MilesFox

9.5 spfi compression turbo motors. i was told the reason diesels had turbos or multiple tubos or 3 lbs boost is more for economy and emissions more so than for power

an ej22 would fit in place with the ej18, the wiring is the same. so should turbo single cam 2.2 . but anything else later will be different at least witht he design of the motor itself

i have some ideas between 2 ea81's involving ea82 parts 1st there is this 83 turbo wagon 3at ea81 turbo 88,820 miles. this car sat for 10 years with a seized turbo. i changed the fuel pump and it ran and drove 35 miles. it sat another year now its in wisconsin. the fuel pump did not come on but its wired to the coil. anyway the wiring harness and ecu works 2nd there is this 84 gl-10 sedan 66.000 mi with cruise control and power steering, ac, digital dash and velour door panels, sunroof. its black with blackout trim and black bumpers(stock trim) and a trunk rack. the door has a dent and the paint is way faded. its a fwd ea81. it also sat for 10 years with a blown head gasket. me and a buddy pulled the motor by hand and did the head gaskets in the spare tire. got it to run but the carb was whack and the exhaust caught on fire. no damage. this time around we swapped a hitachi carb and iintake to replace the dried out weber. blew out the gas lines and installed a fuel pump and throttle cable from an 85 wagon. ran and drove added coolant and water in the oil. so much for driving it back 400 miles. the car was put together enough to run so the ac, ps, and a whole wreck of vacuum lines will need hooked up anyway here are some ideas in mind: ea81 option- 83 wagon: remove turbo and use y pipe non turbo mpfi. would be a dog with 7.7 compression. take gl-10 motor and use block for ea81 turbo build, or n/a mpfi swap on an ea82 carb compressin block. use 86 intake, heads, and a turbo from ea82. a lot of the components on the ea81 turbo are very similar to ea82's, and also the battery, air box, and coil are like that of an ea82 in location. since ea81 was only turbo 83 an 84 subaru wouldnt scrap the design they would have moved it to ea82 until 87 with the optical disty. now with an ea82 motor for n/a an ea82 y pipe willhave to be used, the ea81 y is too short to clear the frame without the spacers on the exhaust ports this car has an at a 5spd ea82 could be swapped from with the crossmember from either the gl-10 or maybe this brat. an ea82 crossmember could fit with trimmong to the radius rod plates and maybe some washers of sorts. the diff could come from an ea82 or maybe this brat. 84 gl-10 swap in an ea82 carb likeit is, plug in the hitachi to what electricals there are for it. the ea82 motor will fit at the expense of the hill holder. the flywheel can be drilled out for the ea82 or an ea82 fwd 5spd flywheel can be used. maybe this brat, there would be a gas tank and a rear end for a 4wd conversion. if so either 4spd or 5spd dual range. another idea would be to put in an xt6 full time 5spd with an ej22. and 5 lugs. WHAT?! yeah:banana: anyway here is some pondering i have not yet mocked up for possible fit. i would like the idea of using 5 lugs without modifying lower control arm mounts. now in order to get 5 lugs on the fron is to use ea82 dimension geometry for the right axles. it appears to me that at least on ea82, 3at turbo has the same diameter DOJ as the 25 spline turbo axles, xt's and legacy. the 3at is ideal for use with 23 spline non turbo trannies such as the part time 5spd dual range. the 83 turbo wagon has 3at, and is turbo. the doj's may be smaller like regular 4wd or ea81 doj. but the axle shaft appears to be fatter than regular now, it has been known that the front half of the cv comes apart as well, if not to get the bearings out but to just take it off the axle shaft. now what would be neat to figure out is to see if the ea81 turbo axle will fit on the xt6 or legacy doj. or maybe impreza another thing about axles in general. my buddy has a 93 impreza 1.8 fwd 5spd. the clitch disc is the same as ea82. he swapped legacy struts/axles and the doj ws too big. so it appears that the impreza 1.8 fwd 5spd is 23 splines and not 25. now, the impreza axles will work if we went to ea82 suspension geometry. but the goal is to see if the outer end of any ej or xt6 will fit on the outer end of the ea81 turbo axle shaft and the doj and maybe the bearing housing from an ea82 3at will fit on the inner end if this would work it would be the key to unlocking ea81 5 lugs using stock parts of course we will have to use xt6 or legacy/impreza struts. i have used 5 lug on an ea82 with 2wd legacy struts. i have seen 93 impreza struts on an xt6, "modified" maybe the part the knuckle fits was narrowed(must look for a weld) anyway in the ea82 the strut cap was swappable, ea82 on the legacy strut, so there was no modification to the holles also i have seen ea82 strut in the ea81, holes wiere drilled. the triangle of the strut cap, one corner was trimmed down for clearance. one stud was forward in the sock hole and the other 2 back squarely from the front. so aside from drilling 2 holes the struts can now fit an ea81 suspension. by using the xt6 knuckles or even ea82 knuckles for that matter, the ball joint holes can be drilled out. the ea81 holes are actually bigger so the xt6 may just fit as is. i modified ea82 holes on the xt6 swap to it by drilling stepped holes, start with big bit so deep then smaller one. but a tapered reamer is best for integrity, should i find one now if we can keep the ea81 geometry and not have to resort to the modified crossmember and ea82 geometry, there will be no involvement with swapping out tie rod ends. ea81 tiie rod ends are bigger than ea82's, if i remeber the xt6 holes are the same as ea82 so the knuckle tie rod hole will have to be reamed, using ea81 tie rod ends. the xt's curve differently they will thread on but i would measure any difference in geometry, as they are a little longer for the rear the xt6 5 lug will swap on like any ea82 disc brake. an ea82 trailing arms can be used bt making a notch in the trailing plate on the side for the brake line, and drilling out the holes on the tube frame and using ea82 bolts. i have done this to my car id it worked but i seen it on another car and it was cambered in with the lift. the one on my car was lifted was way negative on camber. it was ok with the lift removed. for weight considerations ea82 coilovers could be fitted to substitute the shocks, double suspension now say for instance the ea82 suspension was used. it would be possible to locate the mount for the ea82 swaybar as the trailing arms would accomodate them. the car would have an ea82 track in front and an ea81 track in rear, even when using ea82 trailing arms. the only way around that would be to retrofit an ea82 tube frame, such as in a fabbed lift. but i know of some ford trucks being narrower on the rear axle, for turning. the idea of all this has been mocked up or built either way except for the axle ideas. what kind of ideas would anyone know about the axles, such as dimensions or measurements, would any cv axle outlet know about these possible fitments. if a custom axle can be "made" from a supplier couldnt we make one from stock parts?

