Psyko

Thanks man. I'm going to try and pick up the pace on it (as in, do something). If you make it out this way, we'll start with a ride. That way you won't feel the need to hold back when you get behind the wheel.

Well, you're not really going to like this update. Unfortunately I'm money, time, workspace and backup vehicle poor right now, so it's not going very fast at all. I still need to pickup a full EA81 reseal kit, water and oil pumps, two Hitachi carb rebuild kits, finish cleaning, finish rebuilding, put together, get (at least a temp) exhaust fabbed up, tune carbs and so on. And sorry, but you're at least second in line for the engine. If I went crazy and sold it, you'd still have to hope hatchsub passed it up. :-p This picture should give you a pretty good idea of what's up.

It can be done. You'll need a rear disc swap, some Nissan parts and some figuring though. A quick search found these threads: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=25854 http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=31217 http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=63647 Have fun.

ettev, it doesn't look like you even have a return spring... ???

Yeah, my Weber's choke uses the wiring for the original carb. I just put a couple connectors on a wire and plugged in where the Hitachi's auto choke plugged in. I'll also note that that picture doesn't show my valve cover/PCV valve tubes because they weren't there yet. Just in case anybody was wondering.

I suspect this will be the first of many different ways you'll see it done. I can't say it's better, or worse, than others, but it works well and was as simple as drilling a hole.

And then there is my dad's creation: the tractor. He uses it to pull trees out of the ground (that "tree" in the picture is gone) and haul trailers. I just rally it. It's very good at taking hard landings. http://gallery.mac.com/psykog5#100047&view=grid&bgcolor=black&sel=0

Not terribly crazy or the craziest thing I've done with a Subaru, but it sure did my shocks in. It's an XTs full wiring harness with all the driveline components from the front of an XT-T. Full EA82T, 4WD tranny, engine and tranny cross members, axels hubs, shocks, rotors and so on. http://gallery.mac.com/psykog5#100161&view=grid&bgcolor=black&sel=0

Check out this thread: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49241

Cobcob was actually looking into this. He's found a race that should mate the EA82T cup to an EA81 axle. I'm not sure what the current status of this research/experiment is though.

I can only see two pictures in post 5 now, they were not showing up last time I visited. There are 12 in his photo album though. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/album.php?albumid=29

From what you said, I think it would do fine. The older Subarus are actually quite capable vehicles, as I've noticed with my Brat and EA81 wagon. Baccaruda is right about defining "heavy" though. From my quick Google search, those are about 450 pounds. I'm not sure how it found that noteworthy. My Brat has 200k miles on its engine and I didn't have a problem with 400 pounds of motorcycle in the back and 400 pounds of people in the cab. Obviously acceleration took a hit, but it didn't feel lethargic. Also, on the subject of hauling, I've run my Brat around with a full EJ22, EA82T and '97 4EAT in the back, for a month, with no problems or remorse. This sounds about right for me. 4 speed is getting clunky and I can get 33 highway and as high as 27 city. Unfortunately I'm a little impatient and aggressive (let's face it, it's a small engine and cities suck), so observed is more like 29 highway and 24 city. That said, I'm more than able to keep up with highway traffic, without a heavy foot, but 70 up mountain passes requires the pedal to be buried. That's my take on the Brat from my last 6k miles and 5 months. Also, this is pre-Weber carb. Weber helped with darting through traffic, but it doesn't feel much faster at speed.

My Brat will fail when I wrap it around a tree and not a moment sooner. Quit your worrying. You've got this.

No, really, Washington is a difficult place. It's sad how many Subarus you have to pass on simply because of money and space. You can't have them all. :-p Btw, Hatchsub, you spelled my name wrong. Psyko.

My '81 wagon. There, now it somewhat fits. :-p

Wouldn't what years be more appropriate?

Good deal. That'll be awesome.

