newsoobdude

I definitely like the blacked out center between the tail lights and the black bumper. Looks like a racer like that.

Man, that looks killer!

Nice!!! Did your Brat give you any trouble on the way up?

I've gone up worse in my stock 1998 Outback AND 1986 GL 4X4. I once had a roommate when I was living in Wyoming and took his extra low 1970 VW Squareback up and around Vida Voo (spelling?) National Park. His ride was ruffly 2.5 inches off the ground at the lowest point (spare tire well) and I only scraped it 3 times in the 15 miles I drove it on some worse looking stuff than that with a couple of buddies in the car to boot. (Worst thing that happened was knocking is NOS German horn off and dragging it down the wash board for half a mile ) Looking at that pic, I'd drive anything up it or down it, 4X2 or 4X4.

Sweet ride, glad you were able to make it happen!! Looks like they took the 5 down and killed all the bugs on the way (those are bugs on the hood, right?). DEFINITELY do the EJ swap and let me know how it goes and when I'm down again take me for a ride in it. good luck and n-joy.

To bring up an old thread here, but correct me if I'm wrong but didn't someone in the CO area get the jigs and goodies for this bumper, or was I just dreaming? I'd love to see one of these and possibly get myself one or two, or a few.

Ok. So I'm going to be putting rear discs on my 86 Brat with a 4 inch lift. I never did get the P Valve when I got the parts and finding a T Car at the yard is difficult at best. Where can I get a new P Valve and brake rebuild kits for the entire thing (Front and Rear)?

Sic man Sic!!!! That would be one heck of a ride. Wish I could find one, but ya'll would kill me for putting a WRX drivetrain and suspension in it. Would make one killer little sleeper though . Besure to keep all the original engine goodies though for if you ever want to sell it. Too bad another one would be next to impossible to find, have one restored and one modified .

Man! Fresno to SD, that's a long ride. I live in Jackson, which is 45 miles SE of Sac. I travel every so often from home down to LA and the drive gets old quick. My friend who has the property where the tranny is is out of Country til January, but I can always go up their before and get it. I gave it to him along with the rest of the drive train and air suspension from an 86 Sedan, for my Brat. He's more interested in the engine and suspension than the tranny (he's wanting to go auto) for one of his many Subies, besides, he's got LOTS of Subie stuff (and he told me he didn't care about the tranny). If you need it before then, I can always go and get it.

How soon do you want this done? I have access to an 86 D/r 5spd Turbo tranny, and might let it go. pm me if interested. I live in zip 95642

Man, that is one clean Brat! Where did you get it shipped from? If I remember right, if it's from out of state, it will only have to pass Federal Smog Regulations instead of Cali's stricter than sh** smog laws.

Would love to go but, unfortunately, I work weekends and cannot take any time off til the rainy season is in swing. I was going to go to the Angels Camp Subie/ WRX run from i-club on the 13th of October, but unfortunately family emergency has forced my inability to do so . Let me know when the next run comes and I'll see about getting time off for it.

Great. Broke the plate between the pump and the block getting the oil pump off. Now what? Is it j/y time or can I hopefully not break the one on my 83 Wagon parts car and use it (provided I don't break it to)

Looks like a nice ride. Your photobucket link doesn't work for me though but looks nice, I like the gutted interior and 4 points

OK. So I found a friend up here who'll help with the assembly and machine work:banana: . But, before I get to that, I have to get the oil pump off. Took out the 4 bolts but it won't come off. I can get a little play on the drivers side but the passenger side will NOT budge. How do you remove it?

Thank you very much daeron. Got the intake manifold off tonight and went to take the water pump off and snapped the top bolt off in the hole:mad: . I knew everything was going too easy. Took the oil filter off and had a half cup of water drain out with what little oil was in it. Next it's off to removing the other head and separating the tranny from the block so I can get the blasted thing out of my 86.

daeron, no I didn't do a wet test. The tranny in the Brat was locked in gear making it impossible to move, so we just pulled everything first. I know a few V Dub freaks up here so maybe I can get their help with splitting the case and all that fun stuff. Only thing is I need to get the timing figured out (have NO info on that other than good ol' Haynes manual) before I split it. Will let everyone know how it goes as I delve deeper into it the next couple of days.

Thanks daeron. Got the drivers side head off to check if it was the h/g giving the low compression readings and no, the h/g is in good shape:banghead: . Guess I'll be having to tear down the whole dang thing to get the compression issue fixed on the drivers side:mad: . Funny thing is it was BOTH cylinders on the drivers side reading ruffly the same reading:confused: . Oh well. More oics for ya'll. The combustion chamber- The cylinders- I noticed that the intake bolts on the drivers side were kinda rusty, but don't know. The valve train is nasty looking like water got into it so maybe the intake gasket blew and not the heads??? New too Subies and all their goodies, but I've got 'til January at the earliest to get this thing on the road so plenty of time to work on this. Funny thing though, all the bolts for the intake and heads were nice and did NOT require PB Blaster or anything, just a breaker bar to loosen the torque. Kinda nice, but at 115K miles no surprise I guess, even after sitting since '01ish.

Daeron, I was planning to use the Deltacam torque cam to help with torque on the Brat. I'm not expecting anything super duper, just something to help it move along better with a 4/3 lift. Bratsrus1, thanks man, you just burst my bubble (j/k). I found a guy who is willing to help me rebuild it after splitting the case so we'll see what happens. If it gets split, I'll add the EA82 pistons and all the other goodies while I'm at it. Just gonna have to take it slow and easy and let the finances dictate what happens. Thanks Guys.

Forgot ya'll might want some pics of the Brat so...... Not bad for trading an 86 EA82T drivetrain and Air Suspension (minus rear disks of course:grin: ).

Well, since my Brat is "car locked" and the owner of the cars is Out Of Country for a while and my Brat engine got pulled before he left, I FINALLY was able to bring it home and am going to tear it down for a reseal and what not. Did a compression test after pulling it and the drivers bank read 45psi while the passengers bank read 90ish psi, and the fact it's been sitting for some number of years, I figure to kill the boredom at home I'd tear the beast apart and keep myself busy. The only thing I hope I don't have to do is spit the case, but everything beyond that is going to get looked at and redone. Going to get a hold of http://www.deltacam.com/ and have them do an RV grind for me and all that goodness. Maybe even do the SPFI swap while I'm at it. Any who, here's pics of the Engine in the back of my 86 GL, one of the temp stand for compression testing and the empty bay.

You should add these to the poster post Scott has done in the off road section. Nice ride.

I know the 1981 Brat was a mix of EA71 and EA81, but what was what? That, and would it be possible to convert a 1980 Brat to an 81 with the EA71/ 81 goodies? I know it's a dumb question but I'd like an 80 Brat due to DOB and all but know the 81's are the best of the Gen 1 years.

That is one CLEAN looking turbo Brat. Congrats on the purchase and keep her lookin good.

I have a line on a set of FSMs for 1986 (yes all 4) for a decent price, but it does NOT include the Brat (according to the cover) which is my concern. Granted I have an 86 Wagon also, but am more interested in the Brat than Wagon. Any idea on what year FSM I need for inclusion of the Brat? Also, what are the BIG differences (drivetrain wise) between the 2 (besides EA 81 and 82 motors)? Any help greatly appreciated. And, anyone has the engine section of a FSM for a 1986 Brat?