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bump. I guess the paperwork etc. for the permit didn't go through, so we won't have any booths or anything, but I'll be there, and I'm really hoping Austin comes. anyone? free lodging at my place in Duluth Friday night, then we drive up there, and go wheeling all day

I got 2 buddies (fishbiker15 is one of them, so he's already in the list) who 'need' lifts ASAP. so whenever you guys get are ready, let's start this thing.

PC is looking better every day!

pics, as promised: it's certainly not the beefiest thing in the world, but it's been plenty for our needs. it'll hold all we dare to put on that little trailer. it pulle the remains of my '85 wagon to the scrapyard. and that turned out to be almost 800 pounds....

Don't quote me on this, but I have heard, from numerous sources, numberous times. that sea foam, despite saying that you can add it to your oil, is not good for extended use in the oil. it's chemicals eat away the seals some. it's a little late now, but for future reference.... I've had VERY good luck with Marvel Mystery Oil. Big red bottle at any auto parts store. add a few cups of that to your oil (don't overfill....), and let it run for awhile. how's your oil pressure?

you say an extra fuse box.....one out of another subaru? I was going to do this, but when I pulled the box out of my parts car, it was substantially too complex. way overkill. so I just got one from JCWhitney, it has one big terminal on one end for the + power. and little slots for regular automotive fuses, and a tab next to each slot that you would wire to your accessory. I have not yet had a chance to mount it. but I will probably mount it between the steering column and the radio, on the dash. there's a little grill thing right in front of where the door chime is, and I was going to cover that up. that way it's accessable, but relatively out of the way. everywhere else I could think of would be a pain in the butt to get to for repairs. I don't remember if I got the 8 position or the 10..... http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/tf-Browse/s-10101/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2005172/showCustom-0/p-2005172/N-111+10201+600001611/c-10101

I've never encountered anything that I could climb, where the ebrake wasn't enough just to hold the car in place.

I understand that. but I don't understand why it would work any better than working the clutch and throttle with your feet, and working the brakes with your hand. no modification required for that....

just use a brake handle from a bike. mount it to your shifter right below the knob. I'm not sure if you could make it work with the regular throttle cable, or a bike cable. but that part will require a little creativity. however, I fail to see the point on a subaru. They're already equiped with a hand brake. The reason other rigs started using those was the ebrake is a pedal. and it was easier to relocate the throttle than it is the brake. not to mention the fact that it would suck HARDCORE for any street driving.

that wouldn't solve anything. it's a matter of clutch vs. torque converter, not how many pedals vs. how many feet.....

There's a local offroad club called the North Shore Wheelers that I've wanted to get in on for almost a year. but they require that you come along for 2 trail rides with them. well, I didn't have the time, until now. But I just went on my second run with them, and they voted me in!! I'm so pumped! these guys are some of the nicest guys on the face of the planet. some really talented drivers, and alot of fun. and they all drive jeeps, almost exclusively XJs, except one guy who drives a samurai, while he works on a Nissan Hardbody. anyway, here's a pic from last weekend with them: hopefully there will be some more pics too. we were out there for almost 6 hours. and it was a BLAST! here's their website, if anyone's interested in checking it out: http://www.nsw4x4.com I'm not listed on the member page quite yet :-\

Yea, I'll get one for ya tomorrow sometime.

we have one bolted to the bumper of our loyale.....pulled a little utility trailer with mattresses (that's right...plural), lumber, tree branches, an engine block or 2, etc. it's quite strong, as long as you load the trailer right, I wouldn't put our mastercraft behind it, but the car couldn't move it anyway....so that won't be a problem. we pulled so much, that we burned up 3rd gear (3AT) before the hitch showed any signs of wear. otherwise, there were a few hitches that bolted to the tie-downs in the rear. I think it was a factory option, but I could be wrong. there was one in a local junkyard here a few months ago, if it hadn't been so rusty, I would've grabbed it.

for anything but rock crawling, I agree with phizinza.....but there are many times when I'm on the rocks, or just gnarly trails, I really wish I had lower gearing AND an auto. mostly cause with a manual, you really shouldn't be dragging the clutch all the time, so if it's fully engaged, and you hit a rock or bump unexpectantly, that brings the car to a stop, it kills your motor. PITA!! Also, for hill climbs, an auto and bad gearing would be nice, a manula and awesome gearing would be nice, an auto and awesome gearing would kick butt, and a manual with bad gearing....well....do the math. The reason we use the manual, is because subaru never made an auto with lo range. so if you want a subaru with lo range, you have to get a manual tranny. jeeps are the easy way out, they're definately quite capable, but they're not anything special. I wanted easy, relatively capable, and common, I'd be driving a Civic......

oh, we're staying on the trails (or at least....I am). I was hoping to find some pics that do the trails here justice....but I can't find any. But seriously, and I honestly mean no offense by this, if you didn't/don't need lo range, you're really not wheeling.

ea82s have a 4x140mm bolt circle, with 13" diameter, and IIRC 5 or 6" wide

someone mentioned that when SJR was talking about lowering the final drive I also don't think the auto would respond well to that. but then again, maybe it would. I've heard that the FWD boxes (EA82) have a lower first gear, I'm thinking about putting that in my D/R box..... the EA82s have a 22:1 crawl ration without any modification. I can't tell you the number of times that my car hasn't been able to get up something simply because it couldn't keep the wheels spinning. even with all the clutch dragging I dared use. haha, yea, I don't think I've EVER used 4WD hi......if I can put it in 4, I put it in lo!

and a tcase opens a whole new can of worms with the front diff mounting, and crossmember.

it'd be sweet if you could put a shorter radiator in there, and remove that lower support, so the bumper really is the first thing things would hit, then put a skidplate that attaches right to the bumper. looks hot man

6-lug wheels are technically 138.5 another couple mm wouldn't matter that much. we discussed that as soon as that prototype came out, and someone (mcbrat IIRC) used a little proportions with the known rim width to find that the bolt pattern was right. yea, if a set of those showed up in my driveway, they'd be on the loyale real quick (assuming that backspacing wasn't too insane to fit over the shocks and stuff)

haha, the origional october meet he was referring to was last year. morgan doesn't come here anymore, he doesn't even have a subaru anymore.

one word......HOT I think that about covers it

I told you it isn't, you yutz it's mounted on the underside of the body right in front of the passenger side rear wheel.

It's been discussed..... but having just tweaked the heck out of the rear crossmember block on a BYB lifted wagon, on a trail that my AA lifted wagon (with smaller tires) had no trouble.......I'd definate get AA or SJR.

bump. I've bery interested in this, I'm going to have trouble swinging it, financially, but I'd really like to.