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Ummm, not likely that your engine mounts are causing the problem. Chances are your hub has become warped and is distorted enough destroy wheel bearings. And hubs are usually cheap if you get them from a junkyard. Its easy to check to see if the existing bearings are good, just wiggle the end of the axle shaft. If they are still good then you should be ok to buy it. Oh, and more than likely if it were mounts causing your issue, I would think they would be the tranny mounts... And as for an EJ swap, it is worthy swap, but it requires an adapter plate, a redrilled flywheel, a merged engine harness, and a lot of other miscellaneous stuff that is better explained in the retrofitting section. As for cost of an EJ swap, it all depends on how much work you want to put into it. If you do all the wiring yourself, already have the engine, do all the necessary mods yourself, and only buy the stuff the average mechanic can't make (the adapter plate, clutch kit etc) you'll probably be around $500 into it. Twitch PS: Another hint, search for the info you need

Welcome back! That's a nice looking suby! And I'm guessing "Estate" means wagon, right? Like "Saloon" means sedan? Sorry, I'm an American, forgive me for not knowing the Queens English :-p Feel free to ask questions! But, please for the your sake and ours, search for answers first. It makes things flow around here so much more smoothly. Twitch PS: Curse you Olnick! You beat me to the first reply :-p

You're gonna need either King Springs, or Scorpion springs with those outback struts you've got. But unfortunately one of the aforementioned companies is no longer in business... I just don't remember which And you'll need some negative offset wheels so that you don't hit the strut tops. I'm not sure how far you need to go outward, but its a pretty good amount. Twitch

The Sambar is a Mini Truck. It has I believe, either a 2cyl 4 stroke, or a 3cyl engine. They aren't very common, but are extremely handy for farms, industrial complexes, etc. It has a 4x100 bolt pattern, so UTV parts fit it. Justy and Honda wheels fit too :-p Twitch

Aww, c'mon, that's almost cheating! (I said almost :-p) Looks like you're gonna have fun with that, may the best car win (I said CAR) Twitch

Sahweet. Where exactly did you cut and bash? My BRAT's by far rustier than yours, so I'm not too worried about a little cutting and bashing. Twitch PS: Do you want me to post up the "Official Thread"?

Rust has been very unkind to this generation of Subaru. So in addition to low production numbers, rust has eaten many of them. Not to mention many people considered them to be throw away cars, so as soon as something broke, they chucked them. No respect I tell ya... Twitch

Sweet man. I like how those 27" tires tuck up into the wheel wells. Makes me hopeful to get mine! So are you gonna be showing this bad boy off at the Bi-Drive Recreational All-Terrain Transporter Meet? Twitch

Yeah, you'll be pleasantly surprised about how most people act on here. Everybody is good tempered (unless you ask a lot of stupid questions) and as long as you search first, ask questions later, you'll be good to go Twitch

I replaced my O2 sensor, and now Xandra runs well again! Hopefully my gas mileage will go back up now And I started sanding the rust out of the bed of my BRAT. Its gonna take a while, a looooooong while. Esp. if my drill battery only lasts 10 minutes at a time. I think I'm gonna need to use the corded drill and grinder. Twitch

I was wrong about it being a smooth Idler pulley. It was the toothed pulley right next to the water pump. It had failed and the bearings went away fairly quickly. But there was still enough tension for the car to keep running, soooooo the outer race just rode against the inner until it shaved off enough metal to make the belt lose all tension. I have the thread right here. It shows all the carnage. So the new bearings fixed some of the stumbling, but I finally swapped out my O2 sensor with a used one I had sitting around. It took a couple miles to get readjusted, but it did. Then I went and had fun. Lets just say Xandra got a little dirty Twitch

I say go for it, and it does seem that those with the front air dam have an LSD. If it doesn't well, you got a rare 5sp d/r with the 3.7 diff. Twitch

Must be, cuz all the Napa's over here are running the same sale. And I've seen TV spots for them as well. Twitch

Holy shredded gearbox batman!!! Ouch man, what kind of abuse and power was going through that? Twitch

Awesome. What I did to my suby today, is drive it, and I will be driving it more today. And keep worrying about that drivers side wheel bearing that's getting louder. Why do the driver's side wheel bearings hate me so much? Same one that just detonated on my BRAT Twitch

Or you could just put in a 5sp D/R... But the above mentioned fix by GD, was used on a tranny Monstaru gave me, and it was AMAZING compared to what I had been dealing with on the stock tranny. The stock had about 5 inches of travel, in gear, if not more. Twitch

Sweet, but you're missing some trim there Twitch

Lol, I think he was referring to me. I was just stating that the general concensus is that nobody really likes the EA82 around here. I know in a naturally aspirated form its a decent engine, but anything more than that and its a bad proposition. Twitch

Your car may still have a diff ratio sticker on the rear diff. If you slide under your car, below the rear bumper, there should be a sticker on the bottom or back of the rear differential. That'll tell you what diff ratio your car has, then you just need to find a tranny to suit. Twitch

Holy flexible suspension Batman! That thing has more flex than a gymnast Twitch

You should copy and paste all of this into an entry for the USRM. If not just ask and I'll do it But I'd rather you get the chance to do it yourself and edit out any extra unnecessary stuff and complete some of your thoughts better. Twitch