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Nice! That looks like it was a bit of fun!

I am so interested in this!!! BUMP!

I'm actually sitting on one, well, in my driveway and when its installed, I'll have an extra 4wd one.:banana:cheers to hard work! I might have found a 4wd ea81 though.......

I thought the turbo tanks were baffled.

Hmm, turbo ea81 gas tanks are quite hard to find. I forgot about the gas tank. Will the awd/ej tranny fit in a 4wd with out a lift? The axles are doable.

I hear as long as its later than an 92 then the piston liners or something is reconfigured better and is longer lasting.

Darn, Ive read this before!!! Will the awd ej tranny fit in a 2wd ea81? I thought the tunnel was too small with out a lift.

Would this be a good swap for minor offroad but mostly snow and road? I'm thinking one inch lift body lift, drilled solid aluminum blocks and shims, pugs but slim tires or redrills and an ej and ej trans. I'm looking to get a slimmer road car while I do my first swap into my lifted wagon but I need a daily. I want something clean, but fun and able to upgrade. I cant find a clean 4wd ea81 to save my life, affordably. I can find 2wd models. So my thinking is, off setting the added weight of the tranny by increasing the width of the wheel base, adding girth to the tunnel but giving it a lift but not too much and adding good horsepower hopefully increasing mileage even with a lift. I would love to do a complete legacy swap but my skills are lacking in the welding/ machining department. The rest I believe is up to my capabilities. Even if it was a coupe it would be fun. In the end I would like two swaps one lifted fitted for offroad, dirty and one lowered, street ready, clean. I think its possible. I think I would have to lift a 2wd to get the awd tranny in. Should I just wait to find a 4wd or auto (working, clean) or get a clean restorable 2wd, around a grand.

I went with Red-Head in seattle, for rebuilders. They were a week out and gave good service. It was easier than getting a new one. Mine was manual and their comment was power models are easier.

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I was at 220,000 when it was the steering rack giving me slop. Same or similar symptoms. I replaced everything, or planned to, till it was finally it, unmistakably. (Then I was hit day after christmas, finalizing the deal.) It was only then I began to worry under 40mph. It was almost like a bubbled tire but only at fifty. Its all cheap .....but the rack, so do the rest too. You will be happy.

Do I see you around northgate? I got a spare for you but its not a jackman, just a steelie. PM me if you like. Nice ride man!

Tacoma screw wasn't bad. I had to get one from ace hardware that ended up being way over the top expensive.

I need to post pics bad but I put 235/70r14s on mine with not so much trimming, only in the front. They measure 26.5" or 27 " off the ground. The bashing is what I've noticed. I had to bash the seam weld behind the fronts flat and trim the rest. That sucks. No room for front mud flaps. I paint what I bash, and bash whats not painted ! I have a 2" lift on a 82 wagon.

I'm only offended I don't have your front bumper! looks very pro! A lift on the early models looks like a subaru grown up! Yours follow suit.

Keep it or sell it on the board!

Campagnolo would look real cool.......Have you seen some of thosesetups? I just gotta throw in some bike stuff!

The spring rates are 196 for both...... Makes sense. Hmm, well I look funny too! Maybe I was looking at the legacies. No wonder I bounce! Is there a chart, say, for ea81s and what they are supposed to be?

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That is really a cool idear.... Just think of a ea82 with bike gears and chain running the thing no covers all cleaned. It would never hold up (????) and hard to time, but it would be art. Soobart!

Search for the instructions here on the board. You might have the parts in your bin already. Its just hoses and t fittings if I remember right.

Someone posted a chart here once about that. I cant find it now but if memory serves me the spring rates are way different. The 2wd has a lower spring rate. Its like 145lbs to 125lbs for the 2wd. My 82' wagon has the 4wd coilovers and it bounces when the rear is empty (I have no rear seats) but it drives like a loyale with a full load of tools in the back. Fortunately I drive with a load most often.

Like 5" +