MilesFox

an idea i had in mind would be ti use the turbo pistons, and then make up a twin turbo system using stock ea82 turbos. so if 1 turbo can run 4 cylinders, then a turbo for 3 cylinders each would act as a boost without mods! and then use the xt6 stock fuel system, and tweak the timing a but....................................................

the 2wd and 4wd use the same strut cap, but its oriented one way or the other depending on 2wd or 4wd

if you happen to roll through indiana, give me a hollar! i assume you would take interstate 65 south from chicago. i live on the other side of indiana, but you can take interstate 69 south to kentucky. butler is on us6 just 3 miles from ohio line email me if you are going that way.

if its the vented rotor you are trying to replace a solid rotor, yes, it will fit, BUT, you will have to use the calipers from the 83-84(vented rotor) but solid rotors will fit ina vented rotor's caliper with no conversion. if your car is already vented rotors you will have no problems

i'll pull some revs up to 5000 rpms for all the highschool kids at the basketball court at the library. then this one dude in a 3.1 grand am revs his motor, thinking his factory dual exhaust is the dook. then i take the rpms up to 7000 rpms and hold it there! then the kid looks at me like he is confused, revs his motor a few times trying to match me---allthewhile i am purring at 7000. and then he drives off with a rod knock

i got it all put back togeter, i had jim's wife pat take me to autozone in it, and the speedo was reading like it always have. the ecs never came on, even tough i havent reset it. i cleaned up the interior and polished all the plastic. jim will be a very happy man when he gets home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah, subarus are like legos. i know from what i have tried. you can use the mid pipe of ANY 2wd soob, stick or auto, wagon,sedan, or 3door! you can also use a ANY 4wd pipe on a 2wd, but not the other way around

your battery may be shot. i ahve seen cars that will run with a jump start, run for an hour, and if you turn it off for a few minutes, it will not crank. i would check out or replace the battery to start with. if the alt is reading 14 volts then its good. take your ride to autozone, they have charging system diagnostics for free. if anything is bad, they will tell you, in hopes that they can sell you a replacement!

if the 4wd light doesnt come on, check the electrical connections on the top of the tranny.... also, its possible the bulb in the dash may be burnt out. my 87gl-10 turbo is a 5spd, and someties the 4wd indicator doesnt come on or go off right away. but mine is a stick, not an auto. my 2 cents

thanx for the info, Skip! I believe i found the problem....I pulled the instrument cluster to find the speedo dome 6 inches behind it. i got under the hood and found a heater hose ran under the speedo; Jim installed a coolant flush kit, and had a little trouble removing one of the hoses. so in his efforts he must have tugged on the speedo cable causing it to come off the back of the instrument cluster. i know it just didnt fall off, and if work was done to the hose, then there you go! I'll get it put together and report my findings!!! i feel i must be extra careful on jim's ride, it is his pride and joy, but i am glad he trusts me to work on it while he is at work. he'll be happy to see it working by the time he gets home!!!

worry about just the cost of cigarettes! i smoke, but sometimes i get tired of it to the point i dont want to smoke anymore.

it can still be done, using the ea82t or any other motor with turbo heads and intake, wiring harness. firs off you will have to set upt he brat for an ea82 motor. then you will have to get the whole wiring harness, mount the airbox (it should fit in the same manner as an ea81t's box) its very important that you know all that's involved and know what to expect, and have everything you need before you get involvrd. if you get all the stuff you need, here is what i suggest: install your turbo wiring harness and leave your existing motor alone until the wiring hrness is in. that way you can still drive it like it is, intil it is finally ready to drop-in the turbo motor!!! you should be able to round up a few board members in your locale to coach you through the process.

from the ypipe/downpipe back, the exhausts will bolt the same. the only difference is 2wd and 4wd, as the 2wd pipes are closer to the trans tunnel, and will rub agsinst the drivedhaft near the gear lever. the back part(from the flange to the muffler) will clear a 4wd axle

here is an idea: if you already have an ea81trubo, drop a spfi motor in there. the ea81t is a single port, and the intake would bolt up to the spfi motor. the only problem is the ea81t injectors are in the head. so you wuld have to invent a way to add the injectors. you could drop in the ea82t use the existing ea81t wiring harness, and onnect it to the ea82t manifold. i dont know if its a direct plug-and -play, but you might get away with using the ea82t distributor if your motor came from an 85-86. if the manifold is not a direct plug and play, you could at least taks the manifold wiring from the ea81t intake and put it onto the ea82 t intake and injectors. both of these idead are quite pissible without having to do an entire wiring harness swap. the ea81t has the aurbox and battery the same ad an ea82, wheras an normal ea81 has the battery opposite side of ea82's the idea you are talking about would have to take the entire wiring harness from an ea82t. then you would have to put the ea82t heads and intake onto the pfi short block. as long as you know enough about what you are doing, it is quite possible. but first off i would recommend knowing your homework about how such systems work, and know your way around your subarus by getting your hands dirty!!!

