Kostamojen

I'm not doing detailed work with it, im getting off the stuff I got way to thick.

I had a VDO gauge in the 78 wagon I had that worked great. I plan on getting a nice big quality Autometer tach for my FF-1.

Sanding went much better today, figured out my main problem... Sandpaper grit. Got some 36 grit and things started moving along much quicker (but not as quick as I hoped )

My BRAND NEW EA63 dry-sleeve shortblock just arrived courtesy ShawnW! Thanks again man, this thing is money!!! I mocked up the motor/transmission, I wanted to be sure if the main shaft would be compatible with the EA63 crankshaft and it indeed is, which means I ONLY have to swap the camshaft. The other good news is the head studs are correct and completely new, so that saves me from needing new studs! So right now, the next step for the motor is one of two things: 1) Take the camshaft and heads to a machine shop to clean up the cam and heads along with a valve job, and just reinstall everything with the EA63 stock manifold with a weber 32/36. 2) Take the split block, heads and camshaft to a shop and try to have the heads and block shaved to fit the weber manifold/dual-carb setup, and have the cam re-ground for more performance along with some head porting if possible. Which route I take will probably depend on if a machine shop can work with the motor, and how much I spend on paint/bodywork.

I'm getting tired of this body filller... a) I suck at sanding it and even more at applying it. I put too much on and its taking forever. c) I can't get any of it straight or flat. d) The less i'm able to do myself, the more its going to cost to get the paint job done.

Post some photos.

I'll try and work on it this weekend.

Haven't had anything to post in awhile, sorry!

On winter hiatus. The good news is I should be able to afford a quality paint job by spring!

Ya, I saw OK city had a couple feet of snow! Craziness. Oh well.

Anyone from the Colorado Springs area want to take a look at a motor for me, possibly pay for it and ship it? http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=106497

Score! Did you buy it? If you did, i'll trade you hoods

If you mean me, I saw it, just don't need any of it :-p

That was the first pic I ever saw of an FF-1. But yes, that yard has been gone for like 5 years now...

Install an aftermarket tach ASAP

Just found a great article about the FF-1 and its design features and references: For reference, here are a couple pictures of the Borgward Arabella engine: VERY similar to the early EA motors like the EA52 and EA61, but as mentioned there are some key differences in the design. The idea is still the same though.

Body-fillered up the rest of the chassis, but a storm is moving in so I had to stop (moister is bad for bodywork!)

Started removing paint and applying the filler, didn't do any sanding yet so don't mind the roughness of it. But I still doubt my ability to make this look decent...

Getting ready to try some more body filler:

Indeed it is an original OEM "tool". In fact, I used quite a few of the factory tools for this job! Worked great!

Just finished the transmission. I'm about 90% sure I got the backlash right, but i've never done this before so I can't be 100% sure I had to bore out the throwout bearing holder to fit around the wider spline from the '83 main shaft, but other than that, it went rather smooth after getting a couple of the oil seals installed at work properly (after I destroyed a couple...)

No, the width's are the same for the EA71's.

Awesome! Wish he had more pics though...

Ah damn, oh well... had to try. Thanks for asking.