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I'm new here, so I thought I'd share. I did this last spring, it was the first real mod (besides the mp3 player and industrial-strength bike rack) that my `88 got. The kit was $350 from Street Beat Customs in Pheonix. If you've never cut a big friggin' whole in your car, I highly recomend it. Just measure about 25 times, grab the sawzall and cut. The kit I got measures 40" by 35", or something like that. I chose this size specifically so it'd fit niclely between my bike-carriers and load bars. Let me make this clear: This roof does not leak ever, period. Well, unless you point a hose at the seams, but hell, I don't wash my car. With the fairing on the roofrack it's very quiet too, even at speed. I placed the rag starting about where the dome light is (was). This way I still have actual roof over my head. This is good because: 1) If it starts raining, only the dog gets wet. 2) If it's brutally hot, you're still sitting in the shade. This is key here in the desert. 3) There's no way I could get a pipe lit at highway speed otherwise. Also, I sleep in my Roo alot, so having it in the back means I can look at the stars. The height of the roof is perfect for hanging out the top limo-style, or perhaps a turret mounted .50 cal. Hmmm.... I did the trim with 1/8" aluminium, the final product is very clean. Wasteland thought it was a rare factory option when he first saw it. Blue skies outside, blue dogs inside: Anyway, if your car has a roof, this is definetly the coolest thing you can do with it.

Yeah, like campers. I dream of Syncro Vanagons, too. /dirty van-livin' hippie

Subaru: Cooler than Volkswagen.

The Haynes book makes the 86 out to be a OHV, which as I say is reinforced by the fact that major components are in totally different places from my 88. This is a Loyale-style wagon; I didn't think the ea81 made it into the "new" body style. Well, there's my answer. Screw that.

While my 88 SPFI OHC EA82 wagon is running fine, I gotta face the fact that my engine [200k] is gonna hafta blow up eventually... especially with the way I drive / neglect it. Moreover, I wanna start doing some performance stuff, and it doesn't make any sense on my leaky old [totaly dependable] motor. While contemplating taking out yet another student loan to buy a CCR engine, it occured to me that I've got another "good" engine sitting out in the yard in my parts car. An 86 OHV Carbed EA82. I've never rebuilt an engine. But I think I can handle it... Definetly if I've still got a running vehicle and can take my time. Now, it seems to me the OHC and OHV engines are pretty different beasts. If I remember correctly, the water pump isn't even in the same place. Quite frankly, I'm not even real sure on the difference between OHC and OHV. So.... Who's gonna enlighten me on the finer aspects of these two motors? Is my '86 a suitable donor?

Hey, I bet that hasn't been taken in CO yet....

So what's the availabilty on a EA82 lift? I need one.