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Lol, I beat her to it! Check out the meet and greet for the "Poor Man Run" As for EA81 shortage, yeah, they were kinda slim pickings when I was there. Jeeps were abundant though (my dad was hunting those down :-\ ) Lol, last time I tried to help pull and engine from P&S it took a total of like 10 hours of work to figure out she couldn't afford it Twitch

Considering how long it takes for anything to gain momentum around here, I figured I'd start a meet thread for whenever it gets put into action :-p I was thinking of a "Poor Man" rally/off road run out to the woods. Nothing special, just a bunch of Subaru nuts from N ID and E WA going out into the woods and hooning around for a few hours. I know of some great areas that aren't too far out from Washington that are good for stock rigs as well as have some fun spots for the more advanced rigs. The Coeur d'Alene national forest is full of good areas, esp out by Hayden lake. I'll get a map up of what I'm referring to as soon as I get some response. The meet point would only be about 30-45 min from Spokane and only another 30-45 min to the recreational area. So an hour and a half east from Spokane in total max, not counting emergencies, road construction, police, blah blah blah. This is low budget, so pack yer lunch! Or bring a barbecue to cook something I'm trying to keep this on the cheap and fun level. Pipe up with ideas! Or more central locales! Or whatever! Twitch

Lube it. Mine was acting up similarly and I had removed it twice and rerouted it as well and it was still really stiff and a pain to push. I sprayed some cable lube I had lying around into the uppermost end (the end that goes attaches to the throwout fork) and the problem went away. Also, you may have to drill a hole in the U bracket that attaches the cable to the pedal. Mine was binding only giving me half the throw I needed. Drilled a hole halfway down closer to the cable and it no longer binds and I get full pedal throw. Hope it helps. Twitch

Oooooold thread, but its better than starting a new one Pix speak for themselves. Twitch

Awwww, it's cute I always have loved those little EA81 wagons. I'm not complaining about getting more locals. It's cool that we can get more people around here, so if we decide to make a massive P&S run we can attack something and take it down in a matter of a few hours. Such as an engine removal. With more than 2 people, I bet we could get it apart in a matter of 3 hours or less. Esp if all the people know what they're doing Twitch

Yes it will bolt up. No, you need the EZ30 ecu and wiring harness because of the sensors and such that go along with the engine. Twitch

Have fun guys, I won't make it this year No funds and I have an interview on thurs, with, hopefully, work the following week. Post up as many pix as you can! Somebody has to break down before the cruise :-p I won't be there to do it, so somebody has to step up and take one for the team. Take a hacksaw to your axle, run your starter cable through a precarious location (I still have that other cable powering my car ), do SOMETHING! It can't be a BRAT meet without at least one breakdown. Twitch

I don't run back and forth. I just stand there and freak out over EA71's and EA81's. Esp if they don't belong there. My passion is EA81's and older. Never have liked the EA82's and I just drive EJ's when mine is running :-p What rig are you usually driving when you hit P&S? I'm usually in my 85' BRAT, white with "sport" pinstriping. Oh! And if you want seats, the EA81 Wagon I pulled the slant console out of had some sweet, brown front seats. Twitch

Welcome to the home of subaru nuts on the interwebs Sounds like you picked up that little red GL that had been haunting me on CL :-p I visit pull and save fairly often and will probably see you in there every once in a while. Look for the weird white kid getting excited about old Subaru wagons I inhabit the other side of the border as well and, well, you can tell where I live by the little info box in the corner of my posts, or my profile Twitch

To me, it looks like the previous generation Legacy, with a shorter tail. Which was a sexy car, IMHO. Not a fan of the size, but then again I'm not over 6' and I love the compact size of my EA81's I think Subaru got a solid double out of this, maybe a triple if they can really pull off 36+ mpg. This will make my parents feel foolish for buying a Nissan Cube, because the new Imp will be getting better gas mileage with more power and AWD. And it will have power below 4000 rpm and no rubber band transmission (CVT) Twitch

Also, a hint for getting those stubborn axles off, take a golf tee and wedge it upside down in the roll pin hole, after you beat the roll pin out. Then spray your favorite rust eater in the top side and let it sit for a while, maybe even overnight if you feel it's necessary. It should penetrate the splines of the axle and make the axle easier to pull off. And if all else fails, you can take a torch and a bfh to the cup and make that sucker come off. Twitch PS: Thanks to Monstaru for the golf tee idea

