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By the OP's posts, that sounds like the direction he is leaning.

A friend of mine has a Legacy w/5speed with blown HGs (but still will run, just overheats after a half-hour of driving) and wants it out of his yard, so he offered it to me for free...should be picking it up today (Fri) or tomorrow. Even with the Weber, my EA82 is just a gutless wonder, so I am desiring the EJ swap. I know I need the complete wiring harness and ECU, but is there anything else I should keep before scrapping the corpse? I'm planning on this being a winter project. Can the EJ knuckles be run with the 4x140 setup? My D/R 5-speed shifts a bit rough, would it be advantageous to use the EJ 5-speed since I'm a fairly light wheeler (muddy fields and pretty easy trails)?

Exactly. You have pretty much everything you will need.

I prefer the noise, so I know the pump is working.

What is your jetting? With a carb someone else has had their fingers in, it is always good to verify...

Sounds like a rebuild on your Weber may help (it is REALLY easy). My dead-head Weber setup with no pressure regulator gets between 26-30mpg, mostly in town driving verified by my GPS and that is shifting the EA82 @ 4-5k with 185/60/R14s.

A couple friends and painted it up like that as a joke one weekend while drinking beer, it was our field-racer. Then it was fitted for that trick hoodscoop (made from the hot air duct of an old dryer). Found the pairs of wheels at garage sales for extremely cheap, 17x7s in the back and 13x8 in the front.

I'm okay with my little wagon looking like a toy or a clown car. You should see some of the other things I've driven! Here is a sample...80s Plymouth Colt that I ended up driving for three or four months after my truck at the time got wrecked.

Yeah...looks like I'm picking up a can of spraypaint this weekend and doing some horrible fluorescent action!

I'm considering rocking the Day Glo Green on my EA82 GL wagon.

I think I would run 215/60s or maybe a 205 series?

Weber!

I have a lowly, innocent Subaru here that needs love too! Please...have a heart. Save the Subarus!

Day-Glo Green!

SJR offers this particular service as well.

You can hold out and try to find a set of Peugeot rims. On certain cars, they were 4x140mm, came in steel or alloy and 14"-15". Redrilling 6-lug stuff is also a good option.

6-lug wheels come in 16x6". Redrill to 4x140mm. Problem solved.

While it may seem daunting at first, the timing belt job on a EA82 is very easy!

Instead of teflon tape on things like this, I find a small O-ring (if it will seat fully) or use a little bit of RTV instead, making sure the threads make good contact.

It's a nice item for making scrap weight. I certainly wouldn't pay money for a bare EA82 block.

Tri Flo is awesome stuff.

Just remember, it isn't particularly hard to swap in a D/R 5speed at a later date.

Not safe. However, I have done a bit worse...

Here is how I do... Is it a 5 speed? Does it have a t-case lever? If yes to both, I am 98% sure it is a D/R 5 speed.