KZJonny

Hopefully these joiners can be a good permanent solution to the *tiny* barbs on the GS EBCS needing to plug into the largish ports on the turbo inlet. At very least, hoses have a hard time backing off of these barbs, they have some good bite to them.

She has a fresh clutch and machined flywheel, and is sitting about where the engine belongs. Still lots to do, but I think I should have it ready to fire up soon anyway. Couple evenings of working carefully should do it.

That particular wagon needed a new everything. I probably could have picked it up from the guy for just above what he'll get for scrap, but even then.... I can probably buy a runner that doesn't need a clutch + struts +bearings + complete engine reseal + timing belt kit, etc... for a less than the cost of all those parts and just fix things over time. Still, even getting in one and moving around a little, I can see diggin the small wagon. It definitely feel like it sits lower and sportier than the Yaris, for sure...

I see this lasting 3.4 days before you let that pickup roll off a cliff and go get a fast car again. You're disappointed that one of the harder to find colours (05 only?) isn't currently available with your preference in transmission and updates?!! I'll keep my eyes open in case there is a garage find in Canada for you!

Totally fair. Use case scenario. Highway limits around me are like 120km/h which mean the fast lane is often doing 130km/h. Too late/I'm too tired to translate that into freedom units, but my 5MT is doing like 3300 on the highway. I would like that to be closer to 2200 maybe? So, when I get a 6MT I would consider going even taller on 6th, but again, not the same application. I also miss the F out of living in the Portland area, what a great place. I'll stop now. It was only what *I* would do with a 6MT.

I don’t *know* this, but I assume the Spec B 6MT ratios were designed for the JDM 2.0L, and we just got the same ones, despite having a bigger engine with more torque to take advantage of. If JDM Spec Bs don’t have the same ratios, my bad.

Sure. I would also probably go with a Spec B trans for the same reasons. Don’t need a DCCD for my purposes. But for cruising at 120-130km/h, why not get the rpms a little lower even than what you normally get with that trans? Driving in my friends A4, that thing drop to something *really* stupid in 7th gear like 1700rpm. I mean, I can romp all over his car with my GT, but he kills it on fuel efficiency. We’ve got enough torque with the 2.5L to get highway rpms down further than stock Spec B 6th, so why not? You’ve got 5 other gears for ‘fun’… (well, $$$… Just sayin. It’s what I would do if I was in your shoes.

Taller 6th gear?

I won't know if mine is good or bad until I start the engine again, but my AC compressor is leaking some green goo, so there is a strong chance the internal seals are going. Is the compressor on the parts car known to be good? I would assume probably yes, given the climate down your way.... I am seriously debating just doing a delete and gaining back a couple HP, but it gets pretty humid/sticky around here and passengers would complain I am sure.

So it is just an NA Impreza. I don’t need the heartache of 2 x turbo EJs in my life. Hah! And it is sitting around 240k kms, so I fully expect it will need headgaskets now or soon anyway. But I’ve done that a couple times now so I’m not concerned. Unless the timing belt looks super-new, that is another thing I would want to do as well anyway. But beyond that, the EJ 253s are pretty good overall, and I know I can get another couple hundred kms out of that no problem. My favourite *looking* ones are the bugeyes, but I am pretty sure they came with an NA 2.0L, so the Hawkeyes are a little better for that. And if I decided I really want to keep it for a while a front end swap is easy enough, and there are lots of bugeyes out there for parts. The thing I found out that is encouraging, but also kind of unsurprising is that underneath the car, the Impreza and WRX are pretty much the same. (Brakes are different of course, but I don’t think think the larger brakes are critical for an NA powered car….) More that as you mentioned, there is an ocean of parts out there for them, and anything made for a WRX is bolt up. Sti hubs are different, so suspension and brakes from them does not apply. The used parts market is strong around here as well, since rust kills 20 year old cars that are not thoroughly rust proofed and there are always a few GD/GGs that had been modified being parted out. Going to go take a look today anyway.

That really didn't look right to me initially, but I looked at some install instructions, and it does seem to be the right way. I don't like how close the oil line is to the hot side of the turbo, but that could be adjusted easily enough. And it definitely looks like a lot of slack to me, yeah. I would be much happier personally, if those lines were a snugger fit and tucked in closer, but I guess that's just how they make that kit...

Probably a good idea to drop the downpipe and have a look at how much play there is in the turbo shaft/journal bearing. Lots of diagnosis to do to really figure out what the problem is, but as a general rule, when the turbo starts making whistling noises it never used to.... bad things usually follow. First signs of the turbo being on the way out is excessive shaft play and whistling/whining.

Jeez. She big.

Aaaaand fixed? Back to being a Donator, and no more ads on my mobile browser. Thanks to whoever took care of that.

Is for NORMAL GT. Is for Spec B/H6.

Figured. Thanks dude! I tried to enter the donation station, and it is a bad link, or closed or some such... Hopefully get an answer in a while. Appreciate your chiming in.

I read somewhere that in the Canadian market anyway, that only like 4% of all vehicle sales were wagons. Proper mid-size, not hatches. I forget the exact figure, but I think somewhere around 80% of those wagons sold were Outbacks. At least around me, I see a rare Allroad or Benz wagon, but I must drive past 4-5 Outbacks every day on the 18km drive back home. It's a bummer, but I suppose all the more reason to keep the one I have in good shape.

Tried sending Tide a PM. Who is the most active Admin, if anyone? I know not many post here much any longer. ..... maybe this is because I wrote about possibly selling my BP Outback and getting a GD wagon? ...

I will try that. Yeah. I logged out and back in. I think the second thing is more noteworthy... that I used to have the "I Donated" user status in blue, below my name. Now I am just a member, hah! I don't know if non-donating members always have ads or something like that? I do not have any on my computer useing Chrome tho, so I'll keep messing around with things and see what happens. EDIT: Tried on Chrome as well. No dice. Ads there too. Closed all windows in both browsers and turned the phone off then back on again. Strange. The ads make browsing on my phone nearly impossible, they're in the way of critical functions, and trying to close them inevitably opens them instead. (This is why I pay for subscriptions to most anything I use regularly...) Thanks all.

Following this: Just noticed my "I Donated" status is gone, but it is not for some others. Did we have some kind of reset of profile values? Or is this perhaps a glitch? Again, happy to do something to restore the functionality of my mobile use, etc...

I'll remember some of that for next time the engine comes out. Or if a new SB ever goes in, I think it will get a coat of clear POR 15 before install. Much easier to wash a sealed surface than raw aluminium as you note. I was on too much of a time crunch to send anything out for blasting. I even bought a soda blaster and used it for some of the parts, but not everything I had planned on doing got done. OTOH the engine should go back in this weekend, so that is a plus.

Circling back aroung to this, I realized that if the TGV plates are not in the same orientation at 'rest' something is very wrong. There is spring tension on the bar/plates that is acted against by the motor to close them..... Double check the install and calibration instructions to make sure the spring tension and plate alignment is good when installing.

I've been using LGT.com on my iphone (Safari) for a few years now, and just started getting ads all over the place yesterday. Makes navigating the site pretty hard and very annoying. Is this a browser thing on my device, or am I just due in for another donation to keep things ad-free. Happy to throw a little more money at this place, since it is still a crazy font of knowledge and regularly saves my bacon. But strange to me that one day I just got clobbered with ads.

Link to the thread? And my jealousy is painful. I just did a relatively in depth engine refresh and just not being able to get the aluminium clean like a new block in photos like that is killing me a little. (not enough to buy a short block tho.... lol!) Looks awesome dude. Enjoy every new nut and bolt that goes into that super clean looking bay.