85glwagon Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 I was wundering if it is possible to take the engine (ea82) and tranny out of an 85 gl wagon and put it in an 88 gl hatchback that had an ea81 engine. anyone done this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet82 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Anything is possible! And Subarus are easy! As far as the motor goes, I'd make sure you have the computer and black boxes out of the Hatch. You'd need to match the Fuel Pump control unit to the carb so you'd have to transfer that from the donor car. Do a Search on the motor swap? Good luck Glenn 82 SubaruHummer 01 Forester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganM Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Archemitis has had an EA82 MPFI and now an ER27 in a hatchback. It's possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 yep, mm hmm. ea82 all the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballitch Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 you will be more than satisfied with that swap, will he need different axles? and perhaps a differnt driveline? are the EA81 and EA82 trannys the same length? ~Josh~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet82 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 I understand the axles to be the same... The drive lines will change depending on if it is a 4 or 5 speed tranny. 4 Speed will be one piece 5 Speed will be two... The hatch and wagon are different length vehicles so some shortening/lenghtening may be in order. Glenn, 82 SubaruHummer--shortened driveline. (-"15) 01 Forester--factory driveline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 i do know that the front axles from my my 82 EA81 are shorter than the axles for the EA82. the shafts look a shade thicker/beefier too?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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