Fishums

I purchased the EA81 4" Lift Kit from Scott, and it's great! I liked it so much I powder coated mine RED! Scott is very quick, even on the east cost mine was here within a weeks time. It is a great product! The welds and cuts are Subaperb! Very professional. Not to mention the 8.8 Hardware Included! Thanks Scott!

Hey thanks for the reply, nice ride too! Deep snow was my main concern, looks pretty good in the mud. Thanks - Fishums

http://us.coopertire.com/Tires/Winter/DISCOVERER-M-S.aspx 225/70R14 planning on getting a set of these for my pugs... Anyone on here running them now? I was hopping for some good subaru feedback. this would be for my 1988 subaru d/r ea81 hatch. Thanks - Fishums

If you have a .edu email account, you can register on the autodesk student site, and they will let you download and use the software for free for four years or something. I recommend giving inventor a try, it's very well rounded program.

I'd like to buy a lift now if possible. Before the snow falls does that count as a confirmed? 4" EA81 Are there any examples of the skid plate yet? I might be highly interested in that as well. Thank you!

Will there be another EA81 group buy in the near future?

Nice, we have a racial comment GOOD ONE GD!

Man I've read a great deal of your post, some of them helpful some of them are just plain mean and snobby. Like I said before tire wear and camber were already mentioned. I put my pictures up here to help people interested in the procedure, after searching the forums seeing that they were not already shown. They are here to help people interested in adjusting their ride height. The number of posts I have doesn't mean anything, my other name on here MrFishums has 232, sorry but I lost my password and have had no luck at getting it back. Were the pictures not helpful? Stop making it personal Next time just say something like, "bad for camber" "bad for tires" Commenting on my money, and my tires, myself, doesn't help anyone or accomplish anything subaru other than making people angry. Peace, Fish PS: and yes ADMINS PLEASE HELP!

Those timing belts don't like going underwater as much, as the push rods being internal But you've got to be slightly crazy to go in that deep to begin with.

I like both engines, the only clear advantage to me of the EA-81 is it's ability to take on a few more inches of water Plus, I love push rods and the lack of technology with the EA-81. The simpler the better in my books, then again I treat my cars more like ATV's. If I was ever to be in the market for an EA-82 replacement, I would just get the adaptor plate and go EJ 2.5 DOHC instead of EA-81. Now those timing belts are worth all their trouble :cool:

I've purchased a car about a year ago with a CCR rebuild in it, it's been running strong for the last 28K miles with 4 trips to and from Florida, Also one trip to Alabama. Emily does nice work!

Last time I looked this thread was about adjusting you ride height, I put some, nice pictures up there to show everyone how to do it (since I "did some searches" and couldn't find them on here nice and neat with pictures for hatch) Camber, as well as tire wear was already mentioned by you earlier. Also it is even noted in Subaru manual... stop making this personal... about how you don't care about my tires or wallet... or how many cool lifted rigs you've got or had. Seriously your not helping me or anyone at all. I've owned every year of Subaru hatchback EA-81 d/r made including 1 1981 EA-71, and I've built up 3 1800 engines. So does that information help anyone adjusting their ride height? No it doesn't, I'm not hear to be in a pissing contest with you. :-\

For those of us that actually drive our cars off cliffs, we don't really give a care. Considering the conditions, poor tire wear and camber don't really matter much whilst running over logs. I do not drive EA-81 for its amazing street performance.

I noticed I get better mileage with "kwick fill" gas stations gas. Supposedly they use only united states drilled oil, and less additives. :cool:

Pretty cool! About how much $ does it take to build one of those?

27 mpg on the 2.2 in the driveway

The stock height adjusters gave me about 2 1/2 inches height when combined with slightly taller tires! The adjustments allowed me to put on some bigger snow tires from another car without out suffering any rubbing! I never knew that these could be adjusted until I found this thread, and it's really easy to do. First the front, you will need a 21mm open ended wrench as listed above. These nuts are located directly on the struts. Next the rear, you will need a 19mm socket with extension, or you can just grab your tire iron like I did. This is located under the rear seat, just remove the rubber access cover donut. Finally I played with rear adjuster to make the Subaru sit flat. A must for those of us that don't like the stock "butt in the air stance"! Total this takes about 30 minutes with tire swap. Also I already took on a few hill climbs that the stock ride height previously unable approach.

Pretty cool, I'm going to attempt this one today! :cool: