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Nice Rig, I would like to hear more about it when we both have time together.

Hi Scott, I was thinking just the opposite, but after drawing a quick sketch myself, I see you are right. I tried to delete this comment, but it looks like I can only edit it.

I'm also interested in a similar body style as Scott has mentioned, probably not for extreme wheelin, but I want a more recent Sube with an EJ, add a dual range tranny. Plan to modify the fenderwells for some 30+ tires and a minimum lift. Move the rear axle back a couple inches or maybe the front forward if I can make it fit and try to fit the bigger tires without having to lift it much. Basic coupe without a lot of electrical options or weight. Mostly it will be used for a DD and some minor wheelin. If the tires are too big, I might just run it on the street in low range and avoid any too steep hills or mud bogging offroad.

Nice yellow suspenders. (yeah I know what they are)

Here's a few I found by searching, I will keep looking.

I'm not an expert, but could those 4 long bolts be to bolt the crossmember back in after the spacer is added, because the stock long bolts would be too short to reuse? I'm also thinking you would reuse the stock strutmount bolts, 3 on each side to bolt the strut to the lift blocks. The stock bolts are pressed in and somewhat difficult to remove from the stock strut flanges, but I have seen some people do it when they wanted to go to a larger size bolt.

Hey Bruce, Great Videos! Sure appreciate you going along to take pictures. Usually everybody is too busy driving to take any good shots. I really like the fact there were a bunch of Subarus along Rollie

Hey Alex. Good to see you on here. I enjoyed your pictures, although they didn't appear for me until after I went to the Photobucket site and viewed one of them manually. Rollie

Scott, The EA82 I got from Japan had a Carb and Disty on it. They may be still lying around the shop somewhere. Rollie

Thanks for the update James. I wish you both well in your future endeavers. I have enjoyed working with Albie in the past. He's a good guy to work with. Rollie

Hey Scott, Too bad about your car. People are going to miss checking out your blue EJ with the new lift and SJR stickers all over it. Rollie

Ray, I have worked closely with Scott at SJR. One of his top concerns is that what ever you do, it be done in a safe manner which does not result in an accident or injury as a result of modifications done to your car. His goal is to provide quality parts for you the builder, but you ultimately are responsible to make sure it is installed in a professional manner. He is fully capable of modifying a steering component and including it with a lift kit, but has purposely chosen not to take upon himself the liability for such a crucial safety part of your car. The quick answer to your question is yes, most of his lifts are a simple bolt in installation, but to go along with Reveen's comments, there are an assortment of other small issues with your car that need to be understood and addressed and this is best done by someone with knowledge of the components affected. When you do the installation, you need to have someone on your team who understands the factors and has some small fabrication experience. For a modification this large, an inexperieced person can not expect to drive the car into the garage, follow a step by step instruction sheet and drive back out ready to go in a couple hours. I hope I haven't thrown cold water on your project. Good luck Rollie

Great idea Jeff, This could even bring out the inactives like me. Maybe I should pull my ride out of the weeds and get it running again.

I want one! Where do I get in line? Looks like I need to shop around for a distributor and carb.

Just a comment on spacing your wheels out further. It may give you more clearance on the inside, but will give you less clearance at the rear portion of your front wheel wells when turning the wheel sharp left or right. You may want to consider keeping your wheels tucked in as tight as you can. Rollie

Jeff, Scott dropped the videos off at my place yesterday. I hope to get time to burn a few DVD's and post what looks good. Rollie

Scott, What do you think of this idea? Offer a deal on lift kits where all the aluminum parts are made entirely from recycled Subaru components. I bet someone out there would think that was a cool thng to have. Just thinking. Rollie

Hi Brian, This is Rollie, I'm Scott's Brother. The videos we have done so far, were made using Sony Vegas Movie Studio and then put on DVD using Sony DVD Architect. It seems to be pretty easy to use and has most of the features anyone would want to use when making a video or DVD. What software are you using? We are always interested in finding out better ways to do things. Rollie

28" tires might be a little tall for offroad with the stock drivetrain and weight. You might be happier limiting your tires to 27". 87-89 were all basically the same with dual range and fuel injection. Before 87 they had carbs, after 89 they had no dual range. Rollie

The Alloy 15's are wider then the 14's so would fit a larger or wider tire. I don't know anything about the steels

Update: After searching this site, I found some really good information compiled by Numbchux (Thank you). I will look through it, but would still like to invite anyone who has additional notes to offer. Thanks again Rollie

I'm actually putting an EJ into an EA82 Subaru, but am posting this question in the Vanagon Conversion section, with the hopes that maybe I can stir up more people who are familiar with this. (Moderators: feel free to move this post to somewhere else if you think it would be more appropriate). My question is concerning wiring. Instead of trying to follow the complete wiring diagram as came with the engine, which in this case was a 93 Legacy, I'm looking for a simplified diagram that only includes the bare minimum devices needed to make the engine run. I'm willing to strip out what ever components I need from the donor Legacy, but don't want to take anything I can do without. After I get some good responses, I will draw up a nice wiring schematic and post it somewhere for you all to use. Thanks Rollie

Scott's family's private property near Deming Wa, which is about a 30 minute drive east from Bellingham. Nice remote location on the Nooksack River. Rollie

Actually the photo shown above is misleading as the red/blue/purple/silver car is missing it's front grill and headlight rings. Here's the same bumper on a different car. It fits fairly snug. Rollie