I still have to do my front suspension, I did the rear shocks around a month ago, and the rear seems to be lower from the front, thinking that the previous...
I have a set of Prodrive P1 springs, the compnay that the rally team uses, I have never installed them and need some money. they are famous for not having...
I ordered oem wires from subaruparts.com for $29, plus the rear cargo tray, total was $58 including shipping, better than $60 for wires alone from the dealer. ...
I don't want to have shorter springs, I think the stock springs compressed, thus reducing right height. can anyone with 16" wheels measure their front and rear...
I think you'd have to find the original specs or some such thing. I know mine has less clearance in the rear, but on a 97' with 220K miles that's had more...
Neil, he's just referring to the gap between the top of the tires and the wheel arch of the fender. I've actually wondered about this myself too. I kinda...
OK, I measured the height from top of fender cutout to ground, 28 1/2" in front, 28" in rear. So, I'd guess that it is sitting basically level. 'Bout all we...
About 23-25 on my 97'. My wife gets more like 25-27 in hers.(though it's an L, not an OBS). 87 octane. Yes, you're wasting your money unless you have a...
Levi's right. We had this discussion a while back, some had the misconception that there's more power or energy available in higher octane fuel. That's...
Using 86 octane (here in the high altitude southwest) in my 2000 manual tranny, and getting 28-31, depending on driving 'technique'. :-) From Nov-Feb we have...
I'm peaking about 25-26mpg in my '02, I wonder if I'd getter better mileage if I picked a place that wasn't adding Ethanol to their fuels. But yeah as for the...
In my opinion, you are wasting money buying premium. 87 Octane is all that is needed. I get close to 30 on the free way. Little less in the city. Deanna ...
Let me push this a bit. If while using 87 octane the knock sensor detects knocking then the engine control module will retard the ignition. With less time to...
Along this line of thinking if you were advancing the timing somehow you could potentially benefit from higher octane. But I haven't heard of doing that with...
In October, I did a little trip, Mpls/St. Paul to Topeka, Ks. Filled up in Albert Lee, Mn, and accidently put 89 oct (ethonal) in. I got 23mpg from there to...
Advancing the ignition can yield power gains, but it also increases NOx emissions I believe because it gets hotter. Retarding the timing is one of those old...
Depends on the time if year, with formulation and temperature. 1997 OBS 5MT: Best highway is maybe 28, average driving in summer around 26. Winter, when it's...
I'm having an odd problem with my '05 OBS and I can't seem to find the right search terms to see if anybody else has experienced this. Basically it seems that...
I get something similar to that in my '00 OBS.... usually it goes away and I ignore it, but then again, my car is a bit older than yours and quirks are...
The idle control valve could be dirty/sticking. Vacuum leak is possible. Mal-adjusted throttle plate stop (what we used to know as the idle adjustment). Any of...
Does the 05 have throttle cables or "fly by wire" accellerator? You can tell by looking at the engine. There will be 2 cables on a cam- type thingie just to...
while parked, someone nicked my front fender and bumper cover. both need paint and bendage. it's a 98 OBS and i'd like to have them make the v4 bumper swap...
It's drive-by-wire. I think '04 or '05 was the first year for that. It seems to be related to how... spirited... my driving is. When I'm taking it easy it...
I wanted to test out the limits of mpg in my car during a trip from Athens, GA to Raleigh, NC this past week. I just changed my oil, air filter, fuel filter,...
The ride of my '00 OBS has gotten rather rough. The tires on my front wheels have been wearing in "sawtooth" pattern around the outer edge. Alignment doesn't...
... front ... edge. ... wheel, ... tires ... though. ... feels ... again, ... on ... again ... are ... suspension ... Sounds like an alignment issue to me....
Mike - wow that's pretty good. I have been wondering how far one could tweak this by making a number of little changes - such as: Choice of tire - shift to...
