Crispus

So I have a 1987 GL sedan. The car was really rough when I got it. The rear bumper was completely caved in and someone had put a house door lock on the trunk lid. Then rattle-caned the whole car black. I have since found a donor car for the rear bumper and truck release. but now I run into the problem that my front fenders and hood are also in really rough shape and the parts subie I got was in a front end collision. I have been looking around for quite a wile and I cant seem to find any sources for front fenders and hoods anywhere. Am I going to have to find another parts car with a good front end just to finish up the exterior of my car. If not does anyone know any aftermarket hoods and fenders I can get that would fit my car. I cant seem to find any at all. Thanks.

I am aware I do not need to make a new manifold for the car the main reason for this however is to get rid of the stacked adapters that webber give you with the carb. This project started out with a engine rebuild to replace the worn engine that resides under the hood. I am aware of all the shortcomings and pitfalls that could be awaiting me with a "just laying around" engine. I have done similar stuff in the past this is just my first Subaru attempt. The existing engine and the replacement are both overhead cam engines. My goal here is to make something that will remove all the excess "fat" make the car breath better, and spice up the drive a bit. I am not going for street racing levels of power. I just want to make going up hills a little more pleasant. Basically I want to increase the drive-ability of the car.

So I am new to this forum and to Subaru Ownership. I recently acquired a 1987 Subaru GL Sedan 4WD with the manual transmission and two speed transfer case and the 1800 OHV engine. The body on the car is a little beat up but the car runs well and drives nice. It does have over 200000 miles on it and the motor smokes a bit. I have a few things that I have already done and some that I want to do. For instance I already did the two barrel webber swap to the car. the previous owner had cut the AC lines so I pulled all the AC components out that I could get my hands on under the hood. Along with the webber swap I removed a huge amount of the vacuum lines and needless vacuum devices under the hood. My next plan is a friend has a 1800 engine that he pulled out of an old car just laying around. I was going to do a rebuild on that engine make a custom intake and exhaust to eliminate all the egr and emissions that are still on the car and basically strip it down to the bare essentials to run. Following this I was planning on doing the 5 lug conversion I have read about to get disk brakes on all four corners and allow for a better selection of rims. Any thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated once I get the new motor on the stand I will start a thread and post pics religiously to show the progress.