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Oh it’s an east coast rust bucket. But the worst part was the exhaust leak and it corroded the hell out of that section. So time for a little redneckery. I’m just hoping the bolts on that broken section come off without me having to drill it. Anyone know what size drill bit to go get to drill out some rusted chassis bolts?

Okay first idea I had was to get a 44inX37 in 1/4inch steel plant and bolt a 48 in long 2 inch square beam to it and drop that into the bed where the original frame ran. the frame on the other side and bolt my mustache bar to that. And boom. Opinions? Better than a broken brat.

Well I finally killed my car. I broke the rear drivers side mustache bar from the frame and it took a chunk with it. Anyone have any patch ideas? John bloom said I’m fucked and get a new chassis. Anyone have any advice? It’s a wheeler and I can fabricate.

So I recently found that the k03 turbo from VW 95-06 passât 1.8t Is about the right size for our small rump roast low compression ea81/ea82 engines. Anyways I recently redrilled a set of 6 lug Toyota rims with some 235 75 15 that I sawzalled and stuck under my girl. After 200 highway miles I’ve decided I need more mid range power to make highway travel a bit easier and was wondering if y’all had played with turbo installs on the ea81. I’m concerned mostly about the Weber 32/36 and the fact that the accel pump might cave to boost without a boost adjusted fuel reg pump.

The one thing I’d advise is to keep you emissions systems up to par. Especially the pcv and egr! It’ll save you an exhaust and burnt oil. I get great mileage on the highway with an 84 brat. Just got back from Salem 124 miles only had issues with the check engine light clicking on because it wanted to use the egr but I’d already removed it. Cooler exhaust temps save mpgs. Use a full exhaust all the way out the back and enjoy everything the ea81 has to offer, the mpg a cool Engine and no burnt oil! Once you start burning oil early check out that cat and your exhaust pipe for clogs or high heat. Honestly though they love the highway even stripped of emissions like mine.

He does some pretty cool work. Sounds like you have some problems with him. Anyone customer of yours ever say you swindled them? Ever? He stays busy thanks to a good reputation from Subaru, subaru of Eugene recommend people to him. That’s how I met him. I’ve seen the stuff he builds man, it’s really good.

Yah I probably should. I’ve been busy lately and I got a lift kit to install so I might just get a fresh carb and sell the old one

Thanks general disorder, I really don’t want to buy a new carburetor but that’s what I’ve read so far is that once Webber carbs are through is that that they’re through... so far wd 40 is my best friend to keep the throttle from racing up, pathetic as far as I’m concerned that It’s definitely In my Thoughts to drop that 200 or so:/ thanks man.

Hey thanks I didn’t know to floor the throttle first before setting my choke( car off I assume) by slipping I meant every time I’d set my choke spring to start up my car and get the choke spring set it’d seem to let the butterfly go to fully open the next cold start. I’ll try that first before buying a new spring. I’ve already taken the carb off once to do the base gasket and seal my water passage but what the hell I didn’t get this car expecting anything more than thisXD

Huh funny, mines sticking openXD fml hope she's running good gadsbury

So I've got a Webber 32/36 dgev on a ea81, I've set the choke spring 100 times now, it usually works and chokes for the next time I cold start but then slips again, I'm tempted to ask mudrat John Blume in Eugene for a spfi setup, and the throttle linkage is now rusty and sticking it open. Suggestions on the choke spring and my rusty rump roast throttle linkage before it sticks open and I go Into a fence, I can deal with no choke even in winter, but the throttle stick is killing me. I figure if I take off the carb I can wire wheel the rusty linkage or if y'all think my carbs junk I could look further into purchasing spfi swap parts from Mudrat

Where does someone even get super swampers around oregon?

I've heard you can drink simple green and be ok... Buy OEM when you can, ill never forget installing my first non OEM gasket from autozone, cardboard and the wrong one... Never going back.

Dayum à plate of smackdown with a side of pride I like it, Shweet little car man good luck with the revival!

Hey I just left Salem! I had a brat up there for a bit, my last truck was a 94 f150, before that a 76 Chevy k10 350, Subaru’s are just as straight forward. Just get yourself a reapair manual, a 6pack and learn all about your car. I’d say try to find a pretty 2.2L for 500$ And have the car rebuilt/ looked over, they’re pretty indestructible as long as you don’t overheat them, I feel most people get rid of them because they think oh high mileage better get rid of it before it breaks, rarely the case with Subaru’s, h6 sucks buttz because the quad cam has a tendency to create mad blow by and kills head gaskets. I got my last 2.2l Subaru for 900$ in Colorado with 230k on it