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I agree. Some think it's horrible. I like it! You sure you don't like the look of the Brat.... Not even like this?

oh yeah... is BS indeed.....

And if you didn't know: The difference between AWD and 4WD is that AWD or what it is called on the older subaru's is FullTime-4WD means that the car has three differentials, not just two. This makes it possible to drive in "AWD" on the pavement without damaging the gearbox. 4WD will get harder to drive on pavement the more steering lock you have on. And the car will jump around going "chirp, chirp" from the tyres. Althought, if you want to go offroading, get a 4WD D/R. These have a better low range then the FT4WD (AWD) gearbox's and there for makes it so you can drive slower off the road, which is good, because bumps break parts. A WRX? Now thats new terrory I have yet to step in. But theres plenty of help with those in the New Gen section. Just remember, newer = harder to fix. And of cause they cost a lot more.. But I bet the WRX is fun to drive. I know my brothers turbo 626 (220hp) is.

As for the AWD. You will find only (some of?) the Turbo models are AWD. Other wise they can be 4WD, 4WD duel range, or FWD. And in case you don't know: dual range means you have a special lever that when you pull it further then just the 4WD selection it makes the gearing in the car slower, their great for offroading. _________________ got me self a brat http://www.offroadingsubarus.com

Like, wagons - useful sedans - useful coupes - coool edit: ooops, forgot about the Subaru XT's - in my opinion, very cool OR you could go the older models Ute - useful/fun ... EDIT: changed link to a pic of my ute. Their called Brat's in the US (Brumbies here in Aus) Hatch - useful wagon(ea81) - useful coupe(ea81) - fun/cool sedan(ea81) - .. i dunno, I guess you can decide. And then theres the justy's... completely different. They use east/west inline 3cyl engines. Not the "boxer" styled flat fours...

Yep, subies are beauties to work on. Next question: Do you like the "cool" factor?

Theres a dude in NZ I think with a Supercharged EA81(?) on LPG. His mostly on AUSubaru. Forgot his name tho Steve at "Rising Sun" (here in Adelaide) has a MPFI EA82 with modded intake manifold with a carb(?) and supercharger. I think his helped someone supercharge a EJ, but I'm not to sure.

Yeah, but does your rego in the US give you third party insurance? Also, here 10% of that is GST, and then theres a fair bit more of it going to some tax.

Good to have you aboard. You'll find all the 80's subies are easy to work on. The older ones (early 80's) have less "garbage" under the hood. But the newer 80's subies don't break down as much. Well, that's how it seems. Like the guy said above, look around for what model suites you. There all good (and bad, but what car isn't?) Good luck on your hunt.

Yeah, I have a American friend who lived here for 8 years. But then he moved back to the US with his family a few years back. He has already visited me (and his other old aussie friends) twice now, so I really need to have a holiday over there. I should line it up for when you guys have a big subie meet over there. But at the moment I have no job and I owe my brother a fair bit of money (thanks bro for the interest free!) I'd also like to drop by Hawaii on the way over! :slobber:

I have one, I think its higher power then legal without a licence here, but It's all wired in, but I can't get anyone one (that sounds english) on the other end. I've heard some aliens and what sounded like japs, but... hrmm. I guess I'll need to sort it out one day, would be good to have it working. I think its a 10W one? but don't really know a whole lot about it.

Looks clean flyboy. nice job.

I thought what you explained seemed a little small. Lets see what you can come up with next.

Sorry, I don't own a EA82T. Just thinking of ways to keep one cooler. Wouldn't seperating the turbo coolent and oil keep the engine cooler? They do glow after all. What difference does it make that the coolent out of the turbo goes the the thermostat instead of to the heads.. Doesn't it end up going thru the heads after the thermostat. Or is the flow of coolent the other way round?

Those drawrings arn't bad, can't wait till its done and on. Gonna look sweet dude. Keep up the good work!

Mines close too that, but quiter and it has a straight thru on it with a fair bit of piping. I love the sound of those old engines.. Though they do rattle a bit. EA82's seem to rattle more (unless the in really nice nick)

I'll tell ya what mate. You can just throw some 25" tyres on there. Stock is normally about 22.5" and you shouldn't need to lift or and fender modding with 25" tyres. That will give you an extra 1.25"s clearence. Remember, a lift kit only lifts the body. Your engine and rear diff stay at the same clearence height. The only reason to lift is to be able to fit bigger tyres on. Unless you just want it for looks! Something like 180/85R13's or 195/80R13's? I'm not sure they make them though. You could always look for some Pug wheels with some normal sized 14" tyres on them. Just my 2 cents.

