The Beast I Drive

Ill try to get workin on it this week, tryin to finish up 5 6" lift kits and some other projects as well, but Ill get it fit in my schedule. -Bill

You could do some home made beadlocks, I seen that alot on superstock and other drag race cars here, just make sure everything gets balanced when youre done. Are you running those 14" Desert Rat wheels? If you went to say a 15" wheel I think theres more available, since its a pretty popular size in most motorsports. -Bill

Hey, I am always down in Sunnyside, do you live just off Ray road on E. Edison, just north of my uncle Allen George? -Bill

Damn Im good -Bill

I hope youre gonna paint the car black to go with the lime green wheels man, the Strawberry/Kiwi look is gonna be kinda weird -Bill

Yeah Im aware of the tool I need, I think Im gonna whip one out on the Mill at work this week or something... I gotta get the right bearings first though :-\ -Bill

Ok that does help a bit, the parts my guy gave me are not right. he gave me 4 bearings, but 2 of them are smaller than the others. Im gonna check out those pictures you have, they will help a lot. -Bill Edit: Upon further thinking and looking at those pics, it looks like he gave me 2wd wheel bearings, where the outer bearing is smaller than the inner. Is this possible? Also, there is supposed to be an outer and an inner seal right?

Beadlocks man, if they'll let you run them on that course, Im assuming that is not a street vehicle at all, so it should be ok? That seems like about the only solution, unless you superglue the ************ out of the beads with the best superglue money can buy -Bill

I searched, and found this http://ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=79586&highlight=bearing+part+numbers Does anyone have the Federal Mogul part number for the Rear wheel bearings for EA82 and also for EA81 4wd vehicles? Im a little confused because my parts guy seems to have given me the wrong parts, and that really does not happen that often. Im lookin at an 85 DL rear subframe with the 2 bearings instead of the 1 like was mentioned, and any info that can help clear my confusion would help. Thanks! -Bill

Hmm, I never thought much about it, I just got used to muscling the Beast around with no P/S, but Im sure I could whip something up, Ill just have to find a SPFI manifold, but Ill try to make something that works with the EA81 carb manifold, the ea82 carb manifold and the SPFI manifold. The real tricky part about the EA82 manifolds on the EA81 motors is the thermostat housing is right next to the disty, not leaving much room of any kind.... Ill see what I can do :cool: -Bill

It just needs a custom bracket made to mount the steering pump on the EA81, but its kinda tricky cuz the best place for it is taken by the distributor. -Bill

Now thats what Im talkin' bout! :mulletbang: -Bill

The camber is off because he wanted a little bit extra lift on the front struts, so it has 4" lift blocks on the engine crossmember and 5" on the struts, which will create possitive camber. -Bill

Not to be an rump roast, but perhaps you should look at every coil-sprung suspension system on any American made car from the 60's and newer sorry, I just feel mean today :-\ Brian, you plan on using these as the suspension or with the suspension? If you want to mount them in the front in place of the struts its really easy to make a plate to mount them to, but if you need some help figuring it out let me know and Id be glad to help -Bill

Just for the sake of arguement towards GD, not all GLs came with power door locks. I have 3 GLs on my place that do not have power door locks, and one has manual steering. And they came from the factory that way. I do have a GL with power locks, and both the GL-10s I have had power locks. But my point is not all GLs had power locks or power steering. Those things were options. Oh and I like that wagon, EA82 wagons are my thing -Bill

It was a great time, and nice to meet some of the other board members and here stories and eat food I enjoyed it -Bill

Thats actually a pretty cool concept model, if you clean up the firewall on the Dodge or bled the cowl into the '32 hood nicely it will look sharp! I have to suggest V-8 power though, just cuz I have a hate issue with Bronco II engines... Needs a keg for a fuel tank though I like it -Bill

special steel But seriously, its 1/4" thick 3"x6" tubing. Around these parts no one uses it, so I have to order it from the factory :-\ and its not cheap, but my customers are worth it :brow: -Bill

I must admit, I havent been in there in a while either, but in my defense, I had no computer for the last month... -Bill

Hey there, to everyone I owe a 6" lift kit to, I ordered the steel I needed today and it will be here tomorrow, so I will have those ready in about a month or less, so I just thought I would let yall know. The deal was I needed some special steel that can only be ordered in full 20' lengths, and it cost a lot of money that I didnt have, but my refund came so its back to work again -Bill

If you can squeeze bigger tires in with no lift then I see no real reason to lift it for your terrain. Me, I lift mine for a couple reasons, I have the resources/time to make the lifts, it looks killer, and the terrain I ride on is mostly hills with lots of sage brush and rocks, and in the summer the grass is so dry, I like to have my exhaust as high as possible while still resembling something somewhat legal, and Ive gone through obstacles that my unlifted Brat would never be able to get even halfway through. I guess it really all depends on what you built the rig for, and for your area, looks like you dont need a lift Plus your sedan looks killer like it is -Bill

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Oops, my bad, I screwed up my wording. I know how the 4wd works, Ive seen it with the tranny apart. Thanks for correcting me though -Bill

Hey man, your blocks are in the mail and on the way! Oh, and your engine is fine, EA82 motors are non interference so if you lose a belt its no big deal. -Bill