Hi there everyone. Just got my first (old) Sub, and all my research leads here. Guess that means this is the place to be! Car is a '76 DL wagon, fwd auto (for now...). Which direction to go is still up in the air, either ea 81 d/r, lift, etc., or ej, 5sp manual fwd road car. Both would be fun and practical. Well, I look forward to meeting you all and learning from you!

Sounds like you have quite the plans for that little car

The EA71 is bullet proof, much like the bored and stroked version of it known

as the EA81, but a bit underpowered for my tastes.

Torquey little suckers though.

 

Getting rid of that 3AT is probably the best thing you could do for that car.

The tough part will be getting any tranny aside from a slim case EA71 tranny

to fit in the tranny tunnel.

That of course would be fixed by a lift, as little of the tranny would actually

be inside the tranny tunnel...

 

But if you went with a road car, I think you would enjoy an AWD 5sp.

I've heard the XT6 tranny can be retrofitted with a viscous coupler from EJ,

but don't quote me on that one.

That, I think, would make for a better driving experience than a FWD

The only downside would be the minor power loss and weight gain from the

AWD system.

But it would be more capable in the snow and real drifting FTW.

 

Anyway, welcome and have fun on the board

 

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