Numbchux

There's a local offroad club called the North Shore Wheelers that I've wanted to get in on for almost a year. but they require that you come along for 2 trail rides with them. well, I didn't have the time, until now. But I just went on my second run with them, and they voted me in!! I'm so pumped! these guys are some of the nicest guys on the face of the planet. some really talented drivers, and alot of fun. and they all drive jeeps, almost exclusively XJs, except one guy who drives a samurai, while he works on a Nissan Hardbody. anyway, here's a pic from last weekend with them: hopefully there will be some more pics too. we were out there for almost 6 hours. and it was a BLAST! here's their website, if anyone's interested in checking it out: http://www.nsw4x4.com I'm not listed on the member page quite yet :-\

Yea, I'll get one for ya tomorrow sometime.

we have one bolted to the bumper of our loyale.....pulled a little utility trailer with mattresses (that's right...plural), lumber, tree branches, an engine block or 2, etc. it's quite strong, as long as you load the trailer right, I wouldn't put our mastercraft behind it, but the car couldn't move it anyway....so that won't be a problem. we pulled so much, that we burned up 3rd gear (3AT) before the hitch showed any signs of wear. otherwise, there were a few hitches that bolted to the tie-downs in the rear. I think it was a factory option, but I could be wrong. there was one in a local junkyard here a few months ago, if it hadn't been so rusty, I would've grabbed it.

for anything but rock crawling, I agree with phizinza.....but there are many times when I'm on the rocks, or just gnarly trails, I really wish I had lower gearing AND an auto. mostly cause with a manual, you really shouldn't be dragging the clutch all the time, so if it's fully engaged, and you hit a rock or bump unexpectantly, that brings the car to a stop, it kills your motor. PITA!! Also, for hill climbs, an auto and bad gearing would be nice, a manula and awesome gearing would be nice, an auto and awesome gearing would kick butt, and a manual with bad gearing....well....do the math. The reason we use the manual, is because subaru never made an auto with lo range. so if you want a subaru with lo range, you have to get a manual tranny. jeeps are the easy way out, they're definately quite capable, but they're not anything special. I wanted easy, relatively capable, and common, I'd be driving a Civic......

oh, we're staying on the trails (or at least....I am). I was hoping to find some pics that do the trails here justice....but I can't find any. But seriously, and I honestly mean no offense by this, if you didn't/don't need lo range, you're really not wheeling.

ea82s have a 4x140mm bolt circle, with 13" diameter, and IIRC 5 or 6" wide

someone mentioned that when SJR was talking about lowering the final drive I also don't think the auto would respond well to that. but then again, maybe it would. I've heard that the FWD boxes (EA82) have a lower first gear, I'm thinking about putting that in my D/R box..... the EA82s have a 22:1 crawl ration without any modification. I can't tell you the number of times that my car hasn't been able to get up something simply because it couldn't keep the wheels spinning. even with all the clutch dragging I dared use. haha, yea, I don't think I've EVER used 4WD hi......if I can put it in 4, I put it in lo!

and a tcase opens a whole new can of worms with the front diff mounting, and crossmember.

it'd be sweet if you could put a shorter radiator in there, and remove that lower support, so the bumper really is the first thing things would hit, then put a skidplate that attaches right to the bumper. looks hot man

6-lug wheels are technically 138.5 another couple mm wouldn't matter that much. we discussed that as soon as that prototype came out, and someone (mcbrat IIRC) used a little proportions with the known rim width to find that the bolt pattern was right. yea, if a set of those showed up in my driveway, they'd be on the loyale real quick (assuming that backspacing wasn't too insane to fit over the shocks and stuff)

haha, the origional october meet he was referring to was last year. morgan doesn't come here anymore, he doesn't even have a subaru anymore.

one word......HOT I think that about covers it

I told you it isn't, you yutz it's mounted on the underside of the body right in front of the passenger side rear wheel.

It's been discussed..... but having just tweaked the heck out of the rear crossmember block on a BYB lifted wagon, on a trail that my AA lifted wagon (with smaller tires) had no trouble.......I'd definate get AA or SJR.

bump. I've bery interested in this, I'm going to have trouble swinging it, financially, but I'd really like to.

I've searched, but all the posted links are dead. who's got this? is it hosted anywhere? or just email it to me at Numbchux (at) gmail.com

I won't be there, and neither should anyone else in the state of MN with 4WD.....but there probalby won't be that great of a turnout :-\ http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=53729

bump. We'd like for this to be a huge event, so let's get people out there. doesn't have to be subaru people, anyone willing/interested in wheeling their vehicle. there will be experience people there to guide trail rides, so you won't get stuck on something much harder than you're able to go on. here's the thread on MN-Jeep: http://www.mn-jeep.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5136

I've tried the legacy inner joint onto EA82 shaft.....couldn't make it work, it might be possible, but not easily. the loyale was NA FWD 3AT I know where there's an '86 FWD 3AT GL-10 turbo wagon in a junkyard. will these axles work?

more pics: this might have a good diagram of the vacuum lines.... http://wombat.sevarg.net/Subaru/HTKYSA.PDF

first off....this should go in the old gen forum, and will probably get moved....but you'll get used to that. Here they are, as promised:

wait....any EA82t with a 5-speed?! even FWD? calebz, if the FWD ones work, I'll have a pair from the junkyard for cheap.....but if not, or if the car isn't there anymore, what do you want for yours?

OK, pretty much the last thing I need for my RX tranny swap into my loyale....the axles. so turbo subarus are pretty rare, even in junkyards around here. so I would like to know which models will have these? is it just all FT4WD 4-cyl EA82s? or did some PT4WD cars have them? yes, I searched, couldn't seem to think of any search keywords that didn't get me 85 billion threads to sort through....

+eleventy-billion and KickAssFlash's mustang is quite possibly the fastest car I've ever ridden in, either that, or his brother's mustang......or my buddies ver 4 STi swap He's at a dyno day this morning, and is going to pick up an '88 GL Wagon that needs some engine work this evening. Don't worry, he'll have that jeep sold in no time

A buddy of mine has an aftermarket turbo timer on his 2.5RSt, it shows his speed, so I suspect yours has the same option, but since there is no electric speed sensor (that I know of anyway ) this option just isn't available on your XT.