[Imp seats in a EA81?]

Not to sound like a moron... but, what is an Imp seat?

[Roll cage. buy or build?]

Also got hit in the rear by a civic and it dented my fuel tank. the sending unit is also shot. Anyone know if there are any plastic tanks that will fit on a Hatch or if I should just build a fuel cell ?

[Roll cage. buy or build?]

anyone know if there are any companies out there that produce roll cages for older gens. or if I am better off building one? I'm not looking for someone to fab a cage, I can do that. I am looking for a production cage.

[So my dad's not a big Subaru guy...]

I bought my first subaru (84 GL 4wd Hatch) when I was 15. I paid $40 for it and then had to fugure out what to do with it cuz I didn't even have a license yet. It wasn't road worthy but I didn't care. I paid the guy, he gave me the title, and I drove it about 2 miles to my mom's house. After inspecting it and realizing It was far beyond repair, we dubbed it the Blue Bomb and drove it to the farm where it lived happily for about 2 years. The hood was left off of it during a rain storm and that was the end. We laid her to rest with around 350,000 miles on her. We still use her for parts when applicable. When I got my 95 Saab turbo in 2003 and couldn't afford to keep it runnin I returned to my roots and gave $225 for the 85 GL I now use for a daily driver... not that it stops me from tearin' it up off road or doin some crazy mods. My mom wasn't thrilled about me buying it until I showed her my plans for it and she realized how dependable they are.

[Car wont idle at times, maybe the EGR?]

Have you been playing with anything under the hood? I had my carb off cleaning it and when I replaced it, the car wouldn't idle. it would idle high for a bit then die. I had a vacuum line disconnected. Mine would also run as long as I was accelerating or pedalling the accelerator.

[Dead off the line]

I replaced my plugs and wires less than a year ago. I didn't use Platinums either, I do know better than to do that. I replaced my coil with an Accel Super Stock two days ago. I have a Hitachi carb too, I do know that.

[Dead off the line]

How do I go about that? I know a little about these things but I am far from a certified mechanic.

[Dead off the line]

I have an extremely bad flat spot in my acceleration when I am taking off. I know this is not just my car but many old Roos. I also know there is someone out there that knows how to fix this prob. Any info would be appreciated.

[RWD Conversion & a Rear LSD on a EA81 4speed....]

That's one thing I have noticed about my hatch in RWD- it likes to be sideways. What's really fun is hitting my road at about 30-35 in second, floor it, and go right sideways. The fun of living on a dirt road........

Oh yeah, is it just mine, or do all these cars handle ten times better as a rear drive?

 

I stripped a front hub in my hatch about a year ago and had to drive 10 miles home in 4-hi. Those things handle awesome in RWD. If I didn't love my 4wd so much I would have converted the thing.

[Ignition coil and Distributor Swap]

It's been discussed at length before. Use the search.

 

The factory service manuals show a single advance curve. I didn't write that "performance" page, but it's also VERY old, and quite frankly, wrong.

 

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Thanks for the correction. I guess I'll take that back and get some other spare parts. Our Pull-a-Part doesn't do refunds but they will give store credit.

[Ignition coil and Distributor Swap]

I was reading the EA performance page linked from the offroad subaru page. Under the sub-heading, it says that the 2wd ditributors have a different advance curve and provide full advance sooner. Therefore gaining power on the bottom end. I am curious to know your opinion on this tech tip. I'm kind of annoyed that I went out and got one that turned out to be the wrong thing when even the right one won't change anything.

[Ignition coil and Distributor Swap]

Thanks. So, should the 2wd distributor look just like the one that is already in my car? Is there anyother way to distinguish between the 2wd disty and the 4wd disty besides which car you pull them from?

[Ignition coil and Distributor Swap]

what year was the car you got the disty from? if it was an ea82 style car (block headlights, timing belts) then you got the wrong one, if it is out of an ea81 car with a simular nose to yours, you got the right one.[/quote

 

what do you mean by block headlights? the front end did look similar to mine but it was a fuel injected wagon. I haven't done enough research to know all of the cars and what is interchangeable. The disty was on the rear of the engine on the parts car and mine is on the front of the engine. mine also has a vac line running to the carb and the new one doesn't.

 

I am also confused with my rear suspension. I looked in a repair manual and it says the rear suspension shouldn't have a torsion bar after 84 but mine does and it is an 85 or 86.

[Ignition coil and Distributor Swap]

I swapped out the ignition coil on my 85/86 GL Hatch and everything worked fine. I then went to a Pull-a-Part and got a 2wd distributor (I read this would have a more advanced firing curb) and I'm not sure how to install it or even if I got the right one. HELP! how do I know if I got the right distributor?