I have finally gotten The Beast back on the road! It has been like 4 or 5 months since I have driven it, and I am very happy to be back in my favorite Roo of all time. I have swapped out the EA82 in favor of the older, more reliable EA81. I know, most of you are probably thinking, why didn't i just drop in an EJ motor? Cuz I didn't want to. Plus the EA81 swap was very easy, no adaptor plates, no wires, no timing belts to change! I ended up using the EA82 flywheel because the EA81 flywheel was 1/8 inch too thick, and it created clutch problems. I had to trim a little bit of metal off the bottom of the engine to get the EA82 unit to work though. I think this motor has more power than the one I pulled out of the car, so I am very happy with my decision to "downgrade". As for my busted out rear window, I replaced it with a piece of lightly tinted Lexan and silicined it in place. I still have work to do though, I still have to trim the rear fnders so the tires don't rub, replace all 4 axles, fix all the trim for the hatch, make a bracket for my EA82 power steering pump, and some various little things on the engine. I had to strip out all the carpet and insulation from the cargo area and I vaccumed out large quantities of water , luckily NO RUST . I think I want to Rhino line the cargo area, keep it cheap and simple. I am also working on gathering up stickers to replace the ones I lost along with my old glass window . I had a few strange electrical issues for a while, but those have been resolved, and everything works just like it did before, including the 1 speed heater fan . Im just very happy to be driving it again. Pics:

 

 

 

My interior:

 

The difference between the flywheels, EA81 on the left, EA82 on the right:

 

My engine bay before:

 

And after:

Freaking badass man.

Hey that engine looks familier

Hell yeah. After seeing your thread it made me rethink my swap. Now I'm asking myself "EJ22 or EA81?" do you have any complaints on power? If not I may consider that swap.

Hell yeah. After seeing your thread it made me rethink my swap. Now I'm asking myself "EJ22 or EA81?" do you have any complaints on power? If not I may consider that swap.

 

actually I think my new engine has more power than the EA82 I had did, but I have a Ford 2 barrel carb and some custom spacers I made for the EA82 manifold. I like it a lot, I thinking about getting a cam from Deta for it though, get a little more power, but it still spins those 31 inch Toyo tires

Hi Bill This is Jerry, that engine looks lost in that large engine bay. Thats the good old days when everything isn't stuff into a little hole cool beans. Thanks Jerry

Yeah, there sure is a lot of space in there, but it really makes it easy to work on with it in the car, especially with that lift. I like it a lot

You can adjust the valves no problem in her now.

 

Why did you put that switch right on top of the dual range emblem of all places?

You can adjust the valves no problem in her now.

 

Why did you put that switch right on top of the dual range emblem of all places?

 

Well, I was running out of good places to put switches, and the Craftsman screwdriver is the dual range lever now I like to keep all my off road light switches in the same place

I predict you won't be taking her to 6500 RPM's anymore.

hehe well.....

I predict you won't be taking her to 6500 RPM's anymore.

 

I've had EA81's to 7000 or so. They do just fine as long as the valves are properly adjusted (hydro prefered).

 

GD

I think the boxer design is well suited for high rpm applications, and I believe pushrod motors are well suited for high rpms, look at NASCAR engines for example, so combining the two seems like a logical high rpm killer combo to me . I just wish it had more low end grunt than it does.

hey hey cool beans (as put by jerry) i got my Drivers Licence back the other day and took my X cab out man that weber has power

yeah its amazing what putting a bigger carb on those cars will do for the power Now comes the important question: to Nitrous, or not to Nitrous...