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That orange switch to the left is for the driver seat heater. I actually could search for some radio mounting thingys and grab handles, but it will take time (i'm studying at the moment ) I think most of the part sellers would like to sell the interior parts as a whole, that probably will restrain possibilities to get those parts..

Mmm they don't have level adjustment, but you're right about headlight squirters, all models had them and i think it really was a necessity by the law :-\ The gearbox of the fwd model could fit an ea81, but I'm not sure, I haven't exactly nibbled very much with my car (didn't have to because it almost always worked without repairs ) It's all different from ea82 gearbox anyhow, I remember that the gear selecting lever got into the box through there, where normally the rear drive shaft would come out of. Here's how mine used to look from inside, the bulged out radio mounting hole is factory, if I understood right what you guys were wondering about?

I think it's not engine size limitations, but just making more (cheaper) different models available.. In my country they were offering all leone/loyale fwd models with ea71. I had a silver coupe, and although it was GL it had no power steering while sedan and estate had.. supposed to be more "sporty" . There were also models with ea63 (or was it 62?) 1.3 litre engine, but I think it was not sold for long. http://www.subaruclubfinland.net/kuvat/uksteleone5.jpg Both small engine models were quite cheep compared to other manufacturers. The non-power-steering was a bit slow (to make it light to turn), but it had more feel what was happening between the road and the wheels. Also the small engine models weren't packed full of equipment, no power mirrors, fixed steering wheel etc, but didn't consume much gas; I had it going for ~7 litres/100km (~33,6 miles/gallon) and I assume the 1.3 would run for even less

Thanks, beauregaardhooligan! Unfortunately the article is in Finnish, so I should translate it. But we'll see about that some day if I happen to borrow it from the library again.. One thing they wondered about the ea82 was the astonishingly broad range of at least some kind of torque. I have noticed the same thing in my 1,6 litre model. You can let rpms go to the idle range or lower, even with fourth or fifth gear, and then step on the gas pedal. The motor starts to pull smoothly without protesting at all. Visit our club's homepage if you like

I'm new in here and have been lately considering what the idea of ea82 is... in my home country, people don't seem to worry much about the differences between 81 and 82. Maybe because there isn't many older soobs left, and they just don't know if the ea81 would actually be a better "daily use motor". After reading the road tests of Leone (my87) from the local car magazines, I thought it could be a good idea to change the ea82 of my becoming car to the older ea81. The good points of the ea81 seem to be: - better gas mileage - no need for a belt change - the HP specs are what the manufacturer tells - torque at lower rpm's The magazine didn't get the promised 90 HP out of the ea82, but 14 less ! So it's just as powerful as my current ea71 1,6 litre engine, but 1,6 eats much less gasoline Ea81 is said to have 82 HP@5200 and I believe it's more close to the truth. It also should have maximum torque of 134 Nm @ 2400 rpm. That's quite low rpm IMHO! Those specs are for european models with compression ratio of 8,7. It's funny to read that road test anyway, they simply didn't like the engine at all. It consumed oil, was powerless and they couldn't get the gas mileage any higher than about 25 mpg.