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I'm in the middle of doing an 8" transfercase lift on my ea81 wagon.I have most of the lift blocks in place and the thing is massive! I have two questions right now. One: the steering shaft is at a pretty steep angle stock.Will I be able to just extend the shaft or will it bind up?83 wagon non powersteering. Second: Rumor has it that the rear brake lines don't need to be extended for up to 10" of lift or so.Mine seems to have a pretty big gap that needs to be filled.Or am I supposed to remove all the rubber lines from the trailing arm and just let them hang? Thanks in advance.

What are the size of the bolts for most if not all of the suspension-body bolts on an 83 wagon?I just got all the steel for my lift, So im looking forward to start taking it apart to get some height on it.I would like to have all the holes in the blocks drilled and the bolts ready before I start.. 8" lift...Then I will join the blocks together and build a subframe for the nissan transfer-case to mount to. BTW I will be using the factory bolts to hold the blocks to the body,then some other bolts to hold the suspension pieces to the blocks.

Is there a way to "lock" a differential to get the stub shafts out?I have a couple of 3.9 diffs that their only use is donating various parts,ie stub shafts.Problem is that both of these diffs are out from under a car.I don't have impact tools.So I need some way to lock the diff solid so I can unbolt the stub shafts.Any suggestions? also what size are the stub torx bits?Ive heard E10 and 8 mm socket.

shift on the fly 4wd.Clutch in when going from lo-hi,vice versa

did the DR come from a turbo model?

what vehicle? for EA81: 4-6" lift is typically needed to clear 27" without cutting For Ea82 2-4" lift EJ stuffs 2-3" lift

did one side look oily or shinny?

how did the clutch disk look?

Is it going to on snow covered roads, or out in woods on lots of snow? If the latter I suggest a wider tire so you will float on top of the snow a bit better. Probably nothing taller than 27".I would also recommend a welded rear diff if its gonna be on deepish snow,if the terrain is uneven one tire will loose traction and dig itself to china while the other tire will have lots of traction.Then your stuck. Even though its on snow in the winter you need to make sure your cooling system is up to the task.I suggest replacing the radiator,water pump,heater core,and all the rubber hoses.Including the tiny hoses on the intake manifold. A 5 speed dual range transmission out of a latter subie would be alot more durable than the standard 4 speed.It might be worth upgrading to it. Bring a couple of spare axles,and some tools to change them.ONE spare tire is MANDATORY,two might be even better put a couple of offroad lights on it,and a higher amp alternator.Depending on availability a 80-100 amp alt from a 80's GM vehicle is a pretty easy upgrade.

buy it.steal rear disks.Part rest of car,then scrap car body.depending on scrap prices you may get like 100 just for the shell.Then you just need to sell ~ 60 worth of parts to break even. plus the car will usually have some gas in the tank unless someone drained it...

My 2" strut top lift does everything I need/want it to do.

for a 1.5" just lift the strut tops and crank up the torsion bar in the back and be done with it.Axles will be stressed a bit more but its not to bad.1.5" is too small of a lift to go through the hassle of extending the steering,brake lines,shifter,radiator hoses,etc. My 83 wagon is running a 2" strut top lift and cranked up torsion bar.

ooh! purple!I like purple.I never seen it done on a engine block though.Reminds me of easter.

I swapped the regulator from one I had on a parts car.Got rid of all the lights in the dash being on, and also stopped it from stalling.However the battery still went flat just from running so the alternator is not charging. Im thinking the alternator went and took the regulator with it.Then after a certain amount of time there wasn't a stable reference voltage for the ignition then the car would stall.I dunno just my guess.

hmmm, EA81 axles with legacy DOJ's = MEGA Stretchy axles.... wheel travel FTW!

INcorrect. Your engine will have the same amount of horsepower and torque regardless of how big of tires are on it.The bigger tires mess with your overall gear ratio. The bigger tires tend to give the effect of higher gears (numerically lower) so the net torque delivered to ground is less.

wait, I always heard that if an old subi doesn't leak oil it doesn't run?

Is is possible to bolt a EA71 to a 4 speed SR tranny?Do the bellhousings interchange? I have a friend looking to convert his 81' EA71 FWD hatch to 4wd with parts from a 83 4x4 . Im just curious if the bellhousing between a EA71 and EA81 could be switched over. he wants to keep the stock engine because it has 114K miles and runs like a top.