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there for a toyota rav 4/hilux, which ive heard has the same 5.5" pattern, just in 6 stud instead of 4

yo everyone, i was casually browsing through my demon tweeks catalogue thinkin how nice some of the bits in it would be on my truck, and then i came across some rally raid wheels by compomotive for the toyota, in the 6 stud pattern, which ive seen many EA's been converted to, and if you were looking at an aluminium rally wheel, well, this looks to be it, personally i still love the weller/desert rats, but thats just me http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dcompomotive%2520rally%2520raid%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501%26ei%3DUTF-8%26meta%3Dvc%253D%26fr2%3Dtab-web&w=1436&h=1422&imgurl=www.comp.co.uk%2Fupload%2Fnews%2F1_news_zoom.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comp.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fstory%2Fdetail.asp%3FnewsID%3D1&size=82.1kB&name=1_news_zoom.jpg&p=compomotive+rally+raid&type=jpeg&no=1&tt=2&oid=ea924057e3111310&ei=UTF-8

this the kiddy your on about? http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/show_image.pl?bg=FFFF00&image=http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/2271000-2271999/2271064_88_full.jpg i remembered that it was in the brosure

anyone rate Maxtel lights? ive heard very little about them, but i brought myself a set and want to mount them like the rally mk1/2 escorts. quality wise, they feel pretty good, thought i would go for some lights with mounts that would be more up to the job cause i broke one of my hella 550's http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/show_image.pl?bg=FFFF00&image=http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/2271000-2271999/2271064_86_full.jpg thats them on my cardomain, i yet to still mount them, and yes, before you ask, they did come off ebay thats 400W's of lighting, plus the 2 headlights (which im upgrading to xeon or similar, cant remember exactly what there called!) and my hellas (55x4) 620Watts WOOOOO! lmao

thats quite nice that, not seen many brats with 15" wheels and tyres with no lift, maybe im just not looking hard enough and everyone keeps going on obut these turning the suspension adjusters, ive looked in the workshop manual enough times, and underneath and i sure i cant find them! better look harder!

there you go! one space!

i cant provide a direct account of an EA82, but i can sort of judge how good they are, well, back in 2001, i was involved in a catastrophic accident in my dads 99' impreza estate (that was an EJ20T if you want to know, lol) well, anyways, long story short, i was 11 and i survived, the combined impact speed was around 110 MPH, passenger to passenger (thats left side to left seeing as this is an international fourm!) well, the scoob was toast, but the MK2 golf GL we hit was barely exsistant, our scooby, was pretty unrecognisable and the airbag put 14 stiches in my head, i got a broken pelvis, broken leg in 3 places and the femer (bone above your knee) poped out the side, cant of been nice, glad i dont remember, and alot of internal brusing, and as for the passenger in the golf, he sadly died at the scene, what probably saved me was the 4point semi race harness, anyways, this aint a life story so i shall push on, well, last summer i was over at my mates house, and we were bombing around his fields, we agreed to all go clockwise to avoid and accident, but my mates little bro, who was 11 didnt listen, went the wrong way, and hit me and my 2 mates head on in an SJ410 (which is ironically now owned by me!) at around 20 MPH, well, we were all fine, no seatbelts though, but i did have the bullbar on it, which considerabley saved it, i had to get another bonnet and pull the bit where the rad mounts out a bit, so without the bullbar, it would have probably screwed it, so hmmm, dunno that the EA81's are that strong, so judge it from those 2 accounts, and wow thats a long post!

good point, wouldnt mind seeing one as well, im looking to put a cage in my brat, but im thinkin about weather i should consider making a rear rollbar like a pick-up truck style and having it linked with the cage inside somehow, so you can mount like a pair of lights of somthing and still have a bit of room behind the seats inside, helmets for instance or similar, or just have the full cage inside, and then a little something like the standard rollbars on the outside, having it all inside means you could have a camera mount to watch all the fun

lol, ah right, well these are types of down changing, heal and toeing (one of which i have mastered quite well, the brats are quite well set up to do this) basically you are braking, changing down, and bliping the throttle to give a quick, smooth down change which lets you keep higher up in the revs, my old man taught me how to do it, lol, same with 'double D clutching' not sure if this is the acutal name for it, but o well, apprantly it was needed on some older cars to give a smoother down change as well, you depress the clutch, shift into neutrel, let go of the clutch, blip the throttle, hit the clutch again, select the gear, and release the clutch, all makes an almost unoticable down change, but works when im caining it!

mmmmmm, all the money and i could do what i like, number of choices, im trying to make my blue truck into a rally speced out machine, the lot, fully welded in rollcage, sparco bucket seats, race harnesses, stripped out, loads of toggle switches, fire extiguisher etc etc, im working on the engine at the moment, i wont be able to get max power out of it cause my wallet aint fat enough! but im having the bottom end completly balanced, lightend flywheel, and stuff, doing some porting, and hopefully some SPFI pistons added with HP cams, springs and lifters, should be getting some desert rats as i think they are awesome, added with some rally treads and a cherry bomb back box with stainless steel 2"-2 1/2" pipe would LOVE an LSD in the back, and if i had the chance possibly an impreza 5 speed box, with a dog kit on it, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm! i would really like to get an EA81T and tune the nuts off it, and i no they aint good for turbos and other parts, but a antilag system so she pops and bangs but, this is only what if.... the other consideration would be an STI brat, but we all no thats not cheap! but most importantly, i would get all the rust done! oh, i could go on forever, but you get jist!

