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Dirtywork, your Brat sounds like an '82. Givaways: Cyclops light in the grill, halo-twin sunroofs, sliding rear window: all things that were only on the GL model. The Cyclops light was made from 1980-1982 on wagons, 1982 on hatches, and 1982 on Brats. If the Brat was made in 1982, it would not matter if it was a DL or GL; it would have single headlights regardless. All ea81 body hoods are interchangeable. turbosubarubrat, OP says the little emblem that states the trim is missing.

^Those make me want to move to Australia. I remember reading an article on the perfourmance brumby a while back, cant seem to find it now. Some redneck porn

Work has been heaping on the OT, haven't had much time to do any work to this thing. Finally got the engine stripped down enough to get the heads off and inspect them. This engine being very weak and having poor compression, I wasn't expecting much. The engine was a lovely golden orange on the inside, super toasty. Once I got the heads off I was not suprised to see cracks between all the valves. Took the valves out, each intake and exaust port is cracked. These heads are too far gone to repair. The search continues for a donor. :-p

Well just by looking at this sedan, the rear license plate is mounted between the tail lights vs under the bumper like in the US. I think the wheels might even be Canadian specific.

Its just a Canadain spec ea82 bumper. They look different than usdm. In 1986 (usdm) it would still be the flat-faced bumpers.

Did a bit of searching and got an idea of what will produce the best ride quality while lowering the ride height. What struts give the lowest height? ea81 turbo struts or ea81 fwd struts Springs? fwd or turbo? Looking at these here, love this website; http://www.jcwhitney.com/kyb-gr-2/excel-g-shock-absorber/p2017690.jcwx?skuId=1241492&filterid=d1927y1983g996j1 Civic springs wont really work, the coils are not as wide. Searching for other options...

The automatic Brats are deffinately harder to come by than standard ones. Hang on to them! They are looking good, I like the wheels on the blue one, are they cal-masters?

Exactly, it is a right-hand drive Brat. UK Brat = MV Australia Brat = Brumby The base wagons, sedans, etc. were also called Leones in Australia and Japan; vs the trim levels. (GL or DL) In the UK the sedans and wagons are trims too, but go by ME, MV, etc. Nice Subie 81MV

You have a problem with flat tires, huh? :-p

So simple yet so good looking. A nice clean look.

I'll play here too. My '85 My old '82 My father and I's project '82 DL

Thanks l75eya Well, we will find out when I get enough time off from work to get this started.

I went last year and had a good time. I hope to go this year, as well as wcss. Work is piling on the hours, so its up in the air if I will even be able to go to either.

Don't mention it Dave. I missed out on the highschool drags, had to work. Was surfing throught the coverage pictures and spotted your wagon. HotRod Brat

Suberdave at pacific raceway.

Nah it was just wet in that picture. The paint is fairly decent, not like we get baking sun here in the PNW. You should make a build thread for your subies in the "members rides" section.

In-car with my setup. Stock ea81 exaust, minus muffler and straight piped out to the back bumper.

Hey, I've got an '85 too. Cheers and welcome to the forum.

Thanks for the info Subruise

What exactly makes the spfi ea82 have more compression than the carbed one? Is it the pistons? Heads? Block? Combination? I'm hunting for a fuelinjected longblock... coming up with either blanks or rediculous prices. Thinking I might just make a hybrid out of my engine if it is possible.

So far this has been the best description: From this thread http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=592851 I'll start looking for some 2wd front struts now.

So I'll be dealing with this stuff here then: The procedure is...?? (^For a first gen) http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=104319&highlight=torsion+clocking http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=74356&highlight=torsion+clocking

No access to a FSM guys. Anyone have a link to a pdf?