the sucker king

main bearings, head gaskets, that sort of stuff. i found a few places, thought y'all could gimme some good links

i just put jackmans on my 1980 hatch, and the brakes DO NOT need to be ground down like i was told. it looks like the closest part of the brakes to the rim would be the bracket that holds the pads. Is this the part that people have had to grind to make this work???? doesn't really matter, cause i have no troubles. just wondering if anybody who has put these wheels on an ea81 era car can confirm that it needed to be ground or not. edit** anyone got centercaps for these wheels?

that's pretty friggin cool.....

yes, everyone send money......... actually i don't take the initiative to get these started cause it's not "my" board, but i would like to print them of course. the way it worked last time was ideal, as mick kept the orders straight and took in the money, which i really couldn't do because, well too much work, as i had to ship these things all over the place and i couldn't have done that in a timely fashion if i was also doing all the work on it that mick did. plus it helped to have a more senior member be the money man as mick has dealt with many more people than i in his six decades on the board. so the point is, i don't really feel like it's up to me, although i would definately like to print them. maybe you could direct your begging towards mick or sean. for the record january and febuary are my slowest months at work and therefore the best times for me to do this kind of thing. plus by then santa should have put a little $$ in everyone's stocking (except for miles fox, but in his case i will make an exception and take coal as payment). so there. mick, are you up for doin' this again? if not, i would certainly understand. maybe you could trick somebody else into doing it?

i'm sending an email right now w/ my new email adress

chef tim has a ccr engine w/ a brat cam. get in touch with him and see what's the skinny. i asked him a while back, but it wasn't in the car yet.

i was told vlsds came on legacy torbos

the other option is to keep the 3.7 lsd as is, and put in a tranny w/ a 3.7 drive ratio. you might consider that to get a better tranny in there. the 5 speed dual ranges are 3.7.

so ideally you would have an open diff in the winter and put the lsd in for the off road season (assuming you don't offroad in the winter). i suppose that an lsd would certainly help you get unlodged from say a snowbank, though, anywhere that you might actually get stuck. what about vlsd? i remember somebody gave a testimonial here about how great it was to have in the snow.were they blowin smoke?

the last two mornings has been in the single digits or teens. this is my first winter with my ea81. the only way to get it started was to spray ether into the carb. the last 8 or so winters i was driving an ea71 with a manual choke i rigged up. i could always get it started, although the colder it was the harder it was. is rigging up this choke the only way to solve this problem? surely subaru did not sell a car that couldn't be started in cold weather.

so wait a minute, is the moral of this story here that an lsd is more likely to send you fishtaling on ice because the non spinning wheel is not there to resist the slide? or is there something im missing

you don't have to have a cat if your car didn't come with it, but i believe the numbers you have to hit are the same. so if it runs clean enough, it will pass. what exactly are you getting at?

i should have given more info...... i have a 1980 hatch ea81 with no a/c and i want to put a/c in it. i can usually find a/c ea81 equipped cars at junkyards round here. i thought i had an unused pully on the front of my crank, but i just looked and i don't. i have an ea71 with a double pully on the end of the crank. i could prolly use that on the ea81 (i assume that empty pully is for the a/c). so anyway whadaya make of all this. i would still like a list of every part i need to pull i can't find a/c in the fsm. where is it?

make me a checklist of everything i need to pull off a donor car. what parts should be bought new and not trusted off a junkyard car? any advice on simple tests for good/bad parts? thank you for your support.

mr. xenongod- is your wagon a sweet rustfree machine w/ a chrome pushbar and "black diamond" or something on it? if so i saw it once.

i live just east of estes park in lyons, at the bottom of the st vrain canyon, and there is a ton of off roading to be had around here. there is so much public land (mostly forrest service round here), you can't help but find it. my favorite places, however are in the northwestern part of colorado, moffat county, where blm owns about 98% of the land. it's not high peaks, but it is nutty rump roast desert terrain and when it rains it turns into the sloppiest fun you ever had. and on blm land your free to really get loose. but alas, it is better explored in the non snowy seasons, when you can camp and fish and drink till the moon goes down. that's my opinion. so yeah, we should all get together.

these ones http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/80s/wheels2/pug505-14s.jpg

i recently bought exaust valves that are for up to '79 1600 cc motor. are they the same as an '80. i know in 1980, the ea71 engine changed a little. in what ways? all i've noticed is that the engine designation stamp moved and the air cleaner (and probobly the carb) are different.

well, what was it? and has anybody retrofitted? i think my wife will allow another old subaru if i can put power steering in it.

i see you are online. i sent you an email a day or two ago. if you still are having trouble with my email, PM me! john

i would rate them exactly like mick did, and add clymer to the bottom of the list. dante what fsm are you looking for? i might be able to help

i thought i measured them out as much smaller. no rubbing on a hatch at all. even off road. never tried to stick it under the hood. thanks for the testimonial, biff, i'll give them a shot.

i was warned about the loss of power and i can say first hand that the difference between 185/80 and 185/70 was barely noticable if at all. my car is stock, no weber. edit: and your top end might impove a touch.

ok you'll here from me soon.

i don't think they made than body style in 4wd so you'ld be lookin at quite a project. there wouldn't be a tunnel for the driveshaft, so you might need to lift it. the driveshaft from a hatch might work as those cars are about the same length, but you would be blazing your own trail either way. did you own an FE? i have been looking at a '79 and have questions about it. the guy is asking $2500, but the body and paint are extra nice and it has something special under the hood. good luck. oh to answer the question, offer him $100 and see if he laughs