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

houndman@phonom.net wrote:
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> 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.

http://techinfo.subaru.com/html/index.jsp 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. <G>

houndman@phonom.net wrote:
>
>
> Have you used the service?

Yes, for tips on opperations like brake jobs.


>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.

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.