you could do the poor man's fix by tightening up the throttle cable a hair. it adjusts with the 12mm nuts. adjust them so it ightens up the cable enough to get enough rpm to keep volts up se if you can get a volt meter and chek for voltage. you should have a good 14 volts. check that before boosting your idle up. if its anything less than 14 volts, replace the alternator auto zone ovffers free alternator testing. just drive there and take the alt off on site to have it tested, put it back on to leave!

i have been at 86subaru's (Jim) plce for the weekend fixing soobs. i suggested spraying simple green on the motor and washing it off. i rinsed it off with water from the hose as the motor ran. jim turned off the motor while it was still wet. he went to start it some 10 minutes later, wouldnt fore. no problem, i said check the dis cap and sure enough there was moisture. we wiped it out and we started it up. well, this morning jim made a parts run, and the speedo doesnt work, and it was flashing code 32: bad o2 sensor. but the o2 was replaced at the soob dealer a few months ago. the ecs light will come on and go off. it stays off at idle but comes on as you drive it. jim drives this car daily, but within 10-15 miles from home. i told him that maybe the computer stored a code when it didnt start with the wet cap, and now that it is dry the code is still stored. he disconnected the battery and the ecs light came back. so i have 2 questions. one, would water cause a spedo cable to fail, and two: is it possible the computer cant make up its mind about the code, considering it has onlt ben driven 10 miles since the light came on? Can the computer be tricked or "confused" i said its possible the code may clear up when he takes me 100 miles back to butler. water cant cause an o2 sensor to fail would it? i would hate to think that washing the motor would mess it up, especially ater getting a deadbeat turbo to run and converting an xt with a bad front diff to a 2wd. the only ar to mess up is the one we didnt touch! and YES it IS an spfi ON AN 86 sedan. it was one of 20 factory prototypes and originated from the toledo dealer.

hello. I am from Indiana, but i did have to change an axle in wisconsin while on the road on my wat yo wisconsin. it was in lacrose/onalaska. i lefr a wrench at the quick trip! i had to get the axle in trempeauleau (sp?) sorry i dont lve around you guys, but i may be thru that way when i go to get my car from Idaho!

well, my 83 wagon was originally a 2wd 5spd. i had to cut away a but for the 4wd lever on the side, and the big square part on the back. But ask General Disorder and he will tell you that a 4wd tunnel is bigger. he put a 4spd in a 2wd's tunnel, with just a little beating of the metal(i think) and dropping the crossmsmber down by stacking washers between it and the frame, giving more clearance a 4s0d d/r in a ea81 bodt that is already 4wd wouldnt be as difficult as mine was. if you stack the washers as general disorder did, it mgnt be rel close. expect to massage the tunnel. you may have to cut the shifter hole to get the 5spd lever to fit. there is a stud for a 12mm nut under the tunnel behind the shifter hole, you an use it to mount the 5spds shift lever with the hardware that heldit to the ea82 it came from. the ea82 flywheel will fit on the ea81t only without mods. the flyeheel holes will be larger, but it will still center up on the back of the crank you will ahve to the 2pc driveshaft-------the typical 5spd conversion jive. if you dont know that already it shoul be archived all over the place. either way, 4 or 5spd, you will need to get rid of your existing driveshaft and rear diff. what else do you need to know. will be glad to answer

well, if you already have it, find some turbo goodies to use it on!

my 87 has the hotwire MAF, and the vacuum lines off the turbo. it has the optical disty, too the xt i mention of had the points type distributor, the one suited for CISturbo conversions! maybe 87 is an odd parts bin year? crossover period? i have seen carb, spfi, and turbo on 87's

you are in the land of soobs a plenty! i have to go through scrapping my own rides just to have a pipe. i consider all of my parts gold, because i am the only one who has them! i couldnt tell you how much parts go for out west, but you could almost buy a car thet runs and drives for less than i would pay for a pipe from a car that has been rusting out for years. it shouldnt be too much, maybe you can have one for around 25 bucks. if you were from around here, your question instead would be "Where can i FIND an ea82 y pipe?" good luck!

ha! he said "rust out jones"! all the rusty jones cars i have seen, all that was left was the sticker!!! nice find for a rust-belter where does the car originate from? my 83 wagon was a little rusty, but the best ea81 i have ever seen. but it came from colorado to begin with. but it was still a rust bucket by west coast standards

a strong coil and 8mm wires, .050 gap. an expensive msd module will only look better than the coil set up. its like putting a class3 hitch on your soob, or an 8000 pund winch on a 2300 pound car. msd makes a coul but its almost 80 bucks. the accel is about 30. brand loyalty or a decent price? your choice money talks and bulldook walks

any of the hard plastic brittle pcv lines can be replaced with standard 5/8" heater hose

i noticed on a gl-10 turbo there is a vacuum going from the turbo output to a component on the strut tower, and one coming from it to the wastegate. on an xt turbo, there is a 2 inch hose from the turbo to the wastegate. why the difference? and does the component on the gl-10 have anything to do with fuel or other?