Have a Lot to learn

[houndman]

Watching Motor Week on PBS talk about what is needed to use E 85 gas,
and all that is in the new cars, has me wondering if I will ever learn
it all? Talking to a friend who just replaced his O2 sensor that cost
him 160$, and a special tool to replace it, instead of paying 1600, or
so he claimed the dealer wanted, to have it done, I am looking for the
26' Chevy that one poster said I needed.))

Just bought fog lights for my Sube, and was reading on a Sube forum
that a guy fried his headlight wiring when he put a higher wattage
bulb in. Sounds like more than a bulb change did that.

As a kid I was traumatized by an early aftermarket electronic
ignition, and had a plug fouling problem in a new car, so not that
keen on electronics, though I worked for a co on developing emission
control sensors for Fiat. I did a lot with audio electronics, but
electric isn't my fav energy.

Looking into synthetic oils, I read that the paraffin based PA oils
are bad, when they Used to be the ones to use, I am starting to wonder
what happened to cars. Used to be simpler, but I know when computers
got faster in the mid 80's that things Changed a lot, but ALL the
devices, features, and functions of cars has me reeling.

I have the fog lights, an alarm, a day/nite mirror, a neat 20'
corded, reel in underhood light, and a 5 or 6 point seat belt harness,
and a bar to mount them, and some mid 80's Mustang Recaro seats to
install, plus trying to get some foam behind the bumper covers, to
strengthen them, with some foam blocks and stripping, for the bumper
car derby city I am in. On Top of that I have AWD to learn, and I am
disabled and had brain and all other kinds of damage, and didn't keep
up with cars that much for 20yrs. I guess it's what it feels like
coming out of a coma.((

I know a little about turbo's and FI from my interest in the mid
80's Mustang SVO, but not intametly, and if I had a turbo Sube, I
might need a straight jacket.)) I think the flat 4 has me boggled,
since I keep turning my head to try to figure where things are. I've
had straight motors, 60deg and 90deg ones, but not flat ones. In the
service I was around them and a friends Beatle, but they were pretty
much hidden. I guess I'll learn, slowly...

VF
Well, I like to learn and know things, especially if involved.

 

[David]

Just bought fog lights for my Sube, and was reading on a Sube forum
that a guy fried his headlight wiring when he put a higher wattage
bulb in. Sounds like more than a bulb change did that.

Fusible link?

As a kid I was traumatized by an early aftermarket electronic
ignition, and had a plug fouling problem in a new car, so not that
keen on electronics, though I worked for a co on developing emission
control sensors for Fiat. I did a lot with audio electronics, but
electric isn't my fav energy.

I bought aftermarket electronic ignitions from JC Whitney back in the
'70s. I loved 'em.

I have the fog lights, an alarm, a day/nite mirror, a neat 20'
corded, reel in underhood light, and a 5 or 6 point seat belt harness,
and a bar to mount them,

The Impreza is a very strong cage with air-bags. I don't think you'll
need all that.

I know a little about turbo's and FI from my interest in the mid
80's Mustang SVO, but not intametly, and if I had a turbo Sube, I
might need a straight jacket.)) I think the flat 4 has me boggled,
since I keep turning my head to try to figure where things are. I've
had straight motors, 60deg and 90deg ones, but not flat ones. In the
service I was around them and a friends Beatle, but they were pretty
much hidden. I guess I'll learn, slowly...

It's a great motor.

http://www.drive.subaru.com/Spring07_whatmakes.htm

 

[houndman]

Fusible link?


I bought aftermarket electronic ignitions from JC Whitney back in the
'70s. I loved 'em.


The Impreza is a very strong cage with air-bags. I don't think you'll
need all that.




It's a great motor.

http://www.drive.subaru.com/Spring07_whatmakes.htm

Think I had one of the first CD ignitions back in 63', made by
Prestolite, and it quit after 6mo, at the Top of a suspension bridge.
I was able to coast down the other side and remove it.

I know Sube has a strong cage which I like. I'm not keen on air
bags. Everything I read about them tells me I Don't want them, just
like with ABS. I have thought about harneses for a long time, but
haven't been motivated to install them in an old Chevy that I don't
drive far or fast. I put a seat belt in a 52' Plymouth in 60', that
probably saved my life, and talking about belts to a FAST driving
friend who never used them, may have saved his life when he did the
next day, and 30mi later rolled his Mustang on the interstate, and got
a scratch on his knee, when he cut the seat belts to get right side
up. He made the Stang Wedge Shaped sliding on the roof, and broke a
few wheels.

I hope the motor is strong, but I bought the Impreza to make lots of
changes, and the motor was one, though I might never get to it, but if
I had to, it was planned.

VF

 

[Bugalugs]

Fusible link?

Alternatively a heavier wire, through a relay, direct to the lights. The
relay controlled by the headlamp circuit.

I bought aftermarket electronic ignitions from JC Whitney back in the
'70s. I loved 'em.

