When going to the wcss-11, i lost a heater line and dumped all the coolant, its never been the same. Ive replaced both head gaskets, thermostat,{ which was not present before} and put a newer macs radiator out of my gals hatch, which never gets above a 1/4 on a hot day.

put rad. in today, thinking it was old and clogged. still just as bad , if not worse. i looked the heads over well and did not find any cracks. maybe warped? need a ea81 in portland. pay cash, ken @503.735.1583

thanks in advance

A cat in Ellensburg was selling an EA-81 about 3 weeks ago, check the for sale items....

If no one local has anything for you, you can check the Foster LKQ. They had a decent looking engine in an '85 hatch there a couple of weeks ago. Of course you are taking your chances with a JY engine, but it looked fine and it is an ea81 afterall.