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EA81 ECU's are only found on the feedback carburator models (those with california emmissions). All of these have a hitachi carb, but the hitachi also came on regular non-ECU type cars. I have both types on my cars. The business with the throttle cable you saw was the cruise control system. It's not ECU controlled as far as I know. There is a seperate cruise control unit I believe. Does your car need an ECU or something? I've never heard of one dying before. GD

Oh - and I know this isn't a gen 2 poll - but theres thousands of those just in Oregon I'm sure - probably 10's of thousands in Washington. GD

I would say a LOT more than your numbers. Hundreds, possibly thousands across the whole US. I still see 70's stuff driving around here in the Pac. NW every now and then. I know there's a guy about 10 minutes from me with a camo painted 70's 4WD wagon. And I've seen several other's just here in Portland, driving around town. Washington has quite a few more than OR does for some reason, and there's plenty that come up on ebay all the time. Gen 1 Brat's are more rare than Gen 2, but I still see those. I've probably seen more than 50 Gen 1 cars driving down the road in Oregon in the last 5 years. I would also say that there are probably more licensed, running 1960's subaru's than 50 in the US. There's TONS of restored 360's I have seen on the web. I mean - they aren't terribly plentiful, but they do show up on ebay completely restored from time to time. GD

where DO you get those mud terrains? GD

Ok - I'm curious - assuming of course that the 6" lift is built strong enough, what is *bad* about haveing 2 more inches? I don't intend to off-road my Brat, but I'm strongly considering a 6" lift for it - simply for looks. I too think the 6" looks nice - it's a good height for the length of the Brat. That said, I also think the 4/3 lift looks nice - especially with a bobbed tail - that brings the length more in line with the hieght and gives it that mean look. GD

I found a bolt with the same thread, and the right shape head, but was too long, so out came the dremel, and my tailgate is now secure! Thanks for remembering about that tho. GD

Sounds more like it would move the tranny back... or the engine forward. Doing that before the tranny would make the car a tractor I would think. Basically would break your RPM's in half, so to do 75 in my wagon, I would have to run 4th gear at 8000 RPM's. Needless to say it would make freeway driving impossible. GD

Pull your ball joints out and check them. Check the lower control arm bushings maybe? Wheel Bearings? I think I would probably just tear one side of the suspension down, and see what is in there.... something is wore out. GD

Hey sweet - I've got a couple of those pins lying around here.... although you should probably grab a pedal from the JY if the hole in that is messed up too. GD

I did get your email - just have been awful busy the last few days. Glad to hear you got in touch with him. GD

Actually, Flo - I do. I replaced mine with a 4x6" Blaupunkt. But I had to buy a set of the silly things, and only needed one. I can show you exactly how to install it too, since I already went through that. Give me $20 and it's yours. I paid $50 for the set, so I think that's probably a fair price. And you get to see how I installed mine as well. Wasn't hard, but had to do some dremel work to the speaker, and it's spacer gizmo. GD

Hey storm - XT6's have the 5 bolt legacy pattery, so the rims and tires wouldn't be a problem like normal XT's GD

Well - I may put a "real" deck in some day - just don't have the fundage right now. I was going to, but then I found this, and thought - what the heck, might as well. Got it in a $25 wheelbarrow load of parts from a JY, so it probably cost me $2 or something. Works good, and a heck of a lot easier to tune than that silly stock radio that came in them. Analog tuning is just plain dangerous at 85 MPH (yes - the Brat will do do 85 - that's cruising. It will do 95 if you want, but that's ticket space ) GD

I just whipped this up, looked at it, and saw how really cool it is! Figured it might inspire someone else.... What do you guys think of it? http://usmb.net/gallery/GeneralDisorders-Subaru-Pictures/IMG_0508 It's made from an '80 radio console, a loyale deck, and a kenwood trim ring (got that at a local stereo shop for free, since I bought some speaks, he just threw it in). GD

WOW! All that and she's still too slow for you skipper? Good lord, maybe it's time for an EJ? How about using an NA long block to up your compression? How about an aftermarket Fuel Injection system - something programmable? Custom intake might be nice too. Forged pistons? billet steel crank? custom cam? GD

I beleive that was fabbed, and the guy who fabbed it wrote the directions too. GD

The one I sold him was pretty nice - except for dents, and no chrome, it had no rust at all, and the latch worked great. Yeah - I've seen yours Flo - better off just hanging that one in the garage for spare sheet metal, and screws. I doubt you could even sell if for enough to warrant the trouble to ship it. GD

You could license it - at least here in OR. 1. never have I had a safety inspection done to any of my cars. 2. the emmisions thing is easily overcome by licensing it out of the city. No testing done there. Also - it might pass since they don't do visual inspections here. Besides that - people license kit cars all the time. They don't meet all of those requirements, so I would assume there is a way to license an "experimental" car - similar to experimental aircraft. GD

dude - that's hilarious - the whole webcam idea. I like it. Maybe I'll try that sometime! GD

The adjustable suspension is for more clearance, not heavier loads. GD

The rated cargo capacity of a Brat (Directly from owners manual): "For the Brat, the maximum carrying capacity consists of two passengers in cab, two passengers in rear and 113 kg (250 lb) of cargo or any combination of passengers and cargo not to exceed 386 kg (850 lb). Do not use the vehicle as a cargo carrier." That should about take care of it. BTW - if you exceed these limits, you will wear out wheel bearings and shocks, and there is a possiblity of breaking the torsion bar in the rear. GD

To remove - pull off the cap (just pull hard - who cares if you break that peics of s!@t). The real removal is just turning it till you find the gap in the ridge that holds the thing on, then it should just fall off. But like I said - just pull, you won't break it. There's two screws underneath the cover... Never have figured out what they were thinking with that EA81 dome light. That's got to be the most worthless dome light I have ever seen. I mean - I'm in the ARMY, and I know all about light disipline, but that thing is nuts. What would you use it for? I can't even find the ignition with one..... Flo - already got one - installed too. You should have asked me - I've had one in the wagon for about a year. Put one in the Brat a few weeks ago. I did just get a map light from a loyale today tho - figured I would try to install that in the Brat as well. Could come in handy when off-road at night. Oh and the yard is..... well, if I gave away all my secrets then the place would be picked clean in no time. I'll tell you in person some time GD

Hey Ed - I want to see pics of me old tailgate when you get it all fixed..... GD

Or you can do what I do, and go to the yards that are a ways out. I got a whole wheelbarrow today for $25. hehehe. There was carpet in there, along with tons of cables, some stock radio's two water pumps. About 5 axles, etc, etc. GD

You need to tell us which type of lock you have. There's a tilt lock, and a non-tilt lock. They are completely different. GD