PoorManzImpreza

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What is the difference in length between fulltime 4WD 5 speed drive shaft and fulltime 4WD 4eat? Anyone have two knocking around they can measure?

OK fellow Subaru UberFreaks here is something I thought I should share... Searching locally for a rebuild kit for my newly acquired rear disc brakes and striking out at the dealer cause 'we don't bring that in' I mumbled to myself in frustration until I recalled an interesting fact..we all know Nissan and Subaru share some parts..alternater here hitachi electrical dodad there, hitachi rear diff etc etc..and..brake suppliers..Nabco and Tokico..now from what I've seen all subaru front brakes are made by FHI but the rear brakes are made by Tokico..drum an disc..so armed with that knowledge I headed to my local Nissan dealer with the rear caliper piston and both seals and told them that it was made by Tokico..the guy looked at 'em and I swore he was surfing the net the comotose way he was staring at his PC as he researched..then he got up without a look or word to me for 15 minutes and I'm starting to think he ain't gonna find a thing..He returns with a lil baggy with way more parts than I need, circlips, lil springs etc etc but also with the correct and Identical seals for our ea82 rear calipers..then I ask him the price for the Kit and he says: "$107.50" er...y'know the old seals are still really good if ya ask me.. so after I lifted myself off the floor I thanked him, but too rich for my blood and then asked him what car they came from.."1995 and up Nissan Bluebird and Nissan 200SX" so I leave dissappointed but armed with info.. Couple days pass by and it's bothering me..what were all those extra parts in the kit for? hmmm... So I locate the nearest Bluebird (Nissan Altima for you guys I think..) and take a look..caliper is frigging Identical! but wait what's this?? rear handbrake mechanism?? of course that's what the extra parts are for!! So here's the facts those seeking to convert to rear handbrake only need to look for a rear caliper from a 200SX or Nissan Bluebird..it is a bolt in and uses the exact caliper except it has the e-brake stuff..so brake balance is the same, pads are the same and we can even upgrade to NISMO pads if we wanted..all you gotta do is figure out how to route the handbrake cables to the back..

damn..lol wrong country.. ahh well I'll just go on hoping that since I found a GL-10 rotting in the bush down here, I'll eventually find that turbo motor I'm lusting after that the poor GL-10 was lacking....

are the full-time 4eat turbo trannies 23 or 25?

In a word? yes

erm.. don't those sweet looking brats with ej turbo power plants down south in aussieland have five bolt hubs?

no rice at all there..very nice

discs really corroded? new brake lines installed correctly? new brake fuid in the entire system? bleed the entire system? dunno man sounds pretty weird..I've had dragging in the front cause I rebuilt the calipers but neglected to readjust the handbrake when I put em back on..duh..lol but on the back? dunno man..

you do know that subaru doesn't sell that bushing sepperately..you can only get it as part of a lower control arm assembly..might be welded in place.. but if it isn't put heat on the bushing area while pressing...

lol when we did the carbed ej18 swap we just slid the inner race of the ea DOJ into the 25 spline cup of the legacy DOJ..worked fine..ghetto, but fine ;-)

ok guys scored a gl-10 parts car this thing is so rare down here it's like scoring um lol I'm at a loss to find the words but it has no engine bleh..this car is obviously a US import as it is left hand drive, but it is as loaded as any ea82 ever came... only thing it lacks for my needs was 5 speed fulltime 4wd so cars specs. are: gl-10 ea82 turbo power everything air suspension rear discs! rear sway bar 4eat fulltime 4wd sun roof cruise control blah blah so I'm here to anounce my 'project car' lol Project DL-10 now on a different topic I've gotta secure all my oily subaru parts stuck on my back porch and possibly move them inside..Hurricane Ivan is heading our way category 3 storm..YIKES wish me luck guys, wish US luck in our little island of Barbados..we're gonna need it...

I know the xt stuff's been there for a while lol I was just being a dumb@$$ anyway, where did you get those lines from? and did you get for the back as well?

oh man LOL I dropped a quart on the ground with that damn 'remember to screw in the dran plug' moment of increased retardation ..which btw was sitting in the old hot oil I had just drained so I had to fish it out..lol totally ghetto use of plastic bag as glove... lol btw lets not forget the xt power steering pump, ac comp. and belt system.. very cool mods let me know how them braided lines work out...

oh man...the things these engines do after 200k then insane boost with no intercooler and crappy fuel and ignition management... Well, Styles your car still *looks* damn good Good luck

umm isn't the sensor that picks up the timing signals from the trigger wheel magnetic in nature? Thus wouldn't using aluminium be a bad Idea?

I'll place bets on having the slowest wagon @ WOT

OK here's my 2 cents..that brings my tally up to 4 cents on this idea LOL We all know 300BHP from an ea82 will be challenging and probably costly..challenging, but not impossible..we all know where we would probably spend that theoretical 6k, but here's how I see it: If we have informed Will of our oppinions, differing from him or not, and he has heard us and even considered our view, even though he doesn't have to, it is his car he can do as he likes with it and his cash, then as fellow USMB members and subaru drivers we should offer our support and encouragement as this above all things has always made USMB a cool place and has spoken highly of fellow old gen subaru drivers/moders who hang out here while their beloved 10-20+ year old sub drips oil on its usual parking spot

3 to 4 hours seems likely given minor snags..remove the electrical fan it'll make getting that one bolt above the oil filter that holds the center cover in place..everything else is pretty straight forward..the pump is very likely bad as when they leak from a blown main seal it usually drips from the timing belt cover area at the bottom this comes from the hole on the pump at the bottom..take your time and inspect the timing belts while your at it..as you'll have 66.66% of the belt covers off anyways..

