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How good of an engine is an Ej18 compared to a EJ22 for swapping into an EA81 vehicle? I know it makes about 20 hp less than a '22 but its like 30 more HP than my engine had when new will a '18 and '22 intake manifold swap over because I have a intake manifold for a 91 EJ22 sitting in my garage complete with all the sensors...as well as the engine wiring harness also will a EA82 5 speed clutch and PP hold the power a EJ18 makes?It would be going into something with a divorced transfer case so there should be less load on it.. thanks in advance

is your brat FI?

I think its funny that when the "normal" 4x4 rigs have a problem doing something the solution is to add a lift and bigger tires, or more HP. OUR solution however it to bust out the sawsall!!!

I have SPFI.the motor stalled because a little bit of mud splashed onto the spark plugs and put the fire out with hardly any mud in there.

looks good but those bottom lights will get broken the first time out...

A while back I posted about the untimely death of my engine due to wet gritting mud intake.The engine would run but it needed ether/a pull start to run.when it did run it wouldn't idle and smoked a lot.so I was thinking that the mud did a number on the cylinder walls or took out the piston rings, or caked valves so they wouldn't close. finally I took the heads off in the car the car to take a look. heads are perfect walls are perfect and I didn't see any thing obvious wrong with the rings I filled the combustion chambers in the heads full of water and they didn't leak. right now it doesn't look like anything is wrong in there so Im a bit confused... I will be pulling the engine soon so I can get a better look at everything. anything else on a EA81 that would explain why it cranked/ran like it had no/low compression and smoked alot of oily smoke?the Engine wasn't overheated or anything so I don't expect the rings to be crystallized or anything...

the EA series cars are a better starting point just because stock they are lighter and have more ground clearance the the EJ stuff. However once you start swapping engines/transmissions all bets are off. Just run whatever you can get a hold of easiest.If you can find a $200 imp then run it.or a $200 gl. both cases they are still subarus.

How does it have a low range?it looks like a engine and FWD trans a mounted transfersly in the passenger seat but I don't see a transfer case. still looks awesome though.

t case lifts are normally done with 6-10" lifts because otherwise ground clearance would be sucky.unless you cut out the floor.there still wouldn't be alot of clearance under the front diff though.

I like it.Is there anything that you can move to the rear by the hatch to help with it nosing in when you jump it?

I see nothing wrong with that.

Im just wondering how long the driveshafts on a T cased hatch are to get some reference of what stuff will look like under there.I just went to pull and save and grabbed a nissan T Case+ all the driveshafts. I also grabbed some 4.11 diffs.Now as soon as I can buy the steel for lift its all going together.Back to the original question: the nissan truck I grabbed the parts from was a regular cab.All of the driveshafts are about as long as a subaru axle.Thats on a regular cab truck.On a T cased hatch do the U joints on the driveshafts touch each other?are the front and rear driveshafts like a foot and the intermediate shaft is like 6".Anyone have any pics under a T cased hatch? Once I get the steel(hopefully in 2 weeks or so) I will be T case lifting a 81 FWD DL hatch back.SPFI EA81-DR 5 speed-nissan T case-4.11 gears-31x10.5x15 Mud Tires.Oh yea..

camber for the dorifto ,nice.

im debating wither or not I should sell it or do a transfer case lift/4wd conversion on it.

81 subaru DL hatch.FWD,5 speed, 145000 Miles,straight,99% rust free,non smoker,no rips/tears/stains in the interior. Just wondering..

a friend is buying it as a daily driver but it might get converted later.Just to be sure,but there are holes in the body for the suspension pieces right?

I'm looking to replace my 84 EA81 wagon Toy with an EA81 hatch.I found an 81 hatch locally. It has 145K miles,its very straight,and it has virtually no rust.BUUUUTT its a FWD DL.I know its alot of work to convert to 4wd but Im wondering if its worth it. BTW ANY Hatch I buy I will swap out the :ea82 front suspension,the DR 5 speed,and the SPFI, not to mention the off road lights and my front bumper. So I know its alot of work but seeing as I am practically swapping the entire drive-train how much more work is it to convert to 4wd as well? will the 84 wagon's rear suspension just bolt on?Will the wagon's fuel tank fit the hatch?

so then it probably would be unwise to helicoil it to 7/16 20?Even though the 7/16-20 is VERY close to M11-1.25 on a metric drill and tap chart I found that to tap a M11-1.25 you drill a 9.75 mm hole.7/16-20 is a 9.9 mm hole. .3838" vs .3897". like I said I can thread the 7/16-20 down the entire length of the stock bolts.

the springs themselves might be stiffer but shortening them will remove some preload.which will make them less stiff.I know on my 87 wagon when I cut a coil off the accord springs I had it rode nice.a bit firm but not to bad.

Does anyone know what the thread size is?I took one of the old bolts into the hardware store to find a helicoil and 7/16-20 AND M12-1.50 BOTH thread down the entire length.Only difference is the M12-1.50 is just a little loose.the metric nut will thread all the way down then slide down the un-threaded section.the 7/16-20 threads down all the way and then STOPS when the threads end.I would like to think that because its a subaru it would be metric thread,but then the metric nut was a bit loose.So anyone know what it is?

EJ22 that why its in new generation.

still need to know what size it is.

what is the thread for the stock ones?Should I bring it to a machine shop and tell them to fix it with some supplied helicoils or have them fix it with whatever they got?

it broke off at the very end of the treaded section so I have no threads to play with. are really long helicoils available?I went down to parts store earlier and the helicoil kits they had,had a bunch of 3/4" long helicoils.I don't know if stacking multiple helicoils would work.

but you can't play with it while driving?..