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My preferences: Purolater OEM Wix Napa

Huh, you guys would be in for a world of hurt. I know some of these women and they would chew you up and spit you out, and then do this Dont expect to go there and play games with them, I seriously doubt they would play fair with you Especially you Jeff

I guess the only way to "prove" that a Fram filter was at fault for the demise of a engine before its time would to buy a new car and run nothing but Fram filters in it. Follow the manufacturers oil schedule and keep all receipts of oil changes. Then every 30k, take a sample of the oil to a lab and see what they find. If and when the engine goes TU take the final oil sample and the record of previous ones from the lab and contact a lawyer. IF it shows that Fram has a inferior product. After all that I still dont see anyone winning a court battle over it. Our best choice is to NOT buy Fram products.

Keep this up and the thread is going to end up in the New Gen Forum Keep on topic, were talking EA82T. Nothing else, nothing less. To build a reliable EA82T thats got some grunt to it, takes finesse. Dont scoff either, you all know the results that alot of us have had pushing just a little to far past the limits of this engine. You have to know when to stop and be satisfied with what you have. Trust me, that has to be the hardest thing to do. Boost is addictive :cool:

After reading this thread and many more like it, I decided to do a little research today. A friend and I were at the Tacoma PAP scavenging for some Subaru parts (of course) and after we got our little treasures I started pulling the hood up on vehicles that had no physical damage. This way I would assume they were in the yard for mechanical failure. On average, I would say 4 out 5 vehicles were running Fram oil filters. Some had Pennzoil or aftermarket filters and very few had OEM or "good" filters. This was just in the import section, we didnt look in the American section. Just a little FYI and kind of confirms my suspitions(sp). I was actually a little surprised at the high number.

You have to be a boost junkie to understand :-p Ah, the rush of forced induction

Those and the thers screws that hold the uppers to the lowers. I have found those get loose often.

Ah, but have you ever built one and driven it? Take your spare engine and go completly through it. If you have the time and $, put new bearings and rings in it. Dont have to be fnacy expensive one, stock will work. Get the heads milled, but dont over do it. Otherwise you will have to much compression and HG issues. Get the valves and guides done. Polish the intake ports if you want. New parts are a must. Get a new WP, OP, new timing belts and tenshioners. Re-seal the complete engine. I use a K&N drop in filter, it works great. Upgrade the coil to a MSD. I now run NGK Iridium plugs. Pricey, but they work. As long as you re-seal the engine, you can run synthetic (like me). Open the exhaust up. I have 2.5in from the DP back. Make sure the turbo has no shaft play. It safe to boost up to 12-12psi. If you do so, install a IC. A TD04 is a nice upgrade but it spools up slower and the rpm's need to be higher. My RX is putting out 130bhp. Thats 100hp to the wheels and 106tq. I dont know if I want to drag race it, the launches are to harsh with fulltime 4wd. My tranny is the weak point now. Do all this and be conservative with the power upgrades and you might hit the 14's. If you dont mind changing engines like a NHRA mech, go with a SPFI block and have fun!

How flexible are you? The hard part is getting under the dash to remove and install the cable end to the clutch bracket assembly. Theres a clip that holds the cable end, cant remember if its a bolt or screw. After thats removed just pull it out of the firewall from the engine compartment, remove from clutch fork then install in reverse order.

Are they for a 2wd or 4wd? Theres a difference and finding front struts for a 4wd are getting harder to find. All the ones I have found on Ebay are 2wd. I have had 2 orders cancelled in a week. One for KYB's and the last one for Sach's. I'm calling my Dealer today to see if he has OEM ones.

$795 to CT from WA. It would probably cost more in gas one way to do it yourself.

You are correct. One is a right and the other a left.

I believe there are 2 main harness connections for the engine, down along side the drivers side frame rail or on top of the tranny. Its been a while since I worked on a XT. But to pull the engine, these needed to be disconnected. I had a problem like this once when I was doing multiple swaps on my RX and I finally discovered that I didnt have the plugs tightly connected.

Yes, but they are more rare then hens teeth. Andy, I prefer tye dyed

I believe this one was done by Skip a while back.

I wouldnt say it was EA81T specific. It could be a JDM up-pipe. Maybe a little more research into the JDM crate engines will reveal more info? There might be some on Ebay right now.

I need to know the year and whether its 2wd or 4wd. I have 8 listings for a turbo mid-pipe :-p The up-pipe I currently have on my RX has the O2 sensor. It might have come off of a JDM crate engine that was in one of my old EA81T Coupes. I removed it when I upgraded everything to EA82T parts. Its working fine for me at the moment, seeing how my DP has no O2 sensor.

Good to see its almost done Even I would like something like that. I like to recline once in a while, take a nap.

My parts book shows the same part # for 86/87. It also includes a new part # for 87/88, superceding 86. The GL XT didnt get the newer part # till 87. None of them show the O2 sensor in the up pipe. I dont have a parts book for the EA81's.

EA81T up pipe has the O2 sensor. EA82T has the O2 sensor in the DP.

You better keep him for a back up if you plan on buying a SVX. Trust me, I own a few of them

Only if I was a witness. Otherwise your on your own. Personally, I would count my blessings and walk away from it. They have been getting bad press for a couple of years now. If they cant figure out why people get pissed off when dealing with them, they need to fire everyone that works in a managerial position there.

KYB for the front of a 4wd EA82 is almost impossible to find. The one I did find, on Ebay, they wanted $98 Monroe and Gabriel just wont cut it, especially when I will be RallyX'n. The Sach's were available for 4wd and they only wanted $66ea, with free shipping with any order over $55. Guess I'll be giving a review in a few weeks.

I know they make a pretty good clutch, but I'm looking at some front struts from them. Anyone ever use thier suspension parts?

Subaru p0rn? A little hint to folks that browse at work....always delete your browser history when you log off.