rridenour Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I have a 1984 DL 1.6l 5spd Subaru w/o turbo and ps. love the car and want start restoring it. This is my first project of this nature. One of the things I would like to know is what engines will bolt to this tranny? Since the 1.6's seem to be hard to come by and I would like to have an engine on the side ready to go in when this one fails:grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecky Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I have a 1984 DL 1.6l 5spd Subaru w/o turbo and ps. love the car and want start restoring it. This is my first project of this nature. One of the things I would like to know is what engines will bolt to this tranny? Since the 1.6's seem to be hard to come by and I would like to have an engine on the side ready to go in when this one fails:grin: Well, If it is the FWD 5 speed, I believe that the 1.6 is the only one that will bolt up. Welcome to the board lots and lots of help on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rridenour Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 Yeah I forgot it is FWD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durania Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Find you a 5 speed 2wd tranny, and buy an EA81 from CCR engines. From what I have read on the board, they make a mean motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeshoup Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Only thing that will bolt up to your stock tranny is another EA-71 (the 1.6 pushrod motor) or some earlier motors which you probably wouldn't want. If you want a power upgrade, you could get an EA-81 5spd 2WD trans and an EA-81 motor (1.8L Pushrod). You *could* get an EA-82 motor instead (1.8 SOHC), however the thing is wide and is tough to fit between the frame rails. Some people it fits just fine, some people it hits the frame rails. From there, for more power, you could go EJ, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecky Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Since the 1.6's seem to be hard to come by and I would like to have an engine on the side ready to go in when this one fails:grin: Why would this engine fail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rridenour Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 I have faith that it won't but I just bought it with 231,000 miles (Iknow it is still a baby). but I would like to have one that is rebuilt and ready when this one is ready for a break. Twenty + year old parts seem harder to come by. I owned a dl just like this one five years ago but the body died on it. Five years ago I could have found anything for it but now I am coming up empty on a lot of older parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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