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    EA 71 interesting engine block ID #

    in Historic Subaru Forum: 50's thru 70's

    Posted

    ok so i tried my best to get a good reading on intake and exhaust valves. here is what i found

     

    m motor

    intake had a lift of .205

     

    exhaust had a lift of .209.

     

    now my findings were proabably a bit off by as much as .005.

     

    i think ill be splitting the block on the m motor to repalce the cam sprocket since it got hammered in the shipping process. so ill spec the cam out fully then. anyway if you have oem cam specs in a FSM maybe that will give us an idea or at least let us know if i was way out of the ball park...

    New 76 DL wagon

    in Historic Subaru Forum: 50's thru 70's

    Posted

    FWI on that 72 wagon Danny in TN (has all the nos stuff on ebay all the time) anyb)way he has NOS upper and lower tailgates if you need them.

     

    i hadnt seen your wagon before welcome to club..(tailgatewagon club) the only other 72 wagon i saw went to the crusher before i could save it but it was white just like yours....

    1978 4x4 wagon build thread

    in Historic Subaru Forum: 50's thru 70's

    Posted

    more thoughts

     

     

    as for 5speed vs auto... i had a 98 impreza with ej22/5speed set up on 29in ssr's

    here is a vid of it.

    while the 5speed was fun going quickly (top of 1st gear or 2nd gear) it left alot to be desired when it came to slow going i had to hammer the car to do the fun stuff.

    i kinda wanted an auto so i could use the torque converter as my gearing you can crawl with it , i doubt you will want to hammer your car once its done.

    as for the grey wire mod it makes the center diff of the auto locked so its kinda like center diff lock. read more on it here http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-692680.html

    not a very good page but a start

     

    Pro of going auto you can crawl.

    cons wiring

    either way your going to have to do some customness to get the trany in the tunnel and lift ect......

     

    as for the engine ej22 all the way, i would find a 97 or 98 22 as they make a bit more power. yes they are interferance but just change your belt and you will be fine...

    as for the turbo NOOOOOOOOOOO, i have a turbo car(ej257) and unless you want to spend lots of money to make this work forget it....

     

    cons of ej22t, custom engine mannagment, crossmember fitment issues, only 35 more hp if you leave it stock if you boost the power up to lets say 300bhp then you need brakes axles wheels tires that can handle the power and suspension pluse here you go again spending lots of money,

     

     

     

    on another note i had a

    1979 wagon 4wd with a ea81 in it plues the dual range from a 81 brat so from the interior it looked stock everything fit. it had lots of power (enough for its size) didint take much custom work as everything bolted in and it didnt destroy the car if you wanted to put it back to stock. now finding a gen one dual range can be kinda hard but now that i think of it this is the way i would go....... here is a vid of my ea81/79 wagon

    now this is when i was young and dumb so forgive me for the abuse the car took. it had some rust in the frame so it was doomed anyway but still kinda sad to look back at its beating. anyway the thing is still one of my favorite cars ive had....

    1400 heads on a 1600 faq

    in Historic Subaru Forum: 50's thru 70's

    Posted

    so i recently bought a NOS 1400 short block and a nos 1600 short block.

    i tryed the 1400 head gasket on the 1600 and its a no go. for the following reasons

     

    head studs on 1400(dual port wet sleeve) are a layed out diffently then on the 1600 also the bore is alot smaller on the 1400 so you would have to use the 1600 gasket(duh) problem is the water jacket on the head would be very close to the cylinder bore on the engine.

     

     

    problems and fixes

     

    water jacket miss alingment

    i believe the water jackets could be ported to work

    although they would still be very close to the bore and might not last long before blowing head gaskets

     

    head studs not the same. i belive the head stud holes in the heads could be elongated to work,

    you would also need to swap the head studs from the fourteen hundered to the 1600 since they are differnt lengthes

     

     

     

    things that havent been covered,

     

    cam differnces

    compresion ratio change

    intake fitment

    push rod length differnces (if someone can measure the 1600 ones i can do the 1400.

     

    anyway will try to add pix when i get a chance

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