Kostamojen

1970 FF-1 1100 Coupe 1.1l EA61 4-speed Manual Unknown Mileage (either 86677, 186677, 286677, etc.) $250 at a Junkyard courtesy worknwood When found: Currently:

Been working on the car all day, and even test fit the wheels. There is a slight problem with the offset... As you can see, it BARELY clears the suspension, has about 1mm of clearance, but thats NOT including the tire which will be wider. So, I need spacers! I don't know how big yet until I get tires, and ill probably need longer studs too :unamused: I figured I might need spacers with these wheels since they have the stock offset of +55, but I probably won't need spacers for the fronts which is good, and they will probably clear the fender good on the front. Couple more pics:

For everyone's reference, here are those wheels on a couple of FF-1's from pics i've seen floating around the web...

Alright, i'm going to keep fiddling around to see where I can fit the MSD and fuel pump. I still need to purchase the fuel pump though, then i'll have a better idea of what I have to work with. I think the MSD will fight fine under the dash OR under the hood, but i'm not 100% sure yet until I fit the dash back on...

Lower than the tank??? I'm not sure thats possible on this chassis... And the stock one was up under the spare tire, similar to the other 70's Subaru's. I'm confused now I have space to put the MSD either under the dash or under the hood. Under the hood it would be right near the coilpack and battery, making the wiring shorter, not sure if that matters much.

Couple things... Folks with experiences mounting Fuel pumps and MSD ignitions... What are the recommended mounting locations for these, especially fuel pumps? I was going to put the carter fuel pump i'm getting in about the same area as the factory pump, but the MSD ignition has a perfect spot there to mount it. What are the requirements for where I have to mount a fuel pump? And seriously, if anyone wants to make some extra money on the side, I really think the car could use some seam welding in a few locations...

http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ultimatetarga/12623985.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dultimatetarga%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG&usg=ALkJrhhT12aTkkdOd7pT1f8KxCsrcrPKOg I've actually seen them before, on that car to be specific.

You already posted a thread about this? Anyway, the 2nd issue had an AWESOME Subaru 50th anniversary article! Best magazine ever IMO

My new (used) wheels just arrived from Japan Yes, those are 14x6" JDM Enkei's with the correct offset Special thanks to kiernna on NASIOC for purchasing these from a Japanese Yahoo auction and shipping them to me! And yes, i'm going to have them repaired/repainted ASAP, should be perfect!

Sorry, they are not my wheels. They are on loan. Ya, i'd do the EA71 shortblock with the 1400 4-port heads if I could. I would have to switch out the cam though. I'd probably do a full rebuild on the block just to be safe, and send the heads out for porting too. But thats not something I have to do right away, so no rush...

I guess I should probably update this... I got the car back a couple weeks ago, and i've been doing a few little things with it (mostly dealing with the stock chassis seam sealer that i'm trying to clean up). Here are the pics i've yet to post here: So right now, i'm working on making mounting locations for things like the new battery, MSD ignition, coil pack, etc. I still need to buy the carter fuel pump I plan on using so I can mount that. After that, i'll be taking the suspension back in to have the bushings made for the front, and then i'll be doing some bondo/filler work to clean up the body before paint. HOWEVER, there are a couple other things i'm considering... Anyone want to do some seam welding? I've found a few spots while removing the exess seam sealer that would probably strenghten up the car if they were welded. PLUS, i'm also contiplating doing some of that "chassis strengthening foam" in the rocker panel space. I think it would both help with chassis strength, saftey and noise. Any thoughts on that? Oh, and right now, I think a roll cage might be out of the picture... It would take me a couple extra months to save the money for it. I also discovered that the hood needs more reinforcement since it bends when you try to support it from the support location, so that will cost a little extra to fix. More bad news, I discovered that the single-port EA63 won't clear the engine mounts OR the engine/suspension crossmember I have to go with 4-port heads, so I need either EA63 4-port heads, a whole EA63 4-port motor, or to rebuild the EA61. Subieguy did post a link for a EA63 4-port motor for $100, ill probably just get that (maybe throw a EA71 shortblock on it later). On a positive note, I found some wheels 14" JDM enkeis that are on the way from Japan right now. They will require some repair, but we've seen pics of these on FF-1's before so I know they will fit, and they will work with the 195/45/14 tires I plan on running. Ill post pics when they arrive...

