attacking a monojet

[Barry Donovan]

Two Diode Full Wave Rectifier Circuit

learned this from the net. I saved a bunch of little gadgets over the years from power supplies, circuit boards, etc.
I had a vow to learn uses for them.


knowing jack squat about the diode rectifier stuff. I found on the net how to use one. don’t laugh a the ground being one half of the full wave length. I was melting half wave diodes off the relay…
so, soldered tis up as an experiment, heatsink gets warm..nothing melted solder. this will further put the mystery of intake heater into its own world on its own wave length. I have not put a screw in yet for the diode, and will be. I crazy glued it to this heatsink that came off an ide chip off one of my old computers. it all fits in the box neatly. Future will tell if this gets too warm. I only checked it for a couple of minutes. of course, this gives intake heater full power again, and will be getting to that problem with a potentiometer.

not that this makes sense to look at, but red wire goes to intake heater in the engine bay.

installed this morning, snow is falling lightly..
quite chilly.
this did the trick. An awesome thing to notice is that the bridge of double diode chops amps in half at the alternator, all while getting full amps to the heater. A big load drop, while full power. heatsink gets warmed of course, but no sign of too warm.
A resistor, thermal switch..possibly potentiometer. call that chore complete.
exhaust calmed right down..maybe 3 minutes if that. I then hopped over the river to another garage where a honda was pullng out with a motorcycle sound a bit like my old sube.

got another appointment, lets just hope not to be over-analyzed.

[Barry Donovan]

potentiometer = fail

worth a try..burnt it the second it started. it needs 200w if to play with a potentiometer. the setup with double diode is as nice as it is going to get. I put it back to that, left the gadget inside box for now, unhooked. around this temperaure, 32 or so, downward, no need to shut off. the double diode is doing something smart. it needs every bit of it. I seem to be winning the exhaust battle. little poppers are not in my control, but that seat is at the head. they go to two different places on cool down. understandable..asian sponge versus t304.

as far as I go with it. I am once again pretending the sticker is not an annoyance. snowing right now..cars seem to get that much more codependent..adds to the stress of this jackass problem.

hail started falling, some snow, a good gust, ice rain, snow and hail..nothing on the radar.
I know what the battle is..may be tomorrow will be a red dawn. No more fighting the little sube. An interesting extra I cuaght onto about the amp load dropping, yet heater getting warmer faster... I can tell when the ground side is taking over one side of the diode..and it is indeed a wave. heads up for those that know what I am saying.



I see cold setting in all the way to southern new jersey..
my guess for winter is the same. sunspot peaks bring the frigid.
land crashing around this year is yet another squeezer. If it makes anyone down that way feel better... when you see a low temp predicted on the map, it does not say for how long it is cold to get to that low temp.

for example, maine hit 32F at 5pm today, will stay below until 8 or 9 am tomorrow..low twenties. looking at map, it makes us all look like the same event, and it isn't. you still have it alot better just a few hundred miles south. I like to explain why I get rather serious about the temps for air and fuel etc..

[Barry Donovan]

the last physic battle

wasted spark, magnetic wheel, cam wheel, ...distributorless..cop, 4 point coil..dieselgeek knows what he is doing.

I never wanted anything but a distributor.

this ea82 is a real bitch with one, and may go one of the builds I have seen written here to get out of disty..

exhuast suddenly got loud at the header, as it is sleeved, I know I am battling electric more than exhaust pressure.
I remembered some stuff by versa chem for exhaust repair, like a cream, it has kalin, an aluminum type stuff found in china..the ea82 loves it, due to the kaolin, and ceramicash heatsink property. electrical insulator..

down to 22F already, I knew the slop was not dry, went for a run to get a propane torch and there it was...the supercharger frequency..it was indeed attacking the pipe, left side, this whole time. Now into my ears, a powerful setup this really is.

leak nearly nil, the runtime is quite nice. 22F is when a driver of an old subaru ea82 is cowering in the seat to keep warm..this one just heats up like any other car with the intake heater.

a static jump from the stage 1 clutch, just once, seems to be the finale of the turning point in electrical chain broken..the versachem is the anti recycle, a sealer that of course forces an equal exhaust tune to happen.

not one for goops, but that is a little miracle for the ea82. no exhuast gasket is correct. I even made my own a couple of times. The answer , best to date, is the turbo ea82 gaskets, surrounded by the versa chem stuff.
tomorrow gets the last pitter pattering around with that, and propane torched to a hardened finale.

a tiny leak left right now, and it is inaudible. At this stage of exhuast it goes as inspectable..but will feed it one more slathering.

this has no lack of good connection, with a seat into the head..it is physics. The most bizarre I have ever encountered.

even the leak is a cold whiff of air climbing out of a 800 degree header..absolutely bizarre.


found the torch at home depot..full tank and reusable igniter..26 bucks. the refills are 3 dollars.
if using exhaust cement as a cure for a machined correctly exhaust is not the weirdest problem I may never encounter in any vehicle ever again…
I have never applied a flame to loosen any part of this old subaru…one end to the other. contrasts of this buggy all in one machine..it is to be a long running memory unbeaten by something even crazier…I don’t think there is.

headed for yet anther cold spot of the nation this evening..already lower than the low forecast, 7 degrees different than mt. washington.
this is the cold tha is cold. the real cold.
looking back at feb 19 onward, the day I installed carb, before engine blown..some single digit evenings, a few days that did not see above freezing. A warm year this has been.
heading into it is much easier than climbing out, especially with knowledge of trial end error. I actually get to laugh at some of the posts along the way. this exhaust fix grabs alot of air moving thoughts and actions...seems silly now.
learning is never silly, unless too smart for it.

this winter is going to be a cold one. I don't need the talking sube to tell me. my food cravings..I am having a 2am baby shrimp pancake with maple syrup on top. I do add an extra egg in the batter lately.

