newsoobdude

:slobber: . Nice find!!!! Definitely try to get him here on the board so we can pick his brain. Do you know if he's willing to sell the FSMs and parts and ship?

Will be interesting lengthening the roof that 6 inches or so. It might be best to find a Brat that has been smashed in the front to use for parts and graft them on to a Wagon (a LOT more work) or simply find a wagon donor for the roof panel- depends on if you have the fun top, and whether you want to keep it. Sweet idea though! Good luck and post pics.

:lol: :lol: . That's great and so true. I'm dreading the day I have to do mine. As already mentioned earlier, hope you have a way to transport it out of the house and good luck.

Since we got a little snow up country my friend and I decided to go play around for a little bit this morning. Only had to use the 4WD on the pavement to get up some of the hills at more than 2mph. Didn't get too many pics as time was short and having too much fun. Cannot wait to do it again.

I second that! Rebuilding an engine is second, especially in the house.

I know my Grandmother bought one new down in SoCal back in 88. Was really sweet and at the time always wondered what the D/r lever was. She got rid of it in the 90s before I got my license . I agree that a lifted sedan would be pretty sweet whether EA81 or 82 (would prefer 81 myself though). They are out their just not as common as the Wagons.

Damn!!! Lincoln rear with LSD front, that will DEFINITELY be one bad wheeler :headbang: . Post more pics!

That looks more like a T than an A.

Man, that wagon looks sweet lowered .

NICE!!! Congratulations! So whens the full feature Bosco?

Let's see some pics.

Nope, even on level ground it would do the same thing. My neighbor thought I might have bent the accelerator rod (?) due to the fact that the throttle actuator would not return to "stock position". We thought it was the cable binding but realized it was good to go. It was still a fun trip and the car's idle is back down to 750 as I said, so....... I'll take her up again next week or 2 maybe and see what happens.

Went up to Bear Reservoir today to do some fishin. Here's a few pics of the trip. Water level was rather low. Elevation of 6,000 feet or so. Never took the 86 that high up and had an interesting experience. The idle jumped up to around 3k rpms up around 5500ish. Thought something broke but when bake down to regular elevation idle was back at 750 . Had a blast and my neighbor caught a 16 inch German Brown.

X2.

Talking with Delta, it's $65 + shipping for the cam, no core charge, so I'm guessing no more than $85 TOTAL. I have a 5spd D/r I'm thinking of throwing in, but I'm unsure as of now. If I remember right, isn't the XT6 flywheel a "light weight" flywheel compared to a regular EA82? I'm building this Brat for hauling my bike and fun off roading, nothing major (I have an EA81 Wagon for that that I'll be building next [EJ, 8" t-case lift, LSD front/ Lincoln rear]). Since I live in the foothills I probably will put the 5spd in, then look for another 5spd D/r (or single range, modify to full time for the Wagon). I'm thinking 28s so I don't have to do too much trimming with the 5 inch lift I'm going with.

Nope. My 98 Limited doesn't have them . Would be nice if they came with it but oh well, I don't really carry passengers in the back anyways:-p .

SWEET!!!!! :banana: I got my case split the other day so my cam will be off to Delta for a re-grind and I'm ordering SPFI pistons soon as well.

Who do you all use for rebuild kits when redoing your EA81s? I have mine down to the bare block right now and figure I might as well replace all the bearings and seals since it's apart. I know I can get everything individually, but would rather get a rebuild kit if a good one is out their. The only one I've found is from RPM Machine and I don't recall everyone's opinion on them. Any help would be appreciated.

need some of those around my neck of the woods :lol:

Ok, so I got the block split and everything apart now and need too get new seals and gaskets and all the other goodies to rebuild her. I remember reading somewhere about rpm machine rebuild kits but don't recall everyones impressions on them and the search doesn't want to help me at the moment. Are there any good rebuild kits out their that ya'll recommend? I'm going to be sending my cam off in the next week or two to get reground and ordering some SPFI pistons and rings to up compression and already got the SPFI manifold and goodies for the conversion (minus Disty mod for EA81). Hopefully by spring next year my Brat will be done.

I'm redoing the motor on my Brat and am thinking of putting in a Torquer Cam from Delta to make for power for the 5 inch lift that's going under it. Question is, I'm also converting the EA81 to SPFI and was wondering what the Torquer cam will do with the stock Subie Computer. I've been told that on the EJ series cars that replacing the cam with a "non-stock" one that I'll need a different ECU. What about the EA series??? I'm not familiar with FI and engines for the most part so any help would be appreciated. I know I'll need the Disty modified but other than that I'm lost.

Good point, forgot about that :-p .

Phenolic spacers for an EA81 and EA82 would be great, both N/A and Tubo for those with them (not me). I like them on my 98LOB and would be nice for the EA's as well. Also, Thermal Coating for the intakes too as I have an SPFI setup for my EA81.

Nice looking Brat you got there!!! Makes me want to hurry up and get mine done. Still gotta deal with the engine first though.

Check here http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24227&highlight=ea81+alternator it's been discussed alot over the years.