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Hmmm... I've bought and sold lots of cars in MD but never had that specific issue. It doesn't make sense to me that you should have to have someone else's lien on your car, even temporarily. That means that if they never paid their loan then the bank could take the car (theoretically). I would call ...

BAC5.2 wrote:I just painted it black because I thought it would be a bit more stealth. I was right, you could hardly see it.

Yours was so stealth that even when I knew it was there, and I was standing 3 feet in front of your car in the daylight looking for it, it was hard to find!

I wouldn't think of it as something that makes your car more powerful. Instead, think of it as something the needs to be done to allow you to make your car more powerful. Another factor - If you autocross, rallycross, or drag, then top mounts tend to get heat-soaked when idling between runs and the ...

RS, definitely, even if you're planning to swap. The only reason I would get a lower-trim Impreza is if you wanted to do an ej22T swap into an old, pre-OBDII Impreza. But, if you're not gonna go that, then definitely RS over L. The RS has little upgraded things all around. Rear disc brakes, sportier...

I'm not venting to atmosphere or capping anything (I don't think). I've got the two tubes coming from the crankcase breathers into a T and then into the catch can (The T is visible in the lower right). From there, two tubes come out of the catch can to the intake tubing and to the PCV valve. I think...

Bam! that sucks. jiffy should buy a new one.

good idea to make this a poll so the results are easy to understand. this should become a sticky since it is frequently asked.

BAC5.2 wrote:Or to help me pay off the engagement ring I just bought...

Hey hey, congrats

OK I'm back in London so I was able to re-post all the pictures. Some are on page 1 and some are on page 3.

I obviously can't fix the broken links in vrg3's and BAC5.2's posts, but at least my whole writeup is in one piece again.

If you want upgraded aftermarket bushings, many bushings for the newer Imprezas fit.

are you sure about that? When I cut the straps that were keeping my agx compressed during shipping, the strut damper extended and punched apart the cardboard box. I know the purpose of struts is the damping action, not the spring action, but maybe the compressed gas does exert some spring force also?

I used stock springs. Gr2/AGX definitely performs well with stock springs. You don't NEED to replace the stock springs unless they are sagging or unless you want the performance improvement of running stiffer springs. KYB will tell you that you shouldn't use springs with a lot of drop... I forgot th...

Good car. I just saw it (again) in person yesterday.

Now my main concern is, will the strut be very stiff when its cold? Nope another concern is, how long do these struts typically last, meaning are they pretty much up to OEM standards? Yup. Pretty sure KYB makes the OEM Subaru shocks, so yeah they're up to OEM standards :) My KYB AGX lasted 4 years ...

I had those exact same codes. I'm pretty sure that was the problem I solved when I replaced the "ignition relay". The ignition relay is a swich that supplies power to all those things, so sometimes if the relay goes bonkers all those parts don't work right and throw error codes. Here is th...

thanks for everything, dlc

Yeah, Thawa took down his server, and that screwed almost all of the old pics on this BBS. That highway thing is some default for broken links.

I can probably re-host all the pictures, but it wouldn't be for a couple weeks because I'm back visiting the states right now and my computer is in London.

TheSubaruJunkie wrote:the best ive ever seen was 16mpg... my average is 13.5mpg.
-Brian

That's pretty bad. Mine did almost that well when I only had spark in 2 cylinders, so the other two cylinders were just dumping gas out the exhaust pipe.

I love it!

Just dont do like me and build up a Legacy SS... Being a rookie driver, I was not allowed to enter due to starting out in a turbo awd car, so now I'm going with a little dodge omni until I get my status up a bit.. A shame though, my Legacy was all ready for an engine rebuild, after I rebuilt everyt...

haha, +1 Ok serious now, I've done it a lot and all my cars have seemed fine afterwords. But, I don't spin minute after minute - I take breaks, coast around a bit, and let the viscous goo or solenoid coupling cool down (depending on which tranny you have). Best not to put ANY part of the car under u...

Heat sheild on the turbo is not really the issue. A lot of things cause heat soak besides the turbo. I mean, you shouldn't be melting anything... But, a TMIC is going to suck for drag, autoX, rallyX, etc... regardless of whether you have a heat shield no the turbo.

Your friend doesn't know what he's talking about. Detonation would happen if you were running higher boost, but that's not what you're doing. More exhaust would cause your turbo to spool up to the correct speed SOONER, but then it's going to stop there and go the correct speed and no faster. There's...

All my image links were broken because Thawa's server is down. I fixed em. Here's the thread: http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic.php?t=25084&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= Of course, no guarantee that what you see there is optimal. That's just the AFR's the stock com...

Yeah, you can search here and on nasioc. I've posted charts before.

Did you get a wide band AFR system? If you just got a standard AFR gauge, it's not going to tell you much. It'll tell you whether you're running stoich at idle, but as soon as you accelerate it will go off the chart.