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yep, that link is already posted in the USRM

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I think he means nokian.... A friend had some Kumho Road Venture A/Ts on his jeep a few years ago. I was very impressed with them for an all-terrain. I had planned on going with the M/T version on my 4runner until I found a deal on some used Cooper STTs

I'm doing it right now. I happened to have a couple EJ hubs with good studs and chewed up bearing surfaces....so I pressed the studs out and used those. they're longer than the EA82 studs, as they're designed to go through the rotor, but the threads are the same dimensions, and the shoulder is barely larger than the threads, and the head is as small as I'm comfortable with.

NOT plug and play. and not at all necessary. I looked into it, I do wiring all the time, and decided that the work was not worth it, just to get rid of the un-lit "PRND21" and get the working low-range indicator light. If you are interested, here's what I found out. There are 2 plugs that control that center section of the gauge cluster (swappable MT vs AT). One of which is the exact same plug MT vs AT, and the other is different. BUT, even the one that is the same is wired completely different.

yuck. Dual.... but that's definitely the unit I was thinking of. Thanks!

So, now that I have an EA81...and it needs a stereo....I can't seem to find anything that talks about it. I know that the opening is not deep enough to accommodate a CD player. And I know of the slant consoles. I remember someone had found an mp3 unit or something that was not as deep, but I don't remember who..... I would prefer to do that, mount it flat with the stock console. Anyone know how deep the hole is? I'd rather not take apart my dash until I have a new unit in hand. I don't mind cutting out a DIN-sized hole, but I'd rather not have it hanging out....

maybe, turbo transmissions had different axles. no, you will need a 5MT driveshaft yes no

BYOB. you'll need it. only thing I still own from this build is the Link ECU. Engine was put in a t-leg ice racer....and blown. blower and AWIC were ebayed. heads sold on rs25. transmission sold. Wagon sold. XT6 will be for sale as soon as the body damage is repaired. Never talked my uncle into selling the 914. I'm done with street cars, for now at least. my modifying money goes into the 4runner and brat. I like the way my celica handles better than the subarus. and it gets better mileage.... and most of my time goes to the Ziptie Rally cars.

I was thinking of making this a secretmobile until I had it up and running a bit. but.....screw it.... I just bought this: My buddy bought it from Elcaminokurt probably 5 years ago or so. It's an '84. It says it's turbo, but it never was. I helped him add this stuff: which turned it into this: Those were taken the last time it was really driven, over 2 years ago. He said it didn't start the last time he tried ~ a year ago. We pushed it off the trailer when we got it up to Duluth, jumped it, and it fired right up. Drove it around and into the shop. Plans: As some of you know, I'm crew chief for the Ziptie Rally Team. Well, the #171 '04 STi was just totalled last weekend at RallyMN. Well, we bought a '96 impreza brighton as a new shell. I should be able to get the EJ18 out of it for next to nothing. SJR adapter plate (came with the brat) Starting with an RX FT4WD D/R trans. convert it to 4.111 (I have a front R&P) or 4.444 (I have a rear set). convert it to 1.592:1 low range. And a phase 2 STi center VLSD. Carbonetic front LSD rear LSD. Either OEM clutch-type, or carbonetic

Yea. I looked into retrofitting a cable-shifter to use a subaru 5MT in a porsche 914. Didn't look tooo difficult. seems to be a decent way to do it, and pretty common, even in cars with a transverse engine/transmission (I know Celicas use a cable shifter...)

the problem is, the bolt holes for the mounts that are cast into the transmission case, are much further back than the EA ones. So there isn't really any way to do it without making/modifying the crossmember to support the trans. 1982gl4, thanks for that. I knew I had seen someones build, recently, with pictures of how they'd done it....turns out it was yours.

solutions? I know jerry makes a crossmember for an EA82 5MT, but how about the EJ?

yep, FWD rear struts are much longer than AWD. Just like the EAs. A friend of mine put FWD rear struts on his legacy, and then outbacks on the front....rear is still taller.

I've never had an issue. And a quick look at parts listings doesn't show any difference from FWD to AWD/4WD. So as long as it's for a 5MT, it should be just fine.

I want to know what you're putting this in!

GD ('02-'07) impreza sedans are wider. other than that, all EJs have the same track width. So yea, axles will be fine.

You can't. r160s are pretty much all the same in case/gear dimensions. But, there are numerous different spline designs for the axles. You will need to use the EA82-style bolt in stubs. And then use axles that have 23 female spline ends on them. First-gen legacies have the correct spines. so your easiest route would be to get your hands on a pair of those axles. Or, you may be able to make some hybrid axles. There's probably some combination of 23-spline DOJs (inners from any EA82 rear, or N/A EA82 front) that might work. There were a few different size joints, so one might slide right over the cage/balls of the OB shafts, or there's a chance that the inner race might swap onto the shaft itself.

yea, I believe the subframe and such will all bolt up. Also, in an EJ AWD conversion you have to swap the gas tank. This may be Impreza-specific. And, the driveshaft is longer 5MT v 4EAT. But the Impreza is shorter than the legacy, so you'll need a 5MT impreza shaft (or shorten the rear half of the legacy one). Oh yea, that '93 will have 23 spline front axles. so you'll need to swap axles to use the 25 spline AWD trans.

you still have to route it goofy, as the EA82 pump is in the center of the motor, and the EJ one is off to the side. But the fittings are the same. Best option would be EJ lines, as the fittings are the same on those as well, but they would be fit to the motor, and only have to be re-routed down where you can't see them.

sure they do. I've done it on 2 different cars, with numerous pump/line/rack combinations.

yea, sounds like something's not returning to center after the left turns. I don't think I can narrow down your list at all....in fact I'd add steering rack bushings to it.....

yea, only the 2.5s got the hydraulic clutch. And in '96 the outback MTs were 2.2, and I don't think the LGT started until '97. It MIGHT have the newer casting though, which would mean the extra hole for the other pivot location, and mounts for the slave. But, if it were me. I'd drop the gears and such from the '91 into the '00 case.

yep, that will have the 276mm 2-pot front brakes, which will fit under 15s just fine. I believe that should have a 4.111 axle ratio. Which is the same as the 5MTs in first-gen legacies. The push-style hydraulic transmissions (what that has) are easily converted to cable (move the pivot ball, swap the fork, bolt the cable bracket on). But I'm not sure about the other way around. I don't think the older trans will have the other mount for the pivot ball, or the holes for the slave cylinder. I'm sure something could be done, but it's probably not going to be totally bolt-on. But yes, crossmember, linkage, and driveshaft will all be fine.

The XT6 rack is the same as a regular XT rack with a bit less travel (same ratio as the 4-cyl XT rack, faster than a standard EA82, but full-lock is less of an angle due to the wider tires). So yes, same fluid is fine. It's the pump that's more sensitive to the correct fluid.