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It's already been said... but... crazy is the only way to put it...

Last night I took it for a drive and let my brother have a go, because his driven a auto EJ22. He says it's better then that one, but I thought it would be more then better being that autos suck power and I've got a coupld of hundred less KG's. I have now noticed it pulls from 2K a fair bit better then my dc EA, and it's power is a LOT smoother upto the rev limiter (just under 7K, is that right?) I've also noticed it's getting fuel starvation when going up hills and around corners.. Yes, I only have a quarter tank of fuel. Looks like I'll be in the market for a surge tank. Yeah, I read the test code thing I saved ages ago and I figured out what I was doing wrong. But I have had no time to check it out since then. Stock EA81 coupe dash gauge with stock EJ sender. And I'm running plain water, no over heat, over flow or boil with the gauge half way up, and it didn't move above that. I'm going to plug the fans into the EA81s radiator thermo switch and see if it will turn the fans on, and where on the gauge it will do that. But now I have to fix my muddy wheel bearings and my really heavy steering (look in old gen for my new thread.) I need this fixed within 24hrs :-\

EDIT: manual steering, as in non-power steering, if you didn't understand. Alright.. This has me puzzled! In between test driving my new EJ conversion (in a period of about 5 hours) the steering went from it's normal self, to really hard. And I mean, all the time. Driving slow, driving fast, it's just really hard. Now I just went to check it out then and nothing is cought in the steering stuff. And the boots are clean and have not leaked. Heres my theories: 1: the 2mm of rain we had got somewhere it would normally not. I'm saying this because I don't have a bonnet at the moment, my current pod filter doesn't fit under it. 2: It's leaked out and I just can't see where. 3: I replaced a strut tower top hat in the middle of the conversion because the rubber was ripped right off, and maybe this new one is not liking to turn. 4: The left wheel bearing is making noises (this is a almost brand new bearing) which I think is the same reason my brother 83 wagon was doing the same thing, we had a little too much fun in the creeks a while ago and his wheel bearings were full of watery grease and mud. So I'll clean them out this morning. Note: I have just done another wheel alignment with my new camber adjusters. But I wouldn't think this would affect it because it was fine the first drive out, and then I done nothing to it and now this :-\ Any help within the next 24hrs would be AWESOME. Cheers,

Looks good.. This reminds me I should be looking for a CD player for my car, only mine needs to go in the glovebox cos of my treadplate center console http://offroadingsubarus.com/pda_gps_console_mod.html http://offroadingsubarus.com/subaru_car_audio.html

It drives.. But.. I'm un happy with the power. Just say if my brothers EA81 is 78hp, and my EA81dc would of been 90hp on that scale, then this EJ feels like 105 tops maybe.. :-\ Keep in mind I have never driven a EJ22 on the road execpt this one. So I tried to read the ECU codes thru the CEL wire. But when I plug the CEL plugs in the light doesn't come on, but the fuel pump comes on repetitively in intervals of say 1.5seconds. How weird? I'm going to look at the code reading info I have and see if I can figure this out. One thing I done with my loom when cutting it down was take out that SELECT MONITOR plug (I didn't mean to, I SWEAR!) I was just cutting wires off the loom that go to it and then I found out what is was, by then I only had 3 wires from the ECU going to it.. So I cut those out too. The gearbox has a little noise in it. Sounds like a bearing or something. I don't think it's major so I'll leave it alone and keep my eyes on it. Another thing, the temp gauge. When I started the car up the first time with water in it the gauge got to half way up before I realised my fans weren't working. So I pluged the fans straight to the battery and the gauge stayed at half way. When I was driving it it was half way all the time. I kinda got worried that I was cooking it, but it didn't boil or overflow, and it is only running rain water ATM. Then my brother brought up something when I took his car down the street. He said, are you sure the resistor/difference in temp sensor is for EA81s as well as EA82s. Cos he runs a EA82 sensor on his EA81 and the gauge reads 1/4, it used to be 1/2. And at 1/2 he says it boils. I'm going to see if I can get a thermometer in there somewhere to see how the temp is, or maybe borrow a mates laser one. But at the moment it looks like the EA81 gauge (in the tacho dash) works with the EJ sensor.. Hmm, weird. Any thoughts? Diff lock works too, but I am already missing that locked rear

