PoorManzImpreza

Gloyale is right.... ..about nobody believing you without pictures Kaz

short answer? no... I believe the highest n/a stock ea82 came on the late model xt and the non usdm 'L-series' GT models the gt had 9.7:1 compression and bigger cams, but had just barely 100 bhp stock, and was fwd that was still enough to peg the 220kph speedo on a nice LOOONG stretch of highway. The xt had the 'spider' intake and 9.5:1 compression and around 97bhp. HTH Kaz

ahh..engine pr0n... looking good bud, really wanna see how this turns out Kaz

^ what he said Kaz

it is part of the strut.. Kaz

I'm running a legacy 15/16th MC and braided lines all 'round.. Feels pretty good. I'd love to do the SVX M/C (I thought it was 1 1/16"?) but we never got the svx here in my RHD land..I did get the part no...but I was suprized by how good the 15/16th part performs I expected mush, but it is nice and firm and very progressive..so the first gen tandem booster fits? cool.. BTW In all my insane brake abuse with the stock setup I never warped the OEM rotors.. Maybe 'cuz I was using FHI originals..? Kaz

or.. you can go crazy like I am and 5 lug your car then install jdm 2004 wrx 4pot/2 pot brakes all round and scare the *************** out of yourself everytime you hit the brakes... I haven't managed to fade these brakes yet..in fact it takes a few descent stops just to warm up the pads I've driven very aggressively and having gotten home where my stock setup would have been smoking, stinking and glowing on the four pot setup I can still put my finger on the caliper and hold it there for 5 seconds... my stock setup was: rebuild front and rear calipers new FHI rotors at the front turned rotors at the rear ebc green stuff legacy pads in the front stock fhi pads in the back fresh dot 4 fluid and kumho ecsta MX tires on 15" Pug alloys My current setup is: JDM WRX FHI four piston calipers on the front JDM WRX FHI Two piston calipers on the rear Powerslot rotors front slotted unknown brand JDM rotors on the rear Hawk HPS pads all round Castrol GTLMA Synthetic brake fluid and toyo proxes R888 tires on 17" JDM WRX wheels This is NOT a simple swap, but as I said I'm crazy.. Kaz

hope you get your wife's ride sorted out.. been unusually cold here as well..almost got below seventy last night:grin: but I do miss winter... Kaz

Chux I'm stunned..lol by outer ends do u mean the outboard joint that slides into the hub, or the outside splines on the axle shaft? Concerning the ea stuff, I have seen two general lengths for L-series shafts one for automatics and one for manuals (there are actually four lengths as the larger diameter axle shafts are generally shorter than the smaller diameter axle shafts) oh and of course xt6 axle shafts are different lemgths as well HTH Kaz

run the engine... Kaz

+1

Ea81 and ea82 fwd and some legacy fwd and 4wd are 22 spline on the AXLE shaft not the tranny stub axle but the axle shaft. The tranny stub is 23 or 25..so far in my observations there are at least five axle shaft spline counts in subarus..82 87 92 95 and 100 are the numbers you'll see on OE NTN outboard and inboard joints 82 is the 22 spline axle shaft..fyi 95 is the turbo axle shaft and joint which is actually bigger in diameter that wrx axles at the splined ends.. 87 is the common ea82 4wd shaft... Rockford should have every part you'd need to mix and match stuff.. Kaz

what's the spline count?

All our (Barbados) early gen legacy (90-93) ej18 equiped cars are carbed from FHI..I posted pictures of one of these engines about two (or more?)years ago..If you needed anything lemme know.. Kaz

hmm p/n 806225100... According to my legacy and ea82 parts books this is listed for all 2wd turbo and 4wd ea82 trannies as well as five speed non turbo ej trannies.. so if labor is cheap and new parts ain't..you could go scrounging.. Kaz

no...I have the complete design.. but I am still fabricating the 1st prototype... Basically it is cutting the above two layouts out of 6mm aluminium and using another template to drill the ea holes in the ej backing plate and there you have it. I have it mostly cut out of the aluminium ( right side done left side almost done) but I still have to drill the ej backing plates and remove the ABS sensor mounts.. I'll update in a new thread when I have it finished and test fit on my car... Then I'll post instructions and full design documents so the community can replicate what I have done.. Kaz

r160 backing plate info.. I'm still prototyping my zero weld version, but the design is more or less complete if anyone is interested I can post what I have so far. Until then this looks like a sure bet to get some ej stuff on the back of your ea car.... Kaz

IMHO, this is caused by either grease on the rotor/pad, odd tires, faulty MC, bad soft line or incorrectly bleed brakes... I've found that ea subarus require aggressive bleeding ie with the engine running so you get vacuum assist and move ALLOT of fluid through the system so have about 2 quarts handy...Since I've been bleeding like this my pedal has been rock hard (that sounds wrong..) HTH Kaz

But if you are in RHD country: http://www.ausubaru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3410 HTH, Kaz

I build these a few months back.. New Old Stock ea82 rear axles and JDM R160 WRX rear axles..I noticed that they both had '82AC' marked on them so knowing this is NTN (OE provider for all factory subaru axles) speak for the size of the joint, I pulled apart both the inboard joints and hey what do you know? They are the same internally. I then swapped the outer cups of the inboard joints and here are the results: EA and EJ Hybrid rears EA and EJ Hybrid inboard Close-up of Stub on EA hybrid This will allow my 4.11 JDM WRX LSD to bolt into my car and is pretty easy to replicate for us ej conversion addicts... Again, so close yet so far... Kaz

So I took my rear backing plate off to get some dimensions and snagged a few photos of interest test fitting +53mm offset wheels: XT6 hub on EA82 wagon 2 pot/ 05+ legacy GT rear rotor on xt6 hub on ea82 wagon 2 pot/ 05+ legacy GT rear rotor on xt6 hub on ea82 wagon 17" JDM WRX wheel on 2pot/05+ Legacy GT rotor on XT6 hub on EA82 wagon 17" JDM WRX wheel on 2pot/05+ Legacy GT rotor on XT6 hub on EA82 wagon (altered perspective) 17" JDM WRX wheel on 2pot/05+ Legacy GT rotor on XT6 hub on EA82 wagon (overexposed to show brake rotor) So close and yet so far... Kaz

I was replacing a few months old ea82 MC with the brand new legacy unit... I rebuild the front calipers and rear wheel cylinders and replaced the MC with a stock one, this was fine. I then did a rear disc upgrade, again with rebuild calipers and it stopped much better but as I stated I didn't like the feel, hence the legacy upgrade. both bleed normally and then with the engine on under power assist as I've found this works best for our ea82 cars. ea82 MC size: 13/16" with a 1" section on the end towards the brake booster..

The MC I used was a 4 port, just keep in mind that the P/N I posted is for a RHD car, 26401AA401 is the P/N for LHD auto 1" MC

The ea82 iac doesn't have a motor in it like modern iacs. It is just a bimetal thing that opens a valve that provides air passthrough. When voltage is applied to it, it turns on a heater coil that causes the valve to close if the water temp doesn't heat it enough to close it in time ..so no noise.. HTH Kaz

They do...like all subies up to '08..what were they thinking?? Kaz