carfreak85

My rear brakes lock before the fronts on my wagon. I haven't driven the hatch in a while but I'm sure it would too. The coupe may be similar, but I haven't driven it yet. This shows that there needs to be less rear bias, but I have never had my EA81s spin on me because of this problem.

Nobody else interested?

Wagonpowaa put a 32/36 on his '80 brat without any problems. I'll ask him to check his jets and then post them here.

Better than nothing though!

Why do you say that? The forced induction would work wonders on the poor flowing heads we have, in fact, didn't the factory go to forced induction rather than creating and producing sweet four valve, pent roof heads.

Not to rain on the RX/II parade, but I've seen threads like this before and wonder if it might actually happen this time. DON'T TEASE US ANYMORE.

You did it for the airfoil? For future reference the STi wipers have a larger built in airfoil. Would this work on an EA81?

I would imagine that you would need a custom crossmember and shifters at the least. Probably some bashing on the transmission tunnel, those gen ones are skinny! Beyond that make sure the driveshaft will be the right length and spline count, etc. And check the rear diff ratio because the thought they had something odd like 3.900111111189:1 or maybe I'm wrong.

Or just make some shims for the EA81 flywheel bolts, use the EA82 flywheel and clutch set up. Works fine in my wagon.

Ten bucks plus shipping? And only made of MDF to boot, I'll make my own thanks. Good idea though...

Practice on Saturday, with the actual event on Sunday. Who all is going to be there? Karl (T-WRX) and I will be getting used to the new race rig, so come support us or join in the action!! Link here: http://www.wwscc.org/

Are the wife and kid still out of town? Because you have WAY too much time on your hands Eric...

Hopefully I'll have the lifted rig finished by my birthday (Oct.) and I can meet you guys then.

Pics for me too!

This has been hashed over a bunch of times in the past, but you need to really think about what is important to you. Do you want a lifted subaru or a fully capable 4x4? If you want to offroad heavily, buy a truck. If you want a lifted sube to offroad, buy an EA81. If you want a lifted subaru just to look cool in, lift an RX or XT6.

Actually all older gen subes are welcome, gen 1 though 3. Seems like there was little interest in the Meet and Greet forum, so I thought I would drop a line in this pond. :-\ Anyone interested? I will have one or two of my EA81s there and I would like a chance to shoot the breeze with other older gen folks. The meet is planned for Alki Beach, here is the link: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=79539

My guess is that the cams are out of phase with the pistons. Go thought the procedure for installing timing belts to make sure that they are lined up correctly.

To the best of my knowledge, yes. Gen 1 brats came with 1800s in 1981 in the States.

Just an update on these brackets. After returning from WCSS8 I found the one of the brackets had broken due to vibrations/stress/etc. I removed the TI brackets and I'm currently running the original steel peices, but I have some thicker TI stock that is already cut and bent. Once the proper holes are drilled they are going back on.

Took it for a drive this morning. I actually had people pull over and yell at me that my car was about to explode... Those theories both sound plausable. I'll run that compression check today if possible. I'm pretty sure its not the turbo, but not sure enough to rule it out yet. Are there any oil lines that I could have accidently plumbed back into the intake? Would this occur if the PCV system was reconnected wrong?

So there is no way that we could have strechy front axles? I'm actually more interested in having 25 spline EA81 front axles so I can slide them on a RX tranny. Any other ideas on getting the fronts to work? Sorry about the semi-hijak.

We will have to have a little EA81T meet sometime in the near future!

Great job Chris, but I still am left with a question. When was the last time that poor subaru was driven hard offroad? Show the URX, not the wag man!

When I awoke this morning, I started the wagon and let it run until it was good and hot. After a time the smoke out the tailpipe HAD been reduced but Bob still had the splif. The minute I touched the throttle however, the smokescreen returned. I don't mean like some exhaust and some smoke, its like this engine breathes in air and exhales smoke. Bad rings (shudder), bad valve guides (wince), hole in piston (more likely than not)? What is, or could be causing this?

I finally got the replacement XTT engine installed and hooked up in my 88 GL-10 but now I have the problem of massive amounts of smoke out of the engine. When you first start it there is not much, but you can easily see it. If you rev it up however, it starts taking big rips and leaves a smoke screen behind it. Not water vapor, but engine oil, and i was told the engine ran before I bought it and that it had come out of a car with a bad tranny that was being scrapped. Any ideas?