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Nope! only in 15" and bigger

Ummm actually did I mention being up ALL last night and losing 2 fingers in the process?!?!? LOL!!! j/k ... well anyway, thanks again edrach! Now all I need is to get a "Will Work for Lift!!" sign and get my AA lift ordered!!! I got tires, now just need the lift to install them

OMG YES!!! I can actually believe there IS an engine under there now when I step on it ... the only fly in the ointment so far is a weak throttle return spring, soon to be fixed :-p

WOOO HOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! I just got all my goodies last night for tha weba I got all the vac lines plugged except the one in the front, I connected one of the 2 that went onto the front side of the Hitachi, plugged the other, plugged the fuel return line (no problem I hope! ) and I used the hot lead from the original choke to goto the weba one, so far everything seems to be running right, gonna go run it again and see if it stays that way ... PLEASE let me know if I have anything to worry about since I couldn't find detailed info on hooking it up, I just winged it ... and I adjusted the mixture at just over 2 turns out .... MAAAAAAAAAAN it sounds NIIIIIIICE!!!! :banana: Thanks again!! Dayn

:banana: W(((o))))(((((o))))T!!!! :banana: I just need to find the local mastercraft dealer then!! I was gonna be mourning the day when my 14" ST's would wear-out and I would have to cut my finders to fit 225/75/R14 KumhoVenture MT's ... maybe now I can keep it down to 26" and not have the fender clearance problems/top heaviness of a overly tall suspension set up

If your in the North-West and need some of these, I finnally tracked them down, you need to goto your local Tire-ramma dealer, and tell them they are at a warehouse for the Tacoma Washington location ... I have been asking at Tire-ramma dealers for these discontinued tires for months, and thought I would share with other 14" pug owners!!

Hmmmm maybe I just don't know all the details, but couldn't you just use a plastic welder? I haven't done anything with grills, but I have repaired plastic fairings for motorcycles (last one was from my '01 ZX9r .. 900 ninja) with a very in-expensive welder I bought at harbor freight. I sold some of these fairings on ebay for a good price. I would think over time that the vibration would cause bondo to crack since it doesn't expand and shrink at the same rate as the plastic under it? Either way, that grill looks great! I can't wait to be able to get pics of my custom bumper up when I have my own computer on-line again ... especially once I have the Brat painted

Yikes!! $300 for the Hitachi?!?! Man ... if your gonna spend that kinda money, why not just get a weber for $80 - 100 more?

I would just scrap the Hitachi and get a weber ... I have not had the same problem, but I have had a problem that has persisted even though I have rebuilt the carb I have and one from the JY. So now I am getting a weber for more power since I am also lifting the brat and putting on some 27" Kumho mudders, and I will need the extra power. The Hitachi's aren't as scary as they look (mine is an '85 so it has the max in emissions gear) so don't be a fraid to take the top off

Nice!! I was about 5 when these came available ... too bad I had no idea at the time

Check this out! http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/brats/go-cart/go-cart.html

I know it's not on your list of colors, but to Quote Mc Jagger .... "PAINT IT BLACK!!" http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/80s/specs/general/1985brat.html

Just wanted to give you that info ... I used it to remove the 20 yr old "brat" lettering and pin-stripe from my '85, and nothing removes that glue better! Just goto the local Walmart and get some

(Homer Simpson) hmmmmmmmmmmmm 15's .......... (Homer Simpson) I'm gonna have to get some of these soon too! but my first priorety: Lift the Brat!! P.S. .... check your PM's JM, thx!

hmmmm ... some good info there, but does it apply to the EA 81 motor as well? If it is my ASV, it looks completly different than what I have, and it's entirely made of plastic ... I guess I can just plug the line before it leaves the head? I am also concerned what is causing the back-fires (mine are almost impossible to hear) and I am currently searching for a good re-build kit. I got one that was sooooo close! but the size of the gaskets were off ... and now the guy says they don't have any other kits to order!!? If anyone can give me the parts store and part number for a good kit for a Hitachi DCZ-328 ? (EA 81 carb)

Ok, I think I might have found the problem with my loss in MPG ... I went to re-build the crab on my '85 brat and discoverd BIG chunks of black plastic in the air filter that had obviously become molten and some had even been sucked down the barrel of the carb!! I am not sure what the component is that started to burn up and get sucked in, but it has a 1/2" line connecting it to the air cleaner, and the other side of it goes into the left cyl head. It has two branched out pieces that look like they would connect somewhere on a different model, maybe a CA model, and these branches just dead-end and look factory. This valve or what ever it is looks like a top and has the extra "branches" comming out the top. I would take a pic of it but I just moved and I am not sure where my digi camera is ... anyone have ideas what would cause this problem or what this componet is?

WOOT!!!! I wana 2.0 or 2.2 Diesel for my brat!! If you can get ANY more info on this Ross, please do! I'd love to get a near bolt-in diesel

I don't have the specs yet for the Isuzu diesel engines found in the pup or trooper, but they can't be the same as the industrial use engines, and they seem to be quite rare, so atm the most viable engine for such a swap seems to be a 1.6L VW diesel, but they seem to be pretty tame in their stock form, and I don't know how much truth there is in it, but I have heard of bolt-on type mods that increase their performance considerably. And there are also the turbo models of these engines, but they seem to be too rare to be practical.

Just curious if there will be any problems using laquer based paint over the factory paint on my '85 brat ... I can get some decient black laquer and red lead primer for it, just hoping it won't be make the old paint bubble or anything

w00t! score one for Subaru!

I know you will like Missoula it's a great small town with some advantages of the city :cool: I am moving just a bit south of Msla soon to Hamilton (closer to work), but soon to Stevensville, so I am not too far from Msla ... maybe we can go explore the back roads around here ... I know about a few places, and there is a couple of guys around here that have justys that they take out wheel'n (wait till you see the monster justy!! ) Just PM me when your in town

sounds good mike, I have checked out an old thread on this subject and there is annother engine that is promising, but very pricey here's the link: http://www.dair.co.uk/ there is someone else also working on a ea-81 diesel conversion too: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airsoob/message/30775 let us know how it works out! btw ... the diesel aircraft engine has a 15:1 CR, and has a very interesting 4 piston yet only 2 cylinders ... some sort of 2 stroke diesel that has 2 pistons in one cyl ... very interesting design

LOL!! this thread is killing me!!

well if your going to pay that much for paint, wouldn't you want someone with a good deal of experiance doing the job? I'm definatly what you'd call a do-it-yourselfer, but man ... if I was going to have to pay $800 for the supplies, I don't think I would want to take a chance with my own very limited skill (that's just me, maybe you have lots more experiance painting) Just something I thought I would point out When I paint mine, I am going to be only paying about $250 - 300 for the paint + primer, but I'm not exactly sure if this laquer paint I want to use is compatable with the exsisting subaru paint, if it is, other than time, I should have little more than $400 max into the job and my time. When I want a really nice paint job, (when I can afford it) I will give it to the local classic car builder and pay him $2,000 to do it best. :cool:

kewl ty for the info