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engine down to lightweight. Will leave heads on, pull it out with a bit of help. Not a single leak in common spots. the water pump left drops through cold weather then stopped. It was internal on the pump. This engine never had a repair. Took oil pump off and water pump. The mystery supercharger noise was bottom tensioner on drivers side. I babbled about it here for quite some time (18 months +). The accident did not even kill it with a cam sprocket wedged and running on two cylinders. I shut the engine off and bailed out. would "on a wing and a prayer" be appropriate to say? http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showphoto.php?photo=13226&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=12611

No doubts about lighter weight for power. I just wrecked my old sube at a speed not illegal on the freeway. I took my 20 guage tinsnips to the front end to get at stuff easier. There is not much for true heavy steel going on.I am certain I could pick that car up without an engine. The weight "2200 lbs" for my sedan is a fallacy. I think they mastered the signals on the scales to get the weight they want. Better fuel mileage risks lives... yet saves the planet. How about that record breaking hole in the ozone today in the news. I was a v8 man to the point of hillbilly.Trucks and cars. One day there was an epiphany, yes its a big word: "epiphany". If a motorcycle with 4 wheels is the answer, may it at least have the correct math like a boxer 4 (Just don't get me going on the 5 main bearings ). 3 main bearings forever.

Hey what would an old sube maintainer do with the hitachi carb. I took one apart once to adjust the permanant non-adjustable electric choke to where I wanted, and cleaned out a "needle valve" seat to get a decent idle. I forget anything else- except for throttle sticking wide open om my 87 below freezing, in the prersence of moisture (like ice storms especially.) I lubed the heck out of it and it never worked. Is there a kit for these still around? any recommendations? I took the gl for a ride and like my dl, it was like having no throttle until the halfway point, and then the car moves. I fixed this on the dl with a new fuel pump @ 5-7 psi with a larger volume meant for something else but fit. What egr stuff can disapppear? I like the spfi for many reasons, but the carb can go through hell and back if I know what I am doing with it.Would love a tip or two- I literally have the wiring harness of spfi , and ecu ready to strain my brain in a retrofit if I can't get something decent out of it.

Thanks. I was surprised to see how imperfect that really was, in lining up gaskets and ports. Will have heads off and take them all apart to get the spots indicated. The cfm is so tight, with heat expansion as well, these nubs make no sense. Like running coolant just after the heads into an spfi unit (very hot).Or the spfi unit not even lined up to intake. I am going back to a carb version soon, will check below intake and get gaskets right on that one too. the carb has a big opening, to go to same squeeze as spfi heads is even stranger.It would explain the constant vaccum troubles on my old DL. I am glad someone has done this, I will go ahead and clean them up. That is blood near the intake port! You spoke it and I just looked at my fingers. Sure enough... I guess I go numb and partially blind while working.

I took intake off and found a "nub" on cylinder head it is in the "oem view" part of photo at the bottom of intake hole. Can this be ground away, down into the port about an inch or so, making a circle out of it? I also found it for intake manifold itself. I am willing to guess the whole opening can be ground by at least 1 mm for intake and head, along with the "nub" being ground away.Thats 2 mm total for diameter.It is no doubt a squeeze tighter there in comparison to the spfi barrell and intakes main tunnel. Of course anyone who has done this knows what "only" 2mm can do to a circumference on intake paths If a worry exists about superheated coolant, it is getting more cool air to counteract the missing strength (if it can even be said to be structurally important). How very conservative these things are oem. Anyone done this mod?

I tore into the remnants today... Who needs a bent cam gear? The whole engine, unibody, mounts, crossmembers, etc are bent and misaligned all the way to firewall. It was hard to tell with radiator in. I have intake off with everything attached, pumps and alternator, and am currently using the top of flat engine as tool bench. I will pull this engine by myself and put it in a crate, with heads off. Thank god for understanding landlords.. I am doing this in the driveway! cleanly and quietly of course.

