Racer-x
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Well the subaru is totaled........ had it parked out at a recreation area (helping a buddy of mine fix is Unimog that broke down) and the front half got ran over by a lifted ford super duty crew cab (44's and all) the good news is the guy is going to pay me 1200 for the car the bad news is there is literaly no good sheet metal left to it. (car got hung up on his lift and folded around the rear tires) He did't see the sand colored subaru at the botom of the hill untill it was too late. (glad I was under the Unimog at the time) The ru did not give up with out a fight though. It took out 2 44" boggers and a drive shaft. He was not too happy about that and at first tried to say it was my fault. The Police were called and they wrote him a ticket and I got a ride home in a nice unimog. So now I have a truck (bought a chevy crew cab dually from a friend for little change) I might get some pics of the car later this week.
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My 80 dl wagon has the bosses in the pillar. Does your pillar have a covering? (mine is metal) It might be there under the covering....
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yeah, those skinny biotches probably walked their light arses home, too... because theyre too 'good' for a car as reliable as a sube. want some advice? keep the car and the next time you see those hollywood-wanabe britney spears-sympathizing the-only-thing-big-on-me-is-my-imitation-ug-boot girls spray 'em with some good ol fashioned gutter water. howz some mud with your triple decaf mocha latte's, skanks?
whoo, that was fun to say.
Thanks for the kind words. I am still going to go back to the gym (after I get rid of my cold) I have a goal that I am going to complete someday. (I already have competed in a few local events a few years ago) I want to be in a worlds strongman contest. So I guess a little misguided criticism is ok every once and a while. But I do agree about the usual snobbery from that type. Oh and my car had a nice backfire on the way out (choke on and fast letoff of the throttle) I think she spilled her coffee tho
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F 'em. Be proud of who you are.
The best advice I ever got was " You are where you want to be".
When you want to be somewhere different, you will take the necessary steps to get there.
Obtuse? Yeah.
Jay
YAVOL just had to tell some one about it. (wife was asleep)
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Ok so here I go,
I walked out of this coffie shop tonight to my ru (the 80 wagon that is cherry) and pop open the door. There in front of the coffie shop sits these skinny (like anorexic(SP?)) girls there that are like staring at me (me 6'5" 350lbs not in the greatest of shape but I have seen alot worse than me) so I do my usual squish contortionist thing to get in and the skinniest one almost chokes on her coffie. (I mean it was totaly going out her nose) the other ones just laugh looking at me and she regains composure and said that was disgusting looking right at me....... So I say thanks..... She just says whatever and I drive off..... Brused ego and all. So now I have a complex about driving the subaru.. Stupid anorexic people. Anyhow anyone have a Legacy wagon they want to trade me now....... Or how about buy this thing from me for oh $1000...... Damn it now I want to eat something.... lol oh well need to go to bed.
Adam
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buy mineJust wondering what the differences are between the three, and what the biggest causes of problems are between them. Im looking for an older subie, and want to get the most reliable one with as few major problems as possible. anyhow I have been driving my ea71 gen 2 wagon and it is like driving a sewing machine just keeps on trucking along. let me know if you want info on it.
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I kinda like answer "E".
I would hang onto a car like that, as a backup if nothing else. Especially if the car has spent it's whole life in New Mexico. Something like that would be a real prize in many other regions of the country.
If you must have 4wd, I would recommend an EA82 era vehicle. The long production run (85-94) assures that you can keep one of these going for a long time, and for not a lot of $$.
good luck, John
ok so what would be the "best" of the EA82 as far as all round vehicle. (keep in mind I have a turbo motor that I can get for cheap)
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Junk yard parts here are not a problem I have sourced many just parts for a conversion. I just would hate to butcher a low mile car you know. (the jeep thing is only a last resort) I took my ru to "Red Sands" on my way to the airport. WEEEEEE. It did fine but I would have had more fun in 4wd with a little more suspention travel. has any one here lifted a 2wd yet? kinda thinking a pre runner.
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Ok here is my perdicament. I have 1 cherry 1980 dl wagon with 69k on the clock, I want a 4x4, now should I....
A) Perform a complete motor/driveline swap
find a cheap 4x4 ru and do the sameC) Sell the ****ing thing and get a nice 4x4
D) just bite the bullit and get a jeep
E) Quit waisting your time and just be ahppy with what I have
I might be interested in a trade for a good running/driving 4x4 (would prefer some mods and maybe a lift) I am also not too scared of a little rust (I can always source a good body to stuff the guts in).
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Yep. they both are sitting on the rotors... There is another one there that looks like it is a 4x4 wagon.... single headlight.Can he sell the cars complete?Todd
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76 wagon! 76 Coupe! Stage 1s are rare!
Can you get some pics. Interior/Exterior?
Does the guy have titles? Will he sell?
I have someone who would be interested in the coupe and I might be in the wagon.
Thanks, Todd
I will get some pics (if my camera holds up)....
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Oh and what kind of mechanic are you going to be in the Air Force? I just got out from being a jet engine mechanic.....
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if you have the nuts
Yep I got nuts...... oops I mean the nuts (ok bad humor but I am tired)
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Did Subaru make a factory hitch for a gen 1 Brat? If not anyone know of a hitch that will fit or where I could get one??
Thanks,
I don't know if it is factory but there is a Gen 1 in a yard here with 1.....
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Does any one know if we can use the ones with the washers??? Also I have found a set of 5 plus another 2 in awsome shape.... Thinking about using them for road wheels for now untill I get a 4x4.
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He says its crapped out on him, wanted me to let you all know that.
