TheSubaruJunkie

It is obvious you have never driven through Tahoe. The EA82T gets a bad wrap. Hell, even I blew one up. But thats cause people try to get more power than the EA82 can handle. If its treated right, it will last just as long as any EA82 out there. However, its rare to find a EA82T that was ever treated right. And yes, it can cause headaches. But i have driven a carburated EA82 through Tahoe and even downshifting isnt enough. I have driven a Turbo EA82, and a Turbo EJ22 through there and you pass people uphill.

Smog cert is a HUGE plus!! HUUUUGE! But, really, for the power i would see about the Turbo. I would not recommend swapping from Carb to F.I. There is too much involved, and when you do get it done... you can kiss that smog cert goodbye. Part Time 4WD does mean you have to shift it manually. There are no locking hubs. You pull one lever and you are switching from FWD to 4WD. The auto has a button you push, and its run from vacuum. It takes a second to get the 4WD to engage, and if things are quirky it may never engage. You should NEVER use 4WD on dry pavement. With that being said, you are able to use it anywhere else. Rule of thumb is to ensure one front wheel and one rear wheel has 10% slip. These cars do not have a center differential. When you have it in 4WD, you get 50/50 front and rear distribution and binding will occur if you try to turn and there is no "give". I grew up in Alaska, and every subaru I drove I would keep in 4WD from October until March. If there was snow, ice, gravel or mud on the road I was in 4WD. and believe you me, i could DEFINATLY tell a difference between 4WD & FWD.

I kinda skimmed everything, but let me give you my 2 cents. In the sierra's, with your elevation and the climbing in the area... the Turbo will be a godsent! The auto may suck... scratch that, the auto DOES suck, but the Fuel injection and the turbo are WAY better than the Naturally aspirated motor. Turbo cars will not care what elevation you run at. The N/A car will. Its much easier to swap a 5spd into a Turbo Car, rather than a Turbo into a 5 speed car. The Carson City NV Pick-n-Pull has all the parts you need for the conversion. If the EA82T runs good, i would vote for it. Its a reliable motor if treated well.

There is a new gallery, and its a fresh start. If you have the pix on your computer I recommend uploading them again. I know shawn got rid of the old gallery, it was a backdoor for hackers and the new gallery is much more secure. Dunno if we'll get those pics back or not.

There is no transfercase. The oil for the 4WD portion of the gearing should share the same oil as your differential.

No steps. This is a totally custom rig. Just wait for the details, but its one of a kind.

YOU SUCK!!! Yeah, i figured nobody ever went into that forum. I realized after I posted this, that I already left a clue there. Good on you for finding it, least you could have done was left it as a "clue" and not spoil it. But yes, cats out of the bag. 1983 Brat. It's a GL10. I'll explain more on that later

I have to do this job soon. Jibs has a tranny I need to get from him. Im glad you got it done Greenley, your right... if you can do this i know i can! Grats on getting your Wagon back up and running

ROFL! Yeah. Well, since this is in the Old Gen I guess I can narrow it down to the EA81s. :-p

Something VERY cool indeed. I cant wait to have pictures to show off. Change of plans, i go up tomorrow to pick it up. Saturday i should have something to show. YEEEEEEEEEEEE :banana::banana:

Nice, AWD will seriously help. I cant imagine all that power, going to the rear wheels, of a car/truck with almost zero weight over the rear end.

I wish you luck. Im getting my Brat tomorrow. Be prepared for a ton of questions

I couldnt say no.

Well. I had to get this off my chest, can't hold it in much longer. Was surfing the good ole' craigslist last week and came across a Subaru. Price was unbelievable, according to the pictures. So yesterday I go up and take a look at it and promised the guy I would return saturday to tow it home. Yes, i gotta tow it home, the transmission is toast. Good news is I got a spare 4 speed to put in. I don't want to give too much away, kinda want it to be a suprise but im not as good at this as Zap is, so i had to post something. I'll have pictures this weekend Im sure. Anyhow, im as giddy as a schoolgirl

Man im so jealous! I have driven EA81's over the pass many times and I have suffered the 3rd gear at 4500rpm dilemma far too many times. Anyhow, im not sure about the problems you are experiencing, but i did want to let you know there is a free tool out there for the OBD1 Legacy's with the EJ2.2. If you got your 2.2 and ECU from a Legacy 91-94 & have a laptop, you should look into this: http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic.php?t=16219 I use it for my Turbo Legacy and it has come in very handy for diagnosing problems or just seeing what the ECU is reading and examining it. VRG is the guy who coded the software and it is open source. He's a real great guy, and he has even started making stand-alone units that do everything the laptop software does, but in addition it will also read & clear stored ECU codes. Info on that can be found here: http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic.php?t=34119 Im going to go take a look at a Brat tonight and if all goes well it will be in my driveway this weekend. The EJ Swap is definatly #2 on my list (#1 would be the 5spd swap since it has a bad tranny). -Brian

Here's a couple new(er) ones. Figure I would update the thread alittle. Both are Toyota vid's... taken from the longer slickrock video above.

Call a different Napa, here is proof Napa carries spring pins: http://www.napaonline.com/NOLPPSE/(S(3v5d1y45qgung4203s1nus45))/Detail.aspx?R=RFD80673_0006417369 You just need the right size. Im not sure what the correct size is though.

Napa should have a wide variety of spring pins. If you can take the old one with you to match it, or if you have a spare CV to take. Or just goto the counter and have them pull a CV from stock, and use that CV to find the right pin. I would try Napa before any Kragen or Autozone.

Thanks Dave, didn't know I needed your aproval. If/when I do come back, it wont be for long. Just need something to get me to work and back until... well, i got plans

And selling it to me... right??

If you want more pictures, you can see my entire gallery here: http://gallery.usmb.net/rx Still miss that car. I had to remove the 15's and install 13" Mags cause the rubbing was so bad.

You can talk all the crap you want about California, and our plates Dave... but at least our plates dont look like they were printed on a laser printer :-p Car looks good Jeremy! Still jealous.

Absolutely Amazing Steve!!

Here's what happend to my RX when I put 2WD XT Struts in it and kept my 15" pugs. The tires are 195/50R15 And this is what happend to my tire anytime I hit a bump:

The same things you need for a rear 5 lug are the same things you need for a rear disk swap. Backing plate Rotor w/hub Caliper I pretty much break it all down here: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49975 Thats the 4 lug rear disc swap. However, the same applies for 5 lug, just replace with XT6 parts.