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3200 lbs? good god man, what do you have in there? My 84 wagon only weighs like 2400..... GD

Ok - looks to be about 41" across the top. 6" down from the top it's at about 45". I think Mick can go as wide as 39" right? That should be just about perfect! Yeah - I'll call you with details later. Ian and I haven't worked out a time yet, but most likely around noonish or a little earlier... The Jack-In-The-Box chick is comming too . Damn I'm such a whore... GD

Man! You should have just called me! I'll try to get it here in a minute..... You free Saturday? Ian and are are planning a run to Hood River..... GD

Where did you get the tool? Thats a decent price! GD

I had a leaky axle cup that leaked grease onto the cat. The cup has a plug in the bottom that can come loose (and often seem to do just that on remaned axles). But your friend probably is right. A bit of oil on the exhaust will smoke for a while after installation. I had the same problem with a y-pipe I used off an engine with a blown HG. GD

Well - I suppose I should put mine in here: Rig: 84 GL Wagon, 3.5" lift, 82 4 speed D/R, Weber, 28" Mud Terrains, 15" Chevy Wagon Wheels, Lincoln Locked Rear, TWB Fab Bumpers, Custom Skid Plate Affiliations: ATLAS, Hatch Patrol And this is the angle most of you will see me from : GD

That would fall under the catagory of EA81's attached to automatic tranny's in 83/84. But yes - good to point out. GD

You should first check for vacuum leaks. Spray around with carb cleaner and see if you can find any. If that checks out, then I'm afraid it's time for a carb rebuild. The Hitachi's can be tempermental unless carefully rebuilt. Once properly rebuilt, they usually go a long time before needing anything else. You can also swap over to a Weber 32/36 DGV. Do a search on the board for more info on that, as it has been covered more times than I care to count. GD

Free flowing exhaust is always pretty high on the list. If nothing else, the stock muffler is pretty restrictive. A nice low restriction turbo muffler will add a couple HP. GD

Good luck - I would really like to see a cool solution to the radiator location issue. Making the nose of the car a couple inches longer would be the right way I suppose, but a lot of work too. GD

Hhhmm - sounds like a solid axle swap to me. That would take care of the stub axle, and axle breakage problem. At least in the rear. Either that, or an independant rear suspension from one of the newer Chevy trucks. GD

You're right Zap - I have given out bad info a time or two. The spirt of the hood scoop thing was to illustrate that it's been on there a while.... I fogot that he did that for the rubicon run, not WCSS. I knew it was some major event..... as far as technical information, I try my best to get accurate information, and since I'm fairly good at retaining that information, I'm happy to dispense it when people ask. Everyone will be wrong now and then, especially with the volume of posts I have. I hope that I have been right more than I have been wrong, as I have no wish to see others badly informed as I have been in the past. It's frustrating to find out that the coversion you are halfway through is a lot more complex than people made it out to be..... GD

I can only speak for US models, but that sounds likely, since we switched to nothing but hydro lifters in 85 on the EA81. And to bigger intake valves in 83. Should be a gold sticker on the valve covers that says "Do not adjust valve clearances" or something to that effect. GD

I'm damn good with wireing - I think I'll go straight to the ER27 :lol: GD

No - there's WAY more to it than that. He's got lifters shooting in all directions! I won't even go into the rest of the misconceptions. GD

He's had that scoop since before WCSS5. Nothing new there. GD

I was going to do a sentance by sentance breakdown of his post, but thought better of it..... someone else should handle this one. Death and dismemberment at my hands might result in me regretting my words later..... GD

I'll not rain fire and brimstone down upon this one, due to his low post count, and I already answered with accurate information above. It's still disturbing tho. Left me almost speechless, as I haven't seen that quantity of innacurate information in a single post in a quite some time! GD

Frankly - depends on what you have them do, and what kind of mood they are in. The prices also vary acording to how much you look like you might have in your wallet. Pretty good guys tho. GD

That's their price for just the advance unit. They open it up like a tin can, and replace the rubber inside. It's either $25 or $35 - it's on their site somewhere.... GD

Any EA81 radiator will work (unless you have an automatic). GD

Not your fault Flow - absolutely an incorrectly printed document. The picture you provided claims to work on 1980 models, but is not fully accurate for that year. No one blame's you, and it's good that we now know it's wrong. Thanks for shareing! GD

Most likely you didn't hurt anything, but EA81 HG's do blow if overheated too long/too often, so you never know. Watch for water in the oil, or the other way around. GD

Well, you will need to drop the transmission, and pull off the extension housing from the main transmission body. Once you do that, I think the seal should be easily accesible. I'm not actually sure there is a seal tho - I can't remember, but it may just be a hole without any seal.... likely in that case that the aluminium casting is worn down and needs to be bored out and a sleeve installed. GD

Figured out where your gonna put the radiator yet? GD