TheSubaruJunkie

Find a friend with paypal and buy that kit off ebay then. -Brian

So spent the weekend prepping my rims. My tires should be here next week (if tirerack hurrys up) and I wanna make sure the rims are ready for mounting. Took the rims and cleaned them up. Used foaming engine degreaser and a scrub pad. After all 4 were clean, I put about 2 good coats of primer ontop of them. Hope thats enough... Let the primer dry, and went at it with the gloss black. I put 3 coats of black on, trying to only get it on the center of the rim. I left the black on all night, figured it would dry overnight and be ready for masking this morning. So woke up, went out... and started masking all the rims. I just layed masking tape over the rim strip by strip, making sure the edge was good and secure... then ran a razor blade over the crease in the rim, and pealed the excess off. I was able to find the Candyapply red, Duplicolor T-208 that MikeW suggested, and went ahead and applied coat after coat until you could no longer see primer or any black overspray. I think i got 4 or 5 coats of red on there. After the red went on, and proceeded to remove the masking tape. I guess overnight wasnt long enough, cause the masking tape completely ruined the finish on the gloss black You can see lines were the tape was layed, and now im not sure what im gonna do to repair that. ARGHHH!! But oh well, still looks alot better than they did before. I put a heavy coat of clear on top of them. I think i'll put another coat or two of clear on them before they are completly finished. IM sure once they have some MT's mounted to them, and on the hatch... they will be covered with mud and no one will notice the bad finish on the black. -Brian

Thats cheaper than what I paid for my rims... and mine were 20yrs old. But, they arent generic 8 spoke rims. I cant stand those things Mine almost look new, now that I painted them. -Brian

I think the double A arm idea is way cooler than just boltind a subaru body to a jeep chassi. Thats almost like cheating whereas the double A arm is more like engineering. Let us know when you have it done, this is something I'd like to see. -Brian

Pick up the yellow pages dude, and search for VW. VW's ARE popular enough to have their own tuning shop. Just gotta locate one. Call every VW parts house in the book until you find one that carry's a conversion kit for a Weber DGV series carburator. Shouldnt be hard to find one. -Brian

Here... since im so helpful: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=59657 If you want cheap 14" rims, look for steels from a Datsun pickup, Dodge D50, CHevy Luv, Mitsubishi Mighty max. Those all came factory with 6 lug 14" rims. Not sure which models came with 14x6 or what offset. That kinda info you'll need to find yourself. Search google for other forums. There's a pretty indepth Chevy Luv forum that I used to score my rims off of. I also found a Datsun p/u forum but didnt stay long. Im sure all those guys have the answers you need. Good Luck, -Brian

Did you even search? It took me WEEKS to find my rims. I have a thread up on this very same forum... its prolly on page 2 or 3 by now, i suggest you read it and it should help you. -Brian

here's what your lookin for: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Weber-MANUAL-CHOKE-kit-32-36-DF-DGV-DGEV-DGAV-dgas-av_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33552QQihZ019QQitemZ8074495067QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V -Brian

Uber... did you even read this post? I seriously doubt he's gonna do a feiro project. Dude is gonna do a 600hp EJ motor and most likely a full custom frame. Would like to know where he's at on this project. We havent seen him on the board in quite some time. -Brian

Oh duh! Thanks E. -Brian

He's right about the 83 heads. Your motor being a '80 is a non hydro lifter with smaller valves. You'll know once you pull the heads what your in for. Sounds like an awesome hobby, you running a weber on the engine or stock intake/carb? -Brian

It was an option for any EA82 really. You'll usually find them on GL10's with full time 4WD and a locking center diff. If that touring wagon was a GL, non turbo with dual range 4WD then I would say dont waste your time. -Brian

I think you need to bring the 2nd tone up to above the trim line. -Brian

IAC-Idle Air Control -Brian

D, find a 4wd one already. -Brian p.s. find something thats '82 and newer.... they will have 1800cc and dual range. Just ask JB how bad it sucks to wheel with single range

I'll be workin -Brian

Call les schwab. call big O tire. call just tires. Call any tire place and ask them... im sure they can answer your question. Chances are, your not gonna be able to find non-DOT tires from any local tire house anyways, your probably going to be forced to order them direct or from a dealer out of state/country. Then yeah, your asking in the wrong forum. -Brian

The wheels i have are stock Chevy Luv rims. -Brian

Filling up tires. -Brian

Its not the cranking im worried about. Its running 3 air compressors at once. -Brian

Hahaha... forgot where i live Ken? Yeah, this car wont see a smog tech again for the rest of its life. I have tags good till next year, hopefully by then it'll be registered somewhere else Thanks for the info, so 140 is good for subies... -Brian

So i was lookin through my JCwhitney catalog... and looky what i found here: http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Search?catalogId=10101&storeId=10101&sku=gm141846&searchbtn.x=17&searchbtn.y=9 I may have to order me one of those -Brian

I have no clue what my offset is. All i know is they will look BADASS when everything is said and done. -Brian

Ok... so today i got my new filter and went outside to put it on. Figured i would take the top off the carb and look around. 'OLY FAHOLY It was messy in there! Dirt, Rust, Grime... probably a year or two of buildup and old gas sitting in there. Did a good job of scrubbing the float bowl, removed quite a bit of gunk from in there. I also noticed two small brass screw dealy's down there. I thought those might be my jets, so i removed them and sprayed them clean. Then I took the can of carb cleaner with the straw at the end, pointed it down in those holes and sprayed... WOW what a bunch of crap! Tons of Crap came out of those holes. Both the brass cap things said 140 on them. Not quite sure what they are. Then i worked my way up. Noticed the same brass looking dealy dobs on the top of the carb... removed one at a time and proceded to blow them clean with the can of carb cleaner. One said 180 and one said 160. Are these my jets? Did a good job of blasting those clean, along with whatever was in the center of those jets. Then did a once over on the float and everything else. Reassembled the carb, put my new filter on, and started it up. I tried to tune it the best i can, but as it is its running 200x better than it did before. I may have to take it to a local expert and just pay them to fine tune it. I still have a dead spot if I go WOT from an idle. Seems whenever the 2ndary opens up, it has a slight hesitation then really kicks in. -Brian

Awesome.