Loren

It's getting very hard to answer your questions of this nature seriously. (If you are not the guy that is always worried about everything breaking, then I apologise.) No your engine is not going to be damaged from a couple of seconds of shuddering while slowly accelerating in bumper to bumper traffic.

leave it in second... slip clutch if you need to. Also, manuals suck in traffic... maybe get an auto

It's dead. Buy a new one. Actually... don't buy a new one, people like you don't deserve cars.

External wastegate? If so it might be a leak present only when the wastegate is open.

Whooshing noise is the intake... perfectly normal for any turbo.

Pod filters and AFMs are not a good match imo... I went through several AFMs because of the pod filter... granted that sometimes it was because I over oiled them... other times because the weather shield was removed and any big splashes of water that hit the poddy would f*** them.

I think he's just going to pull the motor and leave the gearbox in place in this case.

Usually would remove the axles.

You could... you are adding a lot more work though. Any reason to think that the sump is full of schmutz?

I guess if the gearbox is staying in... then pulling the motor will be less work.

You don't need to remove the engine to do any of that work. The old flywheel will need machining.

macbilt are still solid... not the cheapest but the motor will last a long time. Llama won't be cheap either.

$1345 is a stupid price or they have quoted you more than that?

air intake

If you put the front of the car on stands and turn each wheel in turn... while holding the other still... you might be able to hear very clearly where the clicking is coming from.

That sounds messed up to me... stop driving it.

If you want the purist's driving experience, then stop looking at big fat Legacy wagons. Keep your current car and buy something really small and cheap you can throw around a bit while changing gears to your heart's delight. A s****y old mx5 or something maybe.

if it's never going to be launched etc, I reckon the oem Exedy will be fine.

Kinda joking because we're on a Subaru forum, but I like my Ranger more than my Legacy wagons for sure. Keep in mind I don't care about having a road going car that corners any more Not many 3.0 manuals around... you might have to stick to an auto... looks like 10k is the max you should be paying... but really depends on kms.

Get a Ford Ranger. And the 300,000 km Legacy might be really good or completely crap depending on how well it's been maintained. Could be an extremely expensive car to keep on the road.

I have used domestic irrigation type stuff before... they are good if you stick a lot of pressure behind them... but then you go through too much water, so you need to be smart about when to use them.

No it doesn't make sense. Can you put some pictures up to show what you mean?

When does it do that exactly? If only when powering out of or through a corner, it could be the inside rear wheel slipping because your rear diff is not very good... i.e. a viscous diff or a plated diff that needs servicing. The "clutch is poked because it engages right at the top" is an old school cable clutch thing I think... you have a hydraulic clutch. The Sti does have an intake temp sensor and so will feel down on power when heat soaked... the WRX does not have one... true for v5/v6 in any case, but I imagine a v7 sti will have one.

The Possum Link is less advanced than the stock ecu of a 1990 legacy.

It could be that those 3000 rpms you gave it the other day has destroyed the rings