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Everytime I read anything about an RX,it seems that it always is directed toward the 3 door coupe. I was in Aurora Co.going thru a junk yard and saw an 88? 3 door and it was f/t d/r. w lsd. I think that the 85-86 rx were sedans?(right)and they had on demand hi/lo,and few were lsd? And the 87-89s were all f/t with center diif lock/ rear lsd? If thats correct,can any or all clarify the difference in the low range ratios of both trannys? I believe that they all were 3.70? thanks. And a couple of quick sube stories, for old time sake. I worked at the port of Portand,Or.in the late 80s and got to unload all models off the ships,thru a solvent cleaning process(protection from the elements in transport from japan) and thru undercoating and a/c install line and detail line,and then onto rail cars,and trucks to be delivered to dealerships.and man was that a blast.It seemed that every other drive way in the pnw had subes in them. I had an 81 gl brat 1800 d/r full guages (best sube i ever had) bought it as a trade in from Hanna subaru in Vancouver in 85 with 34000. I was hooked, snoqualmie,mt hood,ape caves ,washougal river road at 75+ and of course frenchmans bar partys. (you know).those were some good times,blablalaaa, Another fun time was in California,1983 my friend worked for subaru of america test facility in garden grove. they would leave orange county out the 91 fwy to redlands, up 38 to big bear, then on off road coarses,to the desert floor.then 62 through lander/29 palms and up 79 thru anza,murrieta,elsinore,74 ortega highway(death alley) and back to garden grove. I remember in 83 when he was driving 85 turbo rx,checker interior,air suspension.(actually worked ). talk about a fun job. not long after I got to see XTs that werent even seen yet,Anyone remember when they had that cool comercial on tv. were the dad was at home at the farm,and there was a mint 79 wagon in the driveway,and with the dad watching,here come an xt flying down the dirt road,(camera shows him locking it into 4wd), and throws it totally sideways at 55 and blast into the ranch.the dad says to the son "I thought you said you were gonna buy a subaru?" son replies ,"it is a subaru. that was from @ late 84/85. anyway,party on:cool:

Thanx everyone for the input .I love the sedans.:cool:

I GOT AN 85 RX 4 DOOR SEDAN . I WANT TO DO A 3.5 LIFT AND RUN 26.5/27s ON HER,AN WANT TO GET SOME INPUT. THANX

What Year? What Model?

BFGOODRICH,THEY ARE SPENDY $$$.THEY HAVE PANTENTED TRI GUARD (3 LAYERS OF STEEL MESH)IN THE SIDE WALLS ALONE.IN ALL THE BAJA MEXICO RACES,THEY ARE THE BEST.AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS.IM SHORT ON TIME TO GIVE MORE INFO,SO YOULL HAVE TO SEARCH.:cool: THEY ARE WORTH EVERY PENNY.

Im not sure about prices in seattle,but when i lived in southern cal in 1992,used japan engine was the way to go for me. I had an ea81 and replaced it with a low milage (dual carb) EA81 engine complete.I chose from a room full of subbys,and found the perfect engine that ROARED. air cleaner,alt.everything,and spottlesly clean. the guy told me that the engine was made in 1990. just got a fresh container ,and man my 81 gl dual range brat flew:burnout: then.I paid $ 395+tax. then and my freind and i went back to the same place 4 months ago (march) 2006 and they still had the same older style engines that were built only a couple years ago.and they now get $495+tax ea81/ea81t, ea82/ea82t $500+tax and er27 6cyl$550. the svx engine looked simalar but was $700.and was A BIT different. they had alot of other sube motors,didnt pay attention,didnt need one. the place was in Ontario Ca.Ill do a google search, p.s. they do cost as much as a beater sube,BUT IF YOUR NOT AN ENGINE BUILDER, THERE IS NOTHING AS GOOD OR AS STRONG AS A ORIGINAL FACTORY BUILT LOW MILE ENGINE.AND YES THE EA82/EA82TURBO ALL HAVE THE NEWEST UPDATED GENERATION CASTINGS.IN THIS CASE YOU DO GET YOUR MONEYS WORTH.THEY SELL TRANNYS TOO.MAYBE WE CAN GET IMPORTED ASIAN EJ D/R TRANNYS THAT THEY PUT IN THEIR CARS.ILL CHECK

GOOOOD JOB,ITS ALWAYS A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIANCE,AND AN ACCOMPLISHMENT YOU CAN BE PROUD OF.IM GLAD YOU KEPT THE BRAT.AND DONT FEEL BAD ABOUT THE COIL WIRE THING,REALLY THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU GOT THE OIL PRIMED EXTRA GOOD.:cool:

THE GUY WITH THE WRX NEEDS TO GET AN EA82/81/79. OLD SCHOOL SUBES. IT WAS A HARD UNPLANNED LAUNCH,DEFINATLY WAS HAULING SSS MORE THAN THE CAMERA CAN SHOW, IM SURE THAT AN OFF ROAD SUBE(WHICH THE OLDER ONES WERE DESIGNED FOR) WOULD HAVE HANDELED IT BETTER.AND THAT NICE WAGON. WOW. THANX FOR THE VIDEOS.

I Was In Salinas Ca,and Was Watching A Montery Cal. Tv Station And Wasn't Following The Exact Every Move,i Glanced Up And Saw The Lovely Silver Wagon With Possably (an Austrailian Brush Guard,roo Bumper)?i Was Pretty Tired.about The Time I Was Realizing The Joy ,whhhhaaaammm,the Boulder Smashes It. No Way That Just Happend.were Is A Yugo When You Need One.if It Comes On Again In Arizona Tonight During Primetime Cops/amw.on Fox Pheonix Ill Try And Tape It.anyone Else See The Bumper? Or R/l Hand Drive? We Need An Icon For Sick To My Stomach ---- Capitol 1.

Ask Again, Ask Everyweek Till Its Yours.if That Doesnt Work,ask Again,explain Your Passion. Ask Again.

I Have ea82s myself,so maybe you folks in the newer sube section already know about the cool cars that we dont get imported to north america.I was searching for used engines and found this japanees import site. Then saw this FORESTER STI. the link didnt work,so type the adress below,scroll down to used subarus.and click on forester sti. anyway you can buy it and ship it to savana ga. there is a shipping cost calculater there also. there was also righthand drive wrx's for $2500,some cheaper and some higher. they also had a ton of other makes and models,front clips, motorcycles and parts.go to WWW.JAPAN-PARTNER.COM Then find the inventory list ,or Subarus they got a ton of cool rides. ENJOY.

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NUG IS THE THE MAN:banana: DUDE WAY TO GO,THANKS A MILLION FOR EVERYTHING.COUPLE WEEKS AND ILL BE ABLE TO GET TO VA. TO GET MY WELL CARED FOR SUUBBBYY. :burnout: THIS ONES COMING TO A GOOD HOME ,CANT WAIT TO GET OUT OF THIS FREIGHTLINER AND ONTO A JETLINER,AND RX IT HOME TO MISSOURI. USMB BE THY NAME. THNX