Howdy, I'm a Subie Newbie...get it? I have just aquired my first Subie, an '84 GL wagon 4x4. It has the 1.8 with 2 bbl carb and 4 speed. A friend has a '90 Loyal wagon 4x4 that he might give me. I was wondering if any of you could tell me if any parts off the '90 can go onto the '84, as far as suspension, brakes, engine and tranny?

 

Also, I have no idea about the jargon I'm reading about, like EA82 and stuff. What are these I have? Are those engine numbers or chassis? Hard to read the threads when I don't know what they mean! Ha ha.

 

Love the site. Much thanks to ScoobyWagon for pointing me this way. Got the car for four-bying, so hope to get together with others in WA who know something about these cars. Have had Hondas forever, but can't off-road them very well!

 

Thanks for your input!

 

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madmac18

'84 GL wagon 4x4 -- 231K

'84 Honda Civic 1500S slalom racer -- 230K

'84 Dodge Full-size Van (camper)

Probably the only thing that will bolt on are the rear brakes. Almost everything else is different.

 

Engine, Tranny, Suspension... all different.

 

The wheels and tires will work however.

 

-Brian

EA81, EA82 etc is an engine code, do some research and you should have no problem finding informitave sites, and welcome to the subie community.

EA81 and EA82 also refer to the chassis as well.

While not technicaly a bolt in, the engine and tranny are not difficult to swap in. The EA81 (engine in the 84) is a much stouter design than the EA82 so I would suggest just shelving them as spares.

Okay, thanks a bunch. Sounds like not something I would want for parts unless it had rear discs and maybe good tires, but possibly put it together for the nephew. :-\ If it was an auto, I'd fix it for my mom, but alas...

 

I'll do some reasearch on these numbers. Would like to know what I'm looking at! Just picked up a Haynes for it yesterday.

 

I'm sure I'll be back for more later!!

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madmac18

'84 GL wagon 4x4