NoahDL88

Are you talking to me? I know Brian is one ugly mug, but that fabrication is just too pretty.

Its a common failure. if they don't warranty, which i believe is a 10 year, not a lifetime warranty. Easiest fix is to get replacements from the junkyard. Won't hurt to call Subaru though, they might have them, even if they don't replace them free.

Glad to see the air intake hose worked out for ya.

nice looking car, at least you still have AWD

I want to have your Subaru babies Looks pretty sick, we gonna see it at the WCSS?

Unless someone else has the crystal ball, we don't know what you paid for it

Everybody bug Austin to get pics up, I was there for the maiden voyage

use the box end wrench on stuff like bleeders, in the future. since the bleeder is hollow you may be able to use an easy out without having to drill.

Threadus Resurectus how far we've come in the last 6 years.

stock bolts for the starter are 14 and 17, your 15 could be aftermarket. Buy once cry once. You don't "need" snap-on, but they are really nice, and any of the tool truck tools are about the same, Mac, Matco and snap-on. I've got far too much invested into tools, I used to be a mechanic, so if a tool broke I wasn't making money. Most of the guys at my shop used Matco, but that boiled down to what guy showed up most regularly. That said, Craftsman is about as cheap as I'd go, they lack a bit in the fit and finish, but they have a lifetime warranty, and when you're dealing with a 30 year old rusty Subaru, you're bound to break stuff every now and then.

In the end it doesn't matter how big the intake is, the cylinder head intake port is still small. flow is limited by the smallest diameter in the system.

The stock intake flows coolant under the air passage, so if you get rid of your stock intake you'll have a coolant passage to worry about. Not impossible to overcome, but an issue you'll have to resolve. My .02 cents, for innovation that's a cool idea, practically its probably not going to net you any power.

Take the time to inspect the brake shoes first, they are non adjusting so it could be that they are just out of adjustment. Spin the wheel by hand and try and feel for a bad bearing, it will be pretty obvious. I had a rear wheel bearing so bad that when I jacked the car up the entire hub moved.

Bringing spare parts and tools is a good idea, however, minimizing the weight of those parts is more important. You're more likely to need the spare parts and tools if you have 1000 pounds of crap in the back of your car. Also direct from "the 4 wheelers bible" As slow as possible, as fast as necessary. If you charge stuff, you will break stuff.

Better to have them bend then break, and they are a cheap fuse compared to the entire steering rack.

Probably not the valves :-\ My roomate has the same engine in his Legacy and his #4 blew a piston. Seems to be common.

Is it stiff, hard to turn, sloppy, Noisy? Oh, an alignment wouldn't hurt.

yeah, its a cone/doughnut style gasket I believe.

PB Blaster, Aero Kroil, heat, hacksaw Not necessarily in that order.

your car already has a cold air intake stock, yes Subaru is that good. Well my 87 ford country squire had one too but i digress. An exposed cone air filter in the stock location will pull in warm air from behind the radiator. The stock air intake is rated at around 300 horsepower, so unless you have a wicked big turbo and some head and lower end work, i'd leave it the same. Its an Outback, it wasn't meant to go fast, if you're looking for speed trade it on a WRX, in the long run it will be cheaper and more reliable.

if you didn't disconnect the sway bar its 11tymillion times harder. Make sure you've done that, if you haven't it should be a lot easier once you have

Is there cheap/free camping in the area? Looks like the state park, but that's definitely not free.

I'd look into what the Bug/VW crowd uses for their dual carb setup, that would be close to the right CFM that you need. Remember, going too big is just as bad as going too small.

Yes, ball joints or tie rod ends wear in a way that up and down motion becomes common. On Ford explorers it gets so bad you can literally get half an inch of play, much more than that and its going over

cheap, fast and reliable. Pick two there is no magic bullet that will make your car fast for free. You could gut the interior and shave about 3-400 pounds and that will get you the most bang for your free. Other than that, it will cost money, and the cheapest way to make your 97 impreza fast is to sell it and buy a WRX.