86BRATMAN

I would run away from that idea so damn fast it'd make that trick Superman did back in the 80's look tame...

The thing I've always considered, sure a $1000 repair is a lit to eat at one shot. But then again the average car payment these days is $300, so its either keep your old vehicle running and drop some money on it every 6 months to a year or say the hell with it and drop $4-500 a month on something new. When you really put it into perspective you can see what is the most economical choice to make.

Very nice, Wish I could just touch one in that kind of shape again

From what I have read 96-99 outbacks use the same springs as their legacy counterparts. But the struts give the lift, add on some 98-03 forester springs for an additional 1-1.5 inches, only drawback with this is you must use forester top hats and strut mounts because the springs are tapered different. The lift blocks are all well and good but you are greatly limited by the rear struts as to what size tires you can run. Outback rear struts can clear up to a ~29 inch tire, 98-03 forester rears cannot run bigger than the stock outback 205/70r15. And I can prove it lol. 98-03 forester and 96-99 outbacks use the same front strut so that makes that part a little simpler.

So why is it that I find myself gravitated toward the project cars? I have the same damn problem. The only thing I've gotten that wasn't a project car in a long time was my legacy, and sure enough I found a way to make it so...

that happened because the open diff picked the part of least resistence, you had the front wheels locked by the ebrake so naturally power went to the rear

Actually on the sohc ej25 they don't loose heat. One of my friends had an 02 impreza rs that he ran about 80k miles after they started leaking, as long as he kept the antifreeze topped off it never lost heat or had the tempurate guage go out of normal range.

i counted at least 2 ea82 body cars in the first 20 seconds of the comercial. as a matter of fact the 360 passes one to get in the car wash as well, you can see it in the background when its pulling on the ramps

Why do you have to be in Utah...

subaru head gaskets, get the ones made for the 2.5l turbo motors. part number is here in the forums, a search should yield results, and yes completely doable with engine in car

Damnit man, you make me miss my xt...

I've got a 4wd ea81 wagon tank, I'll try to get some measurements for you as soon as I can.

Looks right at home in the snow, very nice!!!

jesus, I thought I've had bad struts before...

I think he is reffering to the car around what he needs for the engine swap. Side bar... If you do go with a pison swap I'd be interested in the stock ones.

Ej22t block, ej22t crank, ej22t rods, aftermarket pistons, ej25d heads tapped for oil return from turbo, cometic hybrid head gasket, tons of info at bbs.legacycentral.org

Its an 84, unless its been changed to an older on your have both big valves and hydro lifters

Love the way the car looks with those gold wheels, and I usually hate gold wheels on anything lol.

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/136316-1984-subaru-gl-for-sale/ I'm not real sure where this member lives, but its worth a shot.

Again I say, if that was anywhere within driving distance I would ahve had it at my house lol. Doesn't really look too bad from here.

That body style legacy, imho is the best looking legacy to date, if you've got a solid car to build from it would be worth it to me to do it. Not saying it won't be expensive or a headache with everything you have to change. But it would be dead rump roast sexy when its done. some thing like this would be the best way to go honestly... http://www.jdmtigerjapanese.com/subaru/front-clips/ej20-single-turbo-complete-front-clip-subaru-wrx-sti-98.html

if you want to run bigger tires than stock the best way to get 2" is by installing 96-99 outback struts,

Is this for the ea82 kit you've been offering?

Looks good, now lets see some muddy action!!

This is true on the outback, but only for 96 in 5spd form. All the rest were the ej25. If you are not limited to a legacy platform, the ej22 came in the non RS impreza until 2001.