I'll awake like I ate nothing 6 hours from now.

the mt. washington comparison:
23F 1250 am
bangor maine:
20F 1253 AM

not all that often to see that. they did get some good breezes from the big storm...got some warm rocks. thier wind is gonna howl like hell the other direction soon.

edit
last night ended up being a 19 recorded low, and 15 hours below 32..
great time for the versa chem, the only instruction: do not allow to freeze.

this morning, fed the 1/16th gap with a cold finger after simply warming the flange.
I then gave it a few minutes and let the torch rip into it. Some creaks and pops for a second after getting into real warm.. I found something. Remember this is machined into the head, perfect flange, gasket...this was a chemcial pop sound...did it just once, like a popcorn kernel. I knew I won something then. the versa chem does not do that. it loves the fire. propane version anyway..
I noticed little droplets of waters coming out of nowhere.. this one gathered heavies. no wonder it could not seal. heavy water can bend planets...let alone my version of an exhaust seat. Seems I got it out of there with the way the pipe talked the hardening.

here is my header flange:



this is a two bolt setup. the pipe within a pipe is to further stop a cat kick by keeping a slight venturi into the two inch. the long tube header stopped that entirely, I may rework this someday..but 900cc a bank and a two inch pipe is large anyway.

how this can leak with a flat mate can only be physics..am almost glad to find the invisible (should say invincible) heavy waters squeezing out.
the stuff did harden , have not started it yet. At its worst the tiny leak will just be a silent one. That is as far as I have ever gone to get these inspectable.. a full seat has been my goal for several years..I am as stubborn to fix, but, this just may be a permanent asian error.

done all i can do. forcing a harder mate will have steel cracking the head.

another update:
stuff did not work, but it is quieter.
I am off to state police for this one.
I left off in height of arguing, a few years ago, to simply get a sticker no questions..
the ten speed was built for japanese gov't.
alot of things not explained in the build...

a strangely wide chassis, pinch welds tell me the robot was blind. the facts ramble on, no need to repeat them here..this is about a rochestor getting attacked by my tin can.

inbetween an antique, a runtime that never matched american standards, and bigger than never..
something needs some defense. I am in some void...I do not exist.

****
I remember now what this one did to get a sticker with a phone call..

it was sold as "special purpose". not a passenger, or suv or crossover. that word did not exist in 87. American stuff has had those...really rare to see that from japanese.

like the lil red express dodge with pipes at the back window...fastest "car" of the late 70s...or the highboy ford. when maine changed laws for fat tires (today those laws are normal again)..there was that highboy from the factory sticking out like a ten geared 1987 subaru..only bigger.

factories got to do more stuff like that. the raptor is really cool btw.

raw, rude, raspy...

when all other vehicles melt the ice from the evening prior, the monsters hang onto it all day with a depth of carbon never for us to know.

there is a reason for the word unbelievable.

this one is excellent in every way, but how the header seats. there is no real seat. I pondered the squashy loyale, as they all float thier gaskets...
this is a hard little buggy. engine runtime reveals it. the sadness for me is upgrading to hydrulic, the latest engine casting..all the quiet makers in place..now to be challenged for the same problem going into 27 years. with upgrades..it has got to stop.

no more trouble. I wonder if a regular person can step up with a legislation idea. maine is missing something.. i am living it.

If I want a solid lift 327 in a '99 pickup...I wonder what that would do? it does not satisfy custom...yet it is non ecu, raspy raw and rude. Anyway, these thoughts are for another thread.

[Barry Donovan]

exhaust reaction

this does get serious, I watch periodic videos to kick my brain in gear...

the loyale engine had air conditioning meant for a kenworth w900 with a 35 foot long bunk, somehow subaru demed this necessary for the tin can that is on fire at all times.

this was poison #1.
the other is in all subarus, related to power steering..if you have not caught on yet.... drive with your mouth closed.

the third unique to loyale was chromiums in the spfi distributor, and gadgets inside the spfi unit. I could not wait to take this away from the beautiful cams they left us off in history with. both problems LOVE the left side cylinder head, where my exhaust is getting challenged a bit. I burned the intake to clean a long time ago, for the rochestor to be put on later. I had intake for 5 years in storage..of course found the shiny balls looking like mercury, that is the chromium.