Had a Mazda RX4 back then (about 74) which had twin distributors. When
used as a shopping trolly it used to regularly foul the plugs somthin'
terrible. This was pre-aftermarket. We made our own circuit boards,
wound up a special primary coil and could get 33 thousand volts out of a
standard ignition coil. If we took the HT lead out of the coil the spark
would jump from the centre electrode over and down to the earthpoint on
the side of the coil. Using a signal generator to simulate the ignition
contacts we would soak test them at the equivalent on over 30,000rpm.
Finished up making 6 or 8 for mates.

 

[kaboom]

I have the fog lights, an alarm, a day/nite mirror, a neat 20'
corded, reel in underhood light, and a 5 or 6 point seat belt harness,

**Aren't 5- or 6-point seat belt harnesses illegal?

and a bar to mount them, and some mid 80's Mustang Recaro seats to
install,

**I can solve all of your problems. I think we should take you out of
the Impreza and install you in a 1993 Chevy Lumina Eurosport. Problems
solved!

plus trying to get some foam behind the bumper covers, to
strengthen them, with some foam blocks and stripping, for the bumper
car derby city I am in. On Top of that I have AWD to learn, and I am

**There's almost nothing to learn with AWD. The only thing that you
have to know is that your Impreza is going to keep you on the straight
and narrow when it snows. If you push it a little bit, unlike your
Chevy Celebrity, the front end won't shovel when you're taking a snowy
corner, however, the rear end will try to come around. Be mindful of
that.

With ABS, just hit the brakes hard, ignore the vibrating, stay on the
brakes and, above all, remember to steer to avoid! People steer their
car like they are going to skid and end up throwing their arses right
off of the road because they forget to keep driving after hitting the
brakes. When it snows, take it into a snowy, unpopulated parking lot
and test it.

I know a little about turbo's and FI from my interest in the mid
80's Mustang SVO, but not intametly, and if I had a turbo Sube, I
might need a straight jacket.))

**You freak yourself out too much. I had a 2003 VW Jetta 1.8T
previously (I have an 05 Impreza RS wagon now). With the VW, I changed
to synthetic oil at 12K and after extraordinarily long trips (or
sections of a long trip), I would park and let the car run for a
minute or two and then shut it off. Other than that, I didn't think
about it at all. Well, at 2K rpm when the turbo kicked in, it was
quite sweet

kaboomie

 

[houndman]

**Aren't 5- or 6-point seat belt harnesses illegal?


**I can solve all of your problems. I think we should take you out of
the Impreza and install you in a 1993 Chevy Lumina Eurosport. Problems
solved!


**There's almost nothing to learn with AWD. The only thing that you
have to know is that your Impreza is going to keep you on the straight
and narrow when it snows. If you push it a little bit, unlike your
Chevy Celebrity, the front end won't shovel when you're taking a snowy
corner, however, the rear end will try to come around. Be mindful of
that.

With ABS, just hit the brakes hard, ignore the vibrating, stay on the
brakes and, above all, remember to steer to avoid! People steer their
car like they are going to skid and end up throwing their arses right
off of the road because they forget to keep driving after hitting the
brakes. When it snows, take it into a snowy, unpopulated parking lot
and test it.


**You freak yourself out too much. I had a 2003 VW Jetta 1.8T
previously (I have an 05 Impreza RS wagon now). With the VW, I changed
to synthetic oil at 12K and after extraordinarily long trips (or
sections of a long trip), I would park and let the car run for a
minute or two and then shut it off. Other than that, I didn't think
about it at all. Well, at 2K rpm when the turbo kicked in, it was
quite sweet

kaboomie

Did the Lumina have Recaro's?)) A few other cars did, but I always
wanted the Stang, and now I can have the feel in the Sube. I want
them for all the adjustments, and softer foam. I guess better would be
injecting foam into a trash bag I was sitting on, to fit me, but that
wouldn't look very neat.)

I freak myself In not Out.) I like to know what makes things tick,
and make them tick better. Then I can relax and enjoy, when things are
the way I want, like, and should be.

When did harneses become illegal, when they brought out air bags?)
I'll disguise them as a double necktie and matching belt.))

Yea, the Sube will get some testing on iced or snow covered parking
lots, to see which way it wants to take me, if not straight. I started
doing that 40yrs ago, after coming down a hill and sliding through
red light at an iced intersection. It was 3AM, and no one around, but
there could have been. I only do it now with a car I'm not familiar
with, or if I think something could cause a problem. I once had a Co
car that had one new tire and 3 with wear, and on a rain soaked worn
concrete road with smooth stones protruding, the new tire gripped, and
the other 3 slid when stopping for a red light, making the car want to
spin. A pickup next to me spun and took out 4 cars waiting in a left
turn lane.

VF

 

[Blair Baucom]

I found this on the question of 4/5/6 point harnesses:

In the US, as long as they are listed with the U.S. Department of
Transportation ([USDOT), there is no case for them not being street legal as
long as you follow the statutes of 49CFR571.209, Seat belt assembly
anchorages.

Blair