yo this dude in milwaukee is having me swap a motor. looks like i will be in the area around the meet. got some 10 yr old gas from this sedan in iowa should i run out. i should get a spare fuel filter:brow:

take it apart in his yard, then move it away from the mess it leaves behind:lol: check the freeze plugs i know of 2 particular head gasket jobs that no sooner than the car was started and coolant was added milkshake agian. the last time just today in iowa, no driving that car 400 miles after it sat for 10 years

dam i would have been pissed. should have busted the PIT MANEUVER as she made her getaway

read this http://www.warpthree.com/milesfox/subaru/service/parkingbrake.htm

i towed a sedan from fort wayne indiana to hillsdale michigan with my ea82 sedan, in the snow, 4wd and 45 mph. did ok towed a wagon to the junk 20 miles 55-60 mph no problem future plans involve towing a wagon across iowa 400 miles, with the ea82 sedan, 5spd dual range no driveshaft lo when needed the tow bar i have was modified to fit any ea82 body in a non permanent fashion, to tow with an ea82 or ea81 with a hitch. or anything with a hitch for that matter

is the car carb or spfi? either way just hook up the coil to the distributor as it would be. since the coil is opposite on the ea81 you will have to lengthen the wires or relocate the coil what tranny does the recipient car have? the ea81 motor's flywheel bolts are smaller, but you can bolt on the ea82 flywheel as it will center on the crank snout. you will have to grind the bottom corners of the bellhousing away so it will clear the flywheel teeth the motor mounts will line up the same and they are also interchangeable the ea82 intake/car assembly will also fit on the ea81, the egr and distributer will be a close fit around it connect everything else the same as it would be

