tundrabrat

Straight and well optioned... Great find and this will be an pretty easy resto. Enjoy it.

So excited I accidentally posted the pic twice.

Got an early Christmas present for the BRAT... Thanks SuperBrat, you came through again!

Will do once I really get rolling.

Not a Subaru but began on my next project this weekend. Lot's of polishing and work to do... but that's for a different message board.

He was able to give me an idea of what color would have been factory... I asked him to add the silver... Couldnt be happier.

Great job... You have a nice stable of older Japanese iron. My favorite magazine when I lived in Japan was called "Nostalgic Hero"

Wow... now that is what I would call a back handed compliment. LOL

This how I got it back in 2011...

Wintering in the local Subie Showroom...

I believe '85 was the last year with rear seats... My '85 BRAT has factory seats.

I think we had this conversation regarding this photo some time earlier... these are 86 or 87, based on the sedans, hatches and no rear seats.

Hit me up big daddy... I at least need to see this in person.

Those tracks are huge!!! Can you imagine driving that thing without power steering?!?!

I think he sold the car... problem solved.

Sandwich bag and a rubber band takes care of that.

I love clean build threads... Great job. Here's to an other 20!

Plug wires could be arcing... remember on my GL Sedan, I changed injectors, blew out the the cat etc, etc, etc. Turned out to be the plug wires. Good luck

You guys are awesome! I threw some edelbrock zinc additive in there and my local shop has a sale on Delo 1 gal ($19.99) so I'm picking up 2. Engine is very happy and knowing that the cam will add to the noise makes me realize it is really very quiet... Like a happy sewing machine... a torquey sewing machine. Thanks to all for great advise!

Thanks all. I'll get on this oil and zinc regiment right away.

I've used Rotella T on my turbo cars... Does it have the zinc in it or do I need an additive? Thanks

Sounds like I created my own luck on this one. I haven't used a zinc additive before, what am I looking for when I go to buy. In addition to protecting the internals, will this assist with the noise. In regards to the heavier oil, I've been running 10-30w from what I've read... But you say 10-40 is factory, is that the consensus from other users? Sounds like I'll start putting together another short block in the mean time sans the torque grind. Thanks for the assist.

I've seen EA82 threads regarding the Tick Of Death but I haven't found any specifically focused to the EA81. I have a freshly built EA81 (with Hydro Lifters) with a rebuilt oil pump and a torque grind on the cam. I have what looks to be great oil pressure however I have a tick that always seems to be there though it changes intensity. I was careful to check specs while of rods and bearings during the build and I have adjusted the valves and they seem to be well seated. I'm just over 1,200 miles on the rebuild and did the final head re-torque fresh oil change with 10-30w this weekend. I have seen quite a bit about replacing the oil pump gasket or doing a rebuild on the oil pump... my question is if the pressure is good, what does this accomplish? Do I need to replace the lifters... would a torque grind cam require new lifters? If one or more lifters were bad wouldn't there be some play? Sorry for all the questions but I would prefer to fix this right and have an understanding of the reasoning behind the repair instead of throwing heavy oil in (15-40 etc) and masking the problem. Thanks again of time!

Annual Show and Shine... fun show.

Hit 1k on the new motor, final head torque and switched to synthetic..