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Working on new Impreza's ?

I'm fairly new to these cars, and haven't bought one yet, but looking under the hood looks like a nightmare to work on them. I looked at the motors pretty good at the dealers, trying to find things, and thought my 86' V-6 FWD Chevy was a pain to work on.

I'd prefer RWD, but hard to find what I want, and I guess now a days engine compartments are all crowded. I'd hope not much would go wrong, but I always think about mods to anything I have, to make them work better.

I usually get factory shop manuals for cars I buy, and thought I should probably take a picture of the motor, and blow it up, to maybe see where things go, if I took something off.

I have another problem, that I got disabled 20yrs ago from a chemical exposure that damaged all body systems, and though I am better in some ways, and I don't have to write down every step to do something, even, Open The Hood, physically I struggle, and get wrecked from working on things, though Sometimes I can feel like I didn't do a thing.

Anyone do more than change oil and check fluids? I looked at fresh air intakes, and they look like they would relieve some of the clutter. I guess in time I would learn where and what everything is. Reading about the head gasket problems in the 2.5L, and bleeding the air, and maybe puting a bleeder on the Square pipe the top radiator hose was connected to, which I wondered what that was.

Well, I Always Loved a challenge.))

VF

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houndman
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has the right way to accomplish most tasks, and is cheaper and more up to date than any printed manual can ever be. You can save stuff as .pdf's, and print it to take to the garage. I always found my Subie relatively easy to work on. Sometimes I needed to remove something to get to something else, other times, I needed an extra extension on a socket, but nothing horrible.

Be advised that I leave clutches and stuff like that to the pros.

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B A R R Y

Thanks for the link.

Have you used the service? I have been trying to find out (without Any luck) what materials are used in the internal parts of the WRX motor mainly. I'm debating wether it would pay to get it, if I decided to heavily modify the motor. Right now the base model would probably suit my needs, but if the WRX motor was strong enough, it might be worth it to have a better base to build on. If I would have to change a lot, then it wouldn't. The WRX seems to stiff riding for my physical problems from an injury. I felt beat up after test driving one. I want a wagon, so an STi isn't an option for strength of materials and parts unless added.

VF

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houndman

Yes, for tips on opperations like brake jobs.

Perhaps you might be better off talking to a Subaru specific race prep type of venture? The techinfo site is more along the lines of repair and maintenance. I don't think the average person trying to fix or maintain the car cares about the information you want.

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B A R R Y

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