Ratty2Austin

of course I will be there... but who or what I bring is still in the works...

I detect another road trip... although, I will be out there soon... maybe later this summer. (the east coast) dont know if I will fly or drive.. hopefully drive... road trips are fun! I would like to meet you guys out there too- anyone consider a central USA Subaru show? so that everyone is involved?

arg!! I cant play WMV files due to a microsoft retardation issue any chance you could save them in Mpeg or mov format? (pwease!??)

I could sell you my SPFI conversion stuff that I have collected for my EA81 spfi conversion- (manifold, ECU, wire miniharness (needs to be made into a harness and I have the diagram) and a disty (needs to be modified for ea81) i dont know if shipping would be too bad for an intake and things...

that sounds good corky, I am actually looking for some 15" wheels too, or any set of 4 that match (the ones on the car now are Ed's, when i bought it it came with a mis matched set of 14s steels (yes, the wheels didnt even match either, and the tires were ALL different) ) and if I get struts, I will need front and rear... I also need a few other minor things for the interior, headrests and a glove box would be a nice start.. and a sun visor for the drivers side tailights too? need both! yep, the brats wheels is my doing!!! long story, involving my first subaru - Zap should remember, its how I got into the whole USMB is because of those wheels on my white wagon! (parked at the hobby shop back in '00)

enjoy! http://usmb.net/gallery/album318

so what struts do I need to get and does anyone have some that I can buy? (for my 94 imp wagon) i guess I should start lookin for some parts!

and... some of the EJ cars were also 3.9, or 4.11 or ..... there are many different configs out there, so check the donor car you get the tranny from, and just make sure you get the matching diff! the 4EAT will not fit in any EA MT car without widening of the tunnel.. if you look at a 4EAT and a 5MT of any kind side by side, you will see why.. the 4EAT is huge! as for the engines, EJ22 and EJ18 first gen, will fit in both EA81 and EA82 bodys- I had an EJ22 in a 1980 body, mudrat has a EJ18 in a 86 ea81 hatchback, and corky made an RX (EA82T body) with an EJ20T and 5MT.... so it can be done, you just need to research all the things needed to be done and collect all your parts you need before the conversion

as far as opinions go, I like the EJ18 better than the EJ22, but i think gas milage has some things to do with my opinion.. and they do hold up very well too as far as not having many problems.. I have one in my 94 impreza!! go EJ18!!

well, I think I am going to go with the stock ECU and such, and if I cant get it to go, then I will use MS.... so now I just need to get the pinout for the specific ECU... the one in the USRM didnt have the correct color codes on the harness? the plugs were the same WxL and such, but the wires didnt seem to be in the same places as far as colors go.. so I want to verify with the specific year/ P/N in the 88 FSM...

I am tempted to do megasquirt, but i want to talk to someone who has done that before, so i can get an Idea of what needs to be done, or what I could do... I am good at soldering and such with small electronics, so the unassembled kit could be fine... i spent 8.50 on wires 10.00 on ECU 21.00 on disty so how hard , or what part is the hardest to do with megasquirt?

so from PAP today, i got a ECU, the attaching wires (about 8 inches from the ECU) and then i got the harness from the engine, cut off where it goes into the fender, the MAF (non flapper) wire cut to about 2 ft long, and the Disty with 2 ft of wire after the plug... the disty came from a 87.5 spfi wagon (same non flapper style) the rest came from a 88 spfi, both wagons, both MT. ECU part # is 22611AA392 I need to get the plug pin diagrams, so that I can hook up the harness to it. if anyone knows where I can get that, or could get it for me- that would be very helpful! Im gonna see if the FSM has that info at work.. hope it will... thanks!

well, i need to get a harness, ECU, fuel pump and a good disty... anyone have some they could sell me soon? my brat failed emissions again, and i dont want to bother with the carb anymore... im gonna go hit PAP this weekend.. see if I can gather parts there is the spfi/mpfi/turbo disty different from one another? or does it depend on the year?

i liked and hated that movie.. it was funny.. it was stupid.. but thats what made it funny! and i got very excited when i saw the brat! (before i watched the movie, i FFwd the DVD till i saw the brat scene, then I watched the movie...)

i just got back from a 1800 mile trip across WA, ID, MT, ND and MN... and we had no belt issues! but.. they were all new.. and I had extras with me! so do yourself a favor, and bring extra belts, and all the needed tools to change them if it happens!! you never know when you pop one, especialy when your 50+ miles from civilization in any direction! good luck!

well, i was brainstorming today.... here is one idea so far.... for the disty... maybe use an EA81T disty? that would bypass the need to modify an ea82 disty... and yes, I will most certainly make instructions/diagrams/ info on how to do it if it works!

get me a tailgate!!!!! then tell me how much i owe ya!!! I will pick it up!!!! oooooohhhhhhhh!!! (and please tell me it has chrome on the tailgate!!!) wooohoooo!! poor brat!!! oh!! and both tailights!!!

so I moved back from MPFI and turbo, back to carburated.. and now I realised why I had converted the wagon to MPFI (EJ22)... i dont like carbs!!! so.... i know the theory behind putting EA82 SPFI onto EA81... ea82 disty+ea81disty gear ea82 SPFI manifold, wiring, ecu, O2 sensor, fuel pump, MAF, etc... bolts onto ea81 block... if i get it all to work, theoretically i should have good gas milage, and pretty consistant running right? anyone else succesful with this conversion? any attempts and problems/reccomendations? anyone have some good SPFI parts they would be willing to sell/donate to the cause? (I need wiring and ECU, and maybe some other good parts) thanks!

here are a few pics of the trip that we took with the wagon and XT when they were going to their new homes! http://usmb.net/gallery/album311

well, John is the guy you want to talk to, but the guy who actually *makes* the plate, is Mike, mtsfabman...... ...just for the record...

its all good- I almost painted it black before i decided on yellow, hense the black interior parts... but anyways.. we made it home, no terrorists on the flight, in fact.. sun country was a very good service.. they even had cheeze burgers in flight! (complimentary!) it feels like an empty home now with all the children gone.. but the brat will soon grow up to be as loved as the others! :cool: the trip was quite fun, a bit adventurous... it would be much more fun if we had more time, and could do it as a road trip with sight seeing and proper camping, instead of parking next to a ideling semi for an hour and a half but it was still fun! hope to do it again soon!!

well, take-off at about 4am tomorrow!! tonight we are meeting up with John in lynnwood tonight to make the deal with the XT, and then he will have his car! see you guys in MN on saturday!!! (and sunday)

yep Tim, I got your number saved now... so just incase! but I think we are taking I-94 thru ND, unless the weather is really bad... were all loaded up now! tonight John will be in my area, and we will meet up and do our thing, and then head out Fri early early East!!!

counting down..... the wagon has a CD player now... so its happy... the XT got a new starter motor and a orbital battery.. and a synthetic gear oil change for the tranny.. so it is happy too- so thursday night.. load personal supplys up into cars.. meet everyone here in Lynnwood area for dinner and such... -depart Friday eary early early!!! (4 am?) friday night.. hopefully arrive in Billings, or farther, that is the half way point to Minneapolis) saturday night- arrive in Excelsior for the wagon, XT will be on its way home from there.... sunday- time cushion in case anything happens to delay the trip monday- I fly home at 2pm MSP time

what!! open diff!!! there is another way!!?? bah!! hurray for open diff!!! thats the only way to drive want me to show you the tricks of open-diffness?