seems that the standard clutch is up for the job, it better be cause im gonna give it a hard time, with more power than standard in 4WD most of the time, doing some agressive driving lol, good i aint driving it on the road! lmao!

sorry, forgot to mention, im using this in rally conditions and stuff, and its not on the road anyway, so it wont see much tarmac! lol

hi there everyone, i have been trooping posts and threads about performance clutches for the EA81, but i still sort of have a unfinished decision, im looking for a clutch that can be dumped when in 4WD, and generally used more harshly, but with the added power increase, are such ones as the centerforce dual friction clutches up to the job? or will i have to to a bit of adapting (i dont really want to, but i can if nessercary) ive also read about the XT6 clutches not fitting striaght away, but im still a bit in the dark about that, do they fit stright on? cause i might look at a 'stage 3' clutch or something, tell me what ya think! Cheers everyone http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=CTF%2DDF501001&N=700+4294925134+4294839071+4294865886+4294907499+4294899823+115&autoview=sku http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/85-94-XT-COUPE-1800-SERIES-TURBO-STAGE-3-CLUTCH-KIT_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33730QQitemZ8037871860QQtcZphoto http://www.clutchmasters.com/shop/?page=shop/browse&MakeModelID=1088&MakeID=117&Engine=1.8L+ENG+4WD+++++++++++++++++++++++98475&FromYear=1986&ToYear=1989 tell me of anymore if you find them!

YOU CAN DOUBLE D CLTUCH AND HEAL AND TOE WOOOOOO! MANUALS RULE! it only took me about about 6 months to master manual, and i aint even legally driving on the road yet, ive been driving since i was about 11 and im just driving around farms and stuff, certainly has improved my offroad driving because of it! oh, and how can you not be able to drive a manual? if you said that where i live, you might as well not be able to drive! most of the tractors around here are all manual, so you really are considered useless if you cant drive a 'stick' shift!

slightly off the car type, but my SJ 410 clutch creeks going all the way down LMAO! and it sometimes slips alot, or it can quite happily spin all 4 wheels (on mud of course) ive always wondered why now i know!

arrrr yeah, cheers mate, i shall be asking him many questions! lol

i was browsing around google video, where i have 2 of my vids, and i came across this bloody nice '79 DL, and WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO what a sound! sounds like a rally machine! with all the poping and stuff, whoever owns this, or know whats been done to it, can they say, as im highly admireing it! ROCK ON! WOOOO! http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6270008469120104046&q=1979+subaru

i just might! ive been thinking about O.Z, america, or moving up north where i am, and go from there! loads more space up there! lmao!

that must have been such a giggle, shame theres so little of that sort of free for all rally/grasstrack racing over here, tis all catagorised over here and classed, no free range classes where you can enter what you like, ive thought about using my truck as a stage opener and closer where you drive along the stage (quick obviously!) with a siren and a PA making the stage live and ready to race and vice versa, but it would mean i would have to get involved with a club and stuff, tis all so complicated! you lucky americans get oober cool days like these! AHHHHH! im so envious!

I second the flaps, BUT, ive found that the standard flaps which sorta wrap round the joinging metal part at the bottom of panals traps all the crap in there, and still rusts it, not as much without them, so i did the next best thing, put some rally flaps on mine! they look awesome! mine are about 2 1/2" off the ground lol, and you aint gotta worry about that little trapping bit, and im not a favourite of the standard flaps, and when offroading, the rally flaps flex waaaaay more, so you aint gotta worry bout them.

this is some sound advise, the SPFI pistons are best for compression, EA71's are better than standard EA81 though, yes? the carbs need to be more focused on it also seems that the EA81 is not the greatest engine on earth, BUT its what i have, and something simple that i can work with, this is really the first time ive stripped a car engine this far, ive done mowers and stuff (yes, laugh all you want!) and i know how it all works, i would probably move on to ECU's and all that later on in life, i just wanna see if i can get this old kid stripped, cleaned, tuned, gasketed, and all back together again! tis a shame that the EA81 aint the best engine for high performance, but thats the way it goes and for EA81T parts, dont go there, ive NEVER seen one in real life, and i doubt i will, the closet thing is the gaske set ive got which says 'EA81(T)' lmao! as for this EA71 with the carb job, sounds like a mighty difference it has made, i got probs another say 7hp at a guess from doin that coathanger thing! lol, was getting 60 at a push across the field, after the mod, it was nearin 70! WOOOOOOOOO!

yeah, an EJ would be really nice, but finding one for £700, hmm, might have a hard time, their aint that many GL imprezas and woteva else they come of around, loooooooooads of EJ20T's but i would ethier have to buy a wreaked one (cheapest one ive seen is probs about £3000) and if i were to look at an STi, well, theres no point, lol, would blow my wallet past mars and keep going on till it gets to pluto, lol BUT, i will look more into EJ's, ive always put them out of the question because of price, im only on 33 quid a week! plus some of the money in the bank, but even so, i shall be interested in the EJ route, would i have to do a drive train change over? or is the EA gearbox and diffs all up to the job?

yeah, i spose u could say that, but i aint gonna give up that easy!