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did your camshafts come with spacers for the hla ? did you install them? reground cams require spacers to compensate for the material removed.

All of these smart people and no one suggested you start with a compression test?missing and engine smoking suggests bad or broken rings. I have seen several engines with bad knock sensor have number four piston broken from detonation.

buy 7/16 hose, sorry to be so obvious.I had a spool of 7/16 and that's the only time i've ever used it.

Thanks, I know all about those secret projects.Iv'e done a few myself.I will be patiently awaiting updates.

Any update on this?

This is my latest suby, 1981 brat with 4" lift. It's my daily driver and hunting rig.All stock except lift and tires, 1800 d/r 4spd. [/img] folder with more pics "][/url]

Here's a few more I built . 1979 brat v6 chevy mud racer !! 1979 wagon ej swap ej swap album "][/url]

there would be a problem with the engine rotation!! they rotate counter clockwise, it can be corrected by installing a reverse camshaft.

I use a broken bolt extractor ( easy-out) or

I can bury the speedo in third !!! about 1/8 th mile, time slip for 94 mph in 1/4 mile. haven't tried top end yet

nice score !

Here's three of mine.

sweet, we need more wagons fixed up ! I love mine and receive alot of comments on it as should you. Look forward to watching yours come along. here's mine before: AFTER:

That's funny as $&*@ , now I gotta watch that movie again. thanks

That thing look cool as hell! I too am working on a buggy, just starting actually. I will be watching your build closely.Here's a youtube video to keep us motivated.

I'll share a pic of my headers I had made up at local muffler shop. there for gen1 brat/wagon long tube equal length true dual setup.

Sorry but I built one two years ago in a gen one brat.I was crazy and made it rwd, Les schwab loves me! I too love the torque of the frankenmotor.I used the same combo but with delta 230 grind cams.I ported and polished the dp heads and built custom headers.That darn built in rev limiter keeps the rpms with in check or so I thought. Just last week I broke a piston while messing around in a parking lot. Get use to breakage, the rear suspension just wasn't meant to handle that abuse.I set my new swap up for awd with legacy 5mt trans but haven't installed open center diff yet.It's cool to see more high compression motors being built. Good luck with your project and have fun!

Noah , all the timing components were for an ej22 . No mods needed , it all bolted together ( except head gaskets). I here now that you can buy head gaskets for these frankenmotors from cometic.

I will try to get some action pics if it ever stops raining. Here's the link to my album........

Here's an update on my progress, oops! I got busy building it and forgot to post them, so I'll skip to the end ! IT'S DONE !!!!! And now I can start another project, hmmm what will it be? Hope to make it to wcss this year and see everyone . Later

Newport WA

Got some work done this week, pesky customer keep slowing me down ! I pulled the rear seat , completed installing fuel lines, started routing engine harness.I built the shifter linkage, made it fit to stock position using original stick and boot. It looks just like stock ,but shifts short throw .I also drained the fuel tank today, it looked clean but smelled like stink. I was thinking of using the drain hole as the feed line to the pump. I would have to drill a larger hole and thread it for 7/16 fuel fitting. If I use the old fuel line as the return line then I wouldn't need a serge tank and two fuel pumps.I need to see how the old fuel line lays in the tank, I have another tank out will need to take a look tomorrow. That's all for now , no new pics Sorry !!!

I forgot to mention that this motor was in my black gen 1 brat from a while back. I ran it at the local drag strip with an E.T. 15.4 @ 94 mph. The brat was rwd LSD 4.44 and had serious traction issues.Hence the reason for the wagon being AWD. I know that better fuel is required , I will be using premium + TORCO additive (98-102 octane). I am no FNG when it comes to building fast cars, it's my addiction! The mention of hp numbers was to give others an idea of were I'm heading with this build.I perhaps mislead readers when I said "DAILY DRIVER" because I will drive just about anything on a daily basis. simple monkey good call on the intake, I've been wanting to build a new high flow manifold. This is why I haven't put the stocker back on.I see alot of people want more power from there engine but they don't address these intake manifolds. The airplane boys seem to have alot of good info on design a proper intake manifolds. I looked into ITB's some already still need to research some more. At this point on my car I need to decide if I am using a turbo or not. If I do then the Turbo(s) will be under the back seat area and piped back to engine bay. Using a blow thru maf with BOV before it so I can control boost level manually. I have a couple IHI ea82 turbos to use in this probably not the best pick but I got them for free.free.free. The headers I have were built for true dual pipes, so one for each head and then single 2 1/2 inch tail pipe out the back. The back seat will be gone and hole cut in floor board to mount the turbo's up high.This will alow for a dedicated oiling system with tank , 1 pump and gravity return. I want to pull my fresh air from the windsheild cowl area. I removed the stock heater system ( bad core) to save weight. Just need to figure out how to pipe it to the rear, maybe a custom center console ? If I decide not to use turbos then I have to build a custom 2 1/2 high flow muffler to fit were the stock gen1 mounted. I have made a FLowmaster style muffler before with good results but this one will be tricky to design. I wish I could put the dual exuast on the wagon that my brat had.On the brat I moved the fuel tank to the bed and put the mufflers were fuel tank used to be. It sounded awesome, I was told it resembled the sound of two crotch rockets racing side be side!

To fit a quad cam (dohc) in gen 1 you would most likely cut thru the frame on both sides. It could be done if you added additional framing onto outside of frame in those spots.

Lately there's been alot of questions asked about ej swaps for gen 1 (1977-1981). It has been done many times , in many different ways.I am building a 1979 wagon with an ej25/22 built motor.I took lots of pics while installing engine and trans. I will keep adding to the photo album as I progress.This should answer a few of the questions about swapping ej22's into gen1 brats ,wagons,and coupes. Here's the combination list: 1979 gen1 wagon 1996 ej25 short block 1990 ej22 dual port heads (port & polish) compression 11 :1 Delta 230 cams light weight crank pulley custom long tube headers 1990 ej 5mt trans with 23 spline stubs AWD 4.10 gears Lsd rear r160 custom driveshaft six lug conversion vented front disk brake upgrade rear disk (pending if I find lost rotor in shop) 205/50/15 tires ej radiator obd1 ecu and cut harness I am thinking of adding a turbo or supercharger with low boost just for a bit more hp. The engine is estimated at 200 chp not dynoed! I would like to be at 200 whp or more !! PHOTO ALBUM