I have found 2 potential brats for sale here. One is in really nice shape, but i think the owner thinks it is nicer than it is. The other needs attention, but most of the important stuff is there.

I was wondering about a few things:

How haard is it to put a turbo engine in a naturally aspirated 86? Also, doesnt the 5 speed mount right up? Can you add an AC? What about Cruise control?

Which years had the cyclpos middle headlight? Which year had just two round headlights?

Thanks.

-jack

the only Brat to have the center light was the 82, but it can be added to any Gen2 Brat easily.

that's cool. What about adding cruise, a 5 speed, AC, and swapping in a turbo?

CC can be added fairly easily, actually, I have a genuine subaru cruise control with everything needed still in the box. Five speeds can be added easily with the help of Jerry's modification kit. I think it's like 100 bucks. I have heard many great things about it. If you are gonna go turbo, then I suggest finding a turbo motor, don't forget to grab the ECU (BRAIN). You don't want to just add a turbo to a NA car because of the compression and like I said earlier the eecu. bOZ

Hey, phatbrat, where did you get the "genuine subaru cruise control with everything needed still in the box"?

I want one because I have a problem with speeding up and slowing down on the highway.

How much do you want to pay? I got it from a buddy of mine a while back (3 yrs?). He bought it for his hatch then never installed it. He sold his hatch a long time ago. I shoulda bought it, it was nice (and slightly modified ) Boz

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Adding a turbo motor is NOT as simple as grabbing the motor and the ECU - you need practically the entire donor car. The whole engine bay is different, the cross-member is different, the wireing harness for everything is different. Even the battery tray is on the other side of the car (has to be cut from the donor car, and welded in). It can and has been done though, so if you really want to do it, find a beat-up Turbo Wagon, and use it for a donor. If you do the turbo engine, then it will already have AC, but you will need the condensor and evaperator from the donor car as well - and all the parts under the passenger side dash that hold all that junk.

 

GD

sorry, I forgot about this post.

how is the cruise "slightly modified"

I don't know, how much do you think it would cost? (I probabaly can't afford it anyway?, maybe?

The cruise wasn't modified, the car was. As for the CC, let me see if I can find it then we can talk price. I don't want your kidney because I am not Subaru however, this is expensive to buy and is brand new with instructions. We will talk a fair price. I am not gonna use it so I might as well sell it. Boz

next in line for the cruise control kit

anybody added ac?

:drunk: :drunk: :drunk: lol

 

clint.

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or something.