Kostamojen

I'll try and work on it this weekend.

Haven't had anything to post in awhile, sorry!

On winter hiatus. The good news is I should be able to afford a quality paint job by spring!

Ya, I saw OK city had a couple feet of snow! Craziness. Oh well.

Anyone from the Colorado Springs area want to take a look at a motor for me, possibly pay for it and ship it? http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=106497

Score! Did you buy it? If you did, i'll trade you hoods

If you mean me, I saw it, just don't need any of it :-p

That was the first pic I ever saw of an FF-1. But yes, that yard has been gone for like 5 years now...

Install an aftermarket tach ASAP

Just found a great article about the FF-1 and its design features and references: For reference, here are a couple pictures of the Borgward Arabella engine: VERY similar to the early EA motors like the EA52 and EA61, but as mentioned there are some key differences in the design. The idea is still the same though.

Body-fillered up the rest of the chassis, but a storm is moving in so I had to stop (moister is bad for bodywork!)

Started removing paint and applying the filler, didn't do any sanding yet so don't mind the roughness of it. But I still doubt my ability to make this look decent...

Getting ready to try some more body filler:

Indeed it is an original OEM "tool". In fact, I used quite a few of the factory tools for this job! Worked great!

Just finished the transmission. I'm about 90% sure I got the backlash right, but i've never done this before so I can't be 100% sure I had to bore out the throwout bearing holder to fit around the wider spline from the '83 main shaft, but other than that, it went rather smooth after getting a couple of the oil seals installed at work properly (after I destroyed a couple...)

No, the width's are the same for the EA71's.

Awesome! Wish he had more pics though...

Ah damn, oh well... had to try. Thanks for asking.

Oh man... Man on man, I want those disc brakes! Seriously...

*drools* Where was this again, and its not current is it?

What the hell is a Sumeragi? It looks like a rather inaccurate list, especially since the "1000" model was never sold here...

A snapping turtle???!!! Thats just scary.

Was it a 73? Anyway, yes, it was actually a life savor! It had the only rear housing that would work with the 71 case, so I'm glad I had it! And the FF-1 shifter will bolt onto it perfectly too

Spent all weekend working on cleaning up the transmission case and starting the rebuild... For reference, the transmission is being assembled using THREE different transmissions Case and differential from a '71 FF-1 1300 Gearing and forks from a '83 1600 Rear housing, flywheel and bellhousing from a '74 1400 I had to swap the gear from the differential to the FF-1 diff, I'm also having to use the "shift levers" from the 1400 that are at the rear bottom of the case in order to use the 1400 rear housing (due to the FF-1 housing being broken ). I will also have to have a clutch modified to use the splines from the '83 main shaft since the 1400/1300 clutch has a different spline size. Its complicated, but it will be worth the change in gearing!