Well, I found something that worked. After reading the description on the stuff Brian suggested I remembered some paint/varnish/stuff remover I had that was supposed to be particularly potent. I'm not sure exactly what it's called, but the two biggest words on the front of the can are "Jasco" and "Bix." You wipe the paste on and watch the yellow bubble away. I cleaned the intake and right heads. The right head looked a lot like the left does now and the intake was far worse than anything else. I think they both turned out all right. Thank you, guys, for all of your replies and suggestions (and, Rob, for your wonderful insight :-p). Brian, in my thread about the carb flow rate, Tom mentions Webers that came on small Fiat engines. I haven't looked into them yet, but I plan on doing so eventually. For now I'm going to try and get the stock setup running. The stock carbs are, from what I can tell, basically the same as the Hitachis we got, in the U.S, but with small differences, such as no auto-choke. After figuring that out I felt better about the likelihood of actually getting mine back up to snuff, so I'm focusing on that route, as it is both cheaper and faster (hopefully :-\). Oh, and by the way, I felt like I needed to shower just reading about the orange stuff. That stuff sounds like death in a can.

It's on my list, as of now.

I've been scrubbing the thing down with a toothbrush, green Scotch pad and brake clean. That's not doing much except take off the grease and dirt. Tomorrow I'll be giving gasoline a shot at it. Here's what it looks like. I have a couple more pictures of it in my photobucket account, but the top picture is, by far, my best shot of it. As you can see, in the bottom picture, it's not really in any shape to be doing that heat producing explosion thing they like to do, so I can't really cook it off without getting it all together and putting it in. I'd do that, but I'd like to get it all clean before I limit my access. Thanks. (I didn't think I'd ever be able to say I have an engine in my bedroom...)

I've got a JDM engine that was coated with some sort of yellow stuff when it was shipped over. Carbs, intake, block, valve covers, bolts, pulleys, hoses... The whole thing was sprayed down and I'm having a nightmare of a time getting it off. I'm having to scrape it away with a screwdriver, but the screwdriver doesn't reach everywhere and I've left more than a few scratches on my 30k EA81 now. Anybody know what the junk is and how else I can get rid of it?

I'll have to dig into them a bit to see just how messed up they are. I'm not expecting great things though, as one of them has "spare" parts shoved down the barrel and there are just general vacuum lines I don't know the destination of. The cheapest and easiest way to get this on the road will probably be to just make them work, so making them work is probably going to be how I go about this. My ultimate goal is to get a custom intake setup with a carb over each head. That's going to be a while out though, as I'm miserably poor, so, for the immediate future, less exotic ideas are running through my mind. As the potential engine thief can attest to, hatchsub , dual Webers is on my wish list, so the Fiat lead is greatly appreciated. Thanks! I would, but shipping such a large item would be so much of a hassle. Too bad, eh? :-p If I go to a custom intake and decide to get rid of the old setup, you're on the top of the list, for cheap, my friend. Just don't go holding your breath. I'm a bit of a pack rat (UNDERSTATEMENT) and don't want to be responsible for your death.

I'd just as soon go custom as stock because my intake is such a mess. It makes more sense, to me, to figure out some simplier non-stock carbs than figure out how to put the stock back together.

I can't seem to figure out the cfm of the stock carbs on an EA81 dual carb intake. I'd like to replace them with something else, but don't know what size of carb to look for. Any chance somebody knows this? From what I've seen, nobody does, but I wouldn't mind being pleasantly surprised.

I towed a XT turbo 13 miles with my 2.2 auto '95 Legacy (234k on engine and tranny). The XT was missing its interior, but had a 180 pound wheelman, so it was probably a hundred, or so, pounds lighter than a stock XT (sorry, not sure of the stock weight, maybe somebody else will know). Plus, the guy in the XT rode the brakes the whole time, making it a fairly good load to tug along. Well, 100 degree weather and, on the flats, the Legacy did wonderfully. Part way through I hit a mileish long hill though, and it was not happy at all. I had to stop twice to pop the hood and use cardboard to shade the engine, but once I got back to the flats, it was happy as a clam. Btw, my trailer hitch said 2300 on it.