carfreak85

I will recommend the tranny flush and see what other info I can get from him on the subject.

Actually the GC8 2.5RS sedan was only 5lbs heavier than the coupe. My source is Sport Compact Car magazine.

Looks GREAT!!! How did you stuff the speaker on the driver's side? Mine will only go in one way and even that is a tight fit. I like having the stock speakers so the fuse box doesn't move, I know its hard to tell, but I'm a nerd for factory appearence.

Only two bolt holes in front? Is that going to hold up to bashing very well?

Sorry, that last post was unclear. What I ment was that my friend can start to peel out with just the front wheels and then very gradualy torque will be transmitted to the rear wheels. The car is basically fwd until there is a large difference in speeds between the front and rear wheels.

A friend of mine at school has a 1990 Legacy with a 4EAT tranny. He says the awd doesnt seem to be working. When he gets the front wheels spinning, then the rear wheels start getting torque and will move the car. He had to drive up to Mt. Baker last year in 2WD and wants it to work this year. We have checked that the 2WD fuse is not in its holder. What could be wrong?

I was wondering because I want to speed up my steering. The FSM says the stock EA81 power steering rack is four turns lock to lock. Just looking for something closer to 3 turns.

I still don't know if they work, but I'll find out evenutally. Thats the thing with the turbo cars and parts. You wont find anything for a long time and then you'll find the mother load only to wait for a long time again.

Second on that one. I would have used 4x6s except that the ones I had were too deep for the passenger's side location and the driver's side location is a 3x5.

Funny, I picked up two ECUs from the red T coupe in the Lynnwood yard when I was there last. Anyone know how much of that car is left? I could still use some parts off it.

Its very easy in old subes to do this swap. I did it in my wagon back in high school.

Think about it this way, the coupe has the big ole hole where the hatch goes. We can consider the hood/front fenders as one box, the cabin as another box and (on the sedan at least) the trunk as another box. That big hole in the coupe is cutting the top (trunk) and back (cabin) of two of the boxes off. This actually hurts overall structural integridy. Had a long talk about this with my prof in our auto program.

A friend of mine had that set up on his Jeep XJ and he could fill his 35s pretty quickly.

DAMN! This job would be PERFECT for me! I live five minutes away, too bad I go to school in Bellingham, otherwise you would already have my resume...

Looks like I've been beat to the chase. The only thing I can add is that the turbo coupe was only avalible in 84, so it is the most rare. That being said, any EA81T is rare! Keep your eyes open, they pop up every so often for sale.

Good deal Rob, looks sweet! Whats the rest of the set up? Speakers, amp?

He also has a forester 5th gear in that box.

So Scott, tell us why YOU chose the SSRs, inquiring mind want to know!

What steering rack are you using with the XT6 hubs? I would like the 5 lug hubs for my wagon, and was wondering how difficult it would be to reproduce these parts.

Now can we get an EA81 version of that?

Wow, that sounds easy enough. I might just get a locked rear now, because I was worried about how hard it would be to remove/replace on the trail/

The control unit for the power window would be cool for a little project of mine...

I think you could find something at any auto parts store, but its reliability might not be so great. A new hatch would fix it!

Dude, chill out. Take a breath. Nobody is trying to piss you off, we're just a bunch of sube folks trying to get the most out of our cars. A few of the guys who posted in response to your question have been offroading rus for years. They know more about these cars then I can ever hope to. Take their suggestions with a grain of salt, because they've been where you are now. Again, not trying to pour gas on the fire, just trying to keep a board member from disappearing. And yes, some of us speak our minds too quickly...

Jerry, got pics of the bar?