newsoobdude Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I know there are very few people out there who have managed to lift their EA71s. I'd like to see pics of them and the list of mods done to them, including lift size. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I know there are very few people out there who have managed to lift their EA71s. I'd like to see pics of them and the list of mods done to them, including lift size. Any help would be greatly appreciated. +1, i have been taking some gauging interest in the lifted series of our cars. i would like to look @ mods as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael appel Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 check out the one I got from washington with a 12 inch lift and stock drivetrain with nissan transfercase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 check out the one I got from washington with a 12 inch lift and stock drivetrain with nissan transfercase what did you use to do that set up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Range Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 '79 brat: 3" body lift engine crossmember, a-arms, & torsion tube from '81 wagon 3.90 5spd d/r, welded rear diff '94 EJ22+harness when it drives it's a blast, but the trans/radius rod mount ripped out of the body(rusty swiss cheese style), I finally got my harness cut down and I think I found the battery drain too, so by summer it should be all together, maybe some paint too ---------------------------------------------------------- Spigma06 'the pickle' R.I.P '78 wagon 3" lift gen 2 rear torsion tube EA81+4spd d/r this is definitly the easier way to lift a gen 1, put blocks up front and fab in the gen 2 torsion tube. That blue brat posted above has seen a few 'light' mods... what motor/trans does it have in it now? 1.6, 1.8, or the buick V6? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 what do you mean put "blocks" up front? im lost. what about the rear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Range Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 search: 'body lift' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86BRATMAN Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 on here? yes on here, also s'ko(i think) is doing a lift/ea81 swap right now, see if he may have some insight for you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waimaks Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Could you post up some pictures of that Brat with the EJ22? Any bit of insight into how you've done that would be awesome. These Gen 1's look aws lifted. Keep the pictures coming anyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86BRATMAN Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I've got a thread in the retrofitting forum, a lot of people have done this sort of thing, mostly to ea82 cars. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=70148 I've been hindered by snow and otherwise cold weather, but w'ere getting a heat wave this weekend, lol, supposed to be back in the 30's and 40's should have some more done, hopefully. Oh check this one out.... http://members.optusnet.com.au/~kerrtw/gallery.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingwill Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Oh check this one out.... http://members.optusnet.com.au/~kerrtw/gallery.html Oh that Brat is Tight!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Range Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 EJ22 in the '79 brat was a chore, pics in my photo's page... the body lift all you have to do is slightly notch the frame rails to clear the valve covers, but you would have to swap in a gen 2 cars brake master cyl to clear the setup, with the 3" blocks the entire front end had to be frenched... all the rubber parts of the fuel lines had to be replaced to run the high psi fuel pump, otherwise it's exactly like any other ej>ea swap, tons of little things will get in the way, but the result is well worth it... I just started my new gen 1 swap, '81 brat (1800 D/R) swapped into a '78 GF coupe, 3" body lift, gen 2 rear torsion tube, pics to come soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waimaks Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I like you mr range.... much admired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy D Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I like you mr range....much admired. second:headbang: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy D Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I've got a thread in the retrofitting forum, a lot of people have done this sort of thing, mostly to ea82 cars.http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=70148 I've been hindered by snow and otherwise cold weather, but w'ere getting a heat wave this weekend, lol, supposed to be back in the 30's and 40's should have some more done, hopefully. Oh check this one out.... http://members.optusnet.com.au/~kerrtw/gallery.html ive seen that brat before.....sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[HTi]Dain Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Here is some pictures of [HTi]Savages EA71-EA81 lift/conversion. these are just the engine crossmember, and tranny crossmemeber. the rest are to come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 how reliable are these? whats the max you can lift using this method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[HTi]Savage Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 The crush rating on these pices is in the tons. Its just a custom steel fab lift from [HTi]. Where fabin it up our selves. This is 4 inches, Technicly you could go as high as you want. But keep in mind that The engine, tranny, Driveshaft and rear diff are droping however far you decide to go. I think that 6 inches would be max, the rest is going to be suspension. Because this is a body lift you have to consider everything that now has to stretch to reach where it goes. And with suspension lift you will run into problems the higher you go. with The Axels the angle will increase the more the control arm drops. Not good. Soobs rock teh noobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 what all did you need to fabricate to swap over the ea 81 stuff from the ea 71? was it hard at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfreak85 Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 what all did you need to fabricate to swap over the ea 81 stuff from the ea 71? was it hard at all? I'm also interested in this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[HTi]Savage Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I used the EA81 engine cross member with the complete front suspension. the EA81 engine Xmember has a taper, it gets wider in the front. but in the back its the same with as the EA71. So we just offset the holes in the front of the lift block to accomadate. scense the track is now wider we just droped the strut tower streight off at the same angle so the camber is perfect. now I just have to leingthen the Leading rods, to reach the tranny x member. Where using the EA71 x member because they mount totaly differently from the EA81. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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