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    Radar question or why cant i be like shorty

    get your court date. dress nicely. show up on time. talk to the DA after the judge asks the group of assembled criminals "who wants to just plead guilty or who wants to talk to Mr. DA" Stow your attitude in back pocket when talking to the DA, they have heard every lame excuse in the book, and...
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    Tire shaving??

    pick you favorite abrasive tarmac parking lot, preferably very secluded pop off 27 consecutive donuts, exit lot quick before the gendarmes arrive presto, shaved tires. :angel12: seriously, sounds like a ralli question. Tire Rack offers shaving service on selected comp tires, that's probly...
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    Yay Evergreen, Boo Charlies

    Having had personal experience at both Suby stores, I can say that Charlie's epitomizes what's wrong with car dealerships, and Evergreen epitomizes what's right about them. Charlies: :puke: (true story: after a long and convoluted attempt to buy a new Leg GT wagon, the deal falls apart over...
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    so whos going to MFR this year?

    The Last Ditch crew will have Car #110 in Parc Expose at Sunday River, Mexico Rec Park, and downtown Berlin. Make a point of dropping by to introduce yourselves...STM handles for starters, then if you want, the real names involved. Dave G Right Seat, Car #110
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    AGX Question

    they're throwaways. just replace em. :angel12:
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    Suspension overhaul

    bingo---my take on this exactly. if the h&rs are too stiff for ya, go back to stock OBS sproings and stiffen the agxes on race day. keep @ full soft for street use, they're not bad. other option is to rebush with poly instead of rubber--a moderate PITA job, but ooh baby is it worth the effort.
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    Diffs:

    well, technically the sti 6MT is shorter top gear than stock 5MT usdm rex 5mt top gear ratio, 0.730 w/.390 final drive sti 6MT top gear ratio, 0.756 it's down in 3rd-4th-5th gear that the 6MT really makes a difference...more than the diffs tho sti diff controler is NOT a bad thing.... :angel12:
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    Diffs:

    your wrx already has limited slip rear and 5kg center lsd one upgrade option would be 20kg ctr and a front helical lsd. prepare to apply Cubic Money. :wave: this would give you true awd on gravel and snow...really wakes up the car grip-wise. youd probly want a dccd setup as well so you...
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    Any rattlecan masters here?

    stripes may be an artifact of overlaps made worse by crappy spray nozzle on rattlecan try Krylon brand, the spray nozzles are adjustable for angle and give a nice broad pattern with smooth coverage
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    Any rattlecan masters here?

    sounds like bad surface prep. roughness comes from lack of sanding, dust/dirt on surface to be painted, or dust/dirt blowing around in shop or outside....or all 3 at once. light sanding or steel wool prep usu suffices, then wipe with clean rag moistened with brake cleaner or paint prep solvent...
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    Public Bathroom Poll

    the excellent public bathrooms are why I love living in Maine most places in the state, the best ones are out behind a big effin pine tree. there's a new definition for yez: "Maine...The Pine Tree State"
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    stupid spring question

    but they ARE particular about their orientation in the spring perches. gotta get the ends nestled into notches in the perches, otherwise they like to clonk n clunk n drive drivers batty. :bom:
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    Front plate laws?

    put it on the car, there's no room to be cute with "in windshield" placements, etc I got pulled over in the Miata for no front plate en route home from DMV. Cop goes "where's yer front plate?" I reach over to pass seat, "you mean this one? I'm on the way home from DMV, didn't have enough screws...
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    Wind Farm

    I've been thru one of the humungous wind farms out near Palm Springs California. There are hundreds of towers and turbines, none of them small! The visual impact is considerable, and when the wind is honkin, they are NOT quiet, some have a wish-wish-wish kind of noise, others have a dull...
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    Gremlins of the electrical sort

    engine ground strap is a classic gremlin-inducer. it gets corroded--intermittent ground issues like you describe it gets caked with oil/grime--intermittent issues like you describe. also, oily ground strap gains elec resistance when it's hot...leading to hot start probs. you may have pooched...
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    Impreza WRC 1998

    GC...snow...Sainz...tarmac...and (RIP) Burns. now THAT's a proper rally video!
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    imprezident08, WELCOME!

    the better the copilote is at their job, the less likely the loose nut behind the wheel is to cause Bad Sheet to happen ...or something like that
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    See you later Southern Maine!

    where at wilt yew be located to?
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    Weird hot idle issue, WRX idles hot @ 5k ??!!

    merci, will try eet an report back
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    Weird hot idle issue, WRX idles hot @ 5k ??!!

    tuesday bumpage calling shorty calling shorty :help:
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