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got it all figured out! turns out there were a buncha wires that came undone.... kinda hard to see but here is a pic on its side and this is before the rollover, again kinda hard to see...

im not quite sure how to post pics.... kinda new to this whole thing

ive got an 87 gl hatch with the stock ea81 in it. two weeks ago me and my friend rolled it (only about 5 mph) the car looks to be fine but when i go to turn the key, nothing happens. not even the electronics work in the car. any ideas? ive spent a few days trying to figure it out and have NO clue... is there a safety feature that cuts the power when the car is rolled? Thanks for any help!

We have around 2 grand right now. And the three of us work full time, making decent money (more than minimum wage) with few bills, the rest towards this and willing to be dedicated to this throughout the summer

We are planning on puttting a full roll cage and brace the two subframes together somehow. we still want to do this, i know itll be a challange, it wont be easy, but right now we have a good amount of money to throw at this, and time so if there was a time to do it its now.

Also I wasn't exact sure about the 5 lug, but the 6 is just a rusted adapter with broken studs, so I was looking into my options since I know 4 lug, the stock, isn't easy to find

Thanks for all the info man! I'm still researching it all and tryihng to learn as much as possible before starting! Gd: its lifted right now but I think we are going to drop it and put it back to standard height for this. It was going to be wheeler now we are headed towards quick. We want it to be turbo, and since ej22ts are impossibly to find the 205 was our next choice.

Thank you so much for your post! both links were very helpful, im reading through both and they have great info! I saw in your thread about a 5 lug conversion and disc brakes, what all parts do you need to complete the swap?

Thanks for all the info guys, a non turbo or ej22 is our last resort i guess so i want to look more into the ej205 fit. Do you know how much cutting/fitting there needs to be done to fit? Or any build threads i seem to not be able to find? If everything else is just a tight fit and some modding i think we are willing to tackle the project and get this one done!

Also I might have an opportunity to aquire a wrecked 2002 wrx wagon, as a donor car to do this swap. This car would give me everything i need, and the horsepower i want. But what i would like to know is how bad is the swap itself? I heard alot of modifying and changing things is involved, unlike an ej22 swap.

Hey guys Im pretty new to the suby game, I recently bought an 87 hatch gl with a 4 inch lift, currently running an ea81, which is wayyy to slow for me and the friends owning it. So engine swap it is! Now i know alot of you are going to tell me to go do my searching and researching. but please dont. I have, ive searched high and low, multiple sites, ive spent almost every night for atleast a week looking on sites and through peoples threads. Ive talked to multiple people in person, suby techs. and every where i go i get different answers. To start I have two main questions. What ej's can be swapped without major modifications? I know ej22s and ej22ts are very common, recently i was told an ej205 out of a 02 wrx would be bolt on? I cant find anything on this so i was hoping someone could help me. I know wirings a pain and not easy, and its a retrofit so it wont be exactly easy, but i want to know my options. Second question brings me back to the ej22. I know there are ej22ts but they are not exactly easy to find. Ive found articles saying hell yeah turbo them to 8 psi and your good, and some say that you cant do anything unless you basically get a entire rebuild internally? If you can this is one of my top choices for engines, since legacy donor cars are fairly cheap here. A third question isnt an engine question, but still about the swap. I plan on getting a donor car, that has an awd 5 or 6 speed tranny. Besides cv drivelines that get modded, is there any other mods needed to mount the rear diff and make this an awd hatch? Thank you guys for any help at all Ps. this is the new toy

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thanks for all your help guys, its a group project between me and some friends and have decided to just leave manual steering until we do our ej22t swap. GD im waiting to get my 10 posts so i can pm you with some questions about swaps parts if you wouldnt mind helping!

Can you find a picture of an actual ea81 power steering pump? ive searched for hours on where they are installed, where to buy them and instructions or anything, and its damn near impossible. I found a member selling a mounting kit for an ea82 pump. how can you tell the difference between a 81 and 82 rack? the 87 gl we pulled that out of had the engine taken already so we went for it Thank you for all your help!