del Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 What I have; 1988 gl wagon, 5sp dr tranny, modified turbo cross member. what I want; 5lugs from a xt6. Question will the xt6 cross member work in my ea82 wagon? thanks del edit; my car is not turbo charged, and this is why my cross member is modified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I'm assuming engine crossmember? why is your turbo crossmember modified? and even if it is, don't need to swap it out to go 5-lug. the XT6 engine crossmember will fit. but the XT6s use a very different power steering system, and, as a result, I don't think the EA82 steering rack will bolt up the crossmember, and converting to the XT6 system would be a definite downgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 I'm assuming engine crossmember?yes why is your turbo crossmember modified?to clear the nonturbo exaust and even if it is, don't need to swap it out to go 5-lug.I here you have to modify the hole where the lower control arm bolts, plus get rid of my hacked up cross member the XT6 engine crossmember will fit. but the XT6s use a very different power steering system, and, as a result, I don't think the EA82 steering rack will bolt up the crossmember, and converting to the XT6 system would be a definite downgrade.ok back to the original plan del Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 yea, the hole where the control arm bolt is larger on most XT6 arms (seems that FWD ones are the exception...). but that only takes a few minutes to hit the holes with a drill bit. don't even need to take it out. I'd leave it as-is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomRhere Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 The XT6 crossmember also has wider spacing between the bolts that mount it to the frame rails. I'm not 100%, but I'm thinking the mount bosses for the steering rack are reversed on the XT6 crossmember vs the rest of the EA-82 ones. There's a round one, and a square one on each, but they're flipped side to side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 The XT6 crossmember also has wider spacing between the bolts that mount it to the frame rails. o rly?! I didn't know that....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomRhere Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=59454 Scroll down to post 11, I have measurements and link to pics there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Now all I have to do is find xt6 stuff. The only two I knew where, well they were crushed. del Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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