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  1. M10x1.25 studs and stainless nuts are the proper items.  If they fell out chances are good you will need to take a timesert or if you can't find that a helicoil set and put inserts in the head to repair the holes.  

     

    The heater blower motors do fail, more often the blower resistor but if it doesn't work any any of the speeds pull the plug off the motor and manually put 12V power and ground to the motor to see if it works at all.

  2. The only problem might be the interiors offered with pieces available for a hatchback.  The longest running of the body styles but never any GL-10 or fancy optioned cars.  Sure, coupe and such pieces will fit forward of the rear of the door seam but from there back nothing really is going to look good without a color matched paint of some kind.  For a factory look I would go Grey or Dark blue as there are more of those than most and there is blue and grey variants from 80-87 if you look hard enough.  

     

    For mine,  I would do whatever color you can get an uncracked dash of.  With the bright red exterior I think I would do grey interior.  

     

    Im also not sure I would trust interior paint with our sun baking environment.  

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    Retro Roo,

      What is the difference in the kits for EA81 and EA82.

    I have an 81 Brat that needs the Weber. Do I need an EA82 intake manifold for this.

    Also,    I am also looking at an 85 EA82 to Weberize.  What's the difference in the kit?

     

    The only difference is the adapter plate.  You don't need an ea82 intake manifold.

     

    That seems to be a good price. I paid about the same nearly 15 years ago!!!!

     

    Thanks, we are trying to keep cost down we like our USMB members.  

  4. We have the kits on Ebay now so you don't have to call or anything if you don't want to.  Here to help if you need to do an order over the phone still.  

     

    Will be adding factory intake manifold gaskets to the store as well for those that remove their intake to do the installation.  (We do).

     

     

    Link to the RetroRoo Ebay store:  
    http://www.ebay.com/sch/retroroo/m.html?item=281215750714&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4179c3d23a&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

     

    Thank you for your support.  

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  5. Models without a turbo you can put a tapered pin punch in the passenger side of the bell housing half way down there is a threaded hole not being used.  Sometimes newer models have o2 sensor wiring or something around there but its usually wide open.  

     

    My 2nd choice is the factory crank pulley holder tool.

     

    3rd would be chain wrench wrapped around an old accessory belt.  

     

    Last would be the starter trick.  Its just not very calculated how much torque is being applied to the bolt and I like the ability to get it off again someday.  

     

    Torque to 130 ft pounds.

  6. I can honestly say I think the ej18 EFI is really about equal in simplicity but as you mentioned you wouldn't have to rewire 2 cars-just one.  

     

    You said very rarely you wished for more power but honestly it is sure easier to have more than too little in an off road rig.  

  7. Why not make the ea82 car have the ea81 engine and put the ej18 in the brat.  The brat will be great and you know that already.  The SPFI ea81 isn't half bad-I have done 2 of them now and they are a little gutless but they sure are reliable. 

  8. Attaching a photo of 4 different EJ25 Piston options we have here at the shop.  All of them would obviously have their benefits and are doable but wondering what compression ratios these would make with 1996 EJ22 Single port heads that the owner of the car has available to him and an accompanying harness and intake manifold make that choice rather easy.  We could switch to dual port heads and swap the front of the ypipe but would rather not as a cost measure.

     

    PIstons shown:

    1996 EJ25D

    1997 EJ25 D single dot 

    2004 Subaru Baja Turbo (ej255 I believe)

    2004 Ej253 2 dot (sohc piston)

     

    I could also go for a 2006 Ej25 sohc piston set we have around here that looks even higher compression visually to me than the 2004 model.

     

    Does anybody know what the compression of the engine would be with these types of pistons?  Fuel requirements at altitude?

     

    The engine will be going into a 1984 Subaru Brat with a dual range ea trans so keeping the power reasonable is necessary with the clutch/trans.

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