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That's intresting, a Forester towing a EA81 chassis converted to a trailer. Gotta keep it in the family, right?

I took Wedge out on a drive this afternoon. Took a couple of pics at one of my stops:

Nice!

Mine's a little off too. Is is possible the chassis mount is off center by just a wee bit?

That's hilarious!

Mine sits a bit lower than yours: I actually have hit it a few times. At first, I thought I just clunked the hitch really good. Wasn't till later when I was under there for drive line work, that I noticed the dent in the muffler.

Exhaust looks nice! The PandaWagon's muffler sits at a downward angle. It's look has always bugged me, but it worked and since I wasn't sure what muffler to install, I left it. Now that the muffler is shot, it's time to find a good replacement.

As I'm scrolling through the pics, I think, "Wow, what a clean Justy!" Till I get to the last one: Wait, what? Only in a Subaru!

kanurys, Do you have any pics of your install? The PandaWagon's muffler let go and is now internally rattling something fierce. Guess 7 years of dirt road bounding, rally-x's, barreling down lonely highways, and long drives through desert heat was just too much for it.

Replaced the rear gate struts on my parent's Outback.

It's one of the nissan cars that can be used, I just don't know which one it is.

Beautiful wagon, Idasho! Be careful, I didn't like stickers on my car either, then, I added just one, and before I knew it, three more showed up!

I picked it up at one of the local auto parts stores. It's 18" long, 2.25" inlet and outlet. It may be 2.75" to 3" in diameter, not sure. I can crawl under the car and get a more accurate measurement, if you'd like. Glass packs, by themselves, are very loud and raspy. However, when used in addition with another muffler, they will help mellow out the exhaust note. The longer the glass pack, the quieter it is. Resonators do the same thing, but use acoustic cancelling by reflecting the sound waves into one another causing the sound waves to cancel each other out. But due to their nature, they cost more and are harder to find and they don't flow as well as a glass pack.

Last time I looked into doing that swap, I needed the dash and all the wiring behind it since the connectors are different. The sensors I think are the same, but I'm not completely sure. The one big downfall of the digi-dashes is they are prone to burning out because there is no over-voltage protection in them. Meaning, if the alternator goes bad and spikes, it takes out the dash too. That's the reason I never did it in my car. With the EJ swap, it takes a little more work to get the tach in the digi-dash to function. Somebody on the XT board did get it to work, he used a converter box to transform the 5V digital signal the EJ computer sends out to the 12V signal the digi-dash is looking for. It would be cool, but they are not known for they're reliability. Exhaust, I have 2.25" from the Cat back with a Thrush glass pack and a Magnaflow straight-thru. Sounds good, but not too loud. I started with just the Magnaflow, but the drone at freeway speeds with the windows closed was awful. From what I have read, 2.25" is the best for N/A EJ25 and EJ22s. 2.5" will increase your upper end power at the cost of low/mid RPM grunt. If it's a race car, 2.5"; daily street car, no bigger than 2.25". Pitching stopper, I used a 1st Gen Legacy stopper and mount.

Welcome to the board and nice Brat!

A few from WCSS: Caboobaroo's XT6: Twitch's Brat: Frogger-ru's Wagon: Suberdave's Wagon and SuperCoupe:

The HVAC control box has a rubber stop at the back of it - kinda looks like a large vacuum cap. If the rubber stop is missing, there will be too much play and the controls will not work. Also, the screws behind the off and defrost buttons need to be in all the way, otherwise the buttons cannot push in all the way and will mess with the other two. The dash panel should fit with little trouble, is the gauge cluster all the way back? Could there be a wiring harness in the way? It's a tight fit back there. Also, did you plumb the vacuum canister under the hood near the strut tower?

You're welcome, it's a beautiful Wedge!

Didn't see those first time looking at the pics, they look like they belong there!

