bratman18

For what it's worth, I have a regular Brat clutch and pressure plate on a machined flywheel in my 5 spd dual range Brat

Holy crap super clean car!!! That's gonna be real nice when it's done! Everything looks so new. As for the proportioning valves for the rear discs, I don't think you need to do anything. Just use the stock setup. That's what I did with great results and I know a few others have as well. Keep us updated on this project, I know we will all want to over it!

So what is the motor that you pulled out of the other Brat? What year is the Brat? If it's a Gen 2 Brat you should grab the dual range tranny too!!

Very nice! Sounds really mean. So I bet you can pull right away from all the kids in their WRX's?!! That's really cool and really impressive numbers!

That would look cool!! Kind of like an old blown muscle car, but instead it's a turbocharged VW motor in an old school suby!!!:banana:

my 00 RS has a VLSD as well, I believe that 00 and 01 RS's came with them.

Bill where did you get those? What are they from?

I agree with this. There was a time when most American vehicles were built half way decent, and they would last a long time, they were reliable, and they took a beating, but I'd say somewhere in the mid eighties, they started going down hill. I do agree that all makes have their issues but as a rule you either have to have older American(if it's still in ok shape) or a foreign car, which for me means Japanese!

I too would pull the motor to do the job. And I did. I had my motor out, by myself, in less than 1 hour! Then from there it's just taking old parts off and putting new ones on, maybe a little cleaning, and then putting it all back in!

Probably a good idea, just so you don't pull them apart when you move the tranny/lift it

Sounds good to me! If you can do it in a Legacy you can do it in your Brat. It's a lot alike. Very straight forward, but less parts and stuff to remove than your Legacy. The bolts do go through the bellhousing and they don't thread into the block, they are just bolts with nuts and then the two lower bellhousing nuts as well. Have fun and good luck!

Looking good! So yeah slap a lift in there, and also maybe do something with the hood, and see about tilting the tranny. You'll get it! Obviously you're into it so that's the hardest part is getting your mind into it!! I'm also extremely jealous of your garage!! I want one! It's sweet that you have a CAD to use!! Sweet pics and keep 'em coming! Looking forward to seeing more progress! Oh and I'm still waiting on a box. I think my mother in law has one so I just have to wait for her to bring it to me!!!

Well honestly I would say that 95% of us need the 4wd and the clearance for where we live. But it's cool and unique so go for it!

That's sweet! I'd never thought of that before. But yeah Those axles are gonna need to be longer and maybe a cup that allows for a higher angle. Cool idea

Yeah I bet if you pulled your disty cap, it would look worn. Also you really should use NGK plugs. They are about 11.00 bucks for your car. I know cause I just got some from NAPA a little while ago!

The grinding could either be rusty brakes from sitting, or a wheel bearing.

Ferrari's are junk!

Again, you better get in touch with Backinbrat, he has done what you want to do, and had luck with it.

Oh I get what you were getting at now. I thought you were talking about putting it in the front. oops my bad

So I found a pic of the stamp that you should find on your motor, so here it is. Hope this helps

Nice job so far! Looks good, I still can't wait to see it in action!! And thanks for the great descriptions and pics!

Wow! I've never heard that description of a subaru and never seen one that bad! I agree about how much junk a minivan is! An ex girlfriend's family always had minivans, and they always sagged in the rear, they went through three tranny's for each one they owned, and the gas mileage was terrible, and to work on them was impossible!

Much better! Shame about the rear bumper cover:-\ But nice car! I've always wanted one, I'd even take a Legacy turbo wagon! But cool car, good luck with it!

I bought a 92 Loyale. The previous owner(a friend of mine) had not touched the car for nearly 40,000 miles. I bought the car, put 70,000 miles of ABUSE on the car, and then sold it,(to another friend) and it kept going for another nearly 20,000 miles before it rusted out and couldn't be driven. Never was the timing belt or anything under the timing covers touched! That adds up to 130,000 miles!! Now being conservative it still would be around 120,000. I then bought another EA82, a 1989 touring wagon. I put a fresh motor in it and ran that one for roughly 75,000 miles, with no problems with the timing belt. Both were previously maintained by my friend the subaru mechanic, and this was normal for the life of the timing belts he installed. Now I'm not saying that it may be a bad idea to retension the belts but I believe if they are put on correctly it helps a lot! Now my friend taught me in a similar way, as in putting them on turning the motor over repeatedly and then retensioning them. It always worked for him:-\

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