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personally, i think they have no idea of the actual value if the car. for $2k, i can get an impreza with no rust. granted it might only be a 1.8l impreza, it would still be about that much.

i was looking at building a rally style engine for my rx, when talking hte people at delta, i found out that 260 is their mild street grind and what i wanted, 272 was closer to the rally cam that i need.

ill see what i can do for you. hey, thats 4 days before my b-day.

yeah, tricos are ok if you really cant afford anything else, just never use roberk blades. absolute trash. i swear by bosch personally. i like the icons, but at $20 each, i have to wait till im working again. at least they last about 18 months for me, lol, worth the extra $$.

it should be the same style connectors as the front wipers, two screws holing on the wiper blade. i suggest that you go to your local parts place and spend a bit to get the bosch blades, i think that the 17" and 19" blades come with an adaptor that you bolt to the arm that lets you use the more common hook type blade attachents.... good luck.

welcome to the club, and hve fun with your brat, hopfully its in better shape than mine.

welcome to the club and that 22b is sex on wheels. i have always loved that car, pity i could never afford one, lol. if you are looking for a hatch, there is someone selling one in pennsylvania for like $300us. if you are ever in the washington dc area, be sure to let me know, im about 50 miles west and always down to meet new people.

ive byppassed the coolant lines around hte throttle body in both my cars that were fuel injected. driven my impreza like that in negative temps and lots of snow, noever had any issues with that. never had any issues with my rx either, but it rarely saw temps below 10*f, so im not sure how it would have dealt with sub zero temps, but im sure it would have been just fine. it never had any problems playing in the snow here though.

hmmm, needs more cowbell and some duct tape.

that would look so nice in my tool collection. pity that is well outta my range for now:(

i know my flux core welder was made by lincoln, but under their cheap line, century. granted, i think mine was a defect, it never worked right.

i want to see this.

yeah, once again, i fail at uploading pics, but i did get some ito the album. for some reaon though, only half of what i uploaded today actually showed up. stupid computer.

lol, oh yeah, haha. i tried to upload my pics to the usmb photo galleries, but failed on multiple occasions.

lol, thats soo true. granted, the purchase price of mine wasnt very much $350, but the repair costs are rising, good thing ive done the work myself thus far. once i get the car drivable, the cost is going to get higher since ill be able to transport it to various shops.

just be careful not to pull up the tar from the floors, you might not like what you find. i thought my brat only had a few rust holes in the areas behind the seats, then it turned out to be the entire section under the seat where the floor is attached to the floor support under the car. the "rust proofing" rubber undercoating actually traps the water between the floor and the support and thus it rusts like there is no tomarrow. notice that you can see day light behind the door sill chunk, there is not rocker left on that side. i guess there would be if i could get the little bits done, lol.

wow, way to beat the odds man, congrats:banana:

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if i had the means to make it down there with the brat, id take you up on that offer. hell, i wouldnt mind hanging out again. its been what, three or four years now since the last time?

rust repair isnt that hard when you have the right tools. unfortunatly, i have the materials and time, just crappy tools. my welder is still very dead:dead:

you can, but then i think that the braket for the wastegate wont line up right with the holes in the compressor housing. i think thatwas the td04 i tried that on. i think its only like 6 bolts holding it in place,give it a try, worst case, you have to rotate it back and tighten it down.

thats great man, congrats on getting it alive again. feels good, dont it:headbang: and you are very welcome for it man, this is the place to come for help and advice, im sure i speak for the rest of the guys here when i say that.

if you swapped the manifolds, check the intake gaskets, it almost sounds like that might be the source of both problems, i speak from expiriance on that one. it sounds like its either hte gaskets (most likely cause) or possibly a bad manifold. in my case, i think i had a crack in the manifold, but i first thought it was the engine, so swapped it for a known good long block, and had the exact same problem. changed the manifold and it cleared up. and from my dealings with the ea82t, you should be able to swap harnesses rather easily, just be careful of the purge solinoids on the left side as they break easily. but the harnesses are interchangable for the most part. rarely you might have to swap a sensor or two. good luck with that and hope all turns out well. i know how frustrating a poorly running car can be.

good luck and enjoy your turkey

when i mande the custom header for my rx, i got 1 7/8" id mandrel bent piping for hte cross over and then for the collector, since no one makes the right size for a 2 into 1, i actually got an exhaust tip from advance auto. i had to cut off the mounting end of it where its flaired out to slide over the muffler tip, then i cut off the two angle tips at the other end of it. the only prblem was that the two pipes they use for the tips come together like a clam shell inside of the tip, so it needs to be trimmed with a dremmel. but for $8 you get a 2, 1 7/8" into 1, 2" collector. then from there i used a 2" pipe upe to the turbo. my first attempt wasnt pretty and leaked (bad welder) but the second version came out nice since i had a shop build it for me. made a notaceable difference in lag as well as top end power. then again, i was running the td04 and 3" exhaust from the turbo back. man, i miss my rx.