Front or rear?

Looks great! Thats what i'm going for too, cleaning it up like that. Although I think i'm going to paint the valve covers red (the yellow valve covers I did before on the 78 wagon turned out great!)

Roseville Rod & Custom had their 3rd annual open house today, I took a few pics... And yes, my car was there

Do you mean the air injection system? I have one from the EA63 i'm not going to use, but I'd just plug the holes if I were you.

Alright, thanks. I'm still not sure what i'm going to do about transporting the car back, I don't really want to roll the car around with no steering rack and nothing holding the suspension together. I'll know for sure later this week.

Just to show you guys, heres a pic I just made showing the shock travel with the new fenders: Now since shocks work best in the MIDDLE of their travel length, i'm thinking now maybe I should run a shorter rear shock, like maybe one that has a .5"-1" shorter minimum height? I might risk rubbing the tire over bumps and such, but it might be able to sit lower and be in the "proper" range. What do you think?

So I stopped by the shop again today to approve the fenders... I have to say, they exceeded my expectations! I can now fit a larger tire no problemo in the rear We are going to roll the front fenders too for room. I should even be able to run a shorter shock and get the car REALLY low if I wanted to! Pics from today: Now here is the opposite side, which isn't complete yet, but it gives you an idea of the work that they are doing to the car. I should be taking the car home next weekend. Does anyone in the Sacramento area have a spare set of 4x140 wheels/tires I can borrow? I have to give these wheels back to subjunkies so he can give them back to Jibs next weekend, and the guys at Roseville Rod volunteered to drop the car off at my house (since I'm close by) but they'd like to just roll it in rather than take the car back apart. I went to the pick n' pulls in the area, and there were some OK wheels but not many usable tires...

I mean, which specific transmission? There are some with gearing that might be better suited to your purpose. You don't need a "major" rear-end upgrade, just use a R180 (STI diff case) and some built axles. There are several folks using setups like that for non-STI Imprezas with 500hp+ Oh, and you won't get into 13's without forced induction

The head studs on the old school EA motors are just normal bolt sizes, so no special tool is needed. I HIGHLY recommend using Subaru Three-Bond sealant. Its whats used at the factory on all the modern motors, and works just as great on the old Subaru motors. I tried using some generic sealant on my wagon and it just ended up leaking from wherever I used it I'm going to be using Three-Bond on several things for my FF-1.

Which transmission are you using? Really though, if you want traction, it would be easier/cheaper to get proper RWD "sticky" tires instead of doing the AWD swap.

Well I'm going to try and change that when I finish my FF-1. But i'll only be taking it to west coast shows.

Went and install the front suspension so they could start working on all four fenders. Plus, I mentioned the front suspension bushings, and he says he can do those in urethane no problemo

Continuing from previous discussion, I test fitted the rear tires (185/70/13's) with the Enkei rims under the rear fenders. As you can see, they don't clear the fenders! It does tuck in there, but I had to SQUEEZE them in. So i'm going to raise the fenders for sure, It will just make life easier, and look a hell of a lot better. I was talking with the shop about the fenders today, its basically the last thing to do minus some minor dent touch-up, alignments and such. We will be doing the fronts and rears in the same style, and it won't be stock. Probably a small flare, but nothing drastic. I've got to mockup the front suspension so we can test ride height and such too... I'm going to ask if they can do some front bushings for me, since the rear ones they made turned out so DAMN GOOD!

Alright, time to get this thread caught up after being offline for that period of time... Pics from a week ago: Pics from today: