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Some mid 90's lego I had kicking around. pulled the diff, and the trans out of it, they had been sitting outside a while and put them to use. I pulled the rear diff over off, and it had 3.90 stamped on the gear set. So I didn't have to touch the rear end in the Brat. However I don't really recall the lego's having 3.90's worse comes to worse I'll have to change out the rear diff. I just need an air hammer to do it because the rear CV's are rusted solid onto the diff

I'm hoping for around those numbers as well, if I add cams that will be no problem but it should still be no problem with the standalone I'm getting in the next few weeks:grin: Unfortunately I let my LSD go with the svx I had along with my 4.11's I had more reasons why I should have kept that car :-\ So for this year I will be running open diffs, with 3.90's Today I sucked it up and bought tires, because the are going up 10% next week due to spring being on it's way, so I got my dad to order me some at shop cost! I got Nexen's I have them on my WRX as well they are cheep and handle pretty well on the dry and wet

I had cooper cobras on mine, but looks like I can't get them anymore (or at least from the place I got them from last time in my size ) I now have really cheap Sumitomo's and the are doing surprisingly well. They balanced great, handle well, and they are cheep! I don't know about wear yet, as I only have driven them about 2k before I parked the car for the winter.

Indeed, it's not that I don't trust my placement on them, there are just a lot of variables in this front suspension now with all the things I have added and taken away. So I just want it to be fully adjustable for handling purposes, and so I can make both sides the same

I know, they are now caster plates. I did this because I welded on the control arm mounts in off from an ea82 and I want to be able to adjust them incase they are off a bit. I said that in the writing above the pics.

Got a bunch more work done today. My dad and I built a driveshaft that had to be lengthened over 6 inches from the original Brat one (this will most likely be sent out and balanced) We also finished up the other CV. I found out the trans I'm using has the same gear ratio as the brat's diff so I didn't have to touch that! (they are 3.90:1 ) I started making a steering wheel adaptor out of an old ea81 wheel, because I picked up an awesome one with an ea82 adaptor which may be going up for sale soon. Oh and I finished up the shift linkage, it was hitting on the console, so it had to be shorted some more. Enough talk on with the pics! She's sitting low now too (and that's My Dad's 1984 Mercedes 300 Coupe Diesel we are painting next to the Brat, only 333k on it )

Got the front coilovers in today!!! I also started on the cv's. The ride hight is going to be much lower. If you are wondering why I used the camber plates for caster, it's because I have camber adjustment on the spindle, and I figured that because I welded the control arm mounts on, I would want as much adjustability as I can get. It also turns now, I still need to figure out a rack, I was thinking of going to an EJ, but we will see. You can see the weld on this one. It was mostly for mock up, but it's going to be sleeved as well.

It's shouldn't be, but at the shop where I work (not a Subaru dealer) we just replaced them in an 05 outback around two months ago :-\ , coolant was weeping around the head gaskets we told the customer that it would be fine for a while being an external leak but they just wanted it done. So if I were looking for a car I would most likely opt for a car that has a know good history, and they have been changed once already.

It's odd someone would steal one. It's not like they have much value, and if you ever got in a police chase with one, you could never outrun them

My 92 Lego just turned over 224,000!

Yeah the Goliath club is dead, all of the people I know who had them recently sold them. Actually I think two of them are being shipped out west to Oregon. One is a beautifully restored 1960 sedan, and the other is a 57 sedan that needs restoration but is solid. They guy that owned them was just sick of the mechanical issues, and decided to focus on a car he could drive everyday. It's awesome that there is another with a sliding roof I thought I was the only one, although mine is in pretty rough shape and needs to be replaced. I had a chance to buy a van last year as well. They guy wanted too much for it and It needed a windshield, so I passed on it (it also had the typical Goliath syndrome where the engine was apart in the back) It was very cool to see on in person though.

+ 1 to that. I have three of them and they are life savers. I had to drill some out once, it was awful.

Yes they are copper/nickel i believe. We have been using them for a few years now in other cars and have never had an issue with them.

Yeah it's a bit short. I though about using a legacy one, but I think that the center bearing will bother my shift linkage (having the shaft bolted to the floor may bring it too close) So I need a brat one that's lengthened some. I feel like it's around 3" but not sure on the exact measurements yet. I still need to swap my rear diff ratios out as well so maybe that will happen this weekend. And I'm hope to be getting CV's soon as well I'm not sure if they will need to be shortened with the longer control arms or not.

For now I'm just going to lower the rear and add a sway bar, maybe add coilovers in the future. I'm hoping I can get it done and enjoy it this summer. I don't want to mess around putting a legacy sub frame in I have talked to people that have done it, and they said they never would do it again. It's not like I don't have the skills/parts to do it, but it looks to be a lot of work for not much gain. I do have pics of the linkage, but it's not quite done, and I need to finish the driveshaft before I really put it together, so I know for sure that if fits 100% correctly. But it was pretty easy to make I had plenty of room. I just took a legacy one and shortened it to fit (as of right now I shortened the top part of the linkage, but still need to do the bottom) I also contacted megasquirt looks like I'm getting standalone

Guess who picked up coilovers today? This guy after five hours of driving and $50 I got two k-sport coilovers for a WRX. I think I got a pretty good deal too (the are over a grand new) Check them out! I'll be putting them in next weekend!

I finished up the brakes today. New hoses from a legacy which fit the Brat perfectly. I put all new rear brakes on today, and I also got use an awesome tool from work, and made some lines using copper composite tubing so I will never have to change them again (the ones I replaced anyway) Tomorrow I'm hopefully picking up some coil overs in New Hampshire for a really good price. I'll post pics up when I get them!!!

Haha awesome, glad you found something that worked for it!

I would agree with this 100% all of the early legacys I have had have been some of the best cars I have owned. I absolutely love them. They are very reliable, and go forever. I have seen some early legacies climb to well over 400k.

One of the most indestructible engines. I had one with over 230k on one in a 97 Impreza coupe. I tried to kill it so I would have a reason to swap in a built 2.5 I had, but it just kept running. The person I sold it too is very hard on cars and it lasted a while after that (the car that is, he crashed it into a river) but the engine was still fine, I even debated buying it back for the drivetrain... You have a great engine, with slightly less power then a 2.2 that is all.

I would agree with that. (In the US anyway) people here are kind of lazy when it comes to cars.

I'm diggin' the gold trim as well!

I really like hankook tires, I have a set of the I-pikes on my legacy that are studded and it will go anywhere! Also nice find, looks clean for an 81!

Thanks! And no I haven't found front coil overs yet, but I think I'm going to get these when my tax returns come in unless I find a good used set between now and then http://www.ground-control-store.com/products/description.php/II=85/CA=90 I think they will work well with my current set up because the only thing that hits is the spring plate, plus I get to keep my stock struts which I'm a fan of. And the brat mounts should still work!!!

I had a drive shaft in mine that was a little to short. It even sealed the rear seal of the trans, but it was too short to slid into the trans all the way. I drove it like that for a really long time. It never bothered or leaked or anything. When I put the second trans in I got a longer one, but I don't remember what it was out of As far as flywheels go, Subaru had ones that where lighter then others. If i recall a impreza brighton may have about the lightest one you can get but don't quote me on that. I have one in my Brat that's about half the wight of the one that was originally on the 2.5 that I put in it. As far as the Trans mount goes, I welded the five speed mount to the svx mount, but I feel like that didn't work well for some reason, so my dad and I fabricated one using a chevy 350 engine mount And that was better.