isn't the solution, obviously people will just do it illegally. Opening MORE land to control use is the answer, but the people with influence don't know this. The fight for ORV land is a PR campaign. And, for the most part, the ORV community has done nothing to counter the vast anti-ORV community. But, the first step that we can take in our fight to keep the land we have, and have a prayer at getting more, is to be careful about what you post. We all know it's the exact opposite reaction, but if the anti-ORV people get a hold of evidence of illegal and destructive use, it'll give them more leverage against allowing more legal use. So just think twice before posting pictures. Go have fun, take pics for yourself, but think twice before making them public. And always keep in mind that the Anti-ORV crowd LOVES to take things out of context. So even if it was on legal land, if it looks destructive, or dangerous, it can be used against us. Part of this PR campaign is the stereotype that the ORV community is a bunch of stupid, inbred rednecks. And that the only way we have fun is if we're smashing into things, throwing cattails 30 feet into the air, etc. So anything that even remotely agrees with those stereotypes is a perfect candidate to be kept to yourself. Unfortunately, this is most of the wheeling that you guys have in the NW. And I realize you want to post up pictures, so that's ok, but just think twice first. Here's an article that was published in the Wall Street Journal. More proof that we're all tied together by the anti-ORV PR. That's a Nationally distributed Newspaper based in New York, with an article about MN's ONLY public ORV land. What they don't tell you, is the Iron Range Off-Highway Recreation Area (IROHVA) in Gilbert was built on an abandoned iron ore mine that closed down operations in 1985, and was opened as an OHV area in 2002 (but, somehow, it's the OHV park's fault that the population of the town has gone down in the last 20 years ). And in 1999 when the MN4WDA and other groups went in to prepare the old strip mine to become an ORV park, they removed at least 5 burned and mangled hulks of cars, some 10,000 tires, garbage by the ton, and hundreds of appliances. All on volunteer time. And yet we're the ones destroying the environment?! Go ahead, search the internet. any databases you might have, anything, for articles about ORV use. I guarantee you will find almost 100% ANTI-ORV articles. The only decent pro-ORV article was an editorial published in the Duluth News Tribune last June. Let me try to find it. It was very well written, and the response to it is almost comical. So join your states 4WD Association or similar, get involved, go to rallies, do EVERYTHING you can! for example, the same guy that wrote the editorial I mentioned (also a good friend of mine) took the necessary steps to start an open house at the IROHVRA, the second Saturday of May the registration sticker is not required to get in, just pass the tech inspection and you're gold. I intend to be there again this year, guiding trail rides, showing people that there's something there for everyone, and that this can be a positive experience. The guys at MNOHV.org started a small rally on the steps of the State Capital building last fall as the first step towards some positive PR work in MN. We had 3 speakers from the State congress, as well as a worker from the ORV area. It made an appearance in the local TV news 3 times in the few days to follow. You can view clips of those news reports on their website below. Some good sites to check out positive MN Offroading: http://www.mnohv.org http://www.mn4wda.com http://www.crawl4cure.org http://www.nsw4x4.com local offroad group, I'm a member of. Check out the 'About Us' and Rules links. I think that's all for now....

yes, but nonetheless proves that a perfect power added onto a stock OBDI ECU can put in enough fuel for 22psi. good catch dave! yep, your '95 will be an OBDII which opens up a whole new can of worms wiring wise. a pre-1994 legacy is a much better donor. Syonyk, I don't know almost anything about the standalone possibilities, but you'll find more info than you'll know what to do with here: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=80 http://www.rs25.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=72 and for N/A specific stuff: http://www.rs25.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=5 IMHO 180-190 hp (even at the crank) is alot to ask from a N/A setup.