scubaroo84

what's the little brass thing to the left of the crank then?

Do I spy a block heater?

About how much was the total cost for everything?

I remember. I found Drews build thread and realized it was him. Tried to see how much flex i could get. looks like it might but it doesnt rub finished my exhaust. new cat, obx resonator and 1/4 of the case from a gutted glasspack for my 4" mbrp tip i had on my old truck. The tip makes it slightly deeper.

No I cut mine at 15 degrees. I had originally only done a 4" body with 5" suspension so the geometry was off too much it pulled the doj joint out under. Heavy acceleration. I fixed it now.

No I cut mine at 15 degrees. I had originally only done a 4" body with 5" suspension so the geometry was off too much it pulled the doj joint out under. Heavy acceleration. I fixed it now.

Ok. Now that i got all of the pictures out of the way i will list all of the mods to date. Interior: Legacy seats (in there when i bought it), slanted radio console, led dash and dome light, aftermarket stereo and speakers, glovebox fuse block, aftermarket ignition switch and push button start, back up camera, camo headliner and back seat cover (need front seat covers), glowshift gauges, custom short throw extended shifter by me, custom 4x4 shifter by me, rubber stall mat in cargo area, insulation on floor ceiling and in doors, new dash harness, cb radio. Engine: Ported and polished heads, new gaskets and seals, factory turbo, custom header and exhaust be me, spfi intake with welded egr holes and webber adapter welded on, aftermarket oil filter sandwich, new hd radiator, russell performance -6 fuel return line, red horse -6 AN fittings, mallory 4309 rr fpr, msd coil, webber 32/36 dgav, custom carb hat, saab intercooler, legacy cooling fan, screamer pipe. Exterior and suspension/drivetrain 5" front lift 4" tranny and rear end lift, welded rear, rear diff skid plate, trimmed fenders and wheel wells, 7" baja champions with 130w bulbs, grote work lights up front, yellow fogs with 100w bulbs in high beam buckets, back up lights with 55w bulbs, trimmed front bumper, tinted lights. Future mods: Front and rear bumpers, roof basket, rock sliders, full skid plates, hood scoop, 6 lug conversion, window tint, finish exhaust and probably other things i cant remember.

Start of the actual build: Interior Insulated roof when i wrapped the headliner And my badass headliner, credit to my mom for sewing the visor covers Kicker 4x6's in factory places behind dash with modding to brakets All led dash lights Tinted tail lights Glowshift gauges (boost, AFR, Fuel press) tinted 7 color series Painted this little spinny thingy in prep for the build Start of engine/ lift build The exhaust port Novice porting work i did but it is a lot less restrictive turbo mockup building the header relocating battery new battery tray rear lifted welded diff rear diff skid plate 5" front blocks later on i ended up doing an extra 1" engine crossmember spacer i tried 5/4 but axle kept popping out mostly hooked up minus turbo compared to my van temp boost piping down pipe with screamer pipe very first test drive and it roasts tires in 2nd gear even when you ease into it most recent in the last month temporarily installed my saab intercooler Installed fog lights in high beam buckets with no modification still need to drill hubs outgrew my jack stands and smaller jack fuse block in glovebox, not done yet ignition switch went out so i put in a new one and a push button start duct tape camo console idea for my cargo area just an idea of what it will sound like with cat and a 18" long obx resonator

As the title states this is a build thread of my car that i call the Scubaroo. It is an 84 GL wagon ea81 dual range. I bought it May of 2013 and have since started as of June 2014 building it. This was my second vehicle i bought and is the most involved project i have ever had. I have had a lot of obstacles while building this car but hopefully you all will like it. Also remember that i built this car with my money and built it to how i wanted it so the negativity can stay out of it. Enjoy. The start May 2013 The day after i got it and had cleaned it up some. Cleaned up and painted bumpers and wheels painted door carpet black painted center console started fabbing carb hat for cai Made a recovery point out of scrap The first time i rallied it New front brakes Little photo shoot with my buddies 78 F250. Back then it had 13" lift on 42" swampers 390fe and c6. Now it has a 410fe and np435 First winter up on the mountain

ok heres mine. sorry my phone takes huge resolution pics

I too would also like to know some specs as I have a lifted 84.

Welded. With the exception of the intake manifold welding I fabbed and built everything myself. I still need to weld the rails I was going to put underneath for rock slider anchor points.

I have no idea. I need to wire my off road lights, get a new battery, tune the carb under boost and build a skid plate. I think there's a few other things im forgetting.

Ok. I'll let you know when I want to get some hubs done.

92loyale59 5" front 4" rear. I need to do the 6 lug conversion but I don't have a drill press at my disposal right now. I have 235/75r15s on it right now for rollers they're bald and were free.

I have a beige one that I'm finishing up. I haven't had it on the road in 8 months though. It'll be mostly done soon.

I like the xti on the stripe, badass brat, good looking color too!

I'm putting just the turbo on it. It's an ea81 with ported heads and a weber. The spfi pump puts out more pressure than I need. I'm running a rising rate regulator so that I have adequate fuel pressure under boost. The pressure will be set at 3 psi at idle and for every lb of boost the regulator sees (via a hose from the boost pipe) the regulator allows an extra lb of fuel pressure. So at 7 lbs of boost it will let 10 lbs of fuel pressure through. The return line needs to be bigger so that there is no restriction or it will not regulate properly.

Nice brat! Um you do know the caliper pistons screw in right? They don't slide in and out like a regular caliper since the park brake is up front. Learned that the hard way myself.

On my ea81 I'm building I'm putting a factory 87 turbo on it with a weber set up for blow thru. I have a mallory 4309 boost referenced fuel pressure regulator and I will be running a spfi fuel pump, my return has to be bigger than the feed for the regulator to work properly and it needs to return to the top of the tank, it looks like the factory return goes to the bottom. Where should I plumb my return line to? I don't want to drop the tank. I saw on the instructions to ej an older soob to run the return to the tank vent box? Would that work? Where is it located? Also how much pressure does a spfi pump put out?

Here is the spacer. Is this done correctly?

Turbosubarubrat I have the dash harnes, steering wheel and tail lights installed that I got from you. I'm waiting to do the hatch till I get closer to having it driving and ready for paint.

Thanks global that's exactly what I needed to know. Thanks everyone for the help, I was worried I messed up my spacers.

Loyale 2.7 turbo, I think you're right , I didn't have to bash the strut towers in when I put the spacers in and I now see why it has so much camber. I'll take pictures after work. And I'll flip the blocks around.

So I don't know where I went wrong, I tried finding good pics of strut spacers but couldnt. I have an 84 wagon I did a 4" body and 5" suspension lift on. I read that the strut blocks need to be cut at about 15°. The way I cut them was like so /=/ flip that 90° was it supposed to be cut only on one side? I like how high it is, just not the camber. I now have the engine and tranny in the car and it still has about as much camber as in the bottom picture sitting on all fours.