WJM=INSANE? VERY MOFO true lol but so are all of us...

Ditto None of that kit is available as a FHI part in our local (Barbados) parts book which are the same as europe and aussie and of course japan..(except in english..)

yeh 'do not adjust valves' label..

ok here's my $0.02 and most is probably known.. hypothises: 3 bearing crank...hmm this always seems to be a point of contention, but examining the crank design, material, and dimensions I've come to a couple conclusions The only reason subaru switched to a 5 bearing crank was because they couldn't reliably run higher bore diameters with the connecting rod journels so close together, thus they needed a longer crank...which in turn requires more support to avoid requiring too much mass between connecting rod journels to maintain strength with the longer length..as any ea82 owner knows these are the widest engines subaru ever made because in order to even have 1.8 liters (and OHC) they needed to lengthen the SAME bore they used in the 1.6 liter blocks..thus also supporting my hypothesis concerning bore sizes and crank lengths with engine width limitations in mind...er if that made sense.. The crank has large main bearing journels and a good oil system to keep it lubricated. Bearing material and construction is typical and generally good and of course upgradable Crank material and method of fabrication...this is very hard to determine not having my one time access to a mass-spectrometer..the crank seems to be caste as the mold lines can be clearly seen but don't take my word for it..this however doesn't mean the crank has not been treated to any number of strengthening techniques..and even if it was just a straight casting then machining, due to its short length and short stroke it will not encounter the same loading conditions and twisting forces of longer cranks with longer strokes...this short stroke is one of the reasons subaru engines last so long when given average treatment... The pistons believe it or not can hold up under incredible loads if and only if the boosted air is HEAVILY cooled and the fuel requirements are met very acquirately.. subaru engines perform best when they are a nm away from french kissing knock the connecting rods I'm a bit unsure of 2 be honest.. The heads..hmm bad combustion chamber design...as with all 8 valve subaru and vw boxer engines the comustion chamber is of a bathtub design..this isn't the most efficient combustion chamber especially considering knock resistance..subaru valves generally need to be destroyed by a wayward cylinder, but enough heat will do the job to any engine component as well..the valve seats are good and pretty typical..the valve springs are what will hold one back if one truly desires 300 bhp more than anything else..as that much power will require upping the redline to 8000rpm..well within the capabilities of the bottom end (synthetic, cooled oil is a must)..and thus stiffer springs and retainers will be required to avoid valve float..the rocker arms are of a good design for this application and have no problem handling a beefy cam and following it accurately..the HLA..now this system requires that one have a correctly operating relief valve as this regulates the pressure in the HLA gallery so that below a specified pressure oil is maintained within the HLA gallery to pump them up as the camshaft rotates..tick tick..if the spring in the valve is week the HLAs may not pump up correctly and actually remove the the teeny bit of extra lift you get via mechanical advantage between the rocker the camshaft and the valve stem and tick tick tick, but more likely we need mickey mouse in the oil pump if tick tick is visiting us..now in order to really let these poor 8 valve heads to breath as well as even an average 16 valve ej head (and naturally I'm talking ea82 turbo/mpfi heads) we need them valves to open long and lift high..this is the trick for turbo heads there must be NO overlap between exhaust and intake lobes..or else your stealing the mechanical exhaust pressure that makes boost...so we are left with a hard fact in order to really get these heads moving air we need a higher lift cam in fact a cam with almost insane lift and as much duration as we can have without overlap...this is a very agressive profile but the valve system with stiffer springs is more than capable of following it...the sad part is this requires either the welding of material to the cam...or a new cam..it also might result in a cam that might not fit in the camshaft housing.. engine management..the stock subaru management on ea82s is just complete crap..especially for you guys in USA..daily driver that's it.. So is 300BHP possible on an ea82T block? Yes. Is Will insane? Yes high boost high rpm agressive cam, but in lift not duration stiff @$$ valve springs (bigger valves?) forged connecting rods (and maybe pistons??) massive intercooler, and accurate metering of plenty fuel..(ECU, new pump, lines FPR, injectors) and good fat spark with knock feedback and of course 5 or so junkyard ea82t blocks lying around... Dude even after all that I'd still swap a closed deck (or semi closed) turbo ej in there with ej running gear after all u'll still get the pleasure of soundly spanking any new gen 'more money than sense' impreza 'driver' with a GL-10...but I'll support any USMB member who is this insane about subaru

I should mention that guys down here swap ea and ej gearsets between the cases and mix and match gearing etc etc..the sets are completly compatible subaru only seemed to alter the gearing the cases and the gear material..between ea and ej..oh and the front diff and center diff where applicable also seem to differ but as I said input and output shafts seem to have identical arrangements...

I found a COMPLETE FSM for an '04 STI online..seems someone took the time to compile all the lil PDFs that you can pay for time to get officially into a nice indexed web pageI believe this was the link for those interested.. http://206.13.93.15/STi_Stuff/STi_Manual/index.htm