as it turns out, all this stuff likes the cylinder behind the water pump, and the one behind that one. A real heavy poison loves the cylinder driver side, farthest away from water pump. This is another indication this engine really is a nice one...the back cylinder is simply alive and clean. The stuff stays lightweight and wants out. add to that subarus ignition that never shuts off..its like one great big long arc weld. wow. shit got serious. a few teeth aint coming back.


anyway, that is where I am at now..luckily this one is peaceful. the dichromate remaining in the rochestor (not much left of that on this engine sucking at it) kills all of that with big cfm and ignition. the first cold squeeze on the fresh build. I got to keep my memory in order. This really is doing good, proving the last generation of the ea82 casting, after the years of numb engineering.

so, the big carb has more reasons than I don't mention..as well as the interruped ignition (that means digital)...sleeved pipes, big welds...yes, this one is going to be kept going for sure.

just need to drive...right to the state police apparently.

wanted to post this, as byproducts peaked into insanity prior to r134 refrigerant...all years of car before then, there is a hit or miss. keep the faith, they are most often fixable. a long term clean takes time.

driving today in the cold slop, when your car becomes your heater of life and death..
I love it now more than ever.
the double diode brought something to life, I knew grounds disappeared in this one, it keeps it in the precise game. Very dense sealed channels..alot of weld. the bridge brings it to more of fuel injected cars character. the only wait is still old school, the carb...and the intake heater does not take long to slap it around. the car has a nice cabin heater now. (15 years to say that.)
the cold slushy wet snow... defrost just owns it.

future thoughts as of now is a bigger fuel pump. I almost need a staged launch on a steeper terrain. The exhaust is my best version yet..the sign of the diode bridge was white smoke realtime as car started from dead cold, boom, right out the back. the double diode bridge..its a big little item.

the exhaust right away, and function of electric..two favorite traits of injection...of course cannot have the third, and that would be injection itself. I must admit its clever as it is, and that is the goal met.

a last note, the full lock diff on this buggy workd via -12V, static pressure switch.unlike the 80s subar RX, this wagon was the plain jane forestor...left a few things hanging, that switch for diff was one of them. With the double diode in place, 4 lo is a very quiet four low. I am hoping it helps release the rear diff in 4wd modes, as on the street in the wintery roads, I am thrashing like a staged rally car. I love it..but it has startled more than one outside the car... I am not about terrorizing everything around me. I'll experiment further on some snow and ice in the future see exactly what that did. something released, it sure feels nice. I may be able to take diode off of electric choke now as well. Ignition has diodes, the rest is conquered with the double diode.

This is quite a monster with the rochestor, actually, it did not matter.The oem tiny carb sucked a low speed even faster, simply died sooner. the rochestor has a nice buffer of big barrel at slow..then gets gigantic when you want it.. in 2H it needs an old porsche driver. In four low, there is even more care needed. Can't just thrash it like a monkey escaping a zoo in a chevy automatic.

a really cool thing to find since double dioding..those modern redlights at night, or whenever..
they can trigger to a car coming if there is no traffic at the intersection. A smart light..so you don't have to wait for the green at no traffic. My car works those now. This means it must have been a black hole of sorts.. like a stealth mode. My guess... it crammed into back end through driveshaft, into the mystery coil this 2 year rear end (rare) has in its snout.

as I am griping about exhaust, porsche uploaded thier "sound nacht" video. it is no wonder there is not many porsches, even cheap ones here..they 'd probably flunk for leaking at the upside down header. I know to resort to law, especially after the net ...

[Barry Donovan]

6 months

I was gathering up some facts for the inspection office through a long running diary I keep of this crazy car..
realized it has been 6 months for the newer engine.

the original did not have to blow..but it did. the seeming obsession with physics and backsides of runtimes most shrug off....because they are taken for granted with american machines...
it is personal as much as necessary. I can admit that. How something tough can frail to fail is no doubt an asian consequence. With a day in the backyard of a frinds house, a bit of help..160s mph american v8 swaying in the wind. that was work as I recall, today in memory, it was so very easy in comparison to a japanese tin can..I can only guess the reward is mine, in need of defense.
according to this photo, I have not gone far since install. 2k miles.

hardly a daydream, I may wait until a frigid january day, jump up at 2am and just drive til I don't want to. I have done that with this wagon...rumbling, grumbling, raw rude and raspy. hardly as rough today...yet getting the same hard time.

I found a gmc once that plowed its whole life, straight as an arrow. I may have mentoned it here a few years ago..cheap for a diesel. within the same realm, another gmc looking like it, that never saw a hard day, with a broken frame. I do not get upset over the tin cans. Asian mimicks american. this little sube is the diesel gmc of the same wagon cracked in half sitting next to it...

[Barry Donovan]

exhaust seat fix

carbs on a draft like a tight exhaust..especially the little ones playing with 38mpg.

decided to make a ring to fit the groove inside the head, then slide flange with a ring already on it to fit on the outside of the ring in the head..make sense?

