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they are legal in a few states, there was a guy on here not too long ago that has one, pity cant remember who it was that posted it.

the plastic brush that comes with a dremel works well, just be careful and use a light touch, it will eventually take off the paint, lol. either that or a heat gun should do it.

thats what i am planning on doing with my next ea82t build, granted, i think i am going to go a bit more agressive with the cams. i was running a td04 on my rx with nissan injectors, msd ignition, spyder intake, fmic kit for an 04 sti, custom intake, custom headers, an a full 3"turbo back exhaust with a 4" bell mouth dp. im sure there were other upgrades, but i cant remember. i do remember that it was fun as hell and faster than my impreza up to 65ish.... the only issues i had were when i had a custom spyder manifold set up using hte xt6 throttle body, it would stall at low rpm but pulled hard at top end. the other issue i had was with cooling, but i tracked that to the intake manifold. think it was either leaking somewhere or blocked.

cause you know what you like?

looks like you had some fun.

would be great if all i had to do was detail my cars. hell the impreza is a bt banged up from winter screwups and the brat doesnt even have an interior or front fenders at the moment. but the metal work is coming along, its not perfect, not even close, but its not horrible either. gotta seal the seams and rattle bomb it tomarrow. then maybe i can put hte interior back together. its getting soo close, and im starting to feel the strain of trying to get a car ready with next to no budget and now even less time since i start working on monday. well, hopefully, ill be rolling up in a semi-flat black brat, lol.

hmm, interesting, im sure that it could be done, but im not sure if it would be worth the effort in the end, granted, it would be sweet to be able to say that you have done it. i dont see why one couldnt at least try it, but im sure that it owuld need some kind of tuning to run properly. you would also have to igure out how to trigger the coil pack. really, thats the only thing i can think of, but im sure there are a few other things that would need to be reworked.

where are you finding the preveiw episodes?

exactly. that what ive been saying all along. as far as making power with the ea82, i tihnk wjm had a fairly powerful engine in his rx for while. granted, i think it did go pop, but it was run hard and used in racing i think.. if i remember, his engine was over200 hp.

of all the times to be broke.eh, if i get the job im after, $10 wont be a prolem, lol.

i still like the older skylines. i think the r32 is one of my favorites

that was the bit i was reffering to, but ive been thinking about it, and if its only for the a/c, then it shoukldnt have been what was causing my issues, then again, i think it comes down to tuning, or the lack there of.

the xt6 tb has absolutely nothing to compinsate for the idle, not even an adjustment screw. if you have the standard ea82t throttle, when you look at the engine from the front, on the back right side of the tb, there is a six sided "thing" that is about 1.5"-2" tall and usually has a wire coming out of the top of it to a single wire plug. i have seen acouple that have a second wire that i beleive is grounded. if you unscrew the "thing" from the tb, there is a slug of metal with a rubber tip on the end all backed by a small spring. from the looks of it, it sits in a conical hole at the bottom of its hole and there looks to be a tiny hole above the hole at the bottom. i wish i could describe it better, but putting thought to paper, so to speak, has always been hard for me. either way, its like a small pintle valve that routes a small amount of air around the throttle plate. i think its called the idfc motor, or something at least close to that. some of the other ea82t guys might know a bit more about it, but i am still learning as i go.

i have a spyder manifold with the xt6 throttle body on it. it ran like a beast at high rpm, but it would often stall out at idle or run very bad at lower rpm's. the main difference being that it doesnt have the little valve thingy on the side of the throttle like the 4cylinder tb's. i think its the little motor thingy that controls the idle speed for peower steering and a/c, or something like that. i was in the works of making an adaptor to run the little thing on there. but i never finished it. basically, sinc the xt6 tb doesnt have a place for the valve/motor/thingy, i got some brass brake line adaptors and vaccuum connectors from the parts store and started on making something that might actually work if i ever finish it and get another ea82t running again. but if anyone around the central maryland area has an ea82t with the spyder manifold and wants to help out and use the xt6 tb for a bit, let me know, i would like to finish the project. granted, i might try to use it in the brat when the time comes.

that works, lol there is a chance that the brat might be drivable by time the show comes around, i know it wont be done up the way i want it yet, most likely still bone stock and rough around the edges, but hey, its come a long way since i got it last summer. on that, i need to sign up, or find the money to sign up, lol. either way, i am hoping to be there with the brat, but if it comes down to it, my impreza is more than up to coming out, not show car quality by a long shot, but its still not bad looking.

looking good.

i second that ill try to remember to get filters, lol.

you and me both

do i need to bring coffee filters?

i can has?

i just got back from killing an hour in the hills. had to take the gf to work at 1, it was alittle before 12 and ther is nothing else to do in my town, lol. about half of the drive, we call em "mountain runs", is on gravel, the rest is tight and twisty tarmac and ends with about 10 miles on the expressway goming back into the city.

that sounds like fun.

unemployment does give me all the free time ill ever need to get stuff done, but there is that slight down side of not having any money:( now if i can pull a few strings, there is a chance ill have the brat on the road in time for the show, it wont be pretty, thats for sure, but it will hopefully be a lot closer to what i have planned for it.ive all but finished the passenger side rocker and floor pan repair, i just have two small patches left and then i need to finish the rockers on the driverside, which should be doable today, granted, i had to come in for food and to get out of the direct sunlight. maybe ill be able to get the rest of the rockers done today before i have to pack up to go get my impreza from the shop.

i have an inverter, but ive never actually used it. ill bring it along anyways though. if i remember, lol. one of these days, i need to register one of my cars for the show, but as usual, i dont know what im driving out there and im broke, lol. but maybe ill get lucky and have a good interview tomarrow and fix that unemployment issue im having.

i got maxwell house coffee and a box of grits for you,