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  1. that sounds like a cool setup, how much does a regrind end up costing? what size tires, like 28s or 29s? do a 5 speed with xt6 clutch while your at it, or you might end up doing it in the future for the better gearing of the 5 speed and holding power...

    i've got 28s and i use 5th every day! :banana: sometimes i maintain my speed, but sometimes i actualy start going backwards:mad:

  2. yes i searched, and it worked so well, i found nothing.

    my wifes xt6 has a good heater core, and both hoses leading to it are hot as can be. my hot to cold selector moves, and operates the white plastic piece it is attached to, but no heat blows out of the vents. the blower does work though.

    how does the xt6 heater work, my core is hot and only cold air blows, should i take the dash apart and look for a broken vac solenoid, or just wire a trap door shut or something?

    i've never had a xt6 dash apart, so i need some advise.

    thanks

    oh ya, my wife is starting to hate subarus now:confused:

  3. id try the 1.8 carb, or the 1.8 jets in the 1.6 carb?

    i was runing a lil lean (because of the same reasons as you) with my stock ea81 carb, and now with my ea82 carb on the ea81 motor, i think im just right, or a little on the rich side.

    or zefy has a good option, you know you'll pass if its runing lean then swap a weber after you pass.

  4. 1.8 litre motor, one hundred horsepower per litre is a pretty lofty goal for a pushrod motor. so that means the limit(in my mind) is 180 hp. that would mean huge ports in heads, T3, reving to 7k, pushing 20lbs of boost, and your powerband would be from 4500 up to 7000.

    i had a er27 in my hatch, it had about 150hp and that made the hatch scream! with the lighter ea81 and around 120 hp, i think you'd achieve just about the same results.

     

    ea and er timing belts are geh. ejs are supersweet

  5. stainless steel valves are the ticket these days and you can get them from alot of sources, but i dont think you need them unless your building it to run high RPMS, like 7k RPMS, which if its a turbo motor, i guess thats the idea

     

    if it were me, id get the high perf stainless valves and heavy springs from *insert favorite company name here*, then take a dremel to them, then have a local head shop fit everything together. while your at it have somebody weld up the egr passage on the one side so that port doesnt suffer any extra turbulence.

    grinding on aluminum is fun, just practice on a spare set, and dont go hog wild on them. check out that "splitting headache" shows you where you need to remove metal, and where you just smooth it out.

    on na engines heads, and the right cam make all the difference in the world. on a turbo motor, it helps, but so does booost!

  6. they are on carbureted models only, its about a 1.5 inch pipe to send hot air to your air cleaner

    i've seen aftermarket ones that had a 2 inch piece of pipe welded to the manifold then the old hose can go back on.

     

    i live in minnesota and i never run them. if your choke is working good you probably wont notice it taking any longer to warm up

  7. it should be fine, by the time you build the ea81 up, it will be putting out close to the same hp that the ea82 had. that and the spfi adjusts to things like open exhaust and intake, so it should adjust to the different motor

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