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Hi bill, I'm In awe of your work and just wanted to ask you a few questions if you don't mind. there are too few with your skills around anymore. you are doing the buckeye state proud keeping manufacturing alive, a true AMERICAN. 1. What was your education/career path to allow you to establish such a high level of skill in so many trades? you seem to be a tool and die machinist, fabricator, engineer, mechanic, and sculptor wrapped into one. 2. have you considered,(or do use) CAD/CAM technology for what you are doing with bellhousings? 3. how do you indicate a complicated rough casting such as a bellhousing for a first cut? 4. how did you calculate/measure for your allowed 1% shrinkage in your casting form, or how did you establish a register for those measurements if that question makes sense? radially from center of crank? 5. how can I learn to do what you do, or find a similar occupation? Currently I am a custom architectural metalwork fabricator but am bored with railings and stairs and interested in getting into more of a custom machining, prototyping sort of career. have no formal training except my desire to learn. thanks for your time, Jeremy

i use a breaker bar and a degree wheel for the last part. the more leverage gives you greater control and less wear and tear on your torque wrench.

somewhat unrelated(but not really) and i only have this because I am a backcountry skier, but if you get a fishing license its an extra $.25 to support search and rescue which waives the >$1,000 fee you may incur by requiring a rescue effort. some stuff that is more applicable to winter that is coming MAPP gas or propane torch for trying to get a fire started in the wet & cold(plus many other uses) butane crack torch might suffice but they always break small razor sharp hatchet a couple types of gloves-good quality waterproof ski gloves, plus mechanix or similar with some dexterity. you dont want to have to do stuff in wet and cold with bare hands. enough food for 3 days longer than you plan to be out even if its some ramen or powerbars or something a plan with folks back home where exactly you are going and when you plan to be back and when they should start to worry nice LED headlamp with extra batteries is critical IMHO

that is too bad, you were doing some ground breaking stuff. that engine is awesome but probably weighs more than even a gassed up KLR. doesnt mean you cant do something 2 wheeled with it, but it will be a WIDE HEAVY FAST street bike you wouldnt want on anything rougher than a gravel road. i wonder if a baker 6sp would hold up to the vw motor. or for your 4x4 you could always stick it in some sort of suzuki since there are adapters made.

really cool rail, how much travel? a wrx turbo would come on very low(off idle?) and fall off low too. way too small for your app. IMHO. that turbo is for a 2.0L and 227bhp at like 11psi. it would be blowing really hot air on the EG. two TD04's would be good. get a bigger single turbo like a holset HX35 and methanol/water injection kit then maybe 12-15 psi. chemical cooling=no need for intercooler. with 10-1 and boost that thing is going to rip. also for low boost an eaton M90 supercharger off a ford 3.8 supercoupe would be a good fit for the 3.3L and they are cheap to buy you just have to be able to do your own setup.

depends on your standards, if youre used to sports cars you might not like it but if you are used to lifted trucks with worn out steering you'd probably love it:lol:

couldnt you just move it up and back a bit with custom mounts and/or clearance the pan?

take it to a shop with a exhaust sniffer and have them sniff the coolant res while the car is running.

paid $800 for a black 98 impreza coupe 2.2 5sp awd with a few issues but pretty solid overall. it had been a teenager car from the mountains. it was on craigslist, somehow the seller called me first. a car like that is pretty sought after around here.

hey why not get some ej22t stock pistons, not like they go for a lot of money. or since youre running EM get some ej25 heads and run the 22e block. sorry if i missed it but what are you using for the AWIC pump and radiator? i think i saw some people use a air conditioning condenser. very big and stock fitment. cool build.

yep did a bit more reading and found that out. awesome freakin design subaru. going to pull one from a dudes parts car in the dark tonight.

my front U joint at the trans output has a large amount of play that is causing a bad vibration at highway speeds. any tips and tricks for replacing this U joint? I have never done one before nor really even heard of one wearing out on a subaru.

i was looking into this a while back, i was going to try and find some longer strut inserts then put some long coilover springs on them. couldnt find anything that was much longer than an outback insert. some later pathfinders have struts in front but i couldnt find inserts and dont know how much travel they had. maybe a regular shock could be used inside a strut like an insert. dunno if it would be strong enough in bending. it would be pretty simple to built a little adapter from the shock eye bushing to the strut top though. if you could get ahold of somebody at koni or bilstein or some company that makes strut inserts, they could probably tell you what was the longest one they make that would fit.