If it's the inner joint, just reboot it. A boot kit is usually only $10-15 and it takes just a little bit more work than installing a new axle. You have to remove the axle to reboot it usually, unless you enjoy lying under a car disassembling and reassembling an axle. This thread has a complete instruction guide on how to rebuild an axle. Subaru Axles rarely fail unless severely tortured or subjected to extreme off road punishment. As for doing both, I would say only do both if the other boot seems brittle or is starting to crack. Twitch

It just looks shiny. I'm used to seeing a black plastic one there, not a metal one Was it a factory manual? If not, you'll have to switch a wire, I don't remember which one it is though... Twitch PS: Can you start the car without pushing in the clutch? That tells you if your car has a functioning clutch switch. If you can, it doesn't, if you can't, it does.

Simplicity my friend. EA81's only have a single port per side, and they have 2 sides of the engine. No fancy up-pipe required with all of its inherent flow losses, nor any fancy down-pipe. I'll basically be able to run equal length piping each head to a turbo, mounted wherever I please, because I don't have to worry about pipe length from either side, with separate, dual intakes to increase flow. Its all about simplicity and symmetry. I'm not running a sequential setup, just a simple siamese turbo setup. True dual exhaust after the turbos as well, unless an x-pipe proves to be better for power bands. Twitch

Sometimes I can get to the sublayer, underneath the fancy gui down to the basic folder layouts and just mass copy what I can access on their server. But most of the time its been somewhat of a fluke :-\ I've been trying to get there, but no luck yet. Twitch

Is no photo at all! :-p Twitch PS: 98ImprezaWA, there's more to that cookie than that pic reveals.

INCREDIBLE! I think I'm gonna download their whole server! It'll be easer than trying to get each and every picture! Twitch

I assume this applies to the AWD variations as well? If this is the case, I guess I'll just save up for a spare tranny with front LSD. I have a 5sp AWD out of a 94 lego that growls, and it has 10k or less on new 75-90w gear oil. No shards or shavings to speak of. Just a failing bearing huh? I guess I'll get to document what it looks like when that implodes And possibly at a high RPM Twitch

They all say that, then out of nowhere you're being followed to the gas station, the grocery store, your house... Oh, wait, that's a girlfriend, NEVER MIND :-p Twitch

So I take it nobody is allowed to take their non-prepped, barely road legal, rusting beaters on your track? Cuz if I could throw you guys $20 to take my BRAT around a real rally training course, I sooooo would. I have yet to take it on anything other than forest service roads, and that's scary, cuz you have to watch out for other people :-\ If I could get a closed course for an hour or so, without worry of harming anyone, I would be there in a second! Yes, I will sign a safety waiver... Also, WELCOME! Happy to see a big name show their face on here! We can use all the notoriety we can get :-p Twitch

Sorry, my humor gets a little dry every once in a while. It seems you guys got the dry blast of sarcasm, my bad. No c***blocking intended. And as for the antenna ball, I got it in their second run offer. I follow Subaru on Facebook as well as Twitter, so I get all the updates as soon as they hit the interwebs. Twitch PS: It will affect me eventually, but don't let me be any reason for an alteration in your behavior.

OK you horny adolescents, keep the flirting to a minimum. You have PM's and visitor messages for that. Back on topic, I'll put up pix, but I'm way too dweeby and most guys don't drool... I don't look like what most people expect. Twitch

I think I see a pushbar/custom bash guard in this car's future... Twitch

Now Fuzpile, I'm curious. What was all that about? Were they "influenced" posts? Or were you trying to speak matters of the heart, and everything got lost in translation? Cuz they didn't make a whole lot of sense... :-p Anyway, any new news on the "Cutie Car"? Twitch PS: Don't forget about the social groups!

What did you discover about how the stock pistons, rods and rings handle boost pressures around 15psi? Or did you not get that far? Also, design-wise, I was looking at putting in basically 2 separate intakes, one per head. Did you look into that design, or were you sticking with the basic single intake? If I ever get enough money put together I might come knocking on your door. I have decided to go with FI over carb, as tuning a carb under pressure can be a real beast. Twitch