johnny555

What about the XT4 rack? It does require fabricating a small bracket and rubber bushing but it's not difficult.

Very easy retrofit, esp if you have a full car to pull from. The wiring can all be handled at the AT shifter connector. Reverse lights are the only thing that will take any mental fortitude, but the solution can be as easy as a manual switch. The pin out can be found searching this forum or in a service manual. Years back, I converted a 1990 fwd 3AT loyale to fwd 5MT, then to awd 5MT DR from an RX and 5 lugged it. The pictures are long gone but the post is still alive from my old defunct account: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/129704-5lug-fwdawd-90-fwd-loyale-3-door/ I live just down the hill from Lake Tahoe in Gardnerville, if you ever need anything. I still have 2 RX's and a garage full of parts, including factory service manuals.

Not interchangeable. *BUT* the diameter of the HLA body is the same. With some machine work, you can modify drop in solid lash adjusters made for the pinto motor. Essentially the height of the solid body has to be cut down. Not an upgrade for the faint-hearted. Finding a solid/mechanical lash adjuster for the 2.3 is going to be difficult, esp a set with the retaining clips.

Looks like a ground wire to me, usually goes from the battery to the negative terminal. If you look at your - terminal, you will probably see the little jacket the wire slipped out of.

So I did buy the 1990 loyale!!! Just got her home, had to bansai the hill behind my house (again) with no power steering/brakes. Too dark for pictures now, but I'll take a few tomorrow. And MilesFox, thanks for the tips!!! This is exactly the info I was raping the search feature for. I found the post with EJ swaps listed and parts. So much info to process, so many different ways to achieve similar goals. Time to start searching pick and pulls too. I'll keep an eye out for your gold emblems. Its an 07 wrx with a blown motor, so drivetrain would be from the 5MT to the lugnuts (or only whats needed). Stock suspension. I'm considering an STI swap with r180 rear diff (for the wrx chassis) with a better suspension, but I have many more months of top ramen before I can afford it lol. My hobby changed from rallycross/navigating stage rally.. to shadetree mechanic. If I don't go the wrx route, I may just try and convert it to RS trim (as much as possible).. It wont stay fwd for long unless I commit to caging it up. I've really wanted to tinker with an ea82t.

MilesFox, that sounds familar. Oh yea, I have your tbelt guide bookmarked. Its definitely a NA ea82 with a fwd 3AT, base model. I may have a wrx drivetrain to swap in once I finish with my GD tho. Or convert it to RS trim, which would be easier. Or hell I could just cage it up and run pstock in the CRS as it sits now. For the next few months it will serve as a DD grocery getter. I'll get some pictures up when I get her home today. JF1AG421XLC###### JF1 Japan Fuji Heavy Industries A DL/GL/GL-10/Leone/Loyale/Alcyone XT/XT6 G 85-94 3rd gen. Leone/DL/GL/Loyale hatchback 4 1800cc 1985-94 2 Brighton 1 No Passive Restraint C FHI FWD 3AT/ECVT

Just wanted to officially say hi! I've been lurking here for months, what a great site with TONS of info on the older subies!! I'm a regular over at DI, under the name j5isalive.. But I just blew my motor (07 wrx) so I'm going to find a beater until the rebuild is done.. Future plans are might be an EJ swapped loyale of some sort. I'm going look at/buying a 1990 loyale coupe (3door hatch?) tomorrow.. Figured I should become an official USMB member while im at it. The loyale in question has a broken timing belt and hasn't been driven for several months.. But after pulling my ej255, it seems like cake. -John