November 28, 200421 yr An '86GL with under 160k From AZ with not a speck of rust or collision damage. Interior is OK with a cracked dash pad, one cracked tailight and a tiny exhaust leak. I got it for $1,500 plus I put in a new clutch & front strut mounts for $250 total. What years did the Brat have the 1600 vs 1800?
November 28, 200421 yr Thats a nice looking Brat, very cherry indeed. I believe Subaru stopped putting 1600's in the Brat in 1984. -Brian
November 28, 200421 yr In the U.S......... Thats a nice looking Brat, very cherry indeed. I believe Subaru stopped putting 1600's in the Brat in 1984. -Brian
November 28, 200421 yr NNIIICCEEE!! And what a background! If that was my shot I would blow it up and frame it!
November 28, 200421 yr not to be a pessimist,but check your wheel wells.they are an achilles heel for these brats.you can check out subarubrat,com .his page gives a run down on it that helped me out a bunch...
November 28, 200421 yr Author The wells look perfect but I do need to check the area behind the shock mounts that supposedly collects water. I have'nt had a chance to pull them yet but what are all the access panels in the bed for? The 2 by the wells I assume are for access to the shocks.... I belive this has the EA81-1800 motor, from what I can tell anyway. Thanks for the complements on the pic. Thats 12,000' Sandia Peak in the background, well its behind the clouds anyway.
November 28, 200421 yr Author I was thinking about the bigger motor (EA-82) or mabey even a turbo but I need to find out what that is gonna take to do (both cost and effort). From what I understand the 82 is pretty much just drop in. I dont have inside work space right now so I was thinking of building a motor in a spare room and swaping it out. Does anybody build crate motors? Also is their a good source for rebuild components? SAMO: I dont think I will off road it with a lift, but was thinking more of a Rally look. Mabey some bigger rally style rims/tires and some brush bars/lights up front (intercooler behind it )
November 28, 200421 yr CCR inc. can get you a perfectly rebuilt ea81 or ea82. http://www.ccrengines.com very respected on this board. Thats a very nice color on that brat!
November 28, 200421 yr Nice, but if you want more power, the EASY way to get it is with a weber carb and free flowing exhaust first of all. Still need more then maybe put a cam in a CCR EA81. You could swap in an EA82, but the EA81 is so bulletproof I dont see much reason to.
November 28, 200421 yr that is one pretty brat! good score! i hope you do great things with it always nice to see more brats!
November 28, 200421 yr What a great looking BRAT, congratulations on the steal, you could pay 4k or so out here for one in that shape.
November 28, 200421 yr you could pay 4k or so out here for one in that shape.Really!?!?! thanks for the tip.. i had no idea! And it was a good deal for how newer (or at least looking like it) it is. How many miles?
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