I haven't ever broken one either. Do you have any troubles with power steering? Speaking of xt I found an xt 6 local for 300 obo. It must have the 5 lugs? I did spot 4 flat alloys with a center cap, at a minumum 14 inch oem.Could easily make a decent project for someone. The body is toast.

oh no. 5 main bearings on a d/r tranny. I like that it took the extra power. I just purchased a d/r GL and was doubting the larger wheels that can be put on. If an ej didn't break anything, what I want to do should last.I only want smaller large like 27 inch. My friend is a toyota mudding freak, I'm going to lead him to this video and make fun of him.

possibly. After driving it til warm for a few miles it calmed down to one familiar lifter noise. I checked the oil, it was 1+ quart down and very carbon black.My past subes made noise randomly starting at .25 qt down. Always thought it was dipstick not measuring correctly. This one could be the same, just don't know. Hey, what would you put in tranny? it is all one case for dr and gears .. synthetic ok in an 87 or should I go with conventional. 85w90 whatever type it is, will be weight I use. I also found a quart of dexron2 under the hood. The power steering must have a problem some place. That may be common, my friends 4wd did same thing- a bit more stress on this one to turn due to the rear end lsd. I found a place that can have a rocker panel in a few weeks. Another question is about the fuel lines and carb vs. fuel lines and spfi. Will the spfi fuel pump be ok giving more pressure on a gl's system of fuel lines? other than these things it is no serious problems anywhere. have to attack rust right away is about it (same old stuff). Fenders are excellent, rear quarters need help as usual.brakes are spongy, but no wobbles. I did forget to check if it was power brakes or not,Building a list of chores...

Did this gl take the longest trip in the world or what?! someome had one heck of a journey- once in a lifetime!

That does get it over the magical 2ft diameter. I just tried out 4lo on wet grass bald tires and a slight hill and wow. this thing could go places.I looked at title found it to be an 87 not an 86, and the egr stuff that plagued that generation on one head, is gone. It crossed the north american continent from an island of alaska.104161 little miles 4LO KICKS Butt!

I was informed this engine had head work. I found the egr stuff pinched off. Both heads look like an spfi head.It appears to be the passenger side head has the asv done away with. There is no "asv" or egr pipes on either head and anything egr is just sitting there useless, but there.Someone knew what they were doing At 104k someone got to it while it was young. The Alaska title shows it had a long cross-continental trip somewhere along the line.Swap will be easy mechanically, I am in the process of taking wiring harness out of wrecked 2wd. I also will have the big-rump roast delco radio in the gl too.

Thanks! I may be able to use it some time. I bought the gl drove it to my friends, motor doesn't need much, so swapping isn't necessary. I did take the fender off of the wrecked loyale in an attempt to get the wiring harness without snipping a single wire, for the spfi. That is making for an interesting project. The 2wd I wrecked was quick, so I have to get used to the humble power of the carbed ea82. I will miss my 2wd - it made the little ea82 do a little more than its known for. I did find several newer subes with bigger engines comparably priced, but went with the stuff I have gathered for 9 years to help keep an older one going. The projects to make a mud buggy or whatever seem to prevail on the older ones like I just bought as well.

The gl I am getting has the absolute loudest valves I have ever heard from an ea82- deep twang metal sound, hla's sloppin don't quite do this.I wonder what extreme did it. at 104 k it should be as quiet as a mouse even with bad habits about oil changes, etc.I will find out more to hopefully do away with my worst thoughts- it did go down the road ok. I did notice the heads are the same as well- unlike my 87 dl with those side pipes coming out above the exhaust flange on both heads. I am glad they matched each other. My 161k miles is somebody elses 100k falling apart apparently. I do stay right on top of things.I am assuming the cams to be a bit different. The loyales spfi and a 2bbl carb were worlds apart on take off, and seemed even more conservative than a single barrell spfi. At least I can keep some stuff for future projects. Oh the optimism, I can feel it.

