gwilson87

So new question here. These are my wheels I plan on using. (don't worry, i will clean them first) I am wondering if there will be problems with the thickness of the wheels and the size of the hole as seen here... currently I have these lugnuts with the chamfered edges ... and im wondering if i need to try and find toyota style lugnuts that part of them goes inside the wheel before seating like thus... If it so be that I need to use said toyota style lugnuts, Hopefully I can find some that thread onto my existing studs so i don't have to get all new lugs to match thread pitch

Zstalker, what are you doing tonight? MY goal is to have this thing running and back on wheels in time for a little bonfire thursday night. That means tonight is going to be a fun night of trying to get everything finished. Just the tedious wiring now... (oh... and the fact I have my front hubs off with two studs pounded out, and I need to extend my 4wd stick to accept the stock brat 4wd lever)

Alright mostly wired up. GD's write up helped a lot. Getting the colors together and whatnot. Now my current question is this. Alternator wires... I have the EJ22 harness hooked up obviously to its alternator, but what about the wires from the EA81 harness? Do I splice those in? leave them alone? cut them out and bend them into stylish shaped wire art? Also, for running the ECU from the EJ22, Numbchux writeup said I can just put one wire going to the battery. Which one is it supposed to be? The pinout has "control unit power supply" B48 pin #2 and #13 then back up on pin #15. Should I splice #2 and #13 together and run that to the battery? Im so close to getting this thing finished, hopefully get it running tomorrow and start putting everything back together inside.

Hmmm... what tires are those? They look nice and meaty. I'm in the decision phase of that right now.

My buddy is hitting the junkyard in the morning and hes going to try and snag me a pitch stopper and bracket. AS for the wiring, I finally got my relays sorted out and started doing a bit of that, The thing that worries me the most is trying to get the dash wired properly. Any info someone can give me on wire colors and how to find out which wires from the brats dash go to what would be stellar right now. Today I finally got all the fuel lines and heater hoses hooked up. Took a bit to figure it but it SHOULD be hooked up properly. After getting that taken care of I got some tools picked up and put away trying to make the garage seem a little less crowded. Then I set in the brat with papers of wiring diagrams and started to chase wires around finding a few that I cut that I wasn't supposed to (daniel, what yellow wire are you referring to? Because i somehow decided a month ago to cut the main yellow wire going from the main/ignition relay from the 2.2 car and had to run a new wire there.) Hopefully tomorrow after work I can get stuff moving faster and possibly get this sucker running by tomorrow late night or wednesday afternoon!!! Cross your fingers everyone!

Can we get a slow clap going just because that is so epic?

Todays work finished up my ghetto style radiator hoses, and an attempt at getting my fuel lines hooked up, it seems that by about 2pm my brain just kinda starts to shut down and some of the simpler things don;t make any sense. That made my daily attempt at getting something accomplished with the wiring was useless. I am REALLY struggling with this wiring thing. Pretty sure I cut out a lot of stuff I probably needed, but for all I know I just need to hook up 3 more wires and I'm golden. Either way it confuses me greatly. I also realized today that I have nowhere to mount a pitch stopper. It seems the car I got the trans out of had it hook up on the engine, and the car i got the engine out of, had it hook up on the trans. Hmmmm... that means I won't be able to go to the junkyard to find one until friday... Any suggestions from anyone on this?

Anybody want to come do the wiring on my car? I will pay you $100... There is a reason I failed my electrical engineering section test in basic engineering...

Apparently they "ran out of money" on the cash for clunkers program today. thats the word i got from a dealership in the area, pretty popular I suppose.

It was a good day on the brat. Got my hoses made at EVCO, got a 10" reversible aftermarket radiator fan from the junkyard that clips to the radiator itself, and my steering linkage all for $15. Here is the pics and info on the power steering system I went with. Part list: 1 - 16MMBT-6MJ Bump Tube Adapter 1 - 10BS Metric Bite Sleeve 1 - 6G-10MDL Male DIN Light M16x1.5 1 - 6G-6FJX Female JIC Flare Swivel 1 - 6G-5MFA Male Flareless 3.5 ft - 6MGT Megatech 1000 (cool looking fabric coated cable*) 3.5 ft - 6M2T Hydraulic hose 100R16 4000 PSI Total cost was $90.79 Old stuff... fittings were cannibalized due to lack of metric fittings available to me. Word to the wise, evco is lacking in the metric division. luckily I had all this so I was able to get the proper equipment. Look at how pretty and clean it looks in comparison! The metal tube end is a reused fitting, I don't remember the size exact, but I know it was a 17mm nut and is on the return line of the power steering as seen in the pic of the two hoses. This is the other fittings. Taken from the high pressure side of the system, 14mm. There is only a fitting on the high pressure side because the return just clamps on. Hence the difference in hose type, The cool looking fabric one can me clamped on, while the rubber less cool looking one is better for the pressure. Here is the new fittings in place at the steering rack. Instead of going down under the engine I went up over the top, underneath the throttle body above my adapter plate. Leaving me plenty of space to bolt up the headers. The hoses hooked up the the PS pump. An overall view of things. I think an extra half foot would have been nice, but it worked none the less. Enjoy the views, let me know if you have any questions.

