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the problem is that in the Brat dash, everthing is mounter to it or is cover by it. But the legacy (95) dash for example has a metal bar going across to which everything is mounted. So if you were to get the new dash into your Brat you would have to move the bar over as well.

drivers side, under the body just in front of the rear wheel.

thank you for the reply's I definatly dont want to do a bad job after investing A LOT of time into the suby as is, especially since if the driveshaft is to pull out the tranny fuild would follow quickly. I am just trying to do as the research, get all oppinions possible before spending hard earned tax returns

Thank you guys for your replies, if anyone one else wants to chip in with thier experience as well feel free. Did ether of you get the driveline shop metioning something called critical speed? Apperantly when the shaft is too long and too thin at certain RPM's the shaft will reach natural occilation and will bend itself ? The guy I went so said that the stock shaft diameter is too thin to be that length and would naturally occilate 'till it bends itself.

Hey guys, just getting to the driveshaft part of my EJ into BRAT swap. I am putting a 5 speed D/R into it and want to keep a 1 piece driveshaft. Who has done this by getting thiers lengthened? I went to a shop today and the guy said that in order to do it he will have to go to larger diameter pipe at least in the middle and he wanted to charge me like $210 to get it done, with the donor pipe being far from brand new. Anyone got any suggetions? (no I dont want to get a 2 piece and weld the carrier bearing in place)

From my very limited knowledge on the subject: You have a turbo tranny, (if the EA81 CV's don't fit you do) that means you will also have to get a rear diff from the same tranny setup because I dont belive they match up. To slot the mounts I used a mill.

Isn't all you have to do is drill the bottom holes in mounts to match the transmission and slot out the the holes in the crossmember? Thats what I did and it seemed to work (by that I mean that the transmission hasnt fallen out yet as its sitting in my garage) BTW on that same note, I ran into a problem with this: my 4WD lever seems to be interfering with the gear lever in the brat, any suggestions?

So after taking measurements from the center of the flywheel(input shaft to the tranny) to the center of the starter on both the EJ22 and the EA82 transmissions, I belive that distance is different which means you cant fit it into the bellhousing, Just to make sure I will make the measurements 1 more time over thanksgiving weekend and post them here, but as of right now I dont think it will work.

pictures? I myself am currently at the stage of dealing with the wiring and putting the 5speed in the brat.

I would like to get a new set of transmission mount for an EA81 tranny where could i get 2 new one for cheaper then $60 a piece?

http://www.craigslist.org/pen/car/98049547.html look like a steal. would get it but A) no funds parents would get pissed.

does anyone know the wiring of the 5 speed D/R transmission? Mine had got 4 sensors on it so a total of 2 connectors (2 wire black connector and 6 wire white connector) I can take a picture if needed.

pretty sure my is OBD II because the legacy harness had the OBDII connector as well as 2 oxigen sensors.

hmmm i got mine out of a 95 legacy I think that does have the speed sensor, What are your suggestions about that?

Ok so I did some more thinking/measuring here is the only possible way to do it: It would have to be just a 1/2" spacer with 9 holes in it, 1 for the center and 8 for the mounting bolts. The spacer would go onto the end of the crank and the pilot bearing would go into the center hole on the spacer. The flywheel would get centered with how much (2.7mm) of the pilot bearing is sticking out. Plus I would need to get longer bolts. The only stopper to this plan is currently the fact that the EJ22 pressure plate is a bit thicker then the EA82 pressure plate (I think not sure though) so still need to make sure that all of that will clear as well as the throughout bearing is the right thickness. Might have to find a different thoughout bearing. That and I have yet to measure the distance from the transmission input shaft to the starter shaft to make sure its the same as in the EJ tranny. PS does anyone know the step sizes for the EA82 flywheel and the XT6 flywheels?

There are a couple of questions to be answered before it will be known wether this will work or not, however I just had my hernia surgery on tuesday and the engine is on the stand with the flywheel still on thus I can only work on the wiring. I am hoping that my friend will come over in a bit and we can get that flywheel off to do a couple of measurement and see if this will be feasible. Yes I am strongly considering steel for this as I wouldn't want the flywheel to come lose at 6000rpms, might even do a couple of calculations there.

ok so it looks like for this to work I need to somehow move the starter gear about 1/2" out. EDIT: ok new idea what about making and extender plate out of alumenum to the crankshaft? All that would be required is a piece of 1" alumenum and a lathe. EDIT 2: Something like this here you bolt the EJ flywheel to the crank with this piece in between this the starter will now reach it. btw EJ22 starter will fit. There was an old saying: "if the mountain is not coming to mohamed, mohamed comes to the mountain" or something like that. Thus translating it to this cituation, if we cant get the starter closer to the EJ22 flywheel why not get the flywheel closer to the starter?

I highly doubt they can make it from 27lbs down to 13ish and still remain structurally safe.

manual crank anyone? ok check the starter from the legacy that will also fit. So really the only problem it would seem is getting the starter with the right depth to it?

Yes I knew that but the reason I am asking is that I want to use a lighter flywheel for the legacy in this swap. I have just confirmed that an EJ22 clutch disk will fit the input shaft of the 5 speed D/R tranny is there any other reason then maybe a need to tinker with the starter that i couldnt use and EJ22 flywheel Cluch kit?

Ok so I searched the forums High and Low and could not find a definite answer to the following question, trust me I have searched nothing came up. Here it comes I am doing and EJ22 swap into the 85 BRAT as well as a 5 speed D/R tranny. Now the way it has been traditionally done was to get an XT6 flywheel of take and EA82 flywheel machined to XT6 spec, make the said flywheel fit the bolt pattern on the EJ Crank get an XT6 clutch kit and be on your way. After seening how heavy the XT6 flywheel is I tried to see if there was another way to do this and my question is this: Can any of the following combinations work for my swap? EJ22 Flywheel - EJ22 clutch disk - EJ22 pressure plate (The spline count is the same on the clutch disk - 24) EJ22 Flywheel - EJ22 clutch disk - XT6 pressure plate (again the spline count is the same and they are of the same size 225mm) If any of the above could work it would be TOTALY awsome because: A) we will not have to remachine flywheels for the swap anymore we can get lighter flywheels So yea any input here is appreciated

i would think that if you have a machinist friend you can get a custom gear set cut from gear stock. And if you are going to do that it alot cheaper to buy gear stock by the foot thus you might end up with a few sets.

thanks for the replies guys

Just FYI to everyone that talking smack and moaning, I personally had a good experience with John, I called him up (yes that is the best way to get in touch with him his new phone # is in his sig profile) 2 weeks ago about a 5 speed D/R tranny and the EJ EA adapter plate kit. Picked those up this weekend have yet to hook it all up but looks like it will works great.

I was wondering if I can use some other dashboard then the one I got for my 85 BRAT. Also can anyone suggest to make the removal/hookup of the heater controls easier?