My fear is the floating design they gave it has to seep..as pouring a glass of water upside down needs a gurgle upward..ahh well. I'll make the little bomb tight anyway. maine is shaped like a shithead on the map for a reason. law is law.



the exhaust is driving me nuts. thinking of things around the house as usual, to gather a fix…
sawzall and grinder to gain the small piece of 2 inch to fit inside head. the groove was drilled with bit in background. A propane torch and a tapered wheel bearing race as the template to gain a conical shape without wrinkles. I got it hot enough to turn red, set the piece inside taper of bearing and hammered away like a sword maker. ok maybe not a sword makers precision. the sleeve inside head now, does not go depth of groove, this sleeve will not only fill the groove, the sleeve on the flange has to fit it. if this does not work..I did already visit the state police barracks today, have not got a call back. These cars did not ship with sealed headers..this should have saved owners, and it did not in maine.
I knew to stay as patient as a machinist, as these cars were never fixed by subaru. This should do the trick. this car is robust anyway, for such a tiny engine..exhaust seated may help, it may make it even louder. that is the way it is.

an interesting thing with this little ring. I heated it up 3 times, hammered into tapered race, dipped under water faucet cold.. before heat resistance started getting annoying enough to not try it again. I learned something about hardening..

one last smack with hammer to get a flat side to match ridge of grovve in the cyl head..
as a gasket just right gets these to seal for at least 30milliseconds befoe failing...
I just now there is a game with the aluminum. the groove and ring should take heat aay from bottom of head where flange meets it...and wrap right into the load the steel carries. As this engine is very clean, these games can happen.


forgot to mention the little relay box for intake heater...relay died, all else was well. took relay out, jumpered the live to gain full wave on the double diode (both sides of diode bridge are the same live wire)..heatsink warms, so it is still grabbing all power. the little light is now the ground side of the cig lighter..as the intake heater grounds in engine bay.

if I had known to keep it that simple...I did just learn the double diode stuff, after the lesson in relays.

[Barry Donovan]

followup on exhaust..
dropped header yet again.
used the copper ring to find angle of header to head...
it did need a little bit to the front. humored a bend with heat and it occured to me before restarting..

this was ridiculous. I have it sleeved into the head, angles can go anywhere they freaking want... snapping in like a lego. no carbon to be found anywhere. gasket stayed content. the leak out the side is so hot there is no odor..and it disappears before reaching the block 2 inches away..
what is that, and why does the left bank have it?
right bank is as content as can be..

so, targetted fuel mix next, after some carb cleaner. it is now on its leanest mix I have set the rochestor to date..this must coincide with my nitpicking a perfect header to perfect for more perfection of perfection..and a different carb cleaner, I decided to get the cheaper carquest brand.

at 38mpg, is physics of bimetal superheated even possible? I went though all this header stuff just for these reasons, to only be doing better by more flow, and balnace..the win is the sleeve welded to flange popped into head.

saefty is the inspection. stopping a super flow is like failing cars for having a tailpipe with exhaust coming out of it.

anyway, I do have a call into state police, it may be my fourth time of 6 years owning this.
it is fitted, there nothing more to do but drive.

3k miles in 2011-2012, now a newer ngine , gas tank..I still have to give myself a pat on the back. nothing just goes together like that..

now back to my turkey.

my first turkey. 12 pounds. came out good..bacon fat for the skin. forgot the little bag of guts in the back end of it..but they stayed where they are.



some really good news..
playing on routines, any additive added from the topside lingers for days .. I know its the upisde down exhaust route. I gave it carb cleaner yesterday, knew it would take a day or more to notice. idle mix is fattened, not leaned as mentioned earlier in the post, I got the turns mixed up by definition..the little engine wants more fuel.
sure enough, a quick run to store, and I could smell pine needles..the day I welded exhaust. this is 3 weeks ago now.
come to a stop, odor got stronger...exhaust is quieter. the carb cleaner kicked out a pine tree. my sube goes insane over pine trees..
taking off to no blips, realized intake heater was not even on. something got a sweet spot for sure.
turned it on , as the intention was more for raising intake heat for me in the cabin than the engine, stopped and got a few gallons of citgo 91.
this one is a go.

the math of the collector, all of the work, it does come into play..the boxer is extremely stubborn, due to exhaust design at the head.. but steel wins. the note of the exhaust is truly something unique..hardly loud, it is just a full little engine.

[Barry Donovan]

sulfur

carb cleaner, hot intake, cold intake...

the odor of sulfur.

I don't know where I got the sulfur..but at least this is familiar. one of 15 years with these is sulfur. this is one of them.

I'd like to say hi to new jersey.


a perfect setup being an ass?

it is indeed something else besides your setup.

it is new jerseys fault. what a bunch of losers.
just klidding, its a gas station called irving, and a part from a 550 cat I used.

found a trick anyway.

give it high heat intake to warm up engine, shut heater off...

magic trick. stuff was leaving, exhaust was getting even quieter.

cold start is still raw rude, raspy snappy... old school. warm up gets it to the effeminate auto inpsectors world with fake whispers of seduction...you know, like every other sub 15 year old car. can't make it good? fake it like everyone elses.

no defense for this? I am leaving maine....
for the safety of lovely new jersey.

an interesting thing happened to one of the air bleeds, a slower let down.. must have opened one of them a bit more. Explains why mix at the screw wanted more as well. nothing else to notice...
except the exhuast, ironically. this is the greatest I have ever heard an ea82. A target in 2011 to be all mine, fix subarus version to better with sleeves in the heads, long tube headers to flex to the pansy casting..its all working. Even the collector has math like hot rods get..mini version of course, tiny engine. chemistry is not part of the plan.
as long as that carb cleaner gave some indication, I am confident. not even the cat is old.

tomorrow is a nice septic 60F, will get a run in.

there is nothing more to be done. getting abused by lack of knowledge with authority reminds me of my military tour. I need that as much as a permanent oem error..

