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Well - at leats it's good for a laugh! That's the funniest thing I've heard all day! LOL. GD

YAY! SPFI will be rockin - the car has much rust he says, and so I'll probably part it out. He bought the car as an engine donor for his daily driver a couple years back, but never got around to swapping the engines, and eventually sold the car he was going to swap it into. Apparenly it ran and drove when he bought it, but hasn't been started for a couple years. Hopefully I can get it running to determine the condition of the drivetrain, then I'll part the thing out. I may keep the SPFI and all it's componenets for a swap into my Brat - SFPI powered EA81 for my Brat! Awsome! GD

Will it be a carb or SPFI? I thought I heard that the carbs went out after 87?? GD

Ok - someone is gving me an 88 DL wagon. It hasn't run in 2 years, and is from NY, so is pretty rusty he says. Here's what I know: 1988 DL Wagon, 4WD, Stick shift Now he doesn't understand D/R or any of that, and I don't have any pictures or anything, so I figured I would ask - does anyone know, given the above info, what the transmission would likely be? Would it be a 4WD Pushbutton, or a D/R tranny? Oh - and would it have a carb, or SPFI? I know there's a bunch of you EA82 types out there that would know this stuff..... Thanks, GD

D/R is "Dual Range" - means the 4WD can be in Hi or Lo ranges. Lo range sets all the gears lower, so you can go through really nasty stuff, and climb things easier at a slow speed. Doesn't sound like you care about that tho - get a legacy, you'll be much happier. GD

It doesn't sound like you want something for off-road, so I would say get a legacy wagon.... unless you are looking for 4WD rather than AWD. In that case, go for a D/R later 80's wagon. If you want something easier to work on, then a 83 or 84 D/R wagon would be good - alrhough, comming from and 87, you probably won't like the 83/84, and neither will your wife. They are a little bit more "primitive". I personally have a thing for the EA81 cars, but not everyone likes them. Most people with EA82's seem happy, even though there is the timing belt maintenance. GD

Your engine is in the 80 - 90 HP range stock. If you have anything wrong with it, that goes down. It's very possible that you are down to 50 HP or so if you have low compression, or a weak carb - maybe a plugged cat.... Get a better flowing muffler - that can help. GD

Actually it's a Gen 2 spoiler - just like the one on my wagon.... Your wagon would be Gen 3 I guess. GD

hass - the 80 wagon, is a Gen 2 car - they are talking about Gen 1's here - specifically a Gen 1 Brat - completely different car. GD

you can put it in any EA81 car - the possible exception to that being the 81 Brat GL - hard to say without seeing one of those - maybe, but you would have to find the right rack... Any other EA81 is simple - but you do have to change the engine cross-member out along with the steering rack, and some linkage components. Of course the pump and lines as well. But it's all mechanical - there's no electrical stuff to mess with. GD

Just noticed as I saw one today - from the rear, they really kind of remind me of a Gen 1 Brat. How come every one I see is yellow? Think I've seen one black one and one silver one - but see TONS of yellow ones. Even at the dealership..... As was previously stated - too bad there's no 4WD D/R availible. I think if it had that, and optional roll-bars, and factory suspension lifts, I would buy one just to beat up on the trail. GD

For comparison, my 84 wagon with a weber gets about 27 in town, and around 32 freeway. That's a carbed EA81! GD

Maybe - but again, that depends on the year, and which tunnel sheet metal was used that year. There may be several, and each could require a different amount. 1/4" might work on one, but might not be enough on the next one you do. Comprehensive research needs to be done on each part number, and what it entails to do the swap correctly. Making a spacer that doesn't work is worse than giving me nothing at all. At least I don't have to pay for nothing. And most of us can adjust the amount with some washers...... that was my idea BTW - I had like 37 washers on my tranny before the lift. Made it driveable, but it still hit the tunnel. The 2WD tunnels are REALLY small. Just be glad you didn't have all the conversion work I had...... GD

Haven't you been listening to me Matt? It's not just a wagon problem - any car, be it hatch, brat, wagon, coupe, whatever, will have the floorpan that was designed to go with it's tranny. If you have an automatic hatch or brat, then you will have a different floor pan AND a different cross-member, and you will have the same problems as you had on your wagon. Now that said, the kit is designed for 4 spd D/R cars. If you have ANYTHING that was not originally a 4 spd D/R, you will most likely have issues of one form or another. My wagon was a 2WD 5 spd - there is NO WAY that his kit would work in my wagon without major alteration (I'm talking before the lift) - I couldn't even fit a 4 spd D/R in there, let alone a 5 spd. No kit from anyone would have made that combination any easier. There simply was not enough room. I measured the tunnel, and they are WAY smaller. And you have part number mayhem flying every which way on this one. Everyone just has to rip theirs apart, and take the cars one at a time, as they are all likely to be a mixed bag of strange tranny tunnels. GD

Ok - that's good to know. I won't be getting a tree myself (no room in my tiny place), but I'll ask my friends if they want one. I'll let you know on Sunday. GD

How did that work out for you? Your Brat running like it ough to now? GD

Hey - it's non-refundable - keep it, and relist the Brat on ebay. Looks like you made $100 of a deadbeat bidder. Good for you! GD

Do we each need a permit? How much are they? GD

It's true - this is a great place. Hope it never changes. GD

Yeah - I checked CCR's site for prices, but they want 100's of $$ for a rebuilt unit. For that much, I could actually get a new weber. What I'm wanting to do is just freshen up the carb a bit, and maybe get it to stop dying when cold, and get the idle back down to where it's supposed to be (it's about 1100 right now). Eventually, I'm planning on doing the SPFI coversion on this engine. And If I don't like that, I'll then put on a weber. But I do want to get my hands dirty on that SPFI conversion - it looks tasty. NAPA sounds like the ticket - have you rebuilt many of these Bill? Anyone got any other sugestions? GD

Oh yeah - I'll be there. November 29th sounds good to me too. GD

On the EA81's there's a set of connectors that you swap around under the dash. The light is mileage controled. Don't know about EA82's but I'm sure someone does. Free bump. GD

Yes - the transfer case is a sub-assembly of the transmission. It's really all one unit. To get D/R, you have to swap the whole thing out. Pretty easy actually since you are starting with a manual. Also easy to find in this area. Any of the JY's will have one - probably 10 - just shop around for best price / warrantee. GD

A long time ago when I ran into this very same problem (tranny tunnel size when doing tranny swaps), Noah looked up the part numbers for the floor pan sheet metal. Each type of transmission has a different part number, and some of the numbers even change from year to year. I think he said there was like 8 or 9 different part numbers just from 85 to 89 (talking EA81's only here). I don't think a comprehensive list is possible for this reason. GD

I want to rebuild a hitachi for my Brat - I'll probably start with a JY one, and get a kit. What brand of kits do you guys reccomend? And where to get them? Any experience anyone has had with rebuilding these specific types of carbs would be appreciated. And before someone sugests it, no - I don't want to put on a weber. GD