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The stock awd in my 97 is crap, so why would i want to keep it??????? It burns the clutch even in deep snow it is so high geared. I had a 93 loyale with a DR trans I installed in it and it worked great for towing my boat other than it was underpowered. But it would launch it anywhere in low range.

I want to build a Legacy outback pickup out of my 1997 outback wagon it has the 2.2 motor and I want to put in the old DR 5 speed out of a gl and top it off with a 2 or 3 inch lift and dual stack exghast. The 2 things I'm not sure about, in the trans swap are all the axles the same and I have heard the trans for the EA82 were shorter can you use the EA82 driveline? What about the rear axle ratio for a 5 speed trans are they all the same between the EJ and EA? I want to be able to tow and launch my small boat without burning the clutch up like it does now This is kind of what I'm going for. I thought of doing the reverse of this and putting a 2.2 L motor in a Loyale with the same body mods. But I would like the cruise and some of the other features you don't find on most older Subaru's and from what i have heard the wiring for this swap is a real pain. I included a drawing of a Loyale with the same mod. Which one do you like better?

Does anybody make an adapter kit to put the old Hi/Lo GL/Loyale tranny into a newer Outback legacy with the 2.2 motor? Or has anybody here ever done it. I hate how high geared my 98 Outback is, you can't do anything with it without burning the clutch. I would like to use it off road a little and tow my small boat. It has plenty of power, just poor gearing.

My 93 Loyale doesn't put out good heat, it blows lukewarm air at best. It has good flow through the heater core as both hoses get very hot. Does anyone have an expanded view of the heater box or have any info on how the heater door works and where it's at? This is a 5sp with AC 4x4 wagon Then you turn the heat off with the switch it blows COLD turn the heat on it blows warmish. I suspect the heat door is not opening properly, any way to check that?

Just an FYI you can do a clutch without pulling the engine or tranny. All you need to do is pull the radiator and hoses, unbolt the motor mounts and bellhousing bolts and the exhaust pipes. Then you can lift the motor enough to spin it to the side and get at the clutch. You don't need to unhook any of the wires just a few hoses. With this method I have replaced a clutch in well under an hour

Here is what I do to earn a living so i think I have the skill this is a 34 Chevy 5 window coupe I'm currently working on. Before and now This is a 55 Chevy 210 before and after This is just a few of the cars I have done.

Double check all your snap together electric connections. I'd say one is not snapped in tight.

Oh man that's cute as hell. LOL Now I really want to do it. How much did you shrink the wheel base? What donner car did you use? I want to do an ea82 efi motor with a dual range tranny

I'm wondering if anyone here has ever heard of somebody dropping the front suspension with motor and tranny and the complete rear suspension and welding up a lightweight tube frame for it to make their own 4 wheel drive buggy. The power to weight should be amazing and I would think this would be a fairly simple build. I wish I had a runner I could chop up, but all I have are dead ones and my daily driver. Which I anit cuttin it up, love that car:) Here is a loose idea of what I have in mind. I would put 15" 6 lug wheels on it with some big monster mudder tires for extra ground clearance.

I want to do a 3" total lift on my 93 Loyale. I plan to turn it into a Brat wannabee truck. I plan to build my own lift kit with a 2" body lift and a 3" suspension lift. My question on the body lift is. I know I will need to extend the steering shaft, but what about the tranny shifter on manuals doesn't that all need to be lowered to match? Will it still shift ok? What about the driveline center carrier, and rearend suspension? This is how I hope my Subee will look when i get it done, other then I plan to paint mine with 2 part truck bed-liner in a bright Chartreuse green with black accents.

99 times out of 100 it needs new seals in the oil pump when they start ticking.

Looks like not enough people are interested in this for me to bother with a video blog.

I have a 93 Loyale SW I plan to make into a brat type truck. by cutting the roof off it and moving the rear hatch forward and welding it in. I have seen a few of these and they look sooooo coool!! I also plan to do a 3 " lift and 6 bolt conversion with fender flares for 15" wheels with a mid size set of mud tires. I'm planing to do a video blog of it and wondering how many people here would be interested in this. I also plan to paint it with 2 part truck bed-liner type coating in a bright Chartreuse green with some black accents. Here is what I plan to do to the body

OK I think I have figured this out the wing nuts on the battery + posts that hold the 2 wires to it was corroded and not making a circuit so the ignition was not getting power I cleaned all the connections and it works fine. I tested this by loosening the wing nut and the car died so I'm 100% sure I got it fixed.

Even if the battery had a loose connection it should still run off just the alternator so that is not what the problem is I'm sure It has to loose power to the ignition for the motor to die.