I got the diff locker switch in. Looks like this http://offroadingsubarus.com/images/ft4wd_difflocker_switch1.jpg http://offroadingsubarus.com/images/ft4wd_difflocker_switch2.jpg It's a DPDT, one poll runs the LEDs and the other the solenoids under the hood. Both the LEDs have 1800ohm resistors soldered to them too, btw. I have also sorted out the rest of the wiring. I've got the gauges wired up (execpt the resistor for the temp gauge.) http://offroadingsubarus.com/images/ej22swap_wiringloom_gaugecluster.jpg This is a picture of my fake kill switch. And also my new start button. http://offroadingsubarus.com/images/ej22swap_wiringloom_fake_kill_switch.jpg The start switch in my ignition key is half screwed up and needs WD40 offen to work. So I wired in a extra start switch so all you have to do is put the key on ignition, and hit the start button til she run. I'll have to find a better picture of the start button. I also got the EJ looms power sorted into the ignition too. I wasn't sure if the ECU needed the start wire from the loom wired in or not, so I ran it anyway. Then there was constant, ECU backup, and ignition. All seems to work good, and it does that little primer thing with the fuel pump. After putting the passenger seat back in I found that the ECU wires where a little vonrable. So heres a bracket that helps. http://offroadingsubarus.com/images/ej22swap_wiringloom_ecu_airvent_guard.jpg Throttle pedal has been welded up and the throttle box is back in. In this picture it doesn't show the second cut and weld that my brother did to the top part where it connects to the cable. It needed to be about and inch further back and also more inline with the pedal. I might get a picture of it now that it's in the car. http://offroadingsubarus.com/images/ej22swap_throttle_pedal.jpg Aren't my welds just lovely. I also used a 86 Mazda 626 throttle cable. I'll get a pic of that too. My EA81dc oil pressure unit is in, I hope it works now, first time I put it in it was a little loose and leaked. But I reckon it's good now. Time will only tell. http://offroadingsubarus.com/images/ej22swap_oilpressure_unit_adapter.jpg I could of just gone out and bought a elbow with the right threads, but I figure this will do and it saved my an hour and a half driving. Well, it took about half an hour to braze it up, and another to bolt it all togther and in.. It works... maybe. And now to the radiator fans. I used two Air con fans (because they bolt to the front of a radiator and blow the right way) from two Mazda 626's, yes, we do have a few wrecked cars here. http://offroadingsubarus.com/images/ej22swap_mazda_airconfan_stock.jpg Each has the blowing power of maybe 2/3's of the original electric EA81 fan. Another note here is my EA81 only ever over heated when the cap died. And that includes driving in 35degree C heat. A bit of cutting here, and bit of cutting there. Some bending and drilling here, some more cutting there. And.... http://offroadingsubarus.com/images/ej22swap_mazda_airconfan_fitted.jpg And of cause... The most important thing in this type of modification. http://offroadingsubarus.com/images/ej22swap_fire_extinguisher.jpg I'll report back after the first test drive, I hope it will be today. Only a few things left to do. But for now, enjoy the pictures.

What do you mean? It runs stock brakes.

Sounds identical to my brothers 83 wagon. Do you get the feeling no one likes your car? But they can't bring them selves to crush it? :-\ :-p What ever you do with it (or the money you get from it) just have fun. It's the only important thing in this world.

Arn't they just redrilled hubs? Any good machine shop should be able to do that for you. It's just matter of how legal it is surely? Lol, check the muffler out on page 1... ahahha

I got a oil pressure unit out of my old EA81 (not the switcj type, the pressure type) then used a right angle brass pipe fitting and mounted in the old pressure switches place, the unit sits just under the water passage way below the Alt on my EJ22. Sorry, no pictures yet. The problem with the stock temp sensor area is using adaptors on it causes the new temp sensor to be not in line with the flow of coolent. I'm not sure if this is a problem or not, but I wouldn't take the chance. I was looking at pluming it into the thermostat housing under the motor. But I think I'll just go with the resistor trick for my conversion in the Brat.

.... If I wanted a offroad vehicle, I'd choice a different base to start with. I was thinking more onroad, maybe even legal. I was thinking maybe something that looks like this only a two seater and wider.

