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is there even an archive anymore?

my 87 just took me about 1 hr. gave me a quiet engine with noticeable hp increase. ea81s are easier

a pickel fork is the easiest way to get the junk ones off. and you can just use the nut to pull the new one in. i never had any luck with the ball joint tool. a 4 pound hammer helps too.

my favorite quick ghetto fix is to just buy a clutch plate from the parts bin. mine was 70 bucks with a pilot bearing and a throughout bearing. as long as your flywheel and pressure plate are ok (like not screwed beyond belief) it'll work fine and cheap.

the best part is older subarus are cheaper than dirt and if you look long enough you can find a good one for a couple hundred bucks. get her what she wants and you get an old subie, then, at some point you get to say I TOLD YOU SO.

i sent taprackready my liscense number, but i still need it ran

i have a title and everything looks great except... the guy i bought it from never transfered the title and he had it for two years. and i met the guy in a parking lot, so i dont know anything about him. im sure its fine, just checking.

i am trying to figure out if my car is legal. i just did a motor swap and an interior restore, and i want to make sure all my parts dont get taken if its illegal. jf2af53b9ge117152 is there anywhere else i can check a vin without talking to the police?

come on guys, this is inportant. if we had stuff like this archived, we would see alot less of the same posts, day after day.

ok im retarded. i had the mounts on backwards. they are in the stock holes in the crossmember now.

take out the back seats. take a sawsall to that hafl assed fire wall, and lose some metal. then you would prolly need a rear strut tower brace. ac and power steering are a must to go

thats wierd miles, i had to drill my crossmember im using a motor out of an 85 xt na mpfi. my wiring diagram shows the same turbo wire as the 87 and later ones.

i got an ea81 4x4 8 7/8s flywheel, bolt holes had to be oversized one size. i moved the timing marks(cam and ignition), so it works with the ea82 engine. 8 7/8 4x ea81 clutch, and an ea81 pressure plate. moved the hill holder back three inches(pushed on it after unbolted) disty is no issue with my setup. the motor mount holes on my crossmember had to be redrilled, 1/4 inch further towards the wheels. put the hooK from the front of the ea81 onto the ea82 for the hoist paint everything (this one is a must)

i was just wondering if there was a list of things there is to do for this swap. i read up on it and thought i had everything figured out, as far as flywheels and clutched and all that. but my motor mounts didnt exactly line up, and i had to screw around. why dont we have everyone contribute to this post, and make a definate list? and then archive it, or put on the repair manual. gen 2 brats/ hatches. the ones where you dont have to hammer the frame rails to make it fit. i know its an easy swap, cuz i just got mine bolted in, but it would help other people, so they dont have ANY surprises.

did you just write every mod you have ever read about? why would you have shaved heads if you are runing 8.5:1? got any pics?

yah but... subaru calipers have to be turned in, and a clamp wont work. besides the emergency brake is on the front, not the rear drums, so just let the brakes fix themselves. as soon as it comes up to temp all the water in the oil, and all that will be vaporized. rock on with your ea81s they are tough as dirt:headbang:

my wagon sat behind a junkyard mans house for three years, and all i brought was a battery and oil and coolant.and a radiator, cuz it was crashed. as long as there was no water getting under the hood, i dont see why they wouldnt start. maybe bring a junkyard coil. good luck, sounds like fun. just thought of something, ether, and maybe some gas. 1 year isnt anything.

i cant find it anywhere, every one i find is for the hotwire style, and the wires(at least the colors) dont match up. anybody have the wiring for a flapper door style maf, i guess 85-87? xt mpfi. thanks

i would like to know if this one is all legal jf2af53b9ge117152

so does anybody know why one needs vaccum hoses and one doesnt?

i get some good info from miles fox, about swaps and what not, but its posts like these that make me look two pages down for something i asked 20 hrs ago. maybe the post got moved, to the OFF TOPIC section.

i used to hit this dirt road almost every day, and it was pretty squirley at 70 and up in 2wd, so... i used to drive in 4hi at 70+ with no problems.

this is no big surprise with our old subies, but i was on a wild goos chase this weekend to front brake pads for my 87 2wheel drive hatch. the first place gave me 7123 which was apparently for an ea82, and they had the same ones listed for the brat. after some screwing around and calling my car an 84 we found the right pads and they were 10 miles away. i went to go get them, and they matched my old pads so i bought them. got them home and the little tab was rivited to the wrong side. so i went somewhere else and found them i stock. just dont trust parts guys or their all mighty computers.

the one with the four wires, is off an 85 multi point xt with the flapper door. and the one with no vaccum hoses is off an 89 spfi.

why do the mpfi and spfi have different distributors? my mpfi has two vaccume solenoids, and the spfi has none. im guessing i cant switch the two. on the mpfi one, it has four wires coming out(two on one side, and two on the other) are two for ignition and two for tachometer? thanks