I also built a better version of the double diode and heatsink combo..exact fit top and side room in the box. thicker aluminum. did not get a photo, not like me to forget. the double diode is even bigger, with a heatsink material behind it, and screwed to the heatsink, like you should find them. the heat is a bit more than previous setup, just splitting one current to grab a full wave, this one is really working.

found a bigger double diode, and the heatsink it came on. the heatsink material is original also..this fit the box exact, freak luck…

the little cover at the top of photo screws to stub on the box, heatsink and diode was lucky find in my parts bin.

last chore for today was removing the little diode from choke wire.
I found the error later, why I needed diode there..
subaru had thier distributor dual 12v positive (insane)
the accel with diodes of its own, and the intake heater pre carb...
all kinds of safe keep to let the littlest rochestor choke warm up (2.2 ohm, lttle coil from a chevette)..
knowing the driver side is in need of something, maybe the fullwave of regular juice will help it along like anormal car does. suck at the choke ground, full juice as intended. Before the accel 300+ ignition, it was crazy.

an odd thing to catch onto..letting pump run to warm up choke as run wire and all that is on the one switch..
it took a whole minute to go quiet..am I too lean at startup?
will add regulator and find out.

[Barry Donovan]

timing

last details, or normal details I should say..
checked disty cap, as setting timing by the book is useless for this one.
found timing retarded by the marks on cap posts..
gave it the 1 degree or so to line up a longer dwell, a bit of advance.. and that is where its at right now.

absolutely animal. sounds like lightning on cold start, I check the left header every time..the super seep is a third of the width of my index finger...with it sleeved into the head mind you...tightly.

I remember backing timing off , header was one of the reasons. I guess i let it go for stuck..just a little more work to get it out of there.

meanwhile no call yet on inspection.

kinda funny to find timing was not meeting the whole post, it still goes like abat out of hell.

as I do not take it past 80...this must be the setting into 120s. I simply never run out of timing as I do not drive to top end.

full warm is as civil as it gets. still very robust. For factory guts this is one large little engine...
a bit challenging going for the inspection as inspectors expect..which is illegal when push comes to shove. they should not be expecting anything routine. the checklist is very simple. Not sure where the power hungry heads come from via mechanics...I was one. Never ever expect a vehicle to be what you expect...EVER.


Big mistake.

refusing to get uptight..stuff does go by to remind me, I am not alone with this. A bit rare, but not alone.
I saw two of those very early legacy go by, by sound first..those peculiar two liters. 5 minutes apart. definately the two liter...1990 old ones. last of the feisty n/a...

as odds would have it, they both had the leak at cat. I bet those little quake rumbles we got, bothered the tight little subes. single belt or double..fluttering via an act of god is not going to save a subaru by any means.

I got the cat part conquered with diesel truck steel..now it wants my sleeved header. I can do no more but yell at god.

meanwhile, back to my turkey.



1pm
a very warm day.. I could hear a boxer four arplane at the airport hovering with no exhaust at 3k rpm or so.. it is a couple of miles away. the maintenance depot..I used to live near there...drone for hours it seems burning in something new, passing tests.

scraped cap, I remember it was my favorite, hard copper..pluck off the little powder piles on the posts and scrape rotor..slap it back in.

epiphany strikes again...that plane droning in my ears in the distance... I checked water, as pump is spring loaded letting something out, a young pump, subarus version doing its clever thing. added less than .25...a few more gallons of 91 octane, richened fuel up a bit more...

and annoyed the ambiguously..might be gay...duo garage next door with a beehive drone of 2100 rpm for 30 minutes. I hope they enjoyed the hardness of it. 12 to 1 does sound good. water pump stopped leaking.

I felt a change at 3/4 temp gauge, about 10 mnutes in, a droning wave subsided ino a hint of the sputters it was playing with, a softness of flows flowing, the heater in the cabin really pumping. this is what this needs...for ten hours straight.

I know perfection in IC engines...this is the toughest quarter century brick I have ever played with. I know not to mess with anything else..it is set, needs to mate. A very long ride is in order..leaving fuel a tad rich.
this cars warms to rich, cools to lean...water pump seats at 3/4 gauge after changing the fan.
I have done all the things to set this off into discontent, all by doing the right thing.

alot of opposites. exhaust seating in to heat is another weird thing. most monitor to keep cool.

meanwhile..back to my pancake.


I put an egg in the batter. mmmm good.

[Barry Donovan]

speed shop

I got to wondering the last time I had headers that made noise...
1990s, a monte carlo. being a gm, a sticker just gets thrown at it.

driving around I found a familiar name to a place. it may be the same one I bought my headers at..a long time ago.
anyway, walked in, felt right at ease. chrome headers on the wall, parts galore...