I started pulling things apart. to keep spfi parts and heads, the passenger head is stuck, and some other things I cant get at. Looks like a wrinkled up cotton sheet. I got lucky in more than one way including drivers and cars nearly unscathed , except for mine. The engine kept running, so the part touching the timing cover was barely a squeeze on it. The other side bent away from the drivers side head. I am sure there are body mechanics that have fixed an injury like this, I am not going to- the price and labor on my own is a bit too much. The decision making photos:

2 mounts. On 4wd, they usually stay good for a long time. The driveshaft does alot of stabilizing. I would blame the engine mounts first. A 2wd bounces around even more, even when all mounts are good. Really necessary to replace mounts: (1) when exhaust flange after back of tranny leaks prematurely (2) when the steering wheel feels like it has a tug other than straight under hard throttling- for no obvious reason (3) the front universal goes bad on driveshaft at the back of tranny (4) the exhaust seems to hit the driveshaft even though mounted correctly. My personal experience with this required a broken unibody,a 17 year old sube, and me breaking it under extreme conditions, before all/any of these things happened. Let us know what you do with it!

I could argue forever about the mains. Especially after rebuilding my own 5 main bearing v8s. Shared rod pin, makes a less than ideal crank for outrageous longevity, like a foreign engine often does, unlike v8s. There is a balance that cancels out torque, helps disperse it to the place of importance: the tranny. 3 mains mastered it in the ea82. After seeing the diesel ej motor, I have almost figured out thier paranoia about more mains. every action, reaction- the crank spinning needs the reaction close by for balance, like a boxer can. 5 mains or not, the balance is still there. I often think with no radio on-- hundred(s) of miles fly by, temp guage changes slightly through demands. More metal to metal for the job being done is not a necessity for the 5 main overthink.I am quite content at what is perfectly floating along with fantastically minimal consumption. The shared rod pin (journal) of every american v8 going to 1000+ horses and torque to match is a perfect example that a main between every cylinder is paranoid, and takes metal away from what actually gets "slammed" by piston chamber combustion.(http://93loyale.com/ejcrank.html ) Imagine if the rod journals did what an ea82 does in a v8? My dream engine (along with a 120 degree v block and said crank design for a v6). Not to drift too far off subject.. how big of a 13 inch tire can I go for this gl? 185/80/13? I am thinking of the trails I used to go to already.

It did bring back some memories... the vertical pit wall, the water deep enough to go over the hood...and oh yeah, that ice storm for the 100+ miles down the highway , and then that time I got 50 mpg for reasons never figured and then the camping trips without a tent and the that other time I.... I am enthused. Just found a place that may have rocker panels prebuilt. I only need one.... I have made one already, remember exactly how I did it. It ended up being a galvanized piece and a lamination that could hold a jump off a small cliff. But if I can buy one molded up already and add my extras... Anyone know of a place that still has them in stock? If not, still no worries.

ok, enough 5 main quibble I would run one, not for the prices they hang onto. Anyway... here is the gl I will be finalizing tomorrow- 500 bucks. this is the bad side. Needs rockers and left interior wheel well work- I am familiar with the repairs needed, looking forward to them. Surprising shape for 20 years.all glass good.Under the hood was quite simple. The engine is the noisiest valve smackin ea82 yet, with 104k on odometer have another engine standing by.Owner claims its been sitting a long time, valve noise goes away. Heard no clicks from axles, engine bay decent with leaks. It doesn't sag in the back, this is the way i parked it trying the "4lo" out.It sits rather high actually.Having had a pushbutton dl 4wd, the 4lo is a nice extra for some of the places I could go.Manual windows, no a/c and full guages on dash. A sigh of relief considering what i just lost with my loyale. here is console of dual range if you have never seen one

You got my story nearly perfect. The camaro was harassing my intentions for several miles before the slow honda- wouldn't let me pass, and when I thought his game was done by slowing down, he was right there again beside me.It would speed up, slow down, I could even hear the bellow of his engine in my car when he throttled. what a jerk. I wonder how big his ego is now, not only knowing he could mess with my 90hp, but could have avoided a serious accident.Taking off after involvement is a crime. I know of many that instantly slam on brakes in the scenario I was in to see a 12 car pile up on the news. All I did was tap brakes which always gets attention for cars behind and did the best thing to keep momentum from coming to a trajic sudden stop for at least half a dozen cars that were not far behind- all from 65mph to who knows what for speed. My friend nearly died in a camaro- "only"a 305 ci with cram air injection. We both agreed the car creaked into something twisting every hard take off. Insane power to weight ratio.Even the steering wheel showed the car did not want to go absolutely straight in hard throttling.Upon gaining an IQ of a monkey, I gave up my own v8 american coupe. It only took deaths and life altering injuries before my lies.There are still die hards out there assuming things they shouldn't with cars not correct (The previous sentence sums up my whole avoidable accident- foriegn cars or American.).

