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Adam, this won't answer your question but may help. I tried a EA81 style white spoke on the front of my XT-T and it wouldn't fit but did fit fine over the rear disc brakes. You could always grind away at the caliper if need be.

Are you running without a rear driveline with the diff lock on?

I'll wheel wichya, nice website.

It would be interesting to get standard and a spider manifold on a flow bench. Don't forget the rice factors: Simply making a change adds horsepower (even decals will accomplish this). If it looks better, it MUST be better (it's amazing how fast your car will go with colored vacuum lines)...LOL BTW...I'm adding a spider to my RX:D

Tranny would not need to be swapped, there are 3.7 open diffs too. Pop the back cover off and see if it has clutch plates or gears, then you will know.

Yep, I was thinking '86 too.

Sounds EZ to me...lol

That's a great car. Mine was the darker Twilight Blue. I'm trying to buy the car back, I wish I wouldn't have sold it. Lake Blue is one of my favorite colors, same as my beloved '88 full time 4wd turbo wagon.

I had a '87 3dr turbo coupe. Was identical to my '87.5 RX with these exceptions: 55 VIN, blue paint, black air dam and spoiler, mud flaps instead of side skirts. It did have turbo, full time dual range trans, LSD, RX interior. I also saw a 3dr turbo coupe with non full time dual range. I don't know what year it was and didn't get to see the VIN. It also had the black air dam and spoiler with mud flaps, the car was black too. I'm speculating but I think the 3dr full time turbo non-RX may have been sold prior to the mid year '87 release of the RX coupe.

If you don't want a scoop, you can run a fan instead. You may be recirculating warm (hot) air but at least it's moving...

I saw this EA81 wagon. The owner said Subaru gave these to the US Ski Team. She purchased it from the mother of the skier, in Colorado, I don't recall the name. Being #5 of 100, I'm guessing it was one of the top skiers. This car was very deluxe having most options, including PW, air, cruise, alloys, brush guard, etc and black paint (no turbo). http://groups.msn.com/USMB/83blackdiamond1of100.msnw

I tried to get the mag yesterday and they still had Nov:banghead: That Brat looks pretty tuff.

I think the Candy Apple Red Gen II shuold have a screen over the turbo air inlet, you know, in the interest of birds and such...

That's cool! Good thing you have a roll bar (and a Journey sticker!) !!!

Looks good!

Maybe you could PM subarujunkie and get some pics posted on the board, then we can all see them. Congrats on completion of the project, that' a great accomplishment and welcome aboard!

How hard were they to get out?

There is a factory tool for that. I haven't seen one but I'm guessing it goes in the pin and expands and then is removed with a slide hammer. I thought about making designed like the gooseneck of a bicycle. As you tighten it, it expands, then the slide hammer would pull it out. Maybe somebody can post a pick of one. I tried to borrow one last summer to pul a engine apart but had no luck, maybe one is available now?

I did my EA81 with a tilt like this. Pull the steering wheel. remove the top and bottom plastic covers. unplug and remove the combination switch. unhook the tilt springs. remove four 10mm bolts. unplug and remove switch. If at anytime you need more working room, unbolt and lower column. Reverse order for assembly.

You could do the MPFI swap with the VW Injection. The VW injection unit is very simple with very few inputs. You would need a pair of turbo heads. The you could keep the EA81 and have a simple F/I setup. This would allow you keep most of you stock wiring and stuff. There is a right up somewhere.

Great pictures, looks like a fun day. I wish there was a place around to fish for Soob parts!

NICE!

I vote for highly polished aluminum. More work, yes but nothing looks better and it will cool better than a painted surface. I'm doing my RX engine like this, inside and out... http://www.rx7turboturbo.com/robrobinette/polish.htm

I'm guessing he would take it out on you, I'm too far away:lol:

That sounds like a lot of neg camber. Any of the interior guts for sale?