"if this place does not know what I have done with reality, not many are going to", I thought.

I explained I had a custom subaru that does not satisfy custom laws of maine, and it by no means factory subaru anymore... and when I go to a "normal" garage, they treat it like a "normal" car... its like watching zoo animals that got a new toy in the cage...and that cannot happen anymore.
I set up an appointment for tomorrow.

the lady understood, we'll see how the inspector there does with it.
another thing that sucks with these old subes is explaining jacking points etc..this car literally has no safe points. I welded some to make it easier for the four post style. I learned later the ones I made were not even in subarus book.

anyway, we'll see how it goes.

header is still ticking away the little electrical noise, exhaust is very full..little race car. Hardly pushing boundaries of decibals. A v8 with headers dwarfs the little buggy by a long shot.
in fact while I was there, I heard a decent thump going by, firebird tail lights, 90s version..wing on the back factory. Very loud cars..do not see many here.

this should not need luck at this place.. I am hoping somebody gets a giggle out of it. I am a v8 guy with a little subaru.

I took my tool box out of the back.. if that is not pushing 70 pounds in a 1x1.5 foot area, it is more than that. I forget to treat the car like it has motorcycle springs for rear suspension by factory..

you know what? the little buggy is jacked. looks tougher without weight in it. I never take my toolbox out.
I may leave that out, take necessity only...
aim my perfect exhaust up a few degrees for the bay window at the garage next door.

went down the road feeling bad.
a song in my head, as well as my actions..
the timing change was exactly correct. this would sound amazing letting the long tube go to full duals.
the accel forces a synch, it is a nice setup.
I still smell a bit of the carb occasionally, wherever it came from...
A long ride, I want one more than for the buggy, I need the ride I built as a reward more than abuse. this past year is the entire car..
engine, gas tank, fuel air, ignition, and even the way the car turns on, two rear struts...

and this is added to a chassis that delyed these changes, because I had to make it.

some here can relate, I keep rambling..

[Barry Donovan]

hot plugs

with header being hardly hot enough to seat...plenty of cabin heat. the transfer needs to change with plugs. I remembered this before installing the accel...sure enough, the accel ignition can make use of these fats hot plugs. this means hotter exhaust, more likely to grab header...and these bosch are extremely fast. A great candidate for the accel multispark pre 3000 rpm, and a good long shot after that.


these were in my engine, but the one new one, the day I blew it up. most powerful runtime to date and...the crank pulley spun off, overheated engine, drove it home..never recovered. rod through the block.
this is before accel ignition, a true tight CAI, and the bleed in subarus ign switch became obvious later..

I am now ready for these perfect monsters.

the plug subject alone was many trials and errors. I determined about 15 years ago..the oem plugs do not like what they did to fuel changes..yet I had no ignition to do the new plugs...
old memories, 2012 just getting satisfied.

if you have a subaru, as this gets very serious on oem stuff..
the wr8dpx by bosch is excellent, quite a big leap from factory, heat range unchanged. just alot more precision. To go with hotter needs a very precise control..accel or msd is awesome. alot of others in the CDI box world, jacobs, bosch, etc...all good stuff.

I am confident this should have header in quiet in about 20 minutes. right now is a tease.. the keyword to remind the old oem plugs have been done for very long time. if I am not mistaken, subaru kept shipping them past 1990, even though they were done already in the real world.

and the plugs are dirty.. I spray carb cleaner into a glass jar, and drop the plugs in..put lid on. the one darker plug has a dead animal...a skunk.

this sube has seen a bit of everything...with a thud.

a mystery I never deciphered was the arguments with the question is iridium worth it or platinum worth it?

if your car is older than both..by all means ust step up to the proper cross reference to the newer plug.

did you know the copper core plugs get attacked after welding exhaust?
there is alot of things that evolved.

coil on plugs? copper core fall apart in a short time.

being I went cdi box, multi spark, I need hard and fast.

I just dug out my iridiums IX, almost 50 bucks worth...
I think i targetted my platinums for appearing cleaner.

the iridiums are cleaning up nice, and will be using them for proper heat range.

as oem subaru, stick to copper or platinum, or if you have unmodified ignitionin anything, old school oil coil etc..

the engine in this thread has had all of them...the real reason for the concentrated tips of a hard plug is just coming to light now....I found a need for the hard plug.

[Barry Donovan]

iridium

hit a sweet spot..
electrical lightning noise on left header went away very fast on cold start. no sputters in the part throttle range above idle to 2k..
no sign of the multi spark.

the oem plug numbers look normal upon removal..simply outdone by CDI, as guessed.

attempting another inspection in a couple of hours..

the irony of the greatest sounding ea82 getting a hard time over a perfect header is leaving my head swollen...


absolutely f*****g bizarre.

bizarre.



good news. iridiums worked for the header..conquered a slow speed hitching almost completely. the more I drove the better it got. supercharger noise starts when car is perfect...big continuity about something, not sure where. Let that invisible fly...
the bad news.. guy at speed shop was a real jerk. the worst case scenario with inspections. even tried to negate my weld..

a funny thing, he had a hot rod up on a lift, getting restored. I assume to be getting dicked around at this point. falsely claimed a bad tire, had rude opinions wth no facts.. I knew not to get mad. Guy was a real idiot. he must have a good eye to spot my welded camber...blind otherwise.

