Scoobywagon Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Scored an 85 RX Turbo yesterday! 212 kilomiles, red, checkered black interior w/ some damage to the driver's seat. Paint is F A D E D, but I'm gonna get some rubbing compound and some wax and see what happens. Car runs strong but has a knock at idle when cold. Previous owner thought it was a rod knock, but I don't think so. Gonna change the oil and add some MMO...see whats up then. OH yeah...got it for $35. That's how much the last owner paid for his last registration fee. Pics soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A DOG Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 35 DOLLARS!!! Holy CRAP on a stick. score for you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Nice score! The "knock" could easily be just the HLAs. I have heard EA82s that sounded like they were going to come apart from "rod knock" that turned out to be just very noisy HLAs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karinvail Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Scored an 85 RX Turbo yesterday! 212 kilomiles, red, checkered black interior w/ some damage to the driver's seat. Paint is F A D E D, but I'm gonna get some rubbing compound and some wax and see what happens. Car runs strong but has a knock at idle when cold. Previous owner thought it was a rod knock, but I don't think so. Gonna change the oil and add some MMO...see whats up then. OH yeah...got it for $35. That's how much the last owner paid for his last registration fee. Pics soon DANG!!!! Why don't I find deals like that!?!!! I want a turbo RX! Sell it to me, I'd pay double or even triple what you paid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subyrally Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 sweet deal. i got my rx for free, granted, it didnt have an engine or wiring harness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet82 Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Sounds like a Score to me! I'd even be happy to get one w/o an engine and a wirining harness :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondasucks Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 or the timing belt, when it gets loose it makes the distributor gear clack against the gear on the camshaft, sounds like a rod knock, but a new timing belt fixes it all Oh, and 85 RXs, they only made 1500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobywagon Posted June 4, 2005 Author Share Posted June 4, 2005 Oh, and 85 RXs, they only made 1500 WOW!!! Didn't know that! How do I figure out which one this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 WOW!!! Didn't know that! How do I figure out which one this is? What's the VIN??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobywagon Posted June 4, 2005 Author Share Posted June 4, 2005 What's the VIN??? JF2AC56B5FE239185 So says the great great state of Washington. OK...found a vin decoder and found that this car was production number 239,185. Doesnt tell me when it falls in the run of RX production. Or does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 JF2AC56B5FE239185 So says the great great state of Washington. OK...found a vin decoder and found that this car was production number 239,185. Doesnt tell me when it falls in the run of RX production. Or does it? Nope, look at my database on RXs, you'll see the 85 RXs are all over the place with the production number. It wasn't until later that Subaru started giving each model it's own production range during a model year. Here is a link to the database, if you could send me your info as shown on the database, I'll add it to the database. http://www.corkysrocks.net/RX%20Database%203.xls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobywagon Posted June 6, 2005 Author Share Posted June 6, 2005 Pics are up. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showgallery.php?cat=697 Corky, you've got a pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karinvail Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Back from about '90-'95 I had an '85 turbo sedan that looked just like that only silver and didn't say RX on it (and had a black rubber wing thingy on the trunk). Are all sedan's considered RX's??? If not, what makes it an RX vs. just a sedan? Mine was a turbo 5-speed 4x4 D/R with all the extras (P/S, A/C, cruise, power doors/sunroof, air suspension that we swapped for ''normal'' suspension). Man, I miss that car - I might have old pics I could scan in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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