DO NOT JUNK THE CAR!!! if you are going to get rid of it give it to me:) anyway its definately worth fixing the car, if you are handy with tools and such. dont let the shop rip you off if you are going to have someone fix it i myself would come fix it for you. seriously. im from fort wayne indiana but it looks like im relocating to milwaukee wisconsin, i have parts and spare motors as well, i will be hauling back several soobs from iowa i could even trade you for a soob. anyway send me an email milesfox@yahoo.com we will pull something together for you if you want to take on this offer of opportunity. i have references of my work better ax somebody!

yo jason i found you on the ohio subaru site. i have a tent, jim lined me up with the pizza guy to fix a heater core for some $$$ i was worried i wasnt going to be able to make it our own meet!

oops sorry im not the best at typing its actually 1-1-1-1, no its really 1-3-2-4:grin: what kind of shape are the heads in? maybe the heads dropped a valve seat. if i could only take a look at it myself i could help you better. good luck

from what i read q-mans article is swapping a lsd into an ea81 and ea81 3.9 gear. my buddy robert swapped a lsd into an ea82 diff case and ea82 ring gear and it all fit and bolted up the same, no grinding or slotting. just passing along the info.

you can shove a rubber hose between the door sill and the window to keep it in place so it doenst fall down on you

firing order is 1-2-2-4. the farthest back terminal on the cap, to the right of the screw or clip is #1. the rotor rotates counterclockwise #1 cylinder is towards the fron on the passenger side. at o deg tdc the rotor will point to the hill holder spring, the dot on the passenger side cam will be aligned witth the ridge casted below the SUBARU on the cam cover one time i worked on theis subaru and it had a distributor cap that fit the disty, but the numbers were out of order and the rotation was the other way. threw me off i had to re-align the belts. of course i had to do this motor with the absence of correct marks, as it was an ea82 motor in an ea81 brat with the 4spd's flywheel for every 360 the crank rotates the cam rotates 180 another possibility is maybe a rocker has fallen out from under the cam. this is possible if the cam tower was installed with the motor in the car hope this info helps i would say go through the timing belt procedure, remove the belts and start over if you have to

all rear diffs are 23 splines. the torx bit is inside the axle stub. if the 3.9 case is an ea82 there will be no grinding or drilling. see my attatchment on the article in the usrm

ask for exhaust manifild/header gasket, tell them its the engine to exhaust side. i like to use the copper silicone as well on both sides of the gasket, use anti-seize compound on the nuts

dam right. i would stay away from using bearing grease as you dont want it to get on the clutch disc

do you mean the f;ange under the car after the tranny? you will want a DONUT GASKET about 2 in or so, and use spring bolts as replacements

why not just fix the timing belt? if you wanted the doors swap them onto your current ride and use your leftover parts on the one with the broken timing belt, fix the belt and either keep it or sell it to make your money back

use anti seize compound. that or white lithium grease

if you have trouble locating a coolant temp sensor for a subaru, you can cross reference with a nissan 240 sx, its the brown one, not the blue one

look for what appears to be a 14mm bolt head on the bottom of the head. each head has one, the one on the passenger side will be toward the front, the one on the driver side toward the back, mirror opposite. my car made a drip and i checked the plug and found it missing? dont ask me how the car held water but i replaed it promptly also check out the hose between the intake and the block as it could be leaking and dribbling down the front or back of the motor

well the car is no more, its been dead for almost a year. the entire driveline is in the rx. the last i saw of the car i came to stabbing the roof with a screwdriver as the police showed up, i barely remember as i was cracked out on xanax. no more for me

make sure the wheel bearings are not bad, since you are having the axle out you may as well replace the bearings as well