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No worse than my hatch. Saw Alans Detomato Charade roll at Slipway and it looks a lot more stable than this whip

Its pretty good stuff

BUT if the fan is running backwards when driving as its wired constant on - i see problems

I need one of those laminated reference cards with pictures of wagnats people and their names. I know ive met everyone but cant remember who anyone was....except the seediest of allans, kaykay and yowzer

At least i woke up without a liquefied spine and hypothermia

Just fixed my super annoying hesitation problem. Had been trying to track it down for 6 months. As you advance on the throttle - there were 2 spots where the motor would have a momentary loss of power. Turns out its the programming for the Auto trans. The ECU expects to receive a "Torque Cut" signal at certain points in the throttle travel to allow the torque converter clutch to unlock/lock or allow the gearbox to chop a cog. Have unplugged the neutral switch from my gearbox so now the ECU behaves as if im in neutral all the time. I have no doubt this will cause some other issue - but i'll consider whether thats better or worse when the time comes. The only thing triggered by an "in gear" status that i could find was the idle up and off throttle injector shut down. But both of those events are also triggered by vehicle speed.....so I might just get away with this. New gearbox going in tomorrow night along with new driveshaft, control arm bushes, gear linkage and shifter, pilot bearing, clutch master and slave cylinders. Will put up a pic of sweet mechanical carnage.

Wagnats: More awesome than a double dragon rage dutch rudder.

+1 to all of the above. Nice to meet so many good cunts in one place. Would trade again. Apologies for piss poor doughnut effort on leaving, i give up. Never going to be as cool as Simon

Unless you own a Subaru (in which case the thermostat is on the bottom hose before the waterpump). But seriously - no need to panic unless things are getting hot or your getting nasty airlocks. Will be mounting the hatches radiator on a gangster lean so i can fit a big one in.

Is there anything gravity cant do!?

Pullstart for extra man points

You know you should. I believe myself and Joker are making the excursion there on Saturday for some lols.

Thats how he ended up bald. True story

I know theres a Civic strut that fits nicely but i cant remember which one and how well it fits. Dont spose youd know? Trying to slam mine. As for lifting, the usual combo of huge lift blocks not spinning your crank?

Crappy ground from engine to battery?

Run it as is. I'd imagine the main difference between turbo cams and s/c cams would be chiefly in the overlap stage. Since your going to have less exhaust back-pressure with a s/c - might be losing a wee bit of power but shouldnt cause harm. Could just get a set of adjustable cam gears to try and compensate.

Theres a bit of a trick to it. You have to dab the brake to get the weight on the front, then with the clutch in you flick the handbrake. The viscous center diff takes a split second to figure out wtf is happening and during that time you drop the clutch with lots of power on (and this is why the twin turbo cars cant do it - no instant torque). Then the thing goes round in circles Once the center diff has gotten hot - it gets very hard to do. Especially with the seriously weak Subaru park brake.

Just going to make up a wee thread here to share my other triumph of engineering with you oldschoolers. Back in 2007 my Opel Calibra started giving me shit and tbh i was pretty sick of its antics so went out on the hunt for a new car. Was walking past pit stop and heard something cool firing up - so went in to take a look and it was a flat 6 powered Legacy! Turns out it had just got into the country and was getting sorted out for a dealer. So i found the dealership and took the car for a hoon. Had always wanted a flat 6 as i didnt want twin turbo dramas. So ended up with this; It was a bit mushy but so damned comfortable. With 80,000kms on the clock - nothing was broken so i set about changing that. After a year of driving it as auto - i converted it to manual - MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT. Then the factory struts started getting seriously mushy. I dont blame them as they had done 110,000km by this point and i quite often carry heavy gear in the car; So decided to lower it using some Tein springs. That didnt go too well so i shelled out and got some adjustable struts for it. I also threw a couple of strut braces on at the same time and modified my lower arms for a bit more caster. Now the ride was sorted i needed some bigger brakes up front to stop the epic fade on track. So fitted a set of 4pot calipers off an Impreza - this worked well. Then i fecked around with the exhaust LOTS. Have had a billion different rear sections and mufflers fitted and have finally settled on one i like. Interestingly, I had a super loud canon on the back at one point and it made less power on the dyno than my more civilized multi chamber muffler...it was also illegally loud (only gets to about 4,500rpm in that vid); Heres a small vid of Tui Brewery: And heres an in car vid of me sliding it around manfeild in the wet: She's done 180,000km now and is in need of a bit of a refresh. So my plan this winter is to pull the whole drivetrain out and engine out and do the following; Powdercoat intake manifold Clean up and degrease engine bay Replace all rubber bushes in the rear diff hanger and gearbox mounts Replace spark plugs and belts/idler bearings Fit new gearbox with custom 5th gear for cruising Fabricate a firewall brace for the brake/clutch cylinders Fix rear bumper from my last motorsport incident Wet'n'dry vac the interior and detail it decently Maybe fit a Link ECU if funds can be aquired. Your comments and suggestions welcome.

Ive seen a couple fail but those were on higher HP engines where the turbo probably shouldnt have been used anyways. I think in the short term you shouldnt have any problems. It tends to be the oil seals that let these units down rather than major design flaws.

Hell naw. Head gasket is in Joker's 250T which is going to be raped mercilessly within an inch of its life all the way to wagnats and back. I shall be accompanying him as team mechanic if i get my way

Fix head gasket, install BBQ and beer fridge, convert to RWD, tastefully decorate, Profit?

Better pull finger and get the Legacy tastefully modified

The original auto gearbox got swapped for a manual box that had done a billion k's but was perfect. Then i forgot to fill it with oil and its first 800km drive was done dry. The current manual box was purchased from some seedy fucker and has never worked well. Now after many motorkhanas - the front diff has decided to make a rather disturbing noise. Next gearbox im going to swap some ratios around.

Have stuck it in storage/parents back yard for a couple months. Since the gearbox in my wagon has decided to die and ive run out of clothes/food/soap - i have come to the conclusion i should start spending money on things other than car parts. Please stand by for a wee while. We will resume normal frivolous spending shortly