Numbchux

you heard wrong. the carb'ed setup (ESPECIALLY a factory one) will have about 8x more vacuum lines and BS that doesn't work right. I totally respect your decision, but I want to make sure you've got accurate information, which it really doesn't sound like you do. The EA82 carburetor is an insanely complex unit and would be a significant down grade. I've had a couple EA82s where the only vacuum lines in the engine bay were PCV and IAC (idle air control). if it's vacuum lines that you want to avoid, don't bother looking for a factory carb but you will need the carb'ed intake manifold (the mount where the carb is level, whereas the throttle body on an SPFI one is at an angle). you'll need the distributer (vacuum advance). Then you'll need an adapter plate and a weber carb. and lots of patience to tune it. you'll also probably need to do some re-wiring. I forget how the carbed setup gets the Tach signal, but the SPFI gets it straight from the ECU, which obviously won't be doing anything anymore. I'm swapping a carbed EA82 or an EJ22 here in the next couple weeks. at which point anything and everything will be available.

yep, stealership for ya. i just pulled out my parts quick reference guide. it lists 21200AA120, but when I look that up, it says it's been superceded by 21200AA121. List price is 14.95. subaruparts.com has it for 11.39, and 1stsubaruparts.com has it for 10.76. and the housing gasket is 11072AA030. list: 1.80, subaru parts: 1.37, 1stsubaru parts: 1.30. I usually print out the shopping cart from either site with everything I need, and the local dealer will usually give me the list price for stuff. usually the cheapest and easiest option (no, they won't automatically give you the list price for things, there are a number of ways that they use to price things, and there's always some flexibility).

my donor car was an auto as well.

they're a great tire as far as all-terrains are concerned. they do cake with mud quite easily.......but they do great on the rocks.

I don't know. throwing any codes? the VSS wire from the EJ ECU is pin 11 on B58 (smallest plug). the EA82 VSS is in the gauge cluster (show as the reed switch on the diagrams). I'm not sure if the '85-'86 clusters had them, but I do know that if nothing else, the newer clusters are 100% interchangeable (I had an '88 cluster in my old '85). I have the occasional stumbling on my swap, it's been pretty bad the last couple months. I was pretty sure it was the TPS since it seemed to only be a problem at partial throttle, the car runs fine a closed or WOT. I replace the TPS, and the problem went away for the night, but was back again the next day. I just did new plugs and wires a few days ago, and haven't noticed the problem yet (knock on wood). oh, and I ran the car for a year without the VSS hooked up. and noticed zero difference when I connected it last fall, except it stopped throwing the code.

hatches and brats. yep. it's quite simple. only hard part is defining the difference between a coupe and a hatch.

I did something a lot like this with my blue wagon. except I didn't need to lengthen it. I just added a second bushing on the front side of the bracket, and cut the inner bushings at an angle so that the rod could sit at an angle. I then removed the 3 blocks between the bracket and framerail, and put one between the bracket and tranny crossmember so the driveline was still dropped, but the leading rod bracket was still tight against the framerail. unfortunately, I sold the car before really wheeling it hard after that (went once, but the water pump was failing, so it spent most of the trip parked while I rode with someone else). it seemed like a pretty tough setup though.

technically......the rears are not the exact same. the '86 will have dual DOJ rear axles, and the loyale will have outer CVs. they're interchangeable, but not identical....... and yea, wagons, coupes and sedans were all EA82s starting in '85.

here's the page I send out with my harnesses Harness info.doc

you're probably right, but not using the EA82 computer. the signal for the sensors is calibrated completely differently. you could probably do it with a standalone system. in which case, why bother? if you're wiring in a standalone (IIRC megasquirt doesn't read the EJ crank and cam sensor signals accurately, so you're looking at something quite a bit more expensive), wouldn't be too hard to use the stock EJ wasted-spark coil/ignitor. or all 4 injectors, instead of just one, that's just 3 more wires and a different calibration. also, I've never heard of an SPFI EJ motor.

that sounds about right. the last EJ swap I bought cost the same, and was out of a '96 impreza lx. truth is, in this market anyway, the whole car wouldn't have much more value than that.

it's amazing how easy it is once you know your way around the harness. it's suprisingly easy. my first one took the better part of 3 months.......now I can churn one out in a few hours.

like we mentioned before. mounting a distributer is easy. but in order to run the car on the EA82 computer, you'll need a disty with an optical crank angle sensor that sends out an identical signal as the stock one. mounting the EA82 disty to an EJ series motor would be an extreme nightmare, because the drive is completely different. and, even if you could create a distributor with an EA82-compatible crank angle sensor. you've still got that issue of a computer and injector designed for a 1.8l motor running on a 2.2, which means it's quite possible that it won't ever run right.

the search function is an amazing tool. phone number and street address. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showpost.php?p=526111&postcount=7

yep......and it can't be downloaded until it's been approved. because it's in the OT section.

subaru heaven does exist. and there are numerous posts here and elsewhere about it..... it's not heaven. it's just another ripoff junkyard, except the guy only has subarus, and he knows what stuff is worth. not getting any EJ22t blocks for $150 like the other yards here in MN.

boy, sure would be nice if we could check out that letter.........

when he drives it, he runs with the cover on it. he doesn't daily drive it. as-is it gets like 12 mpg.......and the new engine will have 8 injectors....... but yea, no air filter. been running like that for more than a year (well.....he didn't drive it all winter since he was reworking the piping and upgrading turbos).

yep. I'm running an '85 front bumper on my loyale with the body kit. keep up the good work. can't wait to see what you end up doing on the back.

yes, I love to go out driving. but my car really doesn't like sliding on pavement. pretty much all traction.......of course, I wouldn't really call that a bad thing

Got a buddy here in Minnesota with this STi: in order to minimize piping, he mounted his GT42R turbo in the bumper: He's putting down well over 400 awhp on the stock STi EJ257. and he's building a sleeved, overbored 2.7l fully built block that should be putting down something close to 900 on E85/Meth.

check out post #17 of this very thread......you'll find a youtube link for it.......

look what I found! pics of the backing plates right after I sand blasted them! the other side of the XT6 plate: the trailing arms, XT6 plates, EA82t plates with and without dust sheilds:

glad it was helpful. don't mind GeneralDisorder......he's a little surly. and tends to get right to the point.... anyway, I'm sure it could be done. but I think the amount of custom fabrication and research that would be required would wasted since it would be a huge step down in power and mileage. as far as making it look original. here's my engine bay. '92 legacy EJ22 in a '92 Loyale:

oops....sorry, all the recent 5-lug talk has gotten me confused