Darkwing_Duck

Basically the same quality of the one I just recived myself only I bought mine from Carburators Unlimited almost the same problems all around I did get it installed on my car however I will give a word of warning if you get really cold temps like I do in minnesota expect to have to take the air cleaner off and free up the butterfly on the carb by hand because mine sticks all the time when I try to start it im not very pleased with the product quality at all and it left me with more open hoses and vaccum lines then anything even with following the instructions to the T

Could the cold weather also cause my manual trans to not climb to speed properly? The other morning it was about -15 or -20 outside started it let it warm up about 5 mins the engine was at temp but driving out of town which was less than 1 mile the car got into 4th but wouldnt go above about 40mph until I got about 5 miles out and the trans had warmed up could the cold weather on the gear lube be the same reason for this or am I looking at somthing diffrent?

So I am going to do the EJ swap with my brat its a 1980 gen 1 brat and im looking for a car to buy that I can pull what I need out of which is the EJ22 engine, transmission, and computer along with anything else I might need however I was wondering do I have to put a 5spd dr into it or can I just go with a automatic trans with four wheel drive that normally comes hooked to these engines in the impreza or legacys otherwise if somone in my general area has what im looking for let me know I would preffer to get a whole vehicle so I can pull what I need from it but if somone that has done this has everything they know I would need let me know the general area being minnesota also willing to travel into wisconsin or even down as far as possibly iowa

Is there anything I can do with them anyone need them I dont know of quality but I'd be willing to practically give them away beings I dont have any use for them if they wont fit my brat

I have 5 cv axle shafts for 82-87 subaru brat that were given to me when I got the brat however the brat is a 1980 I dont think they will fit anyone know for sure?

If for any reason it starts happening again check the intake gasket for some reason about a year ago my wifes for escape was doing the same thing checked all the same things you mentioned and nothing we brought it into a ford dealer who did a diagnostic on it and the intake gasket was bad and when it was wet it would pull small amounts of water or snow in and give very poor performance and even kill the vehicle after having the intake gaskets replaced it runs just fine

I personally wouldnt buy the vehicle not because it may not be in the best of shape or because of the rust or the asking price I personally think the asking price is fine and minor rust is no big deal and timing belts depending on your level of knowledge can be a pain or not but I wouldnt buy it based on that it belongs to your boss if somthing goes wrong if he is your friend more then what he is telling you and it sounds like there might be somthing he isnt telling you then your going to be upset with him but you still have to work with him all the time he is your boss after all and if he is your friend your going to feel cheated so better to save your friend/work relationship and buy somthing from somone you dont know from my own personal experience

You know it looks to me like the subaru 360 mini sedan "cheap and ugly" is a older better looking probbaly better running and cheaper to maintain version of somthing that I dont know about the rest of you but I really dislike the mini cooper as everyone that drives one thinks they are speed racer for some reason they love cutting people off and most of the time if you meet somone that drives one they are very snooty people but they are the first ones crying when there little cars are broken down on the side of the road either because they were poorly designed or because people beat the poorly designed car into a coma just my 2 cents

so then my next question is beings it looks like a ea71/81 weber costs about 320$ brand new online which is the only place I have been able to find one thus far does anyone know where I can pick up a good used one or one that is slightly cheaper?

according to when I bought my optima red top the battery is never shaposed to go bad if you cant get it to charge perhaps a jumpstart from a truck with a v-8 or v-10?

There is one other thought I did have while thinking about this specific problem today somtimes back in the day when people couldnt afford the fancy additives that can seal up holes in the radiator and gaskets etc they would crack an egg seperate it and put the egg whites into the radiator it would get into the holes etc and because of the heat become cooked and solid sealing the holes its not a full on solution however I have seen people use it with sucess until they could afford to get new gaskets hoses etc

okay so now with the understanding that the thermostat on subarus must be diffrent from most other vehicles because on every vehicle I have ever done it to I just pull the thermostat and leave it at that none I have ever come across have ever had to keep it to seal properly so it must just be diffrent in subaru's which answers my question so thank you (had to throw this in because I thought it looked funny)

I'm just curiouse if there is a reason for gutting the thermostat instead of just completely removing it as I have had cars in the past where the thermostat went bad and I just pulled it and left it out the car runs a bit cooler and you normally have to block half the radiator in the winter but I would never have wasted my time trying to gut one so im just wondering if there is a specific reason for all the extra effort?

Well it sure beats peeing in the radiator dont know the flash point of break fluid but hey whatever ya gotta do to get ya through the day besides if you think its gonna blow you can always do a grand theft auto tuck and roll bail out right?

I was just wondering if anyone knows im thinking of purchasing a new weber carb for my brat I currently have a ea71 engine in it and the stock carb is junk im just wondering if I put the weber carb on it as it says it is for the ea71 and ea81 engine can I later when I find one put the ea81 1.8L engine in it and swap the carb to that engine or is it a once on it can only be used for the ea71 type of thing?

okay new question then how much would the ea81 1.8 with 4 or 5 speed d/r trans to bolt up cost for the entire conversion and what all would I need for that? im not really interested in how much power I can make/how fast the car will go as it is going to be a daily driver but I am putting 6 inchs of lift into it and I am putting 31" tires on it so I was told I would have to do a minimum of the 1.8 ea81 and im going to be doing the whole swapparu end of jan begining of feb so if anyone is going to have the engine/trans whatnot for doing the swap in the mn area at that time let me know

Would it be easier to just toss a 1.8 ea81 and a 4 or 5 speed dr into it?

it is first gen body but I was told by a couple board members that the ej22 out of the impreza or legacy will fit into it

Hi everyone I am looking into doing the ej22 swap into my brat so I can get it back on the road can anyone give me some kind of idea how much purchasing everything is going to wind up costing me if I also swap the trans to a 5spd dual range also anyone have a list of everything I will need to buy to do this swap?

when I was 18 I was driving a 77 camaro with a 350 I dont see anything wrong with giving a kid a car with some kick to it so longs they can prove they respect what they are being given and I belive that if the kid is putting as much time money and energy into building their vehicle then they will more then likely respect it more then somone who just gets a vehicle given to them when they are old enuff to drive

I dont know about in WV I would check with local and state law enforcement simple call will give you the answers your looking for but I know in minnesota it is illegal to drive a car without a hood on it my brother in law got a ticket for driving a 79 t-bird without a hood on it I think somthing to do with saftey because the hood is a vital part of the car if you got into an accident without one the car would crumple alot worse then with one

according to what I just found on google its possibly a bad wheel speed sensor so possibly got some snow in it ice build up or maybe ran over a chunk of ice and whacked somthing out of alignment?

This is minnesota and if the current weather conditions are any indicator it will be just like when I was a kid I hope which means by the peak of the season we will have 12 foot tall piles of snow sitting around we here in minnesota often get over a foot of snow in a single storm

Up? as in north of the metro approximatly an hr and a half north depending on how you drive it took me 3hrs yesterday to go from my place in pine city to woodbury then another 3 hrs home everyone on the freeway was driving like they havent lived in minnesota for their entire lifes

I dont know what code 55 means but I can tell you I was driving over on the st paul side yesterday during the blizzard and it was half way up my doors up in pine city where I live I got home and I had snow drifts upto my hips huge big snow drifts my wifes escape went through it fine but my little eagle vision didnt fair so well