Scott in Bellingham

today EA81 engine ended up being a EA71 1600 so I went with this EA82 1800 diff under transaxle 2" forward and 8" down front, engine needs moter mount crossmember side veiw showing diff under stock trans were axles used to hookup

got the frontend bolted up ended up doing a 8" lift and brought forward 2" next install dual range and engine looks like EA81s going in , just have to swap out the fuel pump for a carb , going in today

I need to decide on a engine I have a running EA81 also a EA82 and could do the EJ2,2 , thinking I should put the EA81 in it and add a Weber what would you guys do?

a come-a-long over a truss in the shed will do

how bout next saturday?, Im itchin to go out again

go here www.sjrlift.com and make an order thanks

see any similarities

Progress or degress matters who you ask ignoring the back for now , will get the front mounted up with a engine and tranny thrown in, this frontend is from the silver car a built a few years ago Yes thats a rear diff stuffed in the front thats in the stuffed location

cleaned up the front and dropped the stock frontend parts, and mocked up the front diff crossmember from my old silver shorty looks like will aime at 7-1/2 in drop at the engine crossmember and bring it for ward 2" to help with tire clearence

body bolts are 12mm x 1.25 pitch

it clears even with the 31s stuffed all the way up, not much room for upper arms ., just might get some work done on it today , trying to decide if to stick with the subaru front end or solid axle it, leaning towards the suby stuff as I already have it and like the lite nimbleness , I guess if in the futre I wanted a solid axle up front I could always change it out , and i already have a nissan 720 t-case , its raining today good day to be in the shop

you coming by this week? or are you preppin for your big trip?

Ive wheeled a welded stock 3.9 subaru Diff for the last few years, the diff will hold up , Ive broke 3 stub shafts , ( thats the splined part sticking out the diff its hollow and thats the weak point ) ive brocken 2 rear axles and seen 1 other rear brake this is on a EA82 , 2 of the axles snapped the shaft in 2 and 1 the cup part gave out, and this is with a 27" tire, I would suggest go with a LSD , or weld it up and be prepared to fix axles and stub shafts on the trail, good luck

Hey Jeff been a while since weve been out want to go to walker next friday or saturday SJR

you will want a dual range tranny for that and if the diff ratio is 3.7 you will also need dirrerent front axles

you wont need them on the back , heres my 4" lift to give you an idea , the critical part is the front strut blocks , good luck

might happen if I find a front axle , know of any ? even a complete rig

im got a EA81 engine $250

no its been sitting I did go wheelin , worked on the house ,and got the geo metro racecar going and took it around the track

find a bad one one made one good one out of it, I have 2 bad dual ranges in WA

Im on 5 acres has a house and 30 x 48 shop , mostly hobbie, have welders Mig and arc , milling machine ,lathe press aluminum foundry

got many irons in the fire , making room in the shop to keep this one out of the main bay

Chris your EJ swap kit was sent the other day

AIR DOWN drop the pressure down to 15 Lbs in the tires go lower if need be , good for Sand and other

awesome day wheelin I couldnt make a few of the hill climbs just couldnt get traction , these guys are running deep lug swampers with good flex, there were toyotas , a jeep , sammys and me. I made it threw spots others got winched and visa versa and no I didnt pull anyone out, did learn alot tho and got a bunch of new dents