carfreak85

Too much trouble to put the EA82 in an EA81 chassis.

For the 5 speed you'll need an install kit from Jerry (bratsrus1). On another note, the answers to most of your questions will be found in a search since many have come before you.

For your suspension heres what I'd do: Beefy struts. FRONT: http://www.subarubrat.com/frntshk.htm REAR: Rancho for a Toyota FJ60 might work if you lift the hatch but what has been tested is a top mount of XP7 and a lower mount of LS26 or simlilar. Get a shock length that matches your requirements. BRAKES: Rear discs WILL PROBABLY fit on your car. You'll never know until you try. POWER STEERING: Look for any EA81 that has power steering. EA81Ts came with PS, and it was optional on other cars. EA82 might work, but I doubt it.

Maybe I missed it, but how did you lower the front end?

We should all bombard him with hate mail!

One of those street racing games has one. I think PS2 or Xbox has it. Can't remember the name of the game, sorry.

I'd love to come! Don't have a suitable car yet, but I do have a suggestion... Plan the next trip for a WEEKEND! I know lots of us go to school or work and can't just take the beginning of the week off (But I wish I could!).

All EA82 engines are two valves per cylender, while all EJ engines are multivalve. The EA82 has 3 main bearings while the EJ has 5. EJ is still in use after approx. 15 years and the E!82 was last used in 1994, does that tell you anything about which engine is better? HAHAHA

Ben, nobody cares about your gen!!! HAHAHAHAHA!

Didn't the owner say that it made like 283whp on a dyno? I know G-Tech's are mostly accurate for what they are (Accelerometers) that you would have gotten at least more than that EVEN WITH wheel spin and "wind resistance". Like everyone else has said, BULL!!!

There are two main differences between the 15" and the 390mm. One is metric and one is SAE measurements. Metric was used by a few European manufacturers for a short amount of time, and when they stopped selling cars with metric wheels (390mm) tire manufacturers stopped making the matching tires in any noticable quantity. In fact I think only Bridgestone or Continental is the last tire company that makes these tires and they cost about $25 north of $200 A PEICE! My friend bought a pair from the junkyard for his BMW and when he found out that the price for replacement tires, he decided that once the originals wore out, the rims were in the garbage!

YES 390 wheels will work but DON'T GET THEM!!! The tires for them cost over $200 a peice.

Probably, if you have an adapter for the manifold. Show me pics and Ill be able to help you more.

Yes, that would be a gen 1 car. Do you have pics of your setup?

EA82 turbo cars had rear discs. If you have a 2WD car you need 2WD turbo rear discs. 4WD needs 2WD rear discs. They were never original on EA81s.

Heres the email the guy sent me regarding the mounts: Link to pic: http://usmb.net/gallery/album215/EA81_rear_swaybar?full=1 Hope this helps some!

I think I have pics of someone's setup some where... Let me poke around and Ill get back to ya'll

Subimech85, if you look at the background, that car is NOT in a yard. Id bet those are his tools!

Yes, 2WD springs are lower than 4WD for obvious reasons.

Sell your XT turbo and buy an XT6. Much, much, much easier than a swap.

Might look for a narrow axle like one from a Samuri or carolla. Those cars are about the same size so they could handle the load. What are you going to do with the rear suspension?

Corky, the one in LA IS an unlimited budget, but for the last couple of years it has been well rounded cars with quality engeneering and good drivers that have won. I think that if you modded your project to be the next level of proformance from where its headed right now, you 'd have a competitive car. The only trouble with that competition is that the readers of the mag vote 10 cars in so youd have to wow some people. I think it'd be cool if you did either of the comps.

Corky, you could build a car for Sport Compact Car's Ultimate Street Car Challange. Thy're in LA

Awesome! I remember reading about the XT turbo last year and I was really disappointed! Its like they hardly prepped the car at all! At least you guys DID something to this car besides NOS!

Sweet! I really like that hood scoop on the EA81s! Are you going to put a bumper back on?