alexbuoy

i’m passing by modesto next week. ill take headlights if you still have them

Did some burnouts and donuts at the hoonigan burnyard in irwindale.

My friend's 4runner trying it. Skip to 1:30 if you dont want to watch the whole thing Getting towed out by the jeep. Jeep made it up no problem.

Heres kind of a video of me doing that creek crossing. In 3WD. My friend recorded it with snapchat so the video cut out at 1 minute but I actually made it up. Rev bombed the hell out of it and spun tires. Short wheel base = win [/youtube]

Hopefully this summer I can find the time to start working on the brat. It really needs to be torn down and lots of stuff replaced. Trans leaks an insane amount of fluids it smokes so much every time I drive it. The rear diff leaks too. I also bashed the oil pan pretty hard near the drain plug and now it's starting to leak a little. The rust needs to be addressed asap and the tube chassis isn't fully welded. I may be getting a used tube bender and plasma cutter soon. Almost have all the tools to be able to build this thing semi legit

A couple weeks ago I went to some local trails and the brat really impressed me. In 3WD with one rear axle missing I was able to out wheel my buddy's first gen 4runner. He was open/open on 31's and i'm not gonna lie he couldn't do half the stuff I could do. Could be because of the driver though haha. Overlooking the pacific ocean After the recent fires and tons of rain we got random ponds popped up

So a couple months ago before King of the Hammers I remade my front strut lift blocks to try and correct camber. I cut it at 0 degrees and dam it looked really good at first but once it settled I still have a little negative camber. It's also a 4.5 inch front and 2 inch rear and it still has rake. Right after we finished welding it : Also had a blast at King of the Hammers back in February. 6 hours round trip to Johnson Valley no issues at all. Really need to address my heater it sucked driving around in 30 degree weather with no heat I was in limp mode the whole time the motor wouldn't rev past 4500. Probably the VSS

I upload all my photos to an online image hosting site tinypic. If it's taken with a phone it is the perfect size for the website.

Talk to Sam he's gonna scrap the loyale soon. Grab the front end off of it and the motor to put into the 2 door

I would believe the PNW to have the most. There's like 10 that I know of in southern california

Please show us more of the control arm/radius rod. Great idea and looks like it can easily be made to accept EJ ball joints

Where did you get those brake lines

You absolutely need a subframe drop if you want to stop ripping boots. my loyale with a 2” adf lift would blow axles all the time until i dropped the subframe

Since yours is obd2, look into getting an ultragauge or scan gauge. plugs right into the obd2 port and reads temp, rpm and a whole bunch of other stuff real-time.

Yea that has been my dream car since day one! I wonder what front suspension he's running, looks to be a beefed up control arm and maybe a double A-arm setup, I'll have to dig more into that build.

Brat hasn't changed much. Did the rear bearings not too long ago. I think about every bushing/bearing/moving part has been replaced on the car by now. Also got a datsun 720 transfer case from a board member but I don't think i'll be going that direction. I enjoy driving fast and a huge lifted subaru isn't really my thing. I like how i'm still able to take corners fast and have a low center of gravity. I was planning on getting a toyota pickup soon, but I think it's time to get serious about the brat and start dumping money into it. Here are my plans for now: Gut frame rails weld it solid with square tubing. Plate the unibody For the rear: King 2.0 or Fox 2.0 coilover shocks for the rear Hydraulic bump stops For the front: Fit EJ knuckles. I heard this can be done with reaming out the control arm ball joint holes. Hot bit coilovers My main goal for the brat is to be able to jump it and go through whoops comfortably.

Thanks man! I want to go to the WCSS show one year too, but it's about a 17 hour drive from me. I was planning on road tripping the brat up this year but I may have school.

Too good to not share! Looked all over the forums and could not find where to buy a ring nut tool or easily make one. The tool straight out of oreilly's : Part number is W1271, probably sold at most oreilly's : All you have to do is cut two of the tabs off like so : Now you have a ring nut tool you can use with an impact! There are 4 notches in the ring nut. Put the two prongs from the tool into the two smaller notches. I was a bit scared that the two tabs would shear off. But after hitting it 3 minutes straight with an impact it held up fine. Sure beats using a chisel and a BFH to knock the ring nut out! Best part is that it was only $20 from my local oreilly's.

Hmm that’s weird it looked like i’d have to do a crazy 180 degree bend just to tuck up the exhaust. Are you running any catalytic converters? Ill add more pictures tonight it’s a little tricky to explain the exhaust

Swapping from quads to duals is not a bolt in swap. You need to either swap front clips or figure a way to relocate the headlight brackets. I tried to swap from duals to quads in my brat by relocating the headlight bracket. I could not make it work since the bracket was moved too far inward and there was no sheet metal to weld to. if that makes sense. But since you’re doing the opposite of what I was trying you might be able to get away with the bracket relocation. Drill out the spot welds on both brackets, move them further outwards and weld them back.

Has anyone managed to tuck the exhaust above the transmission crossmember on their EJ swaps in EA81? If you have can you please post pictures of what you’re setup looks like after the y pipe. Mine goes beneath the radius rod/trans mount and kills my ground clearance.

But it's fun to get airborne . Although getting airborne too much may have broken my frame on the last trip haha. Haven't had the chance to take it on any technical trails yet, would love to see how it does with the new poormans "front lsd".

Finally had a chance to take it out and do some wheeling. You're right, with the 31's I would break a lot more axles and stubs, and probably make the car slow as piss. Love the setup I have right now, probably going to keep it for a while. I'm thinking about getting another brat, and swapping everything from my red brat into the new one. Then throw a transfer case and some solid axles under mine. Won't be anytime soon though.

Nothing insane. Just trying to get sideways in the brat, it handles great with the blistein shocks in the rear. I was in limp mode the whole time so my RPM's were limited to 3500. VSS may have come undone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vg0uwSEx9U

It would be best either finding a partout or buying a parts car. There is a writeup floating somewhere here by Numbchux. I would recommend SJR for the harness, lift and adapter plate. Flywheel you can use a dremel tool with a carbide bit and elongate the holes until it fits the EJ crank. If possible look for a 96 EJ they are non interference and OBDII.