The trip home was mostly uneventful, outside of almost running out of fuel. Sunday, after the show, we hung out with Twitch and GirlWithALegacy and had lunch at the Fort Townsend State Park. We stood around talking and taking pics of the cars, had a good time. Twitch's brat is cool especially with his custom dual exhaust. Sounded mean! We got on the road at about 3PM. We followed WA-20 back to US 101 and broke off at WA 104. Kinda followed the ocean along to Tacoma where we picked up I-5 and then broke off at WA 18 where we picked up I-90 and headed east. We then took I-82 south to Oregon. We made Hermiston, OR that night. Monday, we headed out down 395 and picked up I-84 and headed east. We climbed the long grade outside of Pendleton, OR. I remember climbing that in my old wagon at about 40 in 3rd gear. The PandaWagon climbed it at 65 in 5th gear with the cruise on! My sister said she was holding about 60 in 4th - which isn't bad at all for a Weberized ea82 with stock exhaust. We made a small detour through Weiser, ID and drove by our old house - place has a few more trees, a good size shop , and the tumble weeds were taking over the front. We continued on US 95 through Payette and Fruitland - both of which have grown by leaps and bounds since we were there almost 10 years ago. Hopped back on the insterstate and zipped on though Boise, Mountain Home, and stopped in Twin Falls for the night. Tuesday, was a long day. We left Twin Falls at about 10:00 in the morning after picking up some supplies and headed south. We had light rain till we got out of Twin Falls. We took US 93 down where we stopped in Wells, NV for lunch. We were about a block from a Les Schwab Tire Center where we had stopped during our move back to Arizona to repair a wheel bearing on the travel trailer. We fueled up and hit the road. My brother missed the light in Ely and due to his limited CB range and no cell signal, he missed my comment that we were turning onto US 6 - I had to track him down again to point him in the right direction. We took US 6 for a scenic route - very nice, although with all the turns and hills, I don't think I would want to tow a trailer through there. We then took NV 318 south and picked up US 93 again. We had stopped in a little burg there for a pit stop. We had about 2/3rds a tank and decided we could make I 15, so we didn't pick up fuel. That was a mistake. As we are cruising down US 93 enjoying the scenery, there are storms brewing along the mountains. Just as we pass the NV 168 junction, we noticed water running along the sides of the highway and debris on the shoulder. About 2 miles down the road, traffic comes to a stop. The road was washed out and they were turning traffic around and sending them down 168. Great, I have about 1/8th of a tank and my sister has about the same. We turn around and take NV 168. There's a burg about 25 miles from there, so I thought we would be OK. Little did we know, there's no fuel there. So, we go ahead and get on the freeway and pray there is a gas station close by. We go by a sign: Las Vegas 47 miles - Great, now my sister's low fuel light is going on and off and there's no gas station in sight! I start praying "LORD, where's the fuel? There's got to be one out here somewhere! Where is it?" Thankfully, about 15 miles down the road, there's an exit and a Sinclair gas station. "Praise the LORD! We're saved!" We pick up fuel and continue on down the interstate. As we approached Vegas, there was quite the lighting storm ahead of us - it was storming in Vegas! No 70 mph this time through Vegas. It was pouring pretty good through most of the city. We stayed on US 93 and made it to Kingman at about 11 that night. Long day. Wednesday morning I have a CEL light again, but the throttle felt normal. We hit the road anyway around 9:30ish and zipped on down I-40 through the pouring rain to the US 93 turn off and headed south again. Tell you what, I-40's roads are awful when dry and downright scary when wet. Can't imagine what they are like in the snow and ice. The CEL turned off again when I fired up the car after we stopped in Wickenburg for lunch and fuel. Then headed down US 60 to AZ 72 and picked up I-17 just outside of Phoenix. We hit Phoenix around 1:00, so traffic was not bad, busy, but not bad. Took I-10 all the way to AZ 90 and home. We arrived around 5:30PM safe and sound, and took the PandaWagon this morning to work! Road grime and all! Odometer when we left home: 235491.2 Odometer when we returned: 239053.7 Total corrected for non-stock tires: 3665.8 miles Woo Hoo! Let's do it again! :burnout:

Nice clean place for the ECU! That should keep it out of trouble. I've seen a START button or two at a few of the auto parts stores here.

Great show! We had a blast! Travel to the show was not bad at all. Phoenix was the hottest at 115*, but once we got out of Vegas, we had showers on and off all the way through Oregon. Really helped keep the temps down. The cold and wet at the show took a little to get used to, but not bad. On the way home, we had showers on and off. Temps were mild and the cars were quite happy. Twitch and GirlWithALegacy, it was great hanging out with ya after the show! Round trip: 3665.8 miles and ready to do it again!

Yep, he deserted Subaru for now. What's worse? He got better mileage than my sister and I. We've made it home safe and sound. Rolled in about an hour ago. Cars made it without too many quirks. Seems the PandaWagon hates Kingman, AZ. When I fired it up this morning, the CEL was on again and it stayed on till Wickenburg and it turned off again when I fired it up after our stop. Still the same 15 codes, will do more diagnosing later. The show was awesome, the drive was awesome, just plain awesome road trip! Now, time to start uploading pics....... after unpacking the car, of course.

:clap::clap: Thanks WCSS crew for another awesome show! We had a blast! Well worth the 1795 mile cruise!

Glad you found the problem. Yeah, the EJ makes the EA series cars a new car. I had a 70's Ford truck think my old Subaru would be an easy win. Little did he know I have an EJ25 under the hood. Left him in the dust thrice! Then he finally figured out he can't outrun that old Subaru.