monkeyposeur Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Dialed down the boost. Enjoyed being able to actually go WOT for more than two seconds. Were you getting fuel cut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurlyOldManMN Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmonster Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Check the oil, and tranny level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurlyOldManMN Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 oh? Known issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevorno Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Walked by the '94 SS sitting dead in the driveway in disgust... almost kicked it. Hopefully I'll get the head into the mechanic on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USLiberty Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Yesterday and today, sanded the crap outta my hood. Still have another day of work. Sanding nightmare http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u386/onefastlt/IMG_20130330_182750_zpsddf54ba1.jpghttp://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u386/onefastlt/IMG_20130330_182736_zps1de31b98.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemingway Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 US - you'll appreciate all the hard work done in the prep phase after it's painted. Take your time and it'll look phenomenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USLiberty Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 US - you'll appreciate all the hard work done in the prep phase after it's painted. Take your time and it'll look phenomenal. Thanks for the encouragement, everytime I wonder what the hell I'm doing I just get on here and realize I'm not alone. I started playing with my timing map a little today, not storing any changes in the EMS, but getting a feeler of what helps. Ive been researching and found that adding timing before the turbo spools can improve spool up, I'll find out tomorrow when I can get it on the highway. I know its got a pretty conservative base ignition and since I'm up at elevation I shouldnt have any issues advancing the timing a bit, even with the crap 91 octane we have here. If gas prices keep rising, I might just run a 20% e85 mixture. Its supposed to be completely safe besides what the mainstream has said, as long as you have the injector headroom. Check out this site, some interesting info on running e85 http://www.alcoholcanbeagas.com/store/conversion_kits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Walked by the '94 SS sitting dead in the driveway in disgust... almost kicked it. Hopefully I'll get the head into the mechanic on Monday. Don't give up. They are so much fun one you get them running again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevorno Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 So, the cam was seized in the bolt-on collar on the front of the head. I pulled it off, took it back to the machine shop, where it was re-honed and liberally lubed before installation. Got it back on and started the car. Drove it about 10 miles before it seized again. Not in the collar this time, but somewhere in the head itself. I can turn it very slowly, but something is jammed up. So back it goes. Wondering if I need a new cam altogether? It also ripped the cogged roller out of the water pump and chewed the timing belt. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 My wife has been nice enough to let me drive "her" SS the past couple of days. So much fun. Took it up a twisty canyon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USLiberty Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 started to tackle my hood, can really get an idea of the hail damage I'm dealing with. http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u386/onefastlt/IMG_20130412_145142_zps3b7c7cd8.jpghttp://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u386/onefastlt/IMG_20130412_190237_zps22ad04a0.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90lego Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 that's sexy. i have two corbeau seats that a friend of my mine (also a fellow suby owner 94 wagon awd) gave me. just need to get brackets. Those seats will fit in a first gen wagon?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemingway Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 (edited) US - holy crap, that looks like a dump truck dropped gravel on your Subie! A minor and brief early spring hail storm here prompted me to finally move out the remaining stuff on my side of the garage and get my Subie inside. Glad I did ... a month later, quarter size hail storm showed up. Edited April 13, 2013 by Hemingway Can't spell worth a crap today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USLiberty Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 It was an act of God, unfortunately. A dump truck would be more believable until you experience a a high country arizona monsoon that happens to turn into hail when its still 50° out. I redid almost the whole roof again and I'm still not happy with it. I saw an episode of overhaulin where chip foose used about a quart of body filler and a yardstick to apply a thick layer over the whole roof at once. I may have to start from scratch and use that method. Still debating whether or not to be that anal because the flat white will hide minor flaws pretty well. On another note, I finally got the plasti-dip paint I ordered in flat black. Its like a latex paint, and you can peel it off when you want it off, ppl are painting theyrr whole cars with this stuff, easier and cheaper than wrapping the car with vinyl Going to do the wheels this weekend, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihada147 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Not