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Pretty sure my secondary works. This Brat is like a stoplight to stoplight dragster around town. I usually shift by tach. I'm going to experiment with it more the next time I head east. I'll also replace the fuel filters. I'll try to get more of a run up to the hill and also shift down the moment the engine starts struggling.

Touché

Whats with all that positive camber on the back wheel? Is the car on jacks? Doesn't appear to be...

Wish I had your ambition. My Brat would be looking just as sick as this wagon is going to.

Wooooo! Just kidding about not being able to post photos. As a reward, I give you awesome classic Scoob:

Not to be anal, but I already posted this way back on page 11. :-p My image hosting capabilities have been compromised. Currently looking for a new hosting site. All the pictures I have previously posted will still be visable.

The '80-'81 grill and headlight bezels are a nice touch. :-p

I would have followed that carrier.

Would this symptom happen in a ea81 as well? I have been meaning to do this anyway. :-p lol That is one tool I don't have... Is there another way to check it? Whenever I rev over 4k-ish I can feel the engine pulling harder, like the secondary is opening up. Same kind of thing or no?

There aren't a lot of big (freeway) hills where I'm at. I-5 and I-405 are pretty flat for the most part. And I have no problem going up big, steep residential hills. So I only really get to test these symptoms when I head east on I-90. The engine has only about 2000 miles on it, I rebuilt it from the crank out. Shes got plenty of spunk, considering I still have the hitachi carb on it. I get lots of suprised looks when I launch from stoplights to get in front of other people. :cool: lol

Yeah, no missing or sputtering. Guess I need to drive her a little harder. I never really shift over 4k, 4.5k or 5k at the max. 3k around town (fuel saving mode )

Yeah, I probably should have redlined it. Just didn't know what was going on, didn't want to do more "damage". I'm just confused as to why, when shifting down, it still felt hesitant. At the top of the hill on flat ground as well, just felt like I had lost half my horsepower. Then it wakes up and is ready to go again. Fuel starvation?

Did some searching, only came up with turbo related threads. My ea81 Brat seems to hate going up hills on the freeway. Example: Going up I-90 towards Snoqualmie cruising along at 75mph. Start going up a long hill, start to slow down. Eventually I'm going 55mph and impeding traffic. I shift down to third and try to keep it at 55mph, then shift back up to fourth because I was revving at 4k. (don't want to put too much strain on the engine) After reaching the top of the hill. It will still act sluggish for a while. Then Its like it comes back alive and I'm cruising along at 75mph easily, until the next big hill. Is this a vacum line problem? Fuel filter? Air filter?

Anything electrical should be kept dry. Distributor, alternator, coil, battery, etc. Or at least if they get wet dry them well before trying to start the car.

Smart move. More awesome subarus

Heres another from Finland.

Yeah for some reason my phone take pretty huge pictures too. She looks like a lot of fun. What are your plans with it? I've always wanted one of these vans.

Your picture link is broken. You have to do it like this (quote me to see how the format is) And holy crap its a huge image. fixed

More footage of this beast. And a cool wheeler :-p

Just one angle, but heres my '86 wagon. No a/c and no power steering. The system looks just like those on ea81's if you are familiar with those. A bottom bracket and then a slider/tensioner arm thing on the side.

Talk him down as low as you can? I paid 20 bucks for a complete gen1 jump seat setup. Granted it was from some crackheads. Others can chime in with what they feel is reasonable.

Everyone has their own prefferences... I think it just comes down to finding one in good condition in your area. Try finding ones that are as rust-free as possible. A Brat is a Brat. If you find a good base you can always add a cyclops light or jumpseats later. Have you started hunting yet?

Its UberScoober. lol Sweet build. You have a build thread up yet? Would like to see all the progress you have made and the finishing up you will do.