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Just spent a few minutes double-checking diagrams and such. Sounds like you've got it right. And if your fuel and volt meters work, you should have good power and ground to the cluster. And since the tach worked before, I'll assume the problem is not within the cluster itself. that leaves one wire, the signal wire. double check that it's the correct wire (if you mirrored the plug, and actually have B56, 9, that'd be the A/c switch....). Make sure that it's the Black w/ Blue stripe wire on pin 16, and not the Blue w/ Red wire on pin 9. If you've got the correct wire, pull the cluster, and check for continuity between that wire at the gauge cluster and the signal wire on the ECU.

Nope. works fine. the signal output from the EJ ECU is close enough to the signal coming off the coil. one pulse per spark. both the EJ swaps I did myself had the tach working 100% like stock. '96 EJ22e in an '86 EA82 GL and '92 EJ22e into '92 Loyale. Now, the '86 had problems with the gauge cluster before the swap, so it was replaced with a newer EA82 cluster, so I can't say FOR SURE that the '85-'86 cluster will work, but considering the '87+ cluster is plug and play into an '85-'86, I assume it wouldn't make any difference. Something is not functioning correctly. I've always grabbed the signal right at the plugs on the back of the gauge cluster (I think pulling the cluster is the easiest way to tap in all the signal wires for it), so I'm not sure if this could be an effect of where you tapped it in. I'm assuming all your other gauges work? the power/ground sources for the tach are shared with most of the other gauges too, so it's unlikely that only the one would fail.

^Why did you go to pusher fans? planning on doing the EJ swap later? there should be plenty of room for them as pullers, and they're much more efficient that way.

Those look about what I'd expect for the price. I'd spend about double that for something more effecient and possibly more reliable. Also, don't use the through-rad mounting things that it comes with. It's pretty easy to take a couple pieces of flat aluminum or steel (available at your local hardware store/home depot/menards/lowes/northern tool/harbor freight), cut to length, drill 4 holes in each, bolt the ends to the stock radiator mounts on the edges of the radiator, and ziptie the fan to them. That way you don't ruin the radiator core.

I haven't been hanging around rally long enough to have seen him race, but I've heard the name. And he certainly has the history of success. I'm excited! And I'm very glad that SRTUSA is fielding a second driver. The TP announcement seemed to be very sudden, and had me a bit worried about next year.

I didn't phrase that very well. KB is a very good driver. But I think there are a ton of other drivers who are much better, but Ken gets most of the credit because he's very good at marketing himself (Gymkhana vids, DC gumball cars, etc.). I've seen him in a few Super Specials over the last couple years, and I can't help think that he's a decent driver with an awesome car. Just irks me a bit when I hear people talking about KB like he's the greatest driver in the country. I won't be missing him in R-A a bit next year, plenty of awesome drivers still in it.

Might be 16s. fitment will depend on the rest of your setup.

OF COURSE that was not my intent!! Really? was I that unclear with this??

WAY better driving then Mr. Block is capable of (of course, that isn't saying much. He's awesome at marketing himself, not so much with the driving). Also, that car is RWD

knock sensor bolt torqued to spec? that can cause a bad reading if it's over or under torqued.

you have to split the transmission case. no small project. IMHO not worth it to just swap axle stubs. I don't know, I haven't actually run the 23-spline EJ axles, but I have seen them in person, out of the car. they don't seem terribly under-built. I think if they were run at a reasonable angle and you didn't abuse them too badly, they'd probably hold up fine.

any CEL codes? if it's a major issue, I think you'd be throwing a code somewhere...

doesn't sound at all like a fuel pump symptom that I know of. That pump would be plenty of pressure and volume (assuming it's working correctly). Could be a MAF, PCV valve, IAC or even TPS issue.

EA20s/22s don't exist. your EA82 is the biggest motor of that generation. You can get EJ series motors. an EJ22 swap is not too bad. but really depends on your definition of "breaking the bank"....

This is hopeless. I'm done.

I had another attempt to tell you what I meant by that post. But since you're just skimming through the thread looking for stuff to fight about, I decided not to bother. I was just throwing out a teaser that we have a big-hp RWD project on the drawing board. (see the period? That's all. end of thought. don't try to read between the lines) Bill. Keep up the amazing work! I'll be watching closely, and if things go in that direction, I'll be in touch!

a LOT more than the devil ever made. Read my post again. I do NOT think that one design is inherently superior than the other. Just that most options are designed for pull-style. I am more than aware what is possible. I was just hinting that this will be a big power build. Suffice it to say Ziptie is thinking of building something for Baja.

I will keep that in mind. as that will probably be a good idea. there were 2 different styles of pressure plate. push and pull. the pivot on that bellhousing will only work with push-style. All turbo transmissions use a pull. so off-the-shelf clutch kits are mostly the other kind. There are options, just not a ton. We'll see. a lot of other things have to happen first...

Found another possible use for this. Depending on how this next year goes with us in Rally-America. Challenge will be finding a suitable push-style clutch kit.

Ahhhh. That's a little different. I was thinking that was going to be your ride height....

phantom grip is not a locker. it's an LSD. and a crappy one at that.

The '85-'86 RX trans also had the 1.2, and it's PT4WD. but yea, only the RX low range is 1.2. N/A ones are 1.6

I have a W56 sans tcase and RX trans sitting right next to each other out on the slab. I should line them up and take a similar picture....

What kind of wheeling are you planning on doing? Something that big would just suck on the tight trails up here. I suppose if you're out on sand dunes or something it might work out pretty sweet.

3.5 x 4.1 = 14.3:1 yea, a 3.9 with a 1.6 low is a pretty big difference.