The Beast I Drive

After i lifted the Beast the first ticket i got was for no mudflaps, 2 days after i rolled out of the shop. I was pissed cuz i had the mudflaps in the car ready to be installed, but the guy was a prick. tried to nail me for the lift too, but he did a horable job writing that down on the ticket, judge couldnt read it. He wrote the part about the mudflap perfectly though . Since I put on the 31s and the mudflaps the only thing Ive been pulled over for is so they can check it out, they love to look -Bill

Hey jeff you ever catch any flack from the local yokals or the county mounties for not having any mudflaps or fender flares? They get me in everything I drive, they even pulled my RX over for no mudflaps -Bill

No harm no foul man, looks like you made out like a bandit with that Weber! We hunt Racoon down near Benton City alot... We'll have to go wheelin sometime after I have a capable rig back on the road -Bill

Yep. I had all the other parts I need but the car they are in had a single range tranny. Ill post pics of the rig when I finish it, it will be savage, but nothing really earth shattering. just a reliable, abuse taking go anywhere rig with some cool and useful features. PS sorry about the thread jack, i really want to see this wagon when its done! -Bill

I think it would look cool as s**t with half the motor stickin through the hood with the Turbo stickin out right next to it But Im kinda a Mad Max fan and that would fit the bill to a T :grin: -Bill

I could (and would ) eat off that, its TOOOOOO CLEANNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!! -Bill

Better now than later, you have to do a clutch, might as well be for a 5 speed, you'll love it -Bill Edit, you will need a clutch disk for an 85-86 EA82 4wd rig ONLY, 87 and up disks wont fit in the EA81 pressure plate.

Hey Brian, heres an idea for the axles, my 76 4wd wagon has double u joints with slip yokes, see here You could prolly have something like that made to work, I could sell you these so you could have them lengthend and just use regular Brat axles on my rig, if you want. lemme know eh? -Bill

Sounds like a solid plan ya got there, pretty much the same thing Im workin on on a small project of mine, except Ive got a few "durability upgrades" in the works, basically I want mine to be able to take a beating repeatedly, with no love. We shall see how it goes. Yours is a lot nicer than mine, and i had to start with a 3at (swapping to 5spd D/R). Looks like it will be fun when done! -Bill

Ahhh, I see now. So are you thinking about flipping it over, and putting the pinion shaft over the torsion tube? That would net you like a foot of centerline clerance! -Bill

Hey Brian, why not look for a Nissan pick up front diff? Cant you get some 4.444s to stuff into one of those? On a side note, I always thought you could just put the rear diff in the front, no need to do anything special, I swore Ive seen it that way on several rigs, so Im not quite sure why you are trying to flip it but I could be wrong, I never really looked into it. Good luck! -Bill

I can build you a set of 4" brakets to mount those coilovers, as long as you are using EA82 rear coilovers. PM me if interested. -Bill

Almost sounds like a bad accelerator pump, at least the stumbling part. I dunno about the idle, how long ago was the carb rebuilt, and who rebuilt it? -Bill

Man that thing really is going to be a monster!!!!! I love it! -Bill

for what its worth, the Subaru starters are the same on all EA and EJ cars all the way up through first gen Outbacks, I know the starter on my 97 OB is identical in sizee and shape to my other EA starters. Its good thing you got the turbo and other stuff with the other motor, I know that the turbo alone costs upwards of 2 Grand from VW Blew one up in my Mom's Jetta once :-\ -Bill

Damn, that is whack Im thinking a part of the carb let loose and caused that damage, did you check that? My buddy's Camaro suffered a similar fate when the stud for the air cleaner somehow made it into one of the pistons. -Bill

Well you know where my vote is -Bill

Should rename it, the "Bestest from the NorthWest-est" -Bill

For 200 bones its hard to go wrong! Is it by chance a 4wd? timing belt is a pretty easy fix. -Bill

I dont know, whenever Im in oregon I get passed like Im standing still while Im going 70, and the speed limit there is usually 60 but Im sure the low profile tires make a small difference. -Bill

That is the suck. I hope you didnt get a ticket for that, looks like you stopped in an inconvenient location :-\ and I hope nothing else on the car got damaged. -Bill

Disty is the typical abbreviation for distributor around here, there should be a casting just to the left of the distributor near the front of the engine or near the oil fill tube near the back of the engine. Spray some carb cleaner or degreaser or something to flean off the old oil if you cant see anything. The casting should say EA81 or EA71. If it says EA81 then the motor is an 1800cc. If its EA71 its a 1600cc. -Bill

Looks great! Could use a little taller profile on the tires to fill in the fenders a hair more, but other than that it looks like a really nice combination! -Bill