subyrally

holy crap, you are still alive!!! and tex beat me to it, see zefy. lol

welcome from america, good to see another brat owner. im happy to see that im not the only one looking to make a sporty brat. i am about to swap my brat over to the engine and drivetrain from an 87 rx very soon. sadly, even though it was a planned swap, i have to get it done sooner than expected due to the crap economy and my impreza needing to be parked for a while. but i guess its not all bad, i might be able to finally drive my brat for the first time since i got it almost two years ago:lol: on a side note, you guys from across the pond, should you ever find yourself in the washington DC area, should get in touch, id be happy to take you around the area if needed.

i am thinking that with the long travel square tube axles, it wouldnt cost too much in materials. the hardest part would be milling and then geting everything ballanced. you would have to cut the stock axle apart, keeping the splined bit at the trans side to weld to the tube, then mill the axle shaft to fit snugly into the tube. add a lot of grease to keep things from binding. i would also add slightly larger tubing sections, like 1-2" long bands at each end of the tubing section to reinforce the tube and keep it from splitting at the corners. also i would add a ring on the original shaft and on the tube section to be able to attach a flexable boot, like what you would see on a steering rack, to keep the grease from washing out and to keep dirt and muck from getting in. bosko, you gotta call me again sometime, we gotta come up with some more crazy ideas, lol. but for now, my luch break is just about over, so i gotta get back to work :-\ have fun guys peace tim

if im not mistaken, wont the 85 GL 2 door brackets work for the brat? on a side note, i need those, and the seats that attach as well, lol

the tiny little gasket there looks like the gasket that goes on the bottom of the turbo for the oil return pipe. at least from here, lol.but yeah, the other guys pretty much hit the nail on the other gaskets.

down boy. its not your car, so dont worry about what he is putting in it. we appreciate your opinion, but you dont have to force it on to everyone that doesnt have an ej swap.

get in touch with brake and clutch of ashville. they made my clutch thats in my rx. stage 2 performacne clutch, i cant slip it. n top of that, it cost less than the stock replacement clutch kit from advance auto. i will post the info when i get home from work tonight. i am sure you can find it on here if you search. they do good work.

looks like you had a lot of fun

ive have been trying to figure out the same thing for my brat. i am thinking that you might be able to get a harness bar for an impreza, or base one off of it. but there shouldnt be any reason that you couldnt make a harness bar to mount where the top of the stock seat belts are bolted in. then just make some anchor plates in the floor or backo of the cab area to secure the ends of the harnesses. i doubt that anything will bolt in directly in the bar, unless you get lucky and find something that is the same width inside. even then, it might still be a challenge to do so. if you come up with anything, let me know, i am in the same boat on that one.

welcome to the club. im sure that we can helpyou out in your search for a worthy 80's model suby. infact, i might have a line on one or two in maryland. peace tim

interesting, very interesting.

you could always do what i am going to do in my brat, cfut out the wheel wells in the rear and make you own custom shock mounts. i am planning on taking out the tortion bars and converting mine to coil over suspension in the rear. i will also be making a full custom strut mount and then a new wheel well around it.

that aluminum chunk that says "4wd turbo" on it is called an air plenum.

i was goingto post up a pic od those latches, they are fairly popular in racing. on top of that, they just look cool when you have the fluch mounted latches. and they are more secure than hood pins.

actually, my 86 rx had wiring harnesses from about three different cars. the body harness was the orginal, the engine harness was from an xt turbo (for the spyder manifold) and i think the wiring from the ecu to the engine was from an 87 or 88 gl-10 wagon. all of it worked together and none of it fit properly under the dash:lol:

thats nice, my only concern is that it needs more skid plate up front.

if it runs well, is clean, little to no rust, and everything works, i would expect around $1200 or so. the rx is a fun little car, i have one, i loved driving it when it was registered.

you have a pm.

my rx was much improved from the addition of the intercooler, but then again, it was a freaking huge front mount and i did have the td04 turbo on it as well.

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ok, well, i was thinking, i need the wiring section of the 1987 ea82t fsm. i am sure that the wiring is the same as in the 86 rx i have and my haynes manual was pretty accurate on the wiring diagrams. will the haynes manual be enough for the wiring or will i NEED the fsm?

whats going on with that?!? why do you have to part with it?

looks pretty good. just make sure to check very closely under the carpets in the back of the cab and the corners under the foot wells. i thought my brat was in better shape until i pulled the carpet up. other than that, looks like a good starting point for some fun. what ignition parts do you need?

that looked like fun. nice clean drift through that too.