I found a few on amazon but I was hoping to find something local so I didn't need to wait for shipping. They are the 35/64 size and there are a few around 10 bucks. Searching for 14mm I only found 2 and they were 14mm all the way down so they wouldn't fit 1/2 chucks like I have.

Undid it and they didn't have much room. It also kinda scarred me having the lines THAT close to the exhaust. However!!!... The new power steering lines are made installed and the headers are bolted up also!!! :banana: Much thanks to the guys at EVCO for their help in making this system. Pictures will be posted of the assembly as well as part numbers for anyone interested. Total cost was $90 but it is clean and I am very happy with it.

Talked to EVCO today and they said they can make lines for me with the proper fittings. Gonna take everything in to them tomorrow after another visit to the junkyard for other steering stuff. I will make sure to take lots of pics of the hoses for those who want the info.

Looks sweet! I am tossing around the idea of making my own lift (just like 2-3") but don't know what degrees of camber etc etc etc. probably should focus on getting my swap finished.

ok so here is where my exhaust is in comparison to my power steering lines. So I am thinking I can get the proper fittings put onto proper soft lines long enough to reach the power steering pump. Any thoughts?

I will worry about smogg stuff when I get there. Currently i'm slightly paranoid about my power steering line being in the way of the EJ22 headers. hopefully someone can answer this hear for me so I don't have to make a new thread. The EJ x member had the power steering lines routed different than the EA81 member I have in it now. Is it possible to just hit up EVCO and get them to make me some custom soft line hoses that just go from the pump to the steering shaft inputs? Are the hard lines really neccesary for the fluid or would good hydro lines accomplish the same thing and just not "look as neat"? I will try and post pictures later tonight or tomorrow.

The front hubs look like they have a slightly beveled face to drill on so thats why he said do the front hubs first if you happen to have rear discs because front hubs are dime a dozen, at least they are for me right now. I would think the rear would be pretty straightforward after you get the fronts finished. I don;t know for sure because my brat is resting on the rear tires and jack stands right now till I get the front on.

Just got my front lugs pounded out, as soon as we figure out this drill size I'm headed to home depot!

"Get" to pay again. I personally feel like I HAVE to pay again but I was only slightly bitter at Lube Doc... For windsheilds I recommend TechnaGlass by the D.I. in provo. They had the absolute cheapest price by far from anyone else in the area for my brat.

You should have heard the guy at AutoZone when I asked for 16 wheel studs. It was pretty entertaining. I need all this same info for my swap as well, thanks for making a thread.

Nope happy valley is just a local nickname for the orem/provo area. And if I get smogged as my donor vehicle then I will be in MUCH better shape than when I was smogged with the brat's original engine. Driveline was installed today and I finally found my fuse-able links and started a bit of wiring. Side note, anyone know a good way to pound out wheel studs so I can start my 6 lug swap?

I tried talking to the DMV about the swap and they said I would need a new VIN (technically) and to talk to the UHP (utah highway patrol). what would the HP have to do with new vins? a guy here who has been helping me a bit with the swap did an ej swap into his loyale and hasn't done anything with it as far as VIN's or whatnot.

Woot for wheels!! Look what the Impreza brought home! A tad bigger than what I want, but I'm getting rid of the rubber to mount up something 205/75 R15. Still looks pretty mean. Ignore those pesky jack stands for the moment... also got my driveshaft spray painted and almost installed. Had family over for dinner so I was mostly distracted. More to come as this week progresses. My goal is to be done by friday night!!

Sorry for the lack of pictures lately for those of you reading this write-up. I just got my driveshaft problem taken care of. Turns out my cousin used to make diesel drivesahfts, so while he was in town he cut, and welded up mine so it fits nicely. Pretty awesome that it was free also Now I just need to make a little bar to mount the carriage bearing and I'm set. Then its down to wiring, and exhaust. It's so close, I can almost smell it...

Good to know about the sway bar. Luckily I have my safety already done from when I tried to register. Presently the brat's swaybar is lying in a pile of cross members, wires, and EA81 etc parts. Nothing wrong with altering your car to pass safety and then changing it right back. I know people who have extra sets of windows for occasions when they get window tint fix-it tickets.