Southeastern get together this fall.

Hey everyone, I thought it might be fun to have a southeastern get together this fall. September or early October sounds good. The Barber Vintage festival is the second weekend in October for instance. Year One has a driving event in September thats ends at Year One with a Chip Foose honored/attended show.

Is anyone interested in discussing this further? Could be a lot of fun!

David

Sounds good, maybe integrate it with the Ashville run? I'm geographically challenged if it's not possible.

The asheville run seems to have generated little interest, and I'm about ready to tell Tom to let his friends at Bristol Motor Speedway know we won't be coming. Since I'm taking less of a role this year, I would love to piggy-back a couple of things to create a real event. Last year we did it in September, and all agreed that it was better than in October although the leaves weren't out. We have lower hotel rates, less traffic, and more top-down weather.

Sorry guys, being new to the forum I am not familar with the events you already have yet. I dont want to take over anyones happenings.

I am looking for something informal. Meet, drive, drink and tell lies!

David

No worries, David. I'm kinda hoping someone else will take the lead this year. Check out the "2012 Smoky Mountain Gathering" thread for what's been discussed so far.

Oh yeah - Welcome to the Madness!

Thanks Lane. I am willing to help you in anyway possible. Along with the events I listed above there are a few more things happening around that time.

1. Road Atlanta has the Historic races on September 14-16 and Petit Lemans October 17-20. roadatlanta.com

2. North Alabama has an SCCA sponsored hill climb October 1-2.
crowmountainhillclimb.org

3. Pigeon Forge has the Fall Grand Run September 15/17.

4. Helen GA has an Octoberfest that starts the second weekend of September and last for 6 weeks!
helenga.org/events/2012-09

5. Anyone in the Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi or Alabama regions that wanted to join the Year One Drivin' It Home event could ride straight to Atlanta for the Chip Foose show that weekend. This is a yearly driving event that starts in different areas of the country and last for a week. I will be driving my Speedster the whole way! You can read the route at drivinithome.com/2012-lakeside-lounge-tour/


Just some suggestions!

David

Driving your Speedster the whole way, David. Wow...that's a long haul. :-) he, he, he...

David,
Hopefully I will have completed the same engine swap you just did in time for the drive.

Any suggestions or pointers?

David

Excellent news, David. Basically my engine is a '95 EJ22, I pulled all the FI off as I didn't want to deal with the wiring mess nor cared to learn and installed a single Weber 32/36 on the center of the stock Soob manifold. Ignition is mid 90's Ford EDIS supplemented with a Megajolt controller. The engine appeared to be in good shape but I changed out the timing belt and head gaskets. The exhaust is a WRX turbo header system put on backwards and a $35 Cherry Bomb muffler attached by a simple welded flange heading straigh out the back. Kennedy adapter kit with a stage 1 pressure plate but I wound up having a special clutch disc made for it. The disc Kennedy supplied had no springs around the hub and just wouldn't work right. I put the thermostat housing on backwards to get all cooling heading to the left to avoid the exhaust on the right. I used a mid '90's Saab radiator slung almost horizontal under the front bumper brackets with a scoop to drive air up into it and installed two rad fans pulling through to the top of the rad. The stock Soob thermostat opens at 180 f and the fans come on at 190 F. I ran 1.5" aluminum cooling tubes up to the front, left and right and joined things with various bits of rubber rad hose elbows where necessary. You could easily use copper tubing most of the way and it might be easy to solder the various connections. Another way to get the coolant up and back is with marine exhaust/water hose. Any other questions...just ask. Maybe start a new thread under engines/mechanical. I'd like to help if I can. Good luck.

Thanks David. I already have the 32/36 Weber and I've found a 97 Impreza with the EJ22 running for 550.00. I'll definitely start a thread when the build gets under way.

Thanks for your help!

David

And so the migration begins.........

These may be small steps now, but the trend is building.

(and it's cheaper, too!)

Excellent, David. Just one last question about the intake manifold on your engine. Do the runners have a pronounced hump like mine does in the pic below ? This is 1995. I also have a 1998 engine and the intake runners are just about flat across which may be preferable in that fuel will not as likely pool a bit upon shutdown.

Hey David, how's that throttle cable doin'? If I recall correctly, we left it a little rough.

The intake runners are a little flatter than yours. The 97/98 engines also got flat tappets instead of hydraulic. Subaru saysey get a check/adjustment every 100,000 miles. I can live with that!

David

It's doing just fine, Lane and thanks again to you and Jack Crosby for the quick fix. It hasn't budged so I just snipped off the excess. I might rebuild the carb over the summer and if I do, I'll sister up the cable with a thicker piece of rod and that will be the final fix. Thanks to advice from Peter Venuti and confirmation by Henry, my rad burping problem appears to be cured. I'm starting to pick away at my second motor for something to do.