Ratty2Austin

OMG!! I can see paint!!!! every time I saw that thing before this, it was just mud... looks good!!! keep it up!

I have a 94 imp wagon, with the 5spd awd, wich makes it a 4.11 due to year (and used to have an EJ18, now is EJ18/22 hybrid= EJ18 intake+exhaust, EJ22 longblock) the stock 5spd AWD, is not low enough geared to do anything good offroad by comparison to the 4EAT or the EA 5spd D/R... especially with my 27" BFG AT tires I would like to see some fabbing (at least more than whats available now) of lift kits (similar to the PK easy to install and just as high quality) and the adaptor kit (plate EA-EJ and flywheel and crossmember to match.) other than that the bumpers, skid plates, roofracks, light racks are pretty simple fabbing that anyone should be able to do with some stuff from the scrap yard or local hardware store/home improvement center here is my imp.. few shots, some of them out of date, but you get the idea lighting kinda sucks, but you can see the metal bumper and pvc tube rack up top need lift! need DR!

I wouldnt run a weber.. but thats just me and my experience with a few of them.. (didnt like any of the ones had.. I went back to hitachi stock carb, and then to MPFI aka EJ22 ) where in Seattle are you? you should come check out the subaru repairs/mods going on in Brier on saturday/sunday (prep for WCSS8 for my impreza and a buddy's brat) lemmy know if youve got time and want to hang out

now that I am mostly moved into the new apartment @ northgate, I could spit from my bedroom window and almost make it to the toys r us parking lot so I will already be there

I dont know how my morning schedual looks, but I might meet up with you in the morning, so put a maybe for me (but dont worry, you WILL see me at the show, along with Freddie too!)

most of the modern cruisers from honda, ect are shaft drive.. the bmw boxer is shaft (and a 2 cyl boxer ) but your only looking to get about 100 to 150 HP from a motorcycle engine i would find a wreked hayabusa, and try to get that chain driven thing to bolt up somehow.. it could be done.. just build a sproket adaptor somewhere in the car.. or build a front diff that is chain driven... I still thing a justy might be too heavy for even a fast bike engine?

I still think we should get a "media" or "photos n videos" sub forum here.. but I guess I cant do it, being I am not a moderator n stuff... but.. I can post my pictures from a gallery, and I guess meet n greet will have to do for now, as it has the whole time!.... so for those of you who are interested, I have uploaded many of my pictures online, lots to the USMB gallery.. but I recently started using smugmug.com (not free, but its a very nice img hoster!) and I just uploaded some top picks from WCSS6 and WCSS7, along with some evans creek stuff and some other pics (like, people pictures, and my motorcycle trip cross country, with lots of scenery pictures too!) I am not going to overload the bandwidth on the board, but I will pass along this link, and I might post a picture or 2 here sometime soon if i can think of any good ones but heres my gallery for those who want to check it out! (its pretty simple, i have the albums labeled...) enjoy!

yep... so before anyone else makes this mistake, please review your VIN number, and then you will know the correct engine/body designation of your car, and thus not upsetting Dr RX mine is a GF2 (1st gen wagon, EJ18) anywho, that will be one cool swap! do you think you are getting it done before the show??

posted the pictures here... http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=61179

oh yeah, the part on 311 that was the hardest part for us subarus, is even harder now.. due to erosion from trucks and weather, ect.... it was hard going down!

well, not the best of days for me.. got some work to do on the impreza to make it better on the trails- but heres the pics from todays little trip... next time i go out, I want to hit up Reiters, whos up for that?

so whats the plan? anyone going at a particular time? I never did any repairs to my car.. but its still driveable, and I have the motorcycle all fixed up in case of a car-tastrophy (so i can get to work, blah blah) I might be down to show up for part of one of the days.. maybe run the imp up 311 or something

ohhh! i bet a dumpster might hold up a little better.. but I think even a H6 wagon would have issues with *that* much weight

heres when I met up with A-Dog, in Bozeman, MT.... note how loaded down the impreza is.. (driving from Minneapolis to Seattle!)

i might be in as long as job/house related things dont take up my time... and Noah, come show me your bike! we should go riding sometime oh and yeah.. I need to get a DOJ boot fixed before I do any off pavement driving... dont want to ruin my axle

the only thing i need to do is hook up the trailer, its all loaded!

when i was recycling parts off old subarus, i would try to save anything that was still useable, like straight body panels, or suspension parts that would be bent or damaged while offroading (A arms, moustache bars) things that are still rebuildable or could be used as cores (brake calipers,axles, ect) but thats a good that more people are recycling though

monday night (well, 1am tuesday morning) I fly back to MN, to get the impreza and all my other belongings too in the trailer! so sometime thru that week, I will be passing thru ND or SD? along I-90/I94 all the way thru MT, ID and E-WA to home.... so if anyone wants me to meet up with them, let me know before I head out on my big journey! (again!) see you folks on the road

seems like everyone is doing their harness a different method than what I used.. so its going to be hard for me to assist online, but I may be able to come take a look one of these days here when I get some time.. I used only the EA starter wire, and changed nothing in the EA harness (just disconnected it, and removed the coil I also hardwired the fuel pump to ign. so that it was just on when the car was switched on.. wired the main harness power to the hot lead that went to the coil (ign "on" ) and that made it so when i turned on the key, the EJ harness was powered and "on" and then turned the key, and the EA start wire still turned the starter then it worked!

I'm home now!!!!!! feels good to be back in the clouds n mountains! see you all soon.. i need to rest and service the bike now (overdue for some oil n chain adjustments...) total trip milage added up today= 4390 miles from Minnesota to Washington, start time june 10 630am, to june 21 130pm!!!! pictures on the way.. as soon as i can get a high bandwidth host!!

I see me!!! oh.. so tonight I am in a hotel with wi-fi, in Flagstaff, AZ... didnt make much time today, we did a bunch of sight seeing today, including a Subaru 360 pickup for sale just outside of Phoenix, off of I-17!!!! (I took pics, will post them later) tomorrow I will be heading up to the Grand Canyon, and then over to Vegas, then Death Valley so far between Grand Junction, CO and here, there have been soo many offroad looking areas I think I will need to come back to Moab, UT!!!! who wants to do a offroad adventure??? anywho- see ya soon!

ok, this will probably be my last post on the board for this month (unless something happens and I find a wifi spot along the way) I am leaving MN on saturday (the 10th june) on the motorcycle, on my 3500+ mile trip down towards Phoenix and then up the coast to Seattle where I drop off the bike and meet up with Carl, then we both hitch a ride on a greyhound bus back to MN.. to get the imp with the trailer, and roadtrip it back home via I-90! check out my myspace blog to get the trip itenerary (not completly accurate, but pretty close) blog.myspace.com/ratty2austin/ see you guys back in the northwet!!! est. arrival back home fully= july 8th

OMG!! did they re-open it????? SWEEETT!!!! I have video of my first subaru and I bombing around in there back before I knew about the board, and before they closed it down the first time.. back in '99!

yep... you should see the same combo roll thru.. the imp with a trailer fill of crap.. but this time I may have a friend along for the ride, and I have a few more mods done to the car and the trailer (a lid, so we dont need the tarp this time lol) once I am established again in WA... i should be able to make some actual motnana trips for visits n such later in the year, next year... ect..

Carl and I will have to meet up with ya this june if your around (probably the 28th/29th) when we are heading thru montana.... looks pretty nice! lots different then when I saw it when I was there last time...