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  1. This thought just crossed my mind while gathering parts for my ej22 to ea82 dual range swap. I can't see how the starter still reaches the flywheel after loosing 1/4" of reach by adding the 1/4" adapter plate. U:banghead:nless the ej block pushes it closer by design/coincidence.

    This is what happens when you work on your car in the back of your mind:D

    Is it just plug and play?

  2. clutch pedal swap...? Do you mean clutch in general? I used a clutch from an xt and a flywheel from an ea81 machined to the xt specs. .91 step face or something.

     

    Im still in the "gathering parts" mode and thought I had read somewhere that the pedal assembly had to be swaped due to different clutch wire/clutch pedal connections. Maybe it was for a different swap?... or they dont know what their talking about, kinda like myself from time to time.

     

    whats next for your OBS, the spare tire gate?

  3. really been since july since I posted anything about this thing...? man I suck. Well it daily's really good. Does freeways alright, doesn't like to go uphill loaded with people to go skiing more than 25mph. makes me want to run an extra knob to have fwd lo... but here is whats happening tomorrow.

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    time for the frankenmotor swap! what did you do for your clutch pedal swap?

  4. Yeah, Im positive. My 97 Impreza Outback Sport came with 3.90 final drive ratio. Which makes it possible to do the ea82 tranny swap. The ea82 also has 3.90 final drive ratio. If I were to take the outback wagons trans and throw it in my OBS then I would also have to swap out the rear axle and gearbox to match the final drive ratio in the outback wagons trans. (4.11 final drive ratio, i think)

  5. this is exactly what ill be doing here real soon. i did some research and you can "mod" the d/r with a 4.11 AWD pinion shaft. this lets you run 4.11's giving your engine a break and seemingly more power. i have the link to the build page if needed..

     

    ill be doing as much as i can to give it all the HP the drive train (axles, lift,tranny & diff and whatnot) can handle

     

    ADDING AM

    cams

    valves & springs

    6 angle seat grinds

    true port and polish

    turbo (maybe) unless i get a turbo'd obs

     

     

    you get the idea

     

    id like to know what ya have in mind. i cant wait to start my build

     

    what i had in mind was to pull the ej25 engine, trans and rearend. along with the suspension and wheels

  6. So ive been planning on doing the ea82 tranny swap into my 97 OBS. The one hiccup is me trying to talk myself into throwing the bigger tires on to complete the lift. My 3.90 tranny struggles as it is with the stock tires so I dont see how throwing bigger tires on the car will help, other than clearance and filling the wheel well better than the stocker tires once its lifted.

    My friend has a mid 90's legacy outback wagon with frontend dammage. So I plan on taking the suspension from that for the obs. We got to talkin about gettin more power out of the ej22. After a few combinations we figured why not swap out the whole drivetrain. I loose the low gear I was origionally looking for in the D/R but gain power, keep AWD, and 4.44 finaldrive ratio.

    The OBS is my daily driver that hits the trails on the weekends.

     

     

    So I guess what Im saying is... What would you do?:confused:

  7. Yeah brandons trans is the trans you need for your swap. If you had the gumpsion you could get a 5 speed DR at a junkyard for cheaper (on mondays or wednesdays only) but it is nice that his is all pulled and ready for you. Let me know if you need help, I just did the dual range swap on my obs within the last 60 miles haha.

     

    What do they go for at the junk yard? I have a feelin Ill be makin some trips to do a lift and whatnot. Any good ones out here in O town? I was thinkin D&B foriegn

  8. with a Adapter plate and redrilled frywheel and a modified tranny crossmember and a lengthened driveshaft you could install a EA82 Dual/range its been done a few times

     

    where can I find specs on the adapter plate so i can waterjet one out. and when you say "modified tranny crossmember" does that mean drilling new hole mounts or cutting welding and fitting?

    whats the overall length for the new driveshaft?

    am I going to have to swap rear ends also, or are the ratios the same?

    Lots of questions. Gonna look for some transmissions at the junk y

  9. So ive been lurking arround here for the past few weeks reading up on llifts and tires to gain more clearance but I dont think my 1997 2.2 ej22 would handle the crawling ive done in older modeled subies with the low gear setting. is there a tranny swap I can do or an LSD install? (I have no idea what im talking about) What are my options? Any oppions and or information would greatly be appreciated. thanks

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