so what was the process for inspection? no problems since the engine is newer than the chassis? what about the engine vin not matching the reg/chassis?
Do ppl run 75-140 regularly ? I ran it initially in my s2000 and the diff made horrible noises so I switched it right away back to 75-90
Haha…Thats my place 
No need to piss of the neighbors…I dont have any (boarded up house is vacant) and the next nearest houses are my parents and my sister and brother in law haha
But feel free to rip and throw a rev or two.
Sooo many times sitting out front of spot coffee on Hertel and watch the bimmer go by…
what will you get to replace the subi? audi wagon? or another subi?
This has been gone over a few times in various threads both here and on other forums. Although inspection place checks both chassis VIN and motor VIN, they may not necessarily enforce it if they’re not the same. I mean, I’m considering the example in my head of a soccer mom who drives a shitbox '98 Windstar that she’s had forever. It was acting up and a shop diagnosed the issue as her ECU being faulty (let’s say it had moisture in it, whatever). She paid the shop to throw in a used ECU from a junkyard car which obviously had another VIN. Now she’s got a van with one chassis VIN and another motor VIN. What does she do when it’s time for inspection? Shop shouldn’t be able to turn her away on those grounds.
The most important thing to them is that the OBD2 is responsive, readiness monitors are set, no CELs/codes thrown, etc.
Lots of folks on M5Board (many of whom are utterly anal, OCD, and overanalyzing pricks that would rather have their fingernails removed than use a non-OEM approved part/fluid) are using the 75W-140 with no issues.
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always loved driving through that area :tup: was that you with the red straight piped A6 2.7T that was always parked there?
I will most likely get another rug muncher Outback wagon. The allure of the german wagon is so strong (would love a straight piped, early 90s 5 cylinder Audi, or maybe something late 90s/early 00s Audi) but common sense says one german shitbox is enough. Only question is whether to stay with the big cargo area of the Legacy chassis or downsize to the Impreza.
parts came in.
Axle stub bolts to replace the old ones with damaged heads
Few spare wheel well cover bolts as those always go missing
New torx-head fender hardware to replace old damaged ones
E36 M3 Steel rear sway bar brackets
New front diff bushing
Cabin Air filters
Replacement angel eyes
Old cabin air filters.
Old angel eyes, plugged in and turned on. Both harnesses had seen better days and had fraying wire, broken connectors, etc.
Test run of new ones:
And in
Need to make up an offset arm for the shifter, this won’t do
Differential pinion snub mount. The aluminum block has a 1/2-13 threaded hole that accepts some threaded rod. The contact point is scrap block of PVC plastic trimmed down to fit the angle of the diff and with the same threaded hole, and 2 lock nuts securing everything.
Finn approves, but is ready for it to be back on the road.
I also reinstalled the whole subframe and driveshaft. The center support bearing got 3M Window Weld to minimize any lateral movement. There is still some play, but greatly reduced from stock (even with a new bearing). Also drained the T56 of old fluid, which didn’t look bad at all.
Still a ton of little things to chip away at…
Winter refuses to give up…these are from a few weeks back, probably early March
Finished my shifter extension handle! Don’t worry, it’s not permanent
While dealing with the trans I decided to remedy my reverse lockout situation. The OEM intended design uses a very stiff spring inside the solenoid that is “disabled” when under 5mph (LS1 manual trans PCM). Above that speed the PCM re-engages the solenoid and you only can get into reverse by overcoming the compression of the extremely stiff spring. Since my PCM controlled an auto trans it never had the capability to control the solenoid, and therefore I always selected reverse by just forcing the shifter past that spring. Now that I have installed my MGW short shifter, I have that much less leverage, making the leap into reverse and overcoming that spring quite literally a 2 handed operation. I wasn’t interested in PCM segment swaps and dealing with adding it in the PCM, so other options were:
-wire it to the brake lights, so that when you step on the brakes the solenoid disengages, allowing you to easily select reverse. I’m lazy and didn’t want to find brake light wiring, add a relay, all that crap
-buy expensive SAMCO module that does the same thing.
After some research it seems that some Mustang owners swapping T56s into their cars have run into the same issue - they remedy it by going to a softer solenoid spring. Now you don’t have to wire anything, and still have the protection against going into reverse rather than 5th at speed.
Bought the spring here: http://www.core-shifters.com/servlet/StoreFront
T56 Reverse Lockout Solenoid disassembled
Original very stiff spring on bottom, new soft spring on top. The tiny spring just provides a bit of preload so that the whole cartridge isn’t rattling around internally
Empty lockout case
Tonight I plan on reinstalling the lockout, filling the trans, and installing/sealing the MGW shifter.
lookin good norb! so once you get that cam in and its warms up out hows a rematch sound? 
I decided not to go with a cam - made more sense to put that grand towards a snail. However with the minor intake and exhaust revisions I’m making it should hopefully scoot a tiny bit better. You know I’m always down to cruise around
Noor loves racing.
Racing? I thought he wanted to go get ice cream or something. That’s what we did last time.
someone say icecream? mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
this makes me very excited
John likes ice cream. you should come next time, we’ll take your car
I may have seen this thing rolling down transit sans hood, rear, or front bumper. Looked badass, and sounded it too.
(I was in my golf R)
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I thought that was you, with the Recaro baby seat. R looks fantastic! I was on the way to a buddy’s house in Sanborn. Open headers until this weekendish.
Saw you getting gas at Aurora / William. It looks clean in person.
I did not see you @Norb_O 
I live close to there Ryan. Assuming that was you in the Vette?
We don’t allow no chooches in the nicer parts of town…
Thank man, it does the DD job pretty well. Open headers sounds great.
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