today but I cleaned the dash and the roof with armor all, and a couple days ago I did this: http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc403/Mk2thg92/20130416_092821_zpsbc9a82c9.jpg Now just wating on some time to take the car to a friend of mine and take care of the bodywork and put together a 2 1/2 inch exhaust system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevorno Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) I fixed a coolant leak to the turbo by using hose clamps instead of the spring clips. I also cleaned the MAF and found the glue I used to attach one of the plastic nipples to the air box had come loose and had a leak. I was pinched for time, so I used some 5 min epoxy to put it back together. I need to gather some courage and do the coffee cup mod. I went to the Junkyard and got some extra screws for the air box. I epoxied one of the nuts in place to the back of it. I also discovered the earlier mentioned nipple fix had failed so I tried it again with more epoxy. I also found some bolts to secure the bottom of the back seat and screws for my license plates. Edited April 19, 2013 by trevorno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Dude! Jb weld it bro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleaidestar Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Pulled the motor from the flea-bag and it looks pretty terrible under there, I think oil was coming out of that motor on every single seal and gasket on it, I couldn't even see the camshaft support plate in the back of the block. I didn't notice when I bought the car that the clutch cable was rigged up with a #13 shallow socket as a spacer...lol Removing it seemed easier than my 2nd gen sedan, though that car is auto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kookookachew Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Well, last night I was somewhat busy tinkering... Picked up a pass. side wheel well liner, passenger side visor, dome light lens, radio surround bezel, inside mirror trim pieces (Those little triangle bits), timing belt covers, and even the little latch piece for the hood prop rod. Since all of these things were either broken or missing thanks to the previous owner Then went about installing everything. Removed the snorkus box from the pass. wheel well before installing the fender liner because it was broken and flopping around, and I like the increase in intake noise Re adjusted the panel gap on the pass. side fender since it was all out of whack as well. Also pulled the gauge cluster to hook the Forester compass/temp/barometer/altimeter gauge pack speed sensor wire up, only to realize that these old Leggies have a mecahnical speedometer with a cable... Completely didn't realize that... Oh well, I'll have to read through the FSM some more and see if there is any sort of electronic speed signal anywhere on that car, if not I'll have to settle for not having it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USLiberty Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 You can take the electronic speed sensor off a forester tranny and install it in yours. I swapped a wrx trans with the electronic speed sensor and was able to bolt the mechanical sensor from my turbo legacy gauge cluster. I know it physically swaps out but I am not sure on the wiring, if it runs straight to the gauges it should work. The abs ecu only uses wheel speed for the abs system, and it uses abs sensors for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo73 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 There is probably a vss created in the gauge cluster. Thats the way my old integra works, I think there has to be a vss or the cruise control wouldn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kookookachew Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Theres no ABS so I dont think that I'll be able to get a signal there, I also pulled the instrument cluster and there didn't seem to be a vehicles speed signal. I did notice that there are two Vehicle speed signals coming out of the TCU so I'll try those, if either of them dont work then I'll try the VSS coming from the ECU... If anything I'll figure it out. Also, been going wild with the body work. Previous owner did a number on it, lots of dents and just slapped flat black paint and bondo right on top of the original paint, which looks like it was really nice under where the flat black flaked off, it was dark metallic grey. Also was in a bit of a fender bender, and I've been working on straightening that out as well. Hood stripped down... http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af213/ClarksonSportsCarClub/Subaru%20stuff/IMG_1026_zpsa8d0e0fd.jpg Drivers door partially stripped, alot of the bondo work had already shipped off leaving behind bare metal to rust... http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af213/ClarksonSportsCarClub/Subaru%20stuff/IMG_1027_zps079fce98.jpg Rear bumper pulled off to help strip and straighten... http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af213/ClarksonSportsCarClub/Subaru%20stuff/IMG_1029_zpsf608afb8.jpg Still lots of work ahead... http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af213/ClarksonSportsCarClub/Subaru%20stuff/IMG_1032_zps0952bad1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleaidestar Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Hooray for rust....I love apple jacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kookookachew Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Haha, luckily there is next to no rust anywhere else. Coming from Colorado its extremely solid. And yeah, I realized last minute we didnt have any newspaper lying around to mask with so I improvised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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