toybuilder

Also, make sure to lubricate the o-ring with antifreeze when you assemble it.

Another alternative is to replace just the center section with a rebuilt unit. You can get them from www.turbocity.com. Cost is around $350 IIRC. You just have to remove the compressor and turbine housings from your old turbo and bolt them onto the new center section. It worked out nicely for me, less work than rebuilding it myself and quite a bit cheaper than a new turbo.

What's wrong with the o-ring connection? I've never had a problem with it.

The auto to manual swap is a lot of work, but none of it is difficult. I swapped the 4eat in my 1990 Loyale turbo for a single range w/center locking diff. Every thing bolts right up. $75 is a good price for the LSD diff. I got my single range diff lock tranny for $100 from another board member here in CO. If I remember right you'll need the driveshaft and tranny crossmember from the manual car. Good luck!

I wouldn't use any of the parts from that engine. I don't think that a simple hone job is going to fix that rust. Honing doesn't really remove much material from the cylinder wall. It should be easy to find a better builder engine than that one. That one has been seriously abused.

All Ea81 and EA82 engines use the same rings and main bearings. The rod bearings are different, but they are interchangeable. The turbo rod bearings are wider than non turbo rod bearings.

Best place is your local Subaru dealer. Definately not the cheapest though. I'm not sure about the cheapest place, I always use OEM Subaru.

The torque and horsepower peaks are at the same RPM for both the ea82 MPFI turbo and the ea82 N/A SPI. Knowing that the peaks are the same and having driven both powerplants I could venture an educated guess that the turbo engine makes more torque and hp than the NA engine at any RPM. From my 1990 FSM: SPI max output: 90hp @ 5,200 rpm, 101 ft/lbs @ 2,800 rpm MPFI max output: 115 @ 5,200 rpm, 134 ft/lbs @ 2,800 rpm

I am also in Longmont. I don't know of anyone around here that has fabbed their own lift, but several have installed the ozified kit on their cars.

Here is an old thread with some info about replacing these "non-replaceable" u-joints. Read this: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7542&page=1&pp=10&highlight=joint+park

:drunk: Definately no hard feelings. yeah, I know...

I just answered the question that was asked. I did not offer my opinion about the matter.

They most certainly will come out the top of the block. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=21829

The rings are the same. Same rings for EA-81 too. Some of the gaskets are different though, specifically the intake manifold and head gaskets.

This has been covered many times before. The search function sure is handy. Read this old thread for some ideas and a picture of a very simple wrist pin tool that I made. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=10685&highlight=piston+tool Good luck! Regards, toybuilder