I told him how to turn on the car before he slammed my head in the door...and told him, this has a stage 1 clutch its a bit jumpy.
so the idiot jumps it and stalls it.

I found another garage, explained my situation, bringing that in tomorrow morning...
I'll just keep wandering around..the welders places seem to be extinct. real shame..this place is officially plagued.

my last custom vehicle here, is my last address for a place to have left from.

interesting changes this year in inspection. the rear wiper, no longer needing to function...
the only tracking or stance notes were related to motorcycles. if I want the camber I welded intentionally, I can have indeed.

brake pads in a drum cannot be determined..which is silly to say, of course they can't...funny enough, my semi metallics are as loud as a rally car.

this one is good, about leaks from seeps... as my suby rack and pinion keep some tablespoons behind the boots. I add no fluid to my own power steering, I had to learn the overfill does not match the stick in the can...that guy at speed shop could get a real compaint officially soon.

brake fluid..they cannot judge contaminated. I suppose my little brake light switch letting me know master cylinder is low can be hooked back up. Subaru gave up on that little xtra as well. it turns fluid black because of the electric current.

I can't wait to get this brick inspected...

without a monkey.
as monkeys need zoo keepers, I called state police (624-8935) about the encounter.
should be getting a call from the head of inspections today or tomorrow.

a high of 59 today is in the rain (still raining)...is going to be down to 28F by morning...the tin can will still be there.

26 years of the north, and you got monkeys telling opinions of extra welding...
ridiculous.

I wonder what even deeper credentials than my own would do...probably hang a career or two entirely.


old plugs. I did have to get the red off from old gas tank..the mystery red covered the plugs, no misfires. after a quick clean with carb cleaner..some small carbon spots in the bottom of jar, nothing shiny (thankfully). this is about 2k miles..went in very clean. I also noticed solid lifters were way lean for the exact same carb, and cams..of course these plugs. Today is hydraulic lifters. I knew this engine moved more fuel air..plugs can say alot.

I wanted on the rich side..this seems to match the color...had to burrow the past out to find the real carbon. the solid engine left these a bit light, even on the same fuel jet. There is anew ignition now, maybe the bigger burn sets a bigger draft..boxers are using that as the equation.

past deciphered or not, right now is good fuel feed.

the iridiums are just right for this one..
the cold start brought me back to maybe a yer ago when these were in use it he other engine.
they fire so fast, its ike the engine got starting fluid..then stalls.. spark at it again, climbs right into high idle.
the feedback for the accel is the best yet. given the strange alloys takes weeks in someplaces, days in the chamber... the power curve that becomes the norm is already revealng itself in intervals more often..only been half a day so far.
I have concluded ther eis a bad alloy ea82, this one is a very nice one compared to the old solid grey monster that broke in its parking spot..

[Barry Donovan]

custom/antique

looking over maine laws..

this buggy technically satisifies custom and antique, memories of this process are still the same as when I learned of them.

it is idiot. dumb as an auto inspector around a 2v high compression carb engine with upside down headers...
I do not need to do either of those registrations really.

the drama of the dumb monkey awaits a phone call, I checked yesterday and I understood the guy is real busy, drives around the state for his job..

that actually sounds like a fun job.

anyway.. the little sube can't be held down for being stronger than factory for long. Maine is the hang up..so help them and their thinking god guiding the working people..

I am sadly understanding where the real runtimes went....the more i drive around to different garages.
A strange contrast in this years pursuit..the buggy does not have the solid lift zero deck engine anymore. it was much more arrogant for its first 25 years...
really weird stuff this year, like witnessing a brain plague, by not just a few people, a majority.

even the garage next door... they see and hear the buggy all the time. Sounds being the generalization this year.. I wonder if we got hit with a wave... land moving can do that I guess.

anyhoo, back to ignoring nerves that function...
I decided to go antique this year. I found there is a limited personal use in the laws writing..that is the reason I avoided antique. I did not find that part about the law last year.

looking at statistics..
the antique route has climbed every year since they implemented it, not a small crowd by any means. I'll be another one to add to that status shortly..

leave my kingly monojet on the throne of balance alone.


with 12/86 on the door, I will wait until beginning of december. the current regular car reg is out at end of november..
this will make 26 years, and monkeys with math to remain unconfused.

an unrelated monkey math.. I found my internet on the most basic option, and the bill matching something supposed to be 3 times the speed...
with that modern evolution squared away, I'll be posting 3 times faster..
I guessed hurricane related, but no..it was not. I went a year small internet. may explain why I have to desire to upload vids..

a tobacco run, bought things for a tobacco pipe. this place I go to attracts no junkies, its the gentlemans kinda place..pipes were for tobacco.
they had some hickory, corn cob.. I decided to keep my own.
remember the dome on the top of the rochestor?
It used to be a salt shaker, became my tobacco pipe. Asking questions at the store, the lady introduced me to screens they put on the bottom to keep it clean. I chose brass for the brass pipe I made from a salt shaker lid that sat on top of the monojet.

interesting life for the parts at my helm.

car has the shreak my loyale got when I knew it was right..an invisible supercharged whine..cryogenics made the cams in this ea82, maine keeps it there for centuries to come. the casings catch up in the autumn..the test of my work is by middle summer. if the whine went away, I did not time or cool or both, enough...
this one is going to win.

thisis for that inspector that rudely critisized my car as his tempest sits on a stand with a rustoleum firewall awaiting his retarded dream of ever grounding an engine...

