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[skinny664521903]

hopefully yall will be a lot of help for me. this is my first car i dont know how to work on cars but i would like to learn thank god i have my brother. My brother tells me the whole car needs to be rewired and then well go from there. I will eventually get it lifted and do an ej swap paid $800 more than i should have but hopefully it will be worth it. oh and i got the guy to throw in some chrome rims dont even know why anyone would get them but hopefully theyll look cool.

[6 Star]

Looks like a nice straight body!
You found a good one, what is wrong with the wiring?
Maybe it is something simple.

Also, a belated welcome to the board.
Lots of good info on here, make use of the search button.


Do those chrome wheels have a little "J" emblem on one of the spokes?
If they do they are Jackmans and are a desireable wheel by the oldschool subaru crowd.

Edited by 6 Star, 27 January 2013 - 03:49 PM.

[skinny664521903]

where would the little j be i dont see one

[6 Star]

http://www.indysworl.../jackman15b.jpg

[skinny664521903]

yeah theres definitely not a j what would regular chrome rims like this be worth anyway.

[6 Star]

Depends on who is buying and how much they want to spend.
I would say swap them onto your Brat, they would look good on there imo.

[BratRod]

I talked to the guy who owned these brats, you definitely bought the better one.


I cant imagine the whole car would have to be rewired either

Edited by BratRod, 27 January 2013 - 10:30 PM.

[biffanyus]

Very nice looking brat. I would keep it all original but thats just me!!! I think in the long run it would be worth more to a future buyer, especially that its in really nice shape, to keep it stock and as original as possible. Nice brat either way and I even like the color, its like a light olive green I think???

[skinny664521903]

you were the guy thanks a lot and im oing to change a lot of the car because ima have it for many years

[skinny664521903]

anybody know where i could get the factory service manual for the 1980 brat

[turbosubarubrat]

anybody know where i could get the factory service manual for the 1980 brat

ebay
http://www.ebay.com/...manual&_sacat=0

Edited by turbosubarubrat, 30 January 2013 - 10:48 PM.
added link

[O.C.D.]

Yeah, then scan it and let me know cause I need one, lol.

Nice Brat! Let the addiction begin.

[Kevint143]

Brat looks good! Hope to see a lot of progress pictures with it!

[skinny664521903]

is there specifics on what you need from the fsm cause it would take forever for me to scan the whole thing

[O.C.D.]

is there specifics on what you need from the fsm cause it would take forever for me to scan the whole thing

Well, the whole things, yes.  But I don't expect you or anyone to do that.  I keep looking and I miss out on them it seems?

[skinny664521903]

so we figured out why it was getting no spark and its because there is no resistor so we decided to let the car sit until i get enough money to swap the engine so anybody wana buy an ea71 as is in houston??

[O.C.D.]

Swap the engine because of a resistor?

[skinny664521903]

No that would be retarded i wanted to swap it anyway and if it wouldve been easy getting this motor running i wouldve but its gonna cost me more than i want to pay so why not just swap and put money into something i want

[skinny664521903]

is there a significant difference in power between the ej22 and ej25 my brother wants me to cheap out and go for the ej22 but i was a little skeptical seeing how icould wait and get the ej25 but if its not too big of a difference then ill just go for the ej22