Jerry DeMoss

I like to see other pics of hatch's that people own.Gives me some ideas.

I will have to get more pics.This my first time posting pics so I will have to try again.

Heres one of my engine with the heads off of it. Also I forgot to add these photos are courtesy of TurboXt who took these with his camera phone. A special thanks to him for giving me an extra hand putting it back together.

Here is the most recent photo of my hatch.These were take while I was replacing headgaskets.I will get more once I replace my broken camera.

Nice to hear about that project getting well along now.Nice!

If more can be bought count me in.I would love another one.

That looks just like my intake.(Lucky me)Truly is a rare thing of beauty.

Subies have always been boxer style unless you count the justy or the 360.

I would like to see if anyone out there has installed wrx or sti seats into their hatch?I know of a nice set of the sti seats.Just wondered how hard they would be to mount?Anyone have some pics?Thanks.

Haha!Very good! Thats using your noggin'!

Any new progress Phil?How is that spy conversion going?

I think it would be cool to do one of those as a swap.I know that the mounting and what not will be a bit tricky but would be really cool to see it done.Good luck.I think rotaries are a nice engine but if you are going to boost it at all...you better get some better apex seals in there and do a periferal port on the engine to make it come alive.

Nice to hear you are able to make some headway.Are you going to have to pull out the motor and use a bfh to make room for the turbo and piping?Good luck with that.

Depending on the mileage your internals should be ok.I had the same problem on the '86 hatch that I bought.TurboXT and I put new headgaskets on and that made it run like a top.This is just the n/a motor but I am sure it would be pretty similar.Also the motor i have has 187k on it.Good luck.

I am not sure what is available by you but I get mine at fastener supply warehouse.I know you can also get some from a few parts places like: carquest and napa.

I have used fram for a long time and have been very pleased.I have also use mobil 1 oil with all my oil changes.I have found the mobil filter to be a good one also.

Nice little jump action shot.I like the no door look.

Ya you could do it.You would be cutting the fire wall a bit and mounting custom engine mounts.Just depends on how much you want to do it.Also time and money come into play. Also it is the oil pump that gets chewed up on those little 3's.

Power wire for the distributor from the coil?

Look for the engine code on the block right next to the distributor.Should just be a little to the left and up from there(If you are facing the engine from in front of the car).If it says ea71 you have the 1.6L and if it says ea81 it is the 1.8L.Probly have the 1.8L ea81 in your car.

Really nice pics!Good job on going through that ice.Any under carriage damage on any of the vehicles?

Did you check your muffler bearings?That may be the problem.Maybe blowing oil back in through the knueter valve due to rapid expansion. Just kidding.Possible that one of the injectors is sticking a little.Not real familiar with the "T" ea81's.Also the idea of the 02 sensor may be a good place to start.Let me know if you would like some extra help.

There shouldn't be any need for any type of sealer as long as you mating surfaces are clean.Good luck.

Nice job Ross.I find unique pleasure hearing about success stories of the ever valiant ea81 or ea81t.Way to go.

Depending on if you are using synthetic or regular oil the viscosity may seem a little different.I have found that 10w30 synthetic flows like 5w30 regular.I have no proof to back it up I have just found that I really like sythetics alot better.