In a blink of an eye that independent suspension on a sube can take 3 inches off the liftkit that river riding solid axle weirdos false impression and go the same places. I do not even want to say where I went on tall 13 inch and factory height.. respectably in comparison as a lifted truck.Quite surprising if you can conform like a mountain animal 6 inches off the ground and do the unlikely- and not even tear anything off the bottom. A lifted sube would be quite a machine.

they run ok off one tooth. EGR valve does not like it and anything top end or exhaust (whatever side had the leaky opening as a result of one tooth off). If on exhaust side opening too soon, it is ok except for egr, intake open too long, bad news on top end and valves. One way or another you may notice something strange even after fixing. Gas additives that clean are good if something physically didn't get hurt (the valves especially) maybe a gasket challenged, etc. mine recovered even after a long trip with a tooth off and scrapping egr entirely (not necessarily necessary to scap it, i chose to.)

ok, cool,thanks for advice. So i won't need a bungi cord to keep it in 4-lo like the ea81 I remember. Hopefully the body won't brake like my dl or the carb stick below 32 degrees wide open. I do have spfi and a 2wd setup entirely, if need be I would swap it. Spfi is going to be a first swap. I really like it conservative/reliable . cold weather was excellent. I haven't got a personal look yet, but it is known to be sitting there inspected from a strict place. That is a Good sign 3 mains rule. 5 mains a need a v8. I just got a close up look at a friends legacy gt yesterday (he apparently thought I was a mechanic on newer subes) . I looked up the po304 code it was throwing on the net and came up with the "misfire in #4 cyl" . The woman who drives it says it "jerks and jumps in the cold" We pulled some plug wires saturated in oil after taking the coolant looking reservoir out of the way.I wondered how it was labeled "limited" and "GT" without a turbo.wondered what it took to blindly get a plug out and in, or to clean the threads.That intake is huge for a little engine.The biggest change beside the 5 mains is the very powerfully flowing heads- I like that part of them alot.The plastic intake attracting all the dust was as warm as the engine. pleasant thoughts of my home made aluminum sheet metal induction would be a must have for me. Not that I will ever pay the high price for a label and mistakes. An ea82 with same top end (intake/head design) is 500cc away from it and less friction on 3 mains.I bet it would not only equal- but when torquing situations happened , especially in the longer runs, the 3 mains friction would slide away from an ej's demise. I will not just go with the stampeded opinion and thief game of book value, vs the real thing. Lets stand our grounds peacefully. I made my mind up a looong time ago."What if's" and "why" questions went thoroughly through my aching head and came up with reasons not good enough to like the 5 main boxer.3 mains forever. May it get a top end setup someday worth the power they could have acheived. Like a 10 second vw beetle, I hardly dreamed.

I have a means to purchase, sight unseen at this point. what is real common problems unique to GL? I have learned the exhaust and other usuals need attention. This car has 4-hi and lo. The last time I saw this was on an ea81 sube wagon and it was problematic. The ea82 gen fix things? Truth would be great! Everything you dislike about your gl with hi-lo 4wd.

The stupid part about this camaro is the fact he ran. I think he may have been a drunk. I could spot him in a line-up no doubts as we got that close. Why he was challenging little foriegn cars on the freeway? I could guess on his place of origin if it meant a false accusation of racist towards me.I tried to live with it in the past, and ran like hell to get away from the very mentailty that stupid driver thinks he can get away with.I had a further assumption he went home and bragged to his friends.. I bet it was not even a bad dream ... The 86 gl is looking promising. it has the carb and buglights, not all that common. 4hi and low.Exhaust has the infamous leak on that generation heads.I would be giving it spfi heads and spfi unit first thing along with keeping the vacuum advance distributor somehow (I loved that nearly perfect durability). But I have to wait again for current owner to confirm..