brumby420

Now that the summer months have been coming I have noticed that my 87 subaru GL hatch has been almost always heating up to a hair below the red mark on the temp gauge. The strange thing is it doesn't ever blow its cap compared to my other wagon which would if it even got near 3/4 to red. It has plenty of coolant and I have the fan wired up to the ignition so its getting plenty of cooling to it. You think its possible the temp gauge is just inaccurate?

Well as far as the hitachi goes for reliability its not bad at all. Its just that a weber will increase your horse power by at least 20 (some have said upwards of 40.) One drawback though is that your going to see about 2-3 mpg less with a weber. If the extra power you get is worth 2-3 mpg then go for it. If not stick to the hitachi.

If you really have a ton of time and money at your disposal you could do what some have done and install a divorced transfer case and then mount on a set of axels. But as far as running 31s on a stock wagon you could do it but its going to lack torque and is arguably less offroad capable than one with smaller tires because of this. I am running 31s on my subaru dune buggy which struggles with torque anyways but being that it only weighs around 900 lbs it gets by ok.

My ea81 has no exhaust and when you rev that to around 6 grand it wakes up the whole neighborhood. Not many things that sound better than a high revved boxer rumble.

Welcome aboard, ive been to that area a couple times. Pretty nice little town though i barely get to see it as it seems whenever i pass through in the morning its always fogged over.

I run 31s on my buggy and it gets by alright though it does only weigh around 900 lbs. But with a frankmotor you should have absolutely no problem pushing 31s. Bout the main thing id worry about is how well the DR 5 speed would handle that kind of torque buts thats a different subject.

Dude that happened to me on my old wagon as well only i was going like 20 and it took out the oil gauge screw.

Well in theory just about any internal combustion engine could have a turbo but i dont think it would be particularly easy to do on this model. If you want more power i suppose you could do a delta cam but even that isa lot of money and work for a motor that although is good and reliable honestly doesnt make much hp very easily. Also if you did want to do it first things first you would need to do a fuel injection swap. In my opinion (and many other forum members as well) the best increase in power for the cheapest price wouldbe todo an ej22 swap. the ej22 has no problem making 140 horpsepower bone stock and does it reliably as well.You can do some mods on the EJ like delta cams and a good exhaust and make even more. And if you want to make your wagon more offroad capable id say one thing you could do that fairly easy and cheap is to drop in a 4 speed dual range (5 speed if it will fit easy one this model) so you can have more torque to climb hills.

It would vary a lot depending on who wants to buy it. Im not even 100% if such a thing actually exists but i suppose JDM or a similar company might be able to help you.

Now those are some awesome pics.

I would love an AMC eagle. Kinda a lot like a subaru on steroids.

Sounds like the symptoms of a fuel filter. Start with that which is a the easiest and that dont work try different things.

You oughta get payed for that.

With my luck if id probly get drunk and wake up with a mitsubishi emblem on my forehead

I also still call even the new ones hilux, i like the names they have in Aussie thus brumby420.