The right is the right side of the car. When talking about engines and cars with lefts and rights we normally always mean the objects right or left. Not your perspective on the object. I bought 3meters of 8mm EFI hose. I used a new soft line return (ripped out the old return) and a few different adaptors. It's all covered in my thread. I have about 600mm left of it. Ofcause, on the return it does technically have pressure so normal hose may work... But for safty reasons I used EFI until it got to the tank, then I used the 6.3mm and 3.2mm normal hose for the return into the tank. Tank to pump should always be EFI rated, just in case it can't cope with the vacuum in it.

I think the reason you power the pump from the EJ harness is because it only gives it power when the motor is turning over. Now the reegulator on the EJ engine opens when you have vacuum, so if your pump is on and the motor isn't turning over the pump is building up pressure and may pops some pipes or even die. I powered my pump off the EJ's pump relay. But on my first start it was just wired to the battery. So the engine will run even is the EJ harness has nothing to do with the pump.

Woha, awesome.. That's something a little different.

EA82's are great, but for only their long lasting ability. You'll notice you'll get a lot of, don't both, it's not worth it. And that's because it really isn't. If you add boost to that motor, it won't last long. If you put a EA82t in, you may as well go with a EJ22 because it's near the same work. You already have all the parts like the SPFI and SPFI 9.5 to 1 compression. So really there are no other parts from other Subaru's that will be bolt in upgrades. Sorry to say this, but your motor is pretty much the best it can get. You may want to think about a new coil, in leads, new plugs, fuel injector cleaner, and those general tune up things.

I got the alt wired up. My 40watt switching iron just couldn't get hot enough, so I used a flame and that did the trick. I fixed up my lower radiator mounts (kinda screwed it all up when fitting the Nissan radiator to the point where the Brat one wouldn't go back in. So I welded some plates to the bottom chassis rail with cut off bolts sticking up out of them for the radiator to slot onto. I tell ya, I'm not a great welder, I'm glad I got my brother around for welding the exhuast and crossmembers... I'm working on the diff lock switch now. I'll have pictures in a while I hope. You know where the standard "warning" sticker for the 4WD lever is? Well I got the switch and two LED's in there. yellow for lock, green for open. I also have the diff lock sensor in the gearbox wired to the 4WD light on my dash, but I have no idea if that light even works. I've never seen it on.

Do you want to know what size would be the same as stock? Or what size will fit without rubbing?

Ok.. Now I have an alternator question. In my car I have a plug with a large white wire and a small white/red wire. Along with the large white that bolts to the alt. On the new loom, the alt has two large white wires that bolt to it together. And the plug has three wires, 1 big white, 1 small black/red and 1 yellow. I'm guessing the black/red wire has to go to the dash for the alt light and the whites all just go to the battery. But... what's this yellow? Where should it go? no where? Also how did people splice the alts wiring to the chassis wiring? I can't solder it as it seems to big and I don't think crimps are going to be good enough. I'm thinking of a screw connector now, I'll have to see what I have in the shed.

Sounds fun.. When we getting pictures of it in some mud?

Use it, break it, fix it, upgrade it... That's what I like doing

My Brumby with the tach dash from a coupe stays there. My Bro's 83 wagons dash is the same, and my dad's 85 wagon does the same as well.. I kinda like it, bit different to other cars.

Best bet I reckon is to hold the drive line up in place after lifting all your parts and putting it at the angle you want. If you want I can get a picture of what my Brat's 2 piece shaft angle is like, and what a stock height EA82's shaft angle is like.

I am pretty sure for EA71's there was only 1 cam grind. For EA81's I think there was only the dual carb one and the normal one. Try looking up Delta Cams or something like that, they are a US company I think. Or take your cam to a shop that is fitted to grind it, and ask them for what you want. EA71 pistons increase compression on EA81's slightly, they must be almost the same piston. So most of the extra stroke must be in the crank.

... Awesome Would be great to have some pictures of the suspension and frame from under the car What T-case are you using/going to use? Subaru engine and trans?

I ment "you" as in "americans" I have a Liberty D/R box casing now, so I know that they exist. The one person I know of here that has that setup (beefaru?) has the EJ center diff, front diff, pinion and casing. So really it isn't an EA82 AWD box, it's a blend of Leg parts as well. I done the opersite, look at my thread in the Retrofit forum.