Espey16

This car has been nothing but trouble the last 6 years! Love hate relationship.

The car is now running. I might have wasted everyone's time with this. While trying to start the car with each cam installed, the car was turning over like it was missing a timing belt if that makes sense. Just didn't sound right and didn't even try to fire. I just put little fuel in the tb and it started. Ran rough at first, but its idling fine now.

Well, it wasn't the cam. Car still won't even try to fire. Thank you guys for all the input. Time to do some more searching.

Cams are swapped, tower is bolted back on, rocker arms are all in place. I'm not going to put the passenger belt back on till tomorrow, if not Wednesday if I get time to do it. I'll report back then.

I guess right and left.

Here are the 2 cams side by side. Carb up top, SPFI below.

Random question, is ultra gray the only recommended sealant for the cam tower? I have it off now, and it's all still tacky except what got squeezed out when I tightened the bolts down. I put the tower on 2 weeks ago, and waited 24 hours to try and start it.

Looking at the cams now, I'm pretty sure they're different. I didn't notice it before, but the SPFI cam has an A stamped in it right behind the seal, and an 11 stamped in it before the #3 lobes. The carb cam has the same A behind the seal, but a 10 before the #3 cam lobes.

I have the valve cover off now, and all 4 rockers are still on the lifters and valves.

One of the bolts holding the cam seals in was stripped out, and puking oil everywhere. I got lazy and tried to fix the hole while the cam tower was still in the car. I drilled it out, tapped it, and inserted a helicoil. When I went to put the cam seals back in it I realized I drilled the hole crooked. That's why I replaced the cam tower. I'll pull the valve cover tonight when I get home.

I didn't swap cams from L to R, I put a whole passenger cam tower or housing from a carbureted EA82 with its cam into my SPFI EA82. Everything looks correct as far as timing belts, and distributor goes. And nothing is unhooked. Visually the 2 cams looked the same, but thats just visually. I still have the original cam, I just need to know if I need to swap my old cam in like I should've.

Distributor is on. #1 TDC, rotor at the brake booster, 20* on the crank.

I'm going to check the distributor timing now, make sure it's still correct. The car ran when I parked it though so I dont see why that would be off. Who knows.

Not sure if it matters, but the only thing I left unhooked is the electric fan. I did that just in case I had to redo the timing.

Hey guys. I recently replaced the passenger side cam tower on my SPFI 89 gl with a cam tower out of a carb EA82. I probably should've swapped my cam into the tower, but I didn't. I started the car the other day and it ran super rough. I thought maybe I timed it wrong, but its dead on. I did find a vacuum line that was disconnected. Tried to start it again tonight, and it doesn't even try to fire. My question is, are carb EA82 cams different than SPFI cams?

Yeah, the mufflers just hang real low compared to stock.

Sorry, I just found your reply. I haven't noticed any rubbing at all. I sent the wheel spacers I bought back because I didn't need them. The offset was +38mm.

I was kind of thinkinking something like that.

I'm not a worrier, I just don't know if any wiring would be angry about getting wet. I live in Washington so we get a decent amount of rain, and occasionally a good amount of snow.

Hey guys. I'd like to put an XT hood on my 11 Forester. Should I be worried about rain or snow getting in through it?

Longer hangers did the trick. I think it looks kinda dumb now, but I'd rather do that than put axles in it constantly. The dealership doesn't offer a boot kit so I was gonna have to buy an axle for $618, and the nut for another $8. Luckily I found one at the junk yard for $45.

Yeah, it was the 2"f, 2&3/8"r with multi link spacers set they offer. There's a hanger on the sub frame before the y pipe, then 2 on each muffler. It dropped the subframe down onto the y pipe.