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pretty cool, not sure I would have done the LED strips....but it's certainly well done. I looked a little into doing something like that on my loyale, but had zero confidence that I could get the lens truly clear. Good work!

Follow-up, finally got around to doing it this week. Turned out the failure last winter wasn't as catastrophic as it sounded. The '94 did not have an EGR (was a 5MT, but I don't think my '92 2.2 had one either, and it was from an AT). I did not have to splice a single wire. 100% plug-n-play, all mechanical modifications. What I did, was pull the accessories off the block (leaving power steering and A/C lines connected, just pulled the pumps out of the way). Pulled the intake manifold. dropped the exhaust. pulled the motor out. Then I swapped the engine harness. There was a little goofy-ness with the purge solenoid, I opted to just swap it over and duplicate the vacuum line layout (including the Ts for the 2 sensors on the strut tower that weren't there on the '94). no EGR...left that plug dangling. Crank and Cam angle sensors are wired different, the '94 runs separate wires back to their own plugs on the back of the motors, '95+ has a plug right on the sensor and the wiring is integrated into the engine harness. I swapped the sensors, totally straightforward. knock sensor plugged right in. TPS sensor was different, still 3 wires, I assume the signal would work, but instead I opted to swap the throttle bodies. Then install just like it was meant to be there. I have not yet swapped the ECUs, but I will. Butt-dyno says it's running excellent on 89 octane, but I would still rather have the ignition maps designed for 87. Power is not bad. Faster than my 1.6 Celica.....Outback gears definitely help!

It's not a signal coming from the ECU. It's just a 12 volt reference for the voltage regulator. It is tied into that circuit to insure that the voltages going into the ECU and ignition coil stay as close to 12v as possible. Neither of the EJ swaps that I did myself had the alternator wiring tied into the engine/ECU wiring. One is close to 100k miles since the swap, the other over 30k.

My brat is reclocked. Not sure how many we skipped, but it was a few. 4" strut extensions in the front, and the eyeball says the back is a bit more. Definitely wasn't just 1 spline though. It's not a small project. Here in the rust belt (this body has over 200k on it, AFAIK all in the midwest), we had a heck of a time getting them out. Also, the rear alignment is definitely not right now.....

Just grab a pair of banjo bolts. IIRC, the threads on EJ banjo bolts are the same as the EA82 rear calipers. That's what I ran on my old lifted wagon.

nah, that would mean it doesn't get used. Sounds like you wheel it quite a bit, yes? Someday, I'm going to "finish" my 4runner.....and I'll make the pilgrimage to come wheeling with ya.

Pretty sure they've said "coming soon" for many many years. If someone makes a locker that would fit in a subaru r180 (I don't know if the subaru version is 8 or 10 bolt RG...), it would be extremely easy to put it in any subaru.

have you used those in a lifted rig? I've always been curious if they would stay in the diff.

2 things. hate to burst your bubble....but take a closer look at your ARB link there. All the R180 applications say "NA" under the part number, with a note to the bottom saying "coming soon". Second, an R180 is bolt-in as far as mounting it to the body in an r160 car. The 4 mounting bolts in the front, and 2 studs in the back are in the same place relative to each other. The bottom of the diff hangs down further, so an r160 skidplate won't fit. This is done all the time. The challenge is axles. If you're doing it in an EA car, you'll have to either have a driveshaft shop put the larger r180 flange on the end of an EA driveshaft, or swap the r160 flange onto the r180 (not ideal...but it works). http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=114926

easiest way, is swap the carrier into the 4.444 housing. Just like the well-documented LSD swap.

this is absolutely false. The alternator only needs a 12v reference signal to maintain proper voltage. On early legacies, it's tapped into the ignition coil power wire. has nothing to do with the ECU you either had it wired wrong, or the regulator in your alternator had failed (happened in my dad's legacy...ruined a battery before we installed a volt gauge and realized what was happening).

EJ alternators are not all the same, electrically. That said, wiring them in is not that hard. Wiring ANY internally regulated alternator is quite simple. So, it's "just" the case of building a bracket and finding/making a pulley. good luck :-\

not applicable on OBD II systems.

what are your goals? You just looking to slam it? autox? gotta give us some information.

I don't know that anyone's actually done it on an EA81. So all we can do is speculate. I have used both ebay (R1 racing), and ground-control sleeves on my EA82, with both EA82 and EJ struts. And I've worked on a number of EA81s (haven't actually had the front suspension off the brat since I bought it, but I helped design and install the lift....). considering how much bigger the sleeves are than the strut cylinder, I don't think it'll be an issue (and if it's smaller.....a washer would make quick work of it. Bigger? a drill). IF, the diameter of the strut shaft is the same, then yes, it'll work using the ground-control upper spring perches. My ebay coilovers did not come with perches, just centering rings, you had to use the original perches to support the weight. There's very little to them. as long as there's a spring perch, and the cylinder is less than ~2.25" (spring is 2.5" ID, sleeve is relatively thin and fits snug inside the spring) in diameter it'll work. Ground-control is extremely helpful over the phone. As you would find in my old posts, I bought a set from them that was fronts for an impreza, and rears for an NB miata. No argument, just a bit of a chuckle as I explained what I was doing. Same price as a full matched set. with specified spring rates and lengths. That said, there was almost zero difference between the 2 pairs except for the upper spring perch. The miata sleeves had had a small bushing pressed into them, but it was still far too big to actually contact anything (although, I did specify that I would be using KYB AGXs, but never actually stepped up from stockers....).

looks like you got a fork for a cable clutch, not a push-style hydraulic.

The radiator fans are included in the overall wiring diagrams of the FSM. page 143 on my '88 FSM, grid location B-2 (same on the '88 FSM that's available online) Also, the radiator fan system is pretty different between an XT6 and standard EA82 (not sure about EA82-XT....). The radiator thermo switch actually controls the relay in the XT6, whereas the standard EA82s just put it inline with the ground side of the fan (not to mention, EA82s only had one electric fan).

Transmission fluid is quite a bit hotter than coolant. So you really should have an internal cooler in the radiator. Most transmission coolers are designed as AUXILIARY units, not standalone. If an integrated one is not an option, you will need a unit with some pretty large volume, and airflow. Whatever you decide on, be sure to get a trans temp gauge.

Yes it can, pretty easily too. There are a few other indicator lights in there, but nothing terribly crucial.

Wish I lived closer to you....I'd happily come over for an afternoon and wire the car for ya. I'm sure in person it would only take me a few hours. I've done much more complicated harnesses in less. The tach should be as easy as connecting the signal wire. AFAIK, the stock system just gets a signal from the ground side of the coil, so that shouldn't change.

Kinda hard to tell....but this was the first day driving my wagon with the 5-lug swap. I drove it for about a week with 3 studs on each back wheel....

good grief. They're just over a buck ea from rockauto.....

With them all mounted to the body, it's all straight. I can't think of any reason why even blocks at all 3 crossmembers wouldn't work out just fine. what 4" lift are you running? are they 4" blocks all around? Most aren't

I bought a box of them on rock auto a few years ago. Looks like they still carry a selection. the knurl diameter is smaller on the fronts than an EJ stud. But, as a result, I have a bunch sitting on my workbench in good condition (pressed out of the hub, not pounded).

This is absolutely a myth. Superchargers have almost no more restriction on an engine than a turbo. I don't remember any of the numbers off the top of my head, but reddevil's supercharged 2.2 made essentially the same power as a turbo'd 2.2 running the same amount of boost. AND, if you use the Mercedes-version of the Eaton M62, you have the clutched pulley, so when you're out of boost, it has no more drag than an idler pulley.