I was just thinking today, while cleaning up after changing both my ball joints (I now know what FlyB0y was on about when talking about going thru water with bad joint boots.) That I never done a intro post. So I thought I might do one now, 13 months down the track. Howdy people. From Australia (the place everything costs much more dollars.) I bought my subie ute from a guy north of adelaide and a week later joined the forum. It's been great reading, very helpful. Although I must admit I have had to learn myself when it came to fixing my car. It's a little different because it has the dual carb EA81 engine. I've had oil leaks out of the exhuast studs, I had to self troubleshoot that one, no one seemed to know where the oil was coming from. It looked like the left rocker cover was leaking, but after 3 new gaskets and 5 different methods of fixing it, it still didn't stop. So I looked around and saw that the oil was coming out oh the stud thred. What went wrong was I striped the stud out, drilled it, and put in a helicoil type insert. But I drilled too far so there was a hole going into the oil gallary where the push rods go. After trying to stop it with weld-glue the insert pulled out and striped its thred. So I got a pro to put a tapered alloy block in the hole and weld it in, then put a real helicoil in. Soon after that broke out. Now, I had already pulled the head off twice and was getting EXTREMELY P***ED OFF. I pulled the head off again, drilled a little hole into the side of the head going into the tapered alloy block and heilcoil, then put a screw in there, used a thred cutter to clean out the heilcoil (because there was a screw going into it) and filled the top with weld-glue to stop oil from coming thru. So far its held up, lets hope it stays that way. So I am pretty cluey when it comes to taking EA81 heads off (I've done 4 in total... in less then 8 months, on the same car!) Gotta love brain storming! I have rebuilt some axles (drive shafts that come off the diff, if you don't under stand what axle means) a few times, first time I done it wrong and broke the inner CV's race. I put the race on the wrong way round. Took a fast corner and it pulled the CV joint apart, breaking the race. I had to fix it at one of my mothers friends place with barely any tools, was hard and took a long time, But when I got home I changed the race over and it was back on the road. BTW, if you don't know, a race is the thing that holds the balls in, and goes on the end of the shaft. I've changed one of the rear wheel bearings, with my dad's help. And the latest thing that has been done, just today, was the ball joints on the bottom of the front struts. After them getting very wet with basiclly no boots that kinda got creaky. So I pulled some others off a wrecked wagon I have with good boots and pulled them apart, cleaned them and greased them. And put the new ones in, totaling about 6 hours work by myself. I also used a niddle and syringe with grease to fill up my steering ball joints (one of which was full of water.) I am hoping that them being full of grease will stop water from getting in them for a while to come. So, as I already knew, but now much more reinforced, the best way to learn is by doing. Well, just about the only way I learn anything is by doing. And I only do it if I want too. Although, this forum has given my much knowlage about what can be done, how to do it, and why, to these little beauties of cars! I hope you use that $10 wisely admins! And thank the loyal USMB members (or should I say subaru forum addicted guys and girls) for all the info. I hope I can start to share it all back with newbies. I've also done plent to my ute. I found a rollbar at a wreckers. Got a bullbar too. Added two spotties. Painted the wheels back to white. Put 27x8.6/14 M/T's on (Kumho Venture's.) Done some work to the interior. Made up a new piece of lift kit because it fell out somewhere. And I don't plan on stopping yet. My mum always says I like modifying more then driving. I think she may be right. To all thoughs who actually read the whole thing, thanks for reading! Even though I hate grease, one of the best things in my life is fixing and playing with my subie. Even after all the things that have gone wrong, I still enjoy it so much when something goes right. If ya wanna chat, PM or email me. I always like talking to fellow subie addicts! and don't forget to check out my site, I know its small, but I'm working on that right now. Catchyas all later in some other post!

I have one of those. (I'm from australia though) Didn't know when I bought the car, but the dude selling the car to me said that the mech who put the engine in was willing to pay him $1500 to get it back a year later when the car was on the market. But luckly the dude wanted to sell the whole car, so I got it I was thinking about selling the manifold because the 14L pre 100KM feul issue, But I don't think I will ever think about selling it again. I heard the original dual carb engines have 108HP. I didn't believe it, but then I went for a spin in 4WD-LO around the streets, maybe it does. Also another note. The valves are the other way round on these engine, more like a EA82. So the cam is different too. Makes it very interesting to figure out the rockers after taking the heads off when you don't know this fact. It looks like the engine should run backwards! Also you would need new exhaust setup. The bolt spacing is wider. I should write up all the info I know about these engines on my site I guess...

A little seperate radiator for the turbo?

foam filters are the best kind as far as I know. With regular cleaning and oiling they will be just as good of a filter as a paper one and let a lot more air thru. (remember the oil!) But of cause, being a snorkle and being so high up, there will be less dust. So that means less cleaning. Interesting that that was your purpose FlyB0y.

I didn't read all the posts and I'm not sure if anyone has said it, but. What about more radiator fans (and maybe bigger radiator) and a very low temp thermostat? Do you think it would be possible to keep the coolent cool enough to keep the heads cool?

I'm pretty sure no one makes a lift for the 70's cars, but it would be pretty easy. Their just like the 1800's.. You will probably want to get a D/R out of the 1800 as well. They make for much better offroading. I've seen a 78 Brat with 31" tires.. looked pretty sweet.

And you have clocked up 97 posts in 9 days? I thought I was addicted! I've had my ute 13 months now. It has given my more then my fair share of problems, but it still goes with little effort in fixing it.. Its the best car I have ever owned (and its the only one!) ____________ 89 Brumby http://www.OffroadingSubarus.com

It would be hard to seal up around the windows. We already know these cars are good floaters. Theres quite a lot of spaces under the car for foam as well. would be an interesting idea. I reckon it would be good, maybe a bit flammible, but that's ok...