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yeah ea82, carb. bone stock. its got exhaust up to where the muffler used to be... its actualy fairly quiet, the mic on that camera makes every thing seem super loud. it was fun, i went back later with a couple jeeps on 35's and they both got stuck in the first hole there
i think the most impressive part is how we managed to get mud on the hatch.
the jeep drivers must have been idiots to get stuck in that...
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the tube in the pic with the shock looks like it would have been a fun bend.
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it's current state...
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how does it feel on the highway without a swaybar? I thought that would be scarey.
rdweninger- it's high temp engine enamel (spray can). the stuff makes everything look new. I really like it.
to me it didn't feel much different without the bar, With Mtngrizz I did a lot of highway driving, plus I was always agressive in town driving and turns/curves... (Well, agressive as you could be with an EA81
) and I never once felt like it was going to lose control... now, you have a taller lift and taller center of gravity, so you probably would feel it more. traction is king off road, and you want your suspension to allow the wheels to adjust up and down as needed. The anti-sway works to keep your suspension level, so if you compress one side, it works to keep the other in line. you'll raise the other tire off the ground faster and lose traction sooner with that tire. -
clocking the torsion bar will make it stiffer, and if you ever carry any heavy loads or wheel this really hard, it could fatique and break the torsion bar. it happened on my Red Brat.
I was suprised to see you put the anti-sway on the front.
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looking good...
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I have this one back now...
3" Ozified/BYB Lift
This is picture from 7 or 8 years ago when I sold it...
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Red '87 GL, lifted with EA81 Engine... the most recent picture of it from a couple years ago
back when I had it the first time about 8 years ago... the last pic of it on the below page, is when it was owned by Caleb in WA before his fateful trip to Chicago, that resulted in the car going to Chef Tim and then me.
http://www.indysworld.com/vehicles/1987-wagon-red/87wagon-red.html
It's rusty, front subframe is nearly falling off due to the body mount points seperating from the unibody, a roof body job from 10+ years ago is cracking and falling off (big chunks), pimp red drivers seat is broken, exhaust has an issue, and the EA81 engine puffs blue smoke like a genie bottle. Tires are starting to crack, no radio.
But these are getting really hard to find around here, even for parts cars, and I no longer have a spare engine for my Red Brat, and this has:
EA81 engine (runs but smokes)
3" BYB lift
weber 32/36 carb
5 Speed D/R
modified brush guard
14" RW Gold Alloys + spare 14" pug w/tire
Yakima bars with locks
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there's something about the old ones... I've been daily driving EJ now for just over 2 years, and for the 60 mile round trip to work and back on the Interstate, I do like the newer better because I always seem to be rushed for time, but tonight I drove home an old friend (lifted 87 GL w/EA81), and I was so excited by the time I got home, I couldn't stop talking about stuff, and thoroughly annoyed my wife.
I haven't decided 100% if I'm parting it out, but it smokes (blue) up a storm, is rusty, bondo cracking off the roof, and the whole front end is almost falling off the body, but man it was awesome!
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I really like the look of the stock wheels. I think they'd look good on a Baja...
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Being frugal has helped on the hard parts.
I got a lot of stuff on sale, traded for some of it, and got some of it for gifts.I would say can't be over 1500 though......And that's with awesome rebuild parts.
It has been over a matter of a couple years too.
But, no idea really
probably better off not knowing
I'm gonna have to do my fronts some time as for my initial build, when I put on the v6 brakes, I just did new bearings/studs, not the full knuckle rebuild. my rear however got all new when I did the FF conversion/upgraded shafts.
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I think I'm going to make a "soft cover" for my rear cage. I've got the cargo cover from the Yukon I used to have, and I think it will cover it nicely for a little shade....
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sorry Bill, complete engine/acc was traded already...
the vinyl floor was bad. abou the only thing I really will be selling are the alloys/tires.
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I will take some pics in the morning before I leave for spocompton. got to get all sorts of neat stuff at pull and save, rear disk brake assembly for 88-91 isuzu trooper,legacy ABS Master cylinder,EA81 rear control arms,shift knob for L series datsun transmission,door hinges/latches for datsun 620,couple of subaru/datsun window cranks..
so mcbrat, any other pictars of that incident?
in my Build thread... or the offroad forum, search for Castana.
so Scott, any word on the direction you're taking?
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Probably going to be about a 4 or 5 inch lift.
New twist to the plot on this car as I get to know it's history a little better.
you will need to lift before the 5 speed, as it will change how you do the shifter mods, plus a 5 speed with no lift, means some bashing in the trans tunnel....
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anytime I see those early Impreza wagons, I see this:
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I'll play around with it. Can't be too different from the 4 speed. And I'm not scared of cutting and welding.
Gotta track down some metal for the lift. Going about 4 or 5 inches and putting a set of 235 75 15s under there.
Gonna get some butcher paper or something similar and trace out all the decals so I can get them re-made for some day. For now I'll finish eradicating the rust from the body and go with a solid color on the outside.
transmission swap - not worried.
Rust battle - been there. done that.
Lift - just a little cutting and welding.
Convincing the wife to be seen in the car with Ski team graphics - That's the hard part!
I have most of an ea81 3" lift kit for sale...
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here's the full size pics of my mounts for the t-case and links...
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i got the napa clutch kit for the ea82 for my car, with the 2.5l swap, its held up great for the last 10k miles since the swaps done.
i think most of the kits for the xt6, xt, ea82 are the same these days.
usually.
you can have the 5spd flywheel step turned to XT6 specs for a little more grab....
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they are factory, so...from a subaru
no, the ones on the maroon hatch were not factory or dealer... I have no idea what they were from, and neither did the seller who had hundreds of sets. he was just selling them based off the height/width measurements. I found 2 that were close to the right sizes and the same construction, but each had different dimensions that fit properly. one had the correct height and top of window measurement, and the other had the correct bottom of window measurement. then I just put the crossbars in from each set that made it an even transition from top to bottom. The only thing I had to mod on the car, was to go with a different wiper arm that was closer to the window, for clearance....
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This set here http://www.indysworld.com/vehicles/1984-hatch-maroon/louvers-n-decals.jpg I made by combining parts from 2 different sets to match the window dimensions. some place was doing a close-out on eBay of them some years back... I miss that hatch....
73 GL in Iowa!
in Historic Subaru Marketplace-for 50s-70's parts only all others use other marketplaces
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http://dubuque.craigslist.org/ctd/3996998632.html