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Back when EA82Ts were fairly common, I read lots of threads where people were trying to tweak them. They would spend lots of time and or $ to get maybe small gains while trading off reliability, which there wasn't a lot of to spare. Long ago, I decided reliability is more important. And if I ever were to spend the time to try to get more power, it would be through an EJ22 swap, because for the amount of time and $, you get far more HP gain AND reliability than any of the other tried and failed to varying degrees other options.

That's a fairly recently issued license plate. Someone owns that car, and went through the effort and expense of registering a carbureted car in California. It may be broken down, stolen then dumped there, or parked long term at that train station (as at an airport). Call your Sheriff, have them check it out. Just my 2 bucks.

Can always cut a slot in a block of wood and put it where the car jack goes on the body.

I'll try to summarize my thoughts to keep this succinct... As mentioned, this has been discussed and attempted for decades. Back in the early 2000s there was a crew of guys on this forum pushing the EA82T. At that time the turbo EJ was still pretty new to the U.S. and the cost of entry was too high for most of us cheapskates. Not many people had the gumption to invest in an unknown, undocumented EJ swap. People kept pouring time, money and ideas into the EA82T and since I was keen to replicate their success on my EA81T, I paid close attention. From memory, not one of those cars has survived today and is still running. Contrast that to the first few EJ-swapped EA82s and they're still out there. Hell, my RX-RA that @suberdave built back in ~2005 is still on the road with the same engine that was originally swapped into it 16 years and three owners ago. Try making 260 chp for 16 years on an EA82T... Hasn't been done yet, probably won't happen until somebody creates new, redesigned head castings. The bottom end should hold up to quite a bit of abuse, but the pistons and heads crack, HGs aren't up to the task and the stock ECU is closer to an Atari than smartphone. To do what you're describing and keep the engine reliable (we're taking cost of acquisition/hard parts/labor/machining/and ECU tuning labor) you're probably looking at a $10,000 investment. The custom parts will be more expensive because they'll all be one-off parts. You'll want to pay someone to tune it, since there are no base maps for this engine. Now, an EJ? If you've got the coin you can bolt in 300 chp, leave it stock and be able to enjoy it for the next 16 years vs. the next 16 days (until the EA82T blows up...).

We have had 100% success replacing the valve body and the short wiring harness. GD

Thanks. Yeah going so inboard scares me. Way more comfy out at the corners as best as possible. Also concerned about the rear arms but they seem to take the weight.

Thanks for the education and entertainment folks. Hey , just an old dinosaur here , what I said was basically - find the parts to keep it healthy and allow it to live out it’s life without detrimental consequences. The stuff I mentioned is simple and can likely still be found. Yes I owned at least a couple that I daily drove for a short period. I did enjoy my 88? Turbo Wagon with the fivespeed single range. It was fun but just a few pages in my book. Challenging ourselves with projects can be great. But as mentioned the effort and cost needs to be weighed out. Dinosaur says ride it out stock. It won’t be around too much longer. Just ask the many of us previous owners. Good luck. I feel you’re going to stick with your plan somewhat and get that latest tech adapted. If any success please boast and enjoy the moment. Cheers !

Ole Blue had a drilled out cat and was pretty loud so my first step was to replace the exhaust with my 89s exhaust minus the muffler that I replaced with a 2" straight pipe. I should also preface that this is a pretty "budget build" for about $2500 but plan on adding things bit by bit till its what I want. Did the welding my self so hence why it looks like crap haha.