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I pulled all the hoses off and picked up a box of vacuum caps from autozone and plugged the unused ports on the manifold. In the past, I have plugged hoses with a screw and a dab of rtv. I plugged the anti-backfire valve hose with a big bolt and a hose clamp. Later, I found an EGR valve from a SPFI engine to get rid of that hose. I have seen other owners build a block-off plate and blocked off the EGR valve all together. It's up to you. I did find that the vacuum caps needed to be replaced by 5000 miles. Seems the dry heat down here in Arizona has no mercy towards rubber caps. To combat that, I'm currently trying a different idea on my sister's Weberized EA82: I used some of the old vacuum lines and tees from the original carb and tied all the unused ports together. So far, the idle is happier. Will see how that lasts vs the vacuum caps.

You need the big vacuum line from the manifold to the brake booster One from the Weber to the distributor And one from the intake manifold to the HVAC canister located between the passenger strut tower and the firewall. Everything else can be removed. When I did my first Weber install, it took me most of the afternoon to get it installed and at least the car running. It wasn't tuned yet, but I could take it to work, if I needed to. I took my time and prior to taking things apart, I read all about it on this board.

Sounds like a fun project! Couple of notes I have read on this forum: EA82Ts run quite hot, make sure all coolant lines are new and the radiator is in excellent shape Don't forget to swap the rear diff when you do the D/R tranny swap, the final drives are different. (3.9 vs 3.7) An intercooler will help the reliability of the engine Consider an oil cooler turning up the boost in stock form almost always results in blown engine. As long as they are in stock form, don't treat it as a race car, and keep up on the maintenence, they'll last a decent amount of miles. Now, onto your project..

I usually run Premium in the XT6, but this last fillup I put in Mid Grade, but it is not happy with it. There is a slight hint of pinging when it's above 70* outside and the power is not smooth like it is on Premium. I will be putting Premium in it, from now on. My last EA82 I ran regular and it never had a problem running it. No pings and 32mpg out on the highway.

They were on clearance and all that was left was black. :-p I wanted to use an XT6 flywheel when I put this car together, but I could not get one. So I used the EA82 flywheel and waited for the lightweight crank pulley to go on sale.

Swapped crank pulleys in the PandaWagon. Out with the old: Old pulley by subynut, on Flickr In with the new: New Pulley by subynut, on Flickr It has improved acceleration, but the computer has a harder time stabilizing the idle on cold start-up. Considering how the engine responded to the crank pulley, I may not get a lightened flywheel when I switch to a Legacy tranny.

Here's one of the PandaWagon I took the other morning: Morning Shoot by subynut, on Flickr

Those look nice! I have to agree with you, the aluminium color accents the blue very nicely!

That's one mean looking 1st gen wagon!

From what I have read on here, Yeah, the EA71's intake ports are closer together. I'm not sure if the ports themselves are the same size as the EA81. I would assume the ditsy is physically the same between the ea71 and the ea81. Other than that, the rest of the SPFI (tbi) conversion should be the same as an early EA81. At least that's what I have read.

Thanks! Front: 2WD 1st gen legacy struts & springs Rear: 4WD EA82 Wagon struts & springs 205/60-14 tires

Here's a couple new ones of Wedge: A few quick shots on my home from a car meet. by subynut, on Flickr A few quick shots on my home from a car meet. by subynut, on Flickr

Where I noticed it is when I'm driving down dirt roads - there's probably half the dust collected back there with the deflector there.

Replaced the power steering pump in the XT6. Yay! No more intermittent Steering light!

Yea, I checked that too. There's about .007 volt drop between the alternator and the battery. It sits at ~14.2v at idle and 14.8V at 3000 rpms.

Looks nice!

That was my first thought, but when I had the alternator checked, it was fine. When I pulled the alternator, I noticed the two prong plug was crumbling and the two wires were touching each other. I fixed that, but it made no difference. I'm having the battery and the charging system checked tomorrow. It's got to be one of those two...

Put the battery on the charger in the XT6 to see if I could get the average voltage up. Seemed to help over the weekend, but by work time this morning, it's back to it's slow cranking again. It's got to be that battery, but it's only a year old.....

Wow, that looks nice!

Installed new rear speakers in the XT6. Came up with a new idea for the PandaWagon's intake. It is quieter and it accelerates smoother, but the A/F guage says it's running richer, so, I will see how my mileage does with the next fill-up or two.

x2! Wee!!!

That's awesome, LokeDawgg! Added a relay to the starter and replaced an axle on the XT6. Tryed to replace the speakers in the XT6, but I ran into a glitch with mounting them. Of course, the car audio stores are not open on the weekend, so that has been put on hold till Monday. Checked the front end on the PandaWagon, I heard a clunk the other day so I checked it out. Nothing is out of the ordinary...odd. Maybe a spring shifted after the last time I had the front of the car in the air. I also messed with my intake, it currently makes a racket at WOT and want to quiet it down a little. That MAF keeps getting in the way. Makes it difficult to have a straight for the MAF while still keeping the length short, quite frustrating.

Nice brat! Bed-linered the bottom half of the body? Nice!

Yeah, that was the first thing I did. I also tried the wires. Neither did anything. Strange thing was it did not stumble whatsoever. There was no feeling in the power band that it was miss firing. It always trips the light while cruising above 2700 RPM, if I keep it below that, it will not trip the light. And it is always cyls 3&4, always. The car practically never cools down, it's on the road so much, so I have not had a chance to check the TPS, which is my next step. The car has now developed a small miss, but it is time for plugs, wires, oil change, headlight and fog light, filter change, and a few other pieces. Just have to get it inline with the rest of the Subarus that require my attention.

Yes, those EQs are awesome! I'd rock those in my Subies! I'm also digging the steering wheel in the RX II. And the color scheme on that wagon is awesome too!