my little fella's came running to see what i was watchin and stayed till it finished.they not rev heads much

Looks good the white sets off the gold.

my preference for after market ecu's is Microtech they come ready to wire with base map turn key it starts only needs to be tuned via laptop.

Hey ash my suggestion as a mechanic would be too replace spark plug leads,As they will give you the exact symptoms your describing.
Have seen this so many times on all sorts of cars i have lost count.
Let me know how you get on.

Hey Simon how much you chasing for tyre alone,i have a couple of sets of rims don't need anymore that's all

they are 5/98 same as subaru.except the subaru rims need the centre hole machined out about 3 mm,i have a set of 16'' wrx rims on mine and a set of 17'' rims to go on later.

Chances are clean the windscreen really well and replace wiper blades will fix it.

Hi i have a sud we were running not for a bit though it cost us $150 to buy and a clean up inside and out and still even now a great car for track work.
It does now have quite a lot of mods 4 years down the track and still has some improving to do in places.they are quite easy to learn in being front wheel drive they are very forgiving,especially when having a heavy right foot.

Hey guys yeah the road noise is bad from scalloped tyres. See it all the time at work,
Hey green your g/f's car doesn't have bridgestone's on it by chance,It is more than common for them to go funny for no reason,
The best tyre for your money at the moment is the Toyo's they are quality to rival Michelin and Pirelli but are at least half the price.
Providing the pressure are kept up at 36 psi for anything from 15" up and rotated regularly they will outlast almost every other brand around.
We rotate all tyre's every 5,000 klms for our customers free of charge alot of places will do this but you would need to ask. 

very nice thats what  mine looked like before i stripped it.
only difference is mine has sunroof.
very nice .

no worries glad it helped to some degree the suds are bad for it as well as every other car i work on day after day.

Good point sheldon over looked that typo i've never managed to squeeze 14's on to fifteen inch tried at work by mistake a few times though.

Thats the same thing i did to mine Mick never had a problem after that.the lodgers and similar style plugs are absolute rubbish.

I would say being basicly the same as the sud down draughts that have caused me plenty of drama's, its got a blocked jet or idle circuit in the carbi itself.
Remove the mixture screw and using an air nozzle blow compressed air in the mixture screw hole, yes some fuel will blow out of carbi but this
shifts dirt etc.
a good starting point for mix screws is screw all the way then back out 1 1/2 turns.

As for back firing a flame sounds like you also have a spark problem and its trying to cross fire cylinders,have a look inside dizzy cap for cracks and or burn marks.

are you sure its not rh outer cv causing the noise it will be under load doing lh turn especially doing u turn. Have a look to see if cv boot is split.
you wouldn't feel it through steering wheel if it was in the rear.