Dr. RX

Has anyone else seen the new commercial for the Subaru B9 Tribeca? Background music is 'Dust in the Wind' and as the commercial progresses, every SUV the B9 passes either turns to dust, gets crushed, or turns into a flower planter.

I now have full power in the garage. I need to clear out part of the old garage so that I can get at the air compressor and move it into the new one. There is quite a mess between the front of the old garage and the back of the garage where the compressor is. I think I'll paint the floor before I put up the sheetrock, that way I can have the garage warming party earlier.

Well, I finally got power to the garage yesterday, well at least partial power. If any of you know about wiring a house, you'll know that the line coming into the house has 4 wires, a ground, a neutral and two hot (one black and one red). Well somewhere between the main breaker in the old garage and the panel in the new garage the black hot line is broken. Since it is spliced in two places (to go to waterproof cable for underground conduit) it should be fairly easy to determine where it is. But for right now, I only have 110 in the garage. When I get back on DSL I'll download a new picture of the garage, it is now complete from the outside.

I really don't know the difference, but since the final ratio is the same, I'd check the TCU (transmission control unit) to see if they were the same part number. If so, then it is a simple swap, if not, then you'll need to swap out the TCU also. This confusion with electronically controled auto trannys is one of the reasons that I stick with manual trannys, but because my wife won't learn how to drive a manual, I have at least one auto in the stable.

You need to make sure that you all come to the registration tent together to get the discount. Look for one of those pop-up type shelters with a white Subaru flag on one side and a blue Subaru flag on the other and a registration sign in front.

Jamie is a good source for this information, listen to her. But I want to know, are you rallying to win or just to have fun? I know some people who rally-x a basically stock Impreza that are consistantly at the top in run times. Before you get going too crazy on setting up you suspension, learn how to drive (race) with what you have, it will only help you once you get a good suspension under the car, and you'll have fun doing it.

I thought that you were going to fly out and ride the bike back.

The water passages are different, a DOHC head that works is an early JDM EJ20G Legacy engine. The problem with them is the hydraulic valve lash mechanism, the heads that they used on the EJ20G WRX engines are better, but I believe there is a water passage problem wuth them too.

My wife was asking me what time we were going to leave tomorrow. She was one week ahead on the calendar.

Fugly, I'm on dial-up now. Ed may be right, I got an e-mail from Isomedia telling me that Verizon is having problems disconnecting my DSL, but my DSL should work until the 12th. Do you think I'd be on dial-up if my DSL worked?? DUH!!!! So the long road journey begins.

I'll be there.

You might try asking this question on the "Backyard Boy's" board, that one is an Australian originated board.

Ed, your's was Verizon working for Verizon, this is Verizon working for Isomedia. Yep, they can't put in an order until the old one has been disconnected. Isomedia and Verizon have been working together on this one, so I hope it goes smoothly.

I just got an e-mail telling me that sometime tomorrow they will be disconnecting my DSL on the 7th, then my ISP will put in a request for a new DSL with the newer configuration modem. They tell me that it might be up to 10 business days before I have DSL up again. I'm suppose to have a temporary dial-up access, so we'll see if I'm able to getting that connected after the disconnection of the old DSL. Either way I can access the net from work. This may be interesting with the show about a week away.

Too bad you couldn't tow it to the show, we could do a class on replacing an oil pump.

One week left to get the money to me, pre-registration end on the 8th, and you have until the 11th to get your money to me. If you miss either date, you will pay full price at the gate.

Well you could check out the web site http://www.westcoastsubarushow.com/ or I could tell you that it is $11.00 pre-paid, or $15.00 at the gate.

Jerry and Caboobaroo, all 3 door glass is the same, just 86 to 93 (I think that was the last year, maybe 92). There is no difference in the glass between a 3 door RX and a GL 3 door, or any other Subaru EA82 3 door. I also have a counter weighted rear hatch with glass if anyone needs one. You need the counter weighted type for the RX with the rear spoiler.

Nice going Ed on your first class win, good thing the guy the the Toyota hit those cones. There is something to driving a clean run. Was suprized to see that you were the only Subaru in the class, looks like the other BRAT drivers have moved to different cars and different classes.

Well, in my car there is no place to hook up the OBD II, so they wouldn't see anything, but if it did have it, like it should, the computer would read the ECU and see that it is for a different engine that what is suppose to be in the car. I have heard that some places will end the test right there and fail you, even if the engine passes emissions.

Yep, all stock JDM stuff. Yea, it was too bad I had to leave early, I would have like to have seen all those 2 doors.

Well I took my 96 Impreza Brighton converted to a WRX STi Type R in for it's emissions testing today. I thought that they would use the OBD II for testing since it is a 96 and they had it hanging there, but nope, didn't even move towards it. But they had me worried, because as I was sitting there waiting to move forward, one of the guys was straightening out and coiling up the OBD II cable. Here is the results, HC at cruise, limit 220 PPM, my emissions 45 PPM, at idle, limit 220 PPM, my emissions 64 PPM, for CO, at cruise, limit 1.2 %, my emissions 0 %, at idle, limit 1.2 %, my emissions .19 %. It passed with plenty of room to spare.

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Why not, I think that Subaru still makes the EA81 for some foreign markets. It was available up till 89 in the USA. I guess mid EA81 would be a better term.

For the average person, the answer is "No!" The rear suspension on an Impreza is quite a bit different that that of any EA82. Now if you are a master fabricator, you could possibly come up with a way to do it, but at what cost, and would the results be worth the price. I did come up with a way to use early Toyota Supra rear brakes, and Tex actually installed them on a car and had them working. He used a different approach to the e-bake cables that I would have, but by doing it his way, it was easy to convert back to original if needed. Back in the day of the EA82s, only a few people were using them as performance cars, there just wasn't a market for performance parts for them, that is way you won't find anything.