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Why have i never seen this thread until now? My alt on my ea82 went out not long ago, and i just got a stock one.... What a bummer. It would be nice if someone could really condense some of these mods into a single "locked" thread. If someone already did that. Please point me in the right direction

Where do you guys order your exedy clutch kits from? I dont want to order from ebay or Amazon. 00 OB ej25 What to look for if needing new Flywheel.

Ok. So then where do you order your parts from?

Got my paycheck today. Im looking for the best place to order this exedy clutch and about how much i should be paying for the kit, ebay it seems like anywhere from $167 to $209?

Cool, thanks for the feed back. On this free engine, the guy seemed to be having more tranny problems then motor. He was going to work on it and fix it so he pulled the motor and tranny together. Then he checked things and determined that the passenger side had the start of a headgasket failure. Steam in the cylinders. No water in the oil. Then he got a new motor and tranny for $700. With a $100 core deposit. But it would cost him $300 to ship it, so he gave it to me.

I just picked up an other motor and auto for free out of a 97. Its a dohc. They said it was running but had some problems. Mostly tranny problems. Maybe a head gasket. I figured that ill pull the motor out of this car, do the head gasket on the 97 motor and put it in this car. Sounds like a good idea??

Ok. I just pulled the motor out today. And ill be Googling exedy

Ok cool. So then ill get a stock rated clutch kit. Stock brand to use? Hopefully its cheap cost wise....

I finally found my tape measure. So edge to edge. Its 9.5in wide on these 15" rims

@ferp420, how much do you think those 15" pugs are in that area, if i remember right, you around that area from time to time. Are you coming by mariposa in the near future? If so we could maybe work something out. You should still have my phone number, yes?

I live in the mountains, so theres alot of hill starts. That's kinda why i was thinking about a staged clutch. But i dont know anything about that. Thoughts?

Is it worth even getting a staged clutch? Im not planning on doing any crazy stuff to this car. And this is only a daily driver.

@ferp420, do you have any other rims you might want to trade that are not so wide. I have two sets. Im not planning on going any taller then 27" maybe 26" or so. I dont understand tire sizes so im trying to figure out what size it would be.

So i have these rims that are 15in round by 9in wide. Im trying to find a tire size for those rims so i can do my 6 lug hub redrill. I have rear disc, 2in lift on the shock towers only (cross member stock) and im planning on trimming the fenders as needed. Definitely looking more aggressive all Terrains. As of now im still running 175/70/r13. Also i have the dual range 5 speed in this car if that makes any difference.

Ok. Thank you for your story. Your probably right. I know that this engine got very hot as there was calcium deposits all around the radiator and under as well

Cool, i just got this car home. Its a dohc. Ill tear into this car after im done with my other car. If it really is a headgasket issue only, then ill probably do what GeneralDisorder is suggesting

Ok. Well hopefully i can get this car going with basic headgasket, timebelt kit, and few other things. Otherwise ill end up looking for the ej25d

Thank you for the link. This stuff is making more sense now.

With the same year or newer rule, that would be a smog check thing? This car is currently tagged, so there would not be a vin check required for this car. Just smog.

@GeneralDisorder, Im not sure what you mean by the "251" i know what flat tops are. And the 770 gasket? Not sure. Is that a part number? "11044AA770" is a part number for head gasket. Sorry i have much to learn about these cars

Ok, so im going to pick up this car tomorrow, got it down to $400. She was asking $700 for it. Whats the story with the 2.2 turbo? I checked on the wed site www.car-parts.com and they had some available for the 92 legacy (with vin 6 in the 6th digit) not sure what difference that makes. Just wondering if it would be worth going that way if im to swap the engine. Im in California also. So smogs a thing.

If i were to do the 2.2 swap, where are people getting this engines for less then $500?

So im looking at buying a 99 outback ej25. The car for the most part is super clean 120,000 miles, auto trans. 80% tire tred. They sayed its a blown head gasket. There was no water in it. The oil level was high, no water that i could see in there either. I brought a good battery with me, and it will turn over but will not start or even fire. Its been sitting for what they said 6 mouths. They were asking $700 for it and as i was leaving they said that they could do $550. Thoughts anyone?

That's kinda why i would like to have some kinda adjustable camber with the 2in space in there. I dont want to sit there and cut blocks after blocks. And as time goes by ill probably need it to change again. Just wondering if anyone else has already came up with any ideas on how to do this

I have driven this car around. It has settled as much as its going to. I would rather not do cross member lowering for the same reason why most people don't. I like the clearance. I just want to get the camber right, before i do the 6 lug conversion to 15" rims.