As Christmas gifts go my wife got me an absolute ripper – four laps fanging around a rally track in a WRX STI and then a hot lap in the same car driven by someone who knew what they were doing..
Category Archives: WRX
Rumble off into the sunset
Sigh, the day had to come didn’t it? A couple of days ago I watched (with a little lump in my throat) as Project WRX, my 1994 Subaru Impreza WRX drove off into the sunset and onward to it’s new home.
And it happened faster than I could utter the words ‘Nope, that bit’s been fixed too…’
A tisket, a gasket. (WRX leaking oil out of rocker cover)
If your Impreza/WRX rocker covers are leaking oil (even if it’s just a couple of drops a day) then it’s time to get a new set of gaskets in there. Thankfully if you have the time and can handle a spanner or two, it is a job you can do at home.
First a rusted rumble then a muffle – WRX exhaust
Wait, you mean to tell me that the 18 year old factory fitted Genie exhaust on my WRX isn’t any good anymore? Oh..
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Breathing new life into your old rusty windscreen wipers
If your windscreen wipers are starting to look a little shabby (the whole mechanism, not just the blades themselves) then there’s a few options. You could buy a whole new assembly, go to the wreckers for a better-than-your-current-set from a similar model or do what we did: break out the tools and really get to work. (Note: there’s not that much work involved.)
Less whine WRX please
It’s always the way isn’t it? If it isn’t one thing it’s another – case in point for project WRX was just finishing up the pulley swapover when the Subaru power steering pump started to groan like a small business getting a massive tax bill. And here I was thinking that was the end of whining noises in the Rex’s engine bay…
A pulley for your thoughts
The latest edition to the Driveanotherday HQ is a 1994 Australian delivered Subaru Imprezza WRX, completely stock save for the nice boxer rumble from the dealer fitted Lucas exhaust. And while this low k, well kept example cruises very nicely on the open highway, it’s come with a high pitched whine very similar to a supercharger winding up…