The Dude Abides

Oh hey wait a minute, isnt that mountain grizzley the famous subaru. I had no idea you had that. Looks good and im glad you got it going good. I kinda liked the old front bumper myself but to each his own. Would look nice on mine but i would need a custom welder to attach it. Hey mick, youve got a welder. Buy the way if no one knows about this car i think hes sold it and got it back like 4 times now. I did happen to get mt grizzs sweet old mud tires for guido though. I think you should have one more inch up front it looks way raked for some reason. I havent touched my subaru in a while, better give him some love.

Ok with the exception of some things duck tape does not fix everything. You would of been miles ahead with a seat cover.

I would agree with beast. If its just a commuter - snow wagon i would think the lsd would be great. But any extreme wheelin and i would go for the welded. As far as tires the only thing i would say is that if they looked really small under that huge lift it would be a turnoff for me.

If you were worried about simplicity for your wifes car you should just go LSD. Granted not as good as welded but you dont half to worry about your wife blowing axels all the time. And if you have gas mpg in mind keep it under 28 inches on the tires. I dont think youll need more then this. You have got the right idea about the engine. I have 27s on my subaru and the stock ea82 fi doesnt like the added weight. It really only likes me in the car. Legacy motor is the way to go. +1 on the legacy seats, looking forward to that write up.

Nice, you need to buy that place to have our own subaru heavin. That way guido can be with friends.

I can also bring these if anyone wants to buy them for there daily driver. Worked pretty hard stripping them down and painting them black. Tires are great as well with tons of tread. 100 bucks and a set of old wheels and tires so when guido goes to heavin i have some old crappy rubber to send him off in.

Perfect, honestly you be suprised how these cars cure themselves. I dont believe the dash clock has worked in 15 years and all of a sudden pow it works again.

a legacy with an outback paint scheme. Now ive seen it all.

could i (make) them work. Pictures of the tool boxes. i might just half to hit the pre garage sale sale.

So then i ask this. ea82 with delta torque cam or ea81 with the setup that mcbrat and hatchsub are going for. I wont ask which is better but which has more hp and torque.

See when you talk final crawl you kinda lose me which means maybe i shouldnt put in input. I understand what your saying but you can go almost anywhere with this. And whose to say it can be done. As far as i know the only dual range transmissions were in the 79-89 subarus so you would need to stick with that. Now if you are able to split the case and change gearing inside i wouldnt even begin to know how to attempt that or if its been done. If you wanted a subaru only dedicated offroader then you want the dual range. Ok i told you what i wanted but ill try to think where your going. ea82 rx body choped to just the structure then chop the a** off. Fuel Cell Internal Cage and exoskelitan for added safety and ridgity. Still say Svx Motor with rear cargo rack for weight distribution. I dont know if the flex your looking for is acheveable with factory subaru things. CVs arent ment to flex extremem amounts so i guess heres where im stumped. Because i cant wrap around useing legacy or wrx or forester parts on the ea82 dual range case because i thought those didnt interchange.

I dont want to do this but for the sake of knowledge i will ask. Do you guys go for this type of setup so you dont half to mess with the electronics of a ej22. Or possibly to keep the originality of the motor. Because other then those 2 things i cant see why you would work so hard to acheve 100 or so hp when you go ej and get 120 or so with loads more torque. Or do i not know the ultimate advantages of going this route. Because i happen to know of a ea81 and a ej22 in a junkyard. Just asking, dont flame me.

oooooooo you sellin anything good.

I hope you didnt pay much for this kind sir

:)I cant believe one car has this many problems. Where are the pictures i know you know how to take them.

Hey do you still have those rx springs

Washed all the mud off of from mudcoast. Pictures here http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=109260&page=6 Hey anyone magically have there dashboard clock work again. I hit this huge rut which flung the rear of the car in the air. And the dash board clock slowly started getting brighter until it worked perfectly. Amazing the more i beat it the more things work.

My brother is going, he said hes going to bring his wrangler. I told him prepare to be harassed. He might find himself a legacy gt buy then. I havent reserved my campsight yet but will do this week. Looking at another subaru (svx) so well see how that goes.

Plenty of room for all. Get with miles i think he wanted to bring some stuff down to give away but im not sure what. Have the people who are definately going register at the campground sight. I think you really should only need 2 sights between the 4 of you. Mick needs his own sight because he brings his big CHEVY truck with lots of lama love to SUBARU inspired events. No one said if they were going to bring guns for this campout or now. Im thinking of not doing this. I dont want to be responsable for weapons in my car if im beating it around on the trails. But its your guys call on that. Get somekind grocery list going between all of us so we know whos bring what and whatnot.

larz does not look happy:lol:

Good daily driver tom, id vote to just drive it and wheel the loyale.

I went mudding but im sure you all knew that.

There bounching around in the trunk of my taurus. Unless you want them in june we better meet up.

Well lets start with whats easy. Transmission. Since its a wheeler you just cant go wrong with a ea82 dual range tranny. The ea81 series only had 4 gears and i think the overdrive would benefit those who didnt want a trailer queen. Engine. We could argue day and night about this. The ea81 and ea82s just dont seem to have tons of grunt when coupled with big tires. I dont know how much Hp you guys want but for me something simple. I would go with either a ej22 or what i would really do is the 3.3 svx motor. That way you dont need the turbos like in the wrx motors to make the big power. Even though its heavier i think the svx would be a great butt haulin motor in a wheeler Rear end. Obvious is welded for a dedicated offroader but i think a lsd would still be worth it. Would take away some of the pain for removing axels. Lift. If it were me, but with not a whole lot of knowledge on the subject. I think i would a full subframe lift with subframe connectors. Something that lowers the whole car but can be welded to the bottom of the body for added structure stability. I dont know much about any of the 4 link stuff but i think you need solid axels for that. Now the hard part. What vehicle to use. I personally like wagons. I like them better then brats, hatches and sedans. Brats are cool theres no getting around that. But they are not roomy on the interior. I like throwing my gear in the backseat and knowing im not going to fling mud or anything else on it. Sedans are nicer but i like the open pit in the back of my wagon. I like the functuality of a vehicle. And i find a wagon fufils that. Yes hatches are superior in the approace and departure aspect but i dont think a heavy svx motor in a hatch would be good for offroading very front end heavy. I hear that ea82 axels are superior to ea81s so thats the route i would go. So to summ it up my dream wheelr would be. 1989 subaru touring wagon. 5 speed dual range 3.3 svx motor 3.7 lsd I believe it has been done but buy some beefed up cv shafts for added strength. 6inch or more full subframe lift with subframe connectors Heavy duty utility bumpers with rear tire mount over bumper for weight distribution and a waren winch. Probally run 31 or 33 inch tires on chevy wheels with custom drilled 6 lug hubs with rear disc conversion.

This was the rally picture takeing guy. I told him the camera guy never gets his picture taken, he thought it was funny. Overall it was ok. Dont let the pictures fool you there were some pretty narley ruts to take. That bug in the picture busted his whole front end takeing one the wrong way. You will be proud to know that the hole that swallowed many jeeps and trucks didnt take one soob. It flung my brother into the roof and i thought it was going to rip brents rear end off but it was ok. Sorry there werent more action shots but i was concentrating on driveing. Hopefully the other folks will toss in what pictures they took. I have some video but its not that great i need to check it out. Ben