EZ
Hey I can relate my home computer only works half of the time. needs a complete overhaul. but that is what you get fo 400 bucks new lol
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Ooo jumpseats for a Gen 1 and a passenger side tail light also:D Just some stuff I need;)
There is a Gen 1 with an ok passenger side tail light there. (slight cracking but no missing stuff) I did not see any jump seats but will look again....
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Stuff you should "obtain" from the Gen 2 Brats if you can... board members will want this stuff:
Good seat covers (the bucket seats only came in Brats)
Rear seats, head rests, and seat belts.
Bed carpet
Rear bed side moldings (black plastic - both in front and behind the wheel well)
Rear mudflaps
Tail gates
Tail lights
Tail gate chrome trim
Chrome trim attachement "clips" (plastic - under the chrome around the bed and tail gate).
Straight rear bumpers, and end caps
That's all I can think of at the moment.... there's proabably more. All those parts are specific to Brats, and cannot be found on anything else. Most of these items will be worth more than you will pay from a junk yard as they are difficult for many board members to find.
GD
What about the t top windows? I will go back tomorrow and look maybe remember to bring my camera. (got the bugs figured out) The yard is going to be closed for a month so maybe I can "convince" the owner to let me give him a business proposition. here anything plastic is eaten by the sun. but I will look at the bucket seats to see. tail lights are all gone/shot.
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Ok I was in another Junk yard today (big surprise) and found a very straight and complete 1976 wagon dl 2wd (minute rust) nice faded orange paint. Just curious on how rare this was, and found a 1600 fwd coupe (around the same vintage) with a 5 sp. Oh and another thing there was a EA82t sedan with a 5sp dual range It looked factory and not a modded car. there was other doodads there i/e an 87 s/w 4x4 n/a with a dual range setup. and a bunch of gen 1 brats. a few gen 2 brats.
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Gee that's funny, I'm an engineer at Boeing also. There is a difference between an inline 4 and an opposing 4. An inline 4 would split the pulse, but an opposing 4 is like two 2 cylinder engines, each with their own spearate pulse. I was probably one of the first people to twin turbo a small block Chevy (1969), the idea was to use each bank as a 4 cylinder engine. The performance wasn't quite what we expected, but then we didn't know that much about mapping and sizing turbochargers to engines based upon displacement. Heck the first engine we turbo'd used a turbo off of a big diesel CAT engine, as you can imagine, it did little for performance, but we knew we were on to something so we kept looking for smaller turbos. Subaru has been running twin turbocharged 4 cylinders for almost 14 years with no problems, that alone should be enough testimony of the possibility.
Ok I stand corrected. (you might know my dad at Boeing his name is George) Like I have said my experiances is with watercooled vw's.
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Ok I might be wrong, but one of the people that told me that is a mechanical engineer (works at boeing), and another does compressor maps at Garret (my spelling sucks today) they said that the exhaust pulsations would wreak havoc on the turbine wheel and it would not last long. (I was looking at twin turboing my 1980 rabbit with a 2.0 16v that I had built to run pikes peak) Granted I do not have the years of experiance but I do trust my sourses. Oh and with the supercharger I agree about the robing power from the engine but they make more than they take and the boost is instantanious. When you couple them both you get the best of both worlds. In the article in Import Car they said that the trubo picked up where the supercharger left off. The turbo also started to "push" the supercharger internaly and that lessened the drag on the engine at higher speeds.Gee, that's news to me, in my more then 40 years working with turbos, I have never heard that. As for needing 3 cylinder, there are quite a few 2 cylinder turbocharged engines out there to prove that wrong. I believe the idea here is not to have sequential turbos, but to have the turbos working together, one turbocharging one bank and the othe other one the other bank. The twin turbo setup on JDM Legacys is sequential, one for lower range and one for higher range power, giving a broader power range. Superchargers rob power from the engine, and I don't consider them effecient. Using the turbos off the Yamaha motor would work, or if you could find two from the Honda turbo bike, those would work.Will, it's hard to take pictures of a concept. If it were possible, you would have shown us pictures of your proposed 300hp EA82T.
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There is only one problem with twin turboing a 4 cyl. If they are not sequential (one after another) the exhaust pulsations will wreak havocc on the turbo. As far as I know you have to have 3 cyl for each turbo. I will see if I can find the documentation on this. (I have read it before) but a twin sequential turbo would rock. no lag and lots of boost. or maybe a turbo and a super charger. There is a Toyota MR2 that I have seen that is set up that way. hmmmmm ;use a charger off of a tbird with a t3 from a Saab now that would be a unique setup. Or a T4 fed off of the IHI that is stock for the AE-82 turbo.....Why couldn't a turbo for a 900 cc engine be used on each header pipe before the y to make the piping flow better and improve turbo response? you could pipe the pressure pipes together before the TB and have a nice setup. -
Well, thats an option I was considering as well but there's not many left in these parts and the ones that are still on the road are rust buckets. Any of them in decent condition-the body that is?
Several of them decent. I know of 2 that are 95% rust free. (the one I drove in the Junk yard today has some rust in the pass rear QP on the bottom. but there are several (in the same JY) that are in equaly good shape body wise.
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Buy the wagon. Now. Offer $400 and drive it home
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What color is the 87? is the rear glass all thats wrong with it? Theres a rear hatch or 2 laying around here. Feel like a road trip?
The 87 seems to be all good (minus some typical interior wear and tear) the 78 I am going to offer 300 (just to be a prick) and see how fast the guy's face turns red...... He has gouged me a few times and I have a diecent relationship with his Daughter
so lets see what happens. I am selling my 72 Suzuki GT750 to fund this prospect.
SQUISH 78k mile ru meets untimely end.
in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
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Oh this was the 80 dl 2wd wagon she was cherry but no more... thats ok it was kindof cool to watch tho.