I keep rear left camber advanced negative and locked in my ten geared sube..it is crazy otherwise. you want a drifting subaru? stand the back wheels to perpendicular..the linear boxer will thrash it around like a rag doll..as the car in this vid had planned for itself.


you can own a speed shop you runted monkey...slow as your mind if it contains no knowledge.

[Barry Donovan]

(antique cont)


putting time into perspective.. a trait some of my family has is to be rudely awakened at time gone by. My version of rudely is still friendly mind you..

the photo above has me at age 14-15, 1987-1988 I am on the right. the mobile home, at the time, was a modern space age energy saver..unknown to us it was the last of the all steel death makers. the truck had a barking 350 hummins cummins. the car is a mazda..the first ricer I ever drove. Never appealed to me, even today.

the guy in left of photo was 13 at the time, he died at the age of 30 a few years ago. the truck went to a junk yard in the early 90s with more than 2 million miles..the same for the mazda…much less miles for the mazda of course. the mobile home is probably a parts container today, it is made of thick steel…a truckers idea of home is a bit different I guess.

1987 til now is a long time. I’ll go for the retired antique status with pride. It is personal as I have 15 years with the same model..my only daily driver. Defying logic of retarded stampedes, it is still alive…

alot has died since 1987...alot unlikely has moved on...alot has never learned... even if it goes by their faces making noise ...

what was strong from weak.

these thoughts bring me to the twin city speed shop, brewer maine, where I was recently attacked by a crazy guy claming to be an inspector. harrasment took place.
not sure why the cars smell like a brewer dump, or late models are stiting there for sale with no inspection sticker.

given the gangsta runt attitude.. it is probably a business front. nothing real happening.

two thumbs down...and state police call thumbs up.

a bit younger, the runt would have one less eye and a jaw dangling..maybe even a chunk of his nose in my mouth...

just kidding... breaking faces is for someone you hire without evidence..

playing gangsta in internet land...by a huge american five foot niner. I never talk truth..no sir.


anyway, I looked around for some antique opinions and realized, I am fighting a retarded monster..
check this guys complaints about maine inspections. That guy was a mechanic of 40 years, and four cars to keep for his kids etc..

I may use antique for a year, and go right back to regular.

I found what appearance does for the monkeys...can't tell them its half ton capable.
there is that "unbelievable" again.

with antique, I may make a dual exit for exhaust and try a street run at loring. take advantage of the registration...just drive their with near open.

add to the list 120 or so with my tin can that drive there and back.

[Barry Donovan]

the mystery "it"

I don't normally ram the city roads going in circles unless an auto inspector sends me that way..

strange isn't it. I drive the car that much. the biggest run around every year is inspection.

that antique status is just right..as years follow 1987, it is not the same to call something antique.
the non manufactured parts, carbs simply throwing a mix to high compression of the old 2 valve kind. antique is deserved for this old sube in every means of the classic definition. the last of the pioneering internal combustions. Even the chamber looks like an old v8...simple flat piston, earning its little chamber pressed dome when it gently pounces off beyond zero deck in its aluminum world..a genius is really hiding about that old ea82 subaru, and they never get credit do they... an asian that does something genius. Given the bad wrapping for a chassis the engine got. I feel bad about that.

beyond basics, I am fascinated with maine physics. I know not to attack the rear end camber..welded to exactly where I want, the earth is doing something local. I even spotted one of the 190 mercedes with a rear left neg camber and heard the broken exhaust...

yep. this year is getting a whole pile of little engines in their light little chassis.

another fact of disappearing strength and why owners give up here..the steel staying strong needs to make its own angle. They never stay there..as steel wins, goes back to its calm earth when the time comes. ..but it does know its origin, like an anchor somewhere in the land as a vertece...and it hangs on showing the world this place is a sliding trampoline right now...like hanging onto a string that don't stretch.

amazing but true.

the monojet with its seat was not a gimmick to get mounted onto the old ea82. Just this past months, and even days.. the plugs installed finally fast enough for the accel, and the carbs power static acknowledging the mystery...that is this runtime. More than 60 years of american history is the same.

back when I knew this town was small.. if I encountered the attitude of deeper thoughts being manhandled by an ape..I'd beat it down and get away with it. Today, the flying invisibles that carry me along like every human, simpy give it a bigger beating flawlessly.

if you think I am time ahead...as this post, if not word for word, is several years old, minus the last accel paragraph...

Pinch yourself. Nerves feel things. If you are numb..that does not mean become an auto mechanic..in fact..step away from the automobile entirely..and never look back.