Brumby Boy

From memory it is 19mm

Regrestration, the money we have to pay each year or six months to the transport department to allow us to keep driving on the roads over here

na its got no rego just sittin on the side of the road

Yeah maybe without the red ota wise it looks okish

I saw a 2nd gen touring wagon (ea81) 4sp dual range single headlights in reasonable condition on the side of the road the other day and was thinking of grabing it for a parts car for my brumby what do you think its worth. i dont know if it runs i presume so. he also had a spare motor on the porch when i knocked on his door but no one answered so i left im going to go back soon and make on offer but just wanted some advice i was thinking 2-300 dollars australian what do you think. Thanks, ian

Im actualy quite parsal to Subarubrats Brat with the 12" lift, ER27 etc

what i would do personaly would be to to strip it completly replace all bearings plus the rings and any gasket or seal you can find give it the wash of its life and reassemble using all new gaskest, i would probably also get the bores honed. with the head i would get the valves reseated plus replace the stem seals, but thats just me and what i would recomend so yeah. Makes me kind of wish i had an engine of my own to strip and rebuild. PS thats a lot of realy great pics

DO the timing belt!! and also do the cam and crank seals. i would also recomend to have all the idler pullys replaced as they may be fine now but in 6000miles they may destroy themselves. At work we have had a few idlers let go just 12500KM after the Timing belt done even when the pullyes showed no signs of severe wear ie: Rough, noisy or stiff. so just my 2 cents. also after that many miles dont be suprised to find split cv boots or rack boots or broken engine or gearbox mounts plus numerouse other bushes

I agree it could well be a cloged cat, but have you replaced your fuel filter? if thats cloged it could cause it to loose power, i had a hyandi excel thad wouldnt pull 100km/h or 60mph in top gear and take forever to get there, so my recomendation would be to replace this.

I do all the work on my brumby at work, we are "sponsered" by castrol, meaning as long as we use castrol products we get free drum pumps and storage tanks etc. so as you have probably guesed i use castrol GTX Protec in the engine, castrol multitrax in the gearbox and diffs. And as i work at a subaru dealership i always use genuine oll filters, brake fluid and coolant, the later of which are made by castrol belive it or not. PS i have never had a problem with my or any other engines using these products. hope that helps. PPS i also servise only by the book but once i get a diesle or turbo it will be twice as often as the book sais

Yeah some people are just heavy handed. Speaking from personal experience of corse. Try geting an oil filter of an RX 8 at its first oil change since it was put on by a robot in japan, pain in the rump roast spot plus tight as a basturd. I have also come across filters put on by other dealers that are tight as. my point is that some times you just have to persist.

Just how much power can be gained by puting a webber carb on an ea81?

Welcome, i myself have only been here a month and a bit and found everyone here very helpful and more than willing to answer any questions i have (even the silly ones). Enjoy this board will help you learn plenty about soobs.

Hay im doing a complete rebuild on a Mazda MX 5 and it is a pain to get the timing covers off, so after reading this i got to thinking i should write something inside the covers what do you guys think and what should i write i was thinking someting along the lines of 'you poor poor son of a bi@#h" any ideas or sugestions?

Yeah i have been toying wit that idea for a few days now since i saw a Mazda RX 3 or 4 at the drags with a head light removed for airflow, and yeah the engine would be rebuild and strengthened to take the turbos. i was talking to one of the lads at work today and they said the EG33's had problems with coil packs dieing regulary and a some thing like 2 grand a pop needing six would get expensive but im sure that can be over come, surely by now someone would make something aftermarket.

Sweet I need pics of this.

GO THE OUTBACK FOR SURE THEY ROCK. The foresters are great but the new outbacks are huge and as comfertable as anything to drive i would buy a new Six speed six cylinder liberty sedan but i dont have the dollars and love my Brumby/Brat too much

Stat with the basics. Check your timing then if you have fuel and spark. Just my $0.02

As far as i know ALL of the EJ motors are interference meaning is your belt brakes: Enging out heads off and new valves. EA OHC ( EA 82) if there belt brakes just replace the belt and carry on driving. however i do believe that there is one and only one EJ 22 model that are non interference, i however have only ever seen one. Thats what i know hope it helps.

i have never seen a subaru head gasket changed in the car but then again thats the new ej models but just personaly if i was doing the head gasket on an ea ide probably pull the engine is so simple rather than ************ing around trying to get around the chassie. thats just my opinion

Yeah they like to hide the things have a feel around behind the tail light it'll be there some where.

They didnt bring them to oz plus im not so fused on them. If you want a look at what they should look like, the new brumbys that is, check out http://webmaster.beverleypaine.com/index.html then go to subarus an then to consept subarus

All i have to say is WTF??? and, Dat is so cool

mY MATE HAS A 92 hOLDEN rodeo and when we put in his new pioneer headunit he thaught the black wire was the earth and it turned to be the back light wire for the old head deck as the old one earthed out through the shell of the unit to the body of the vehicle so when he started the car everything worked fine but when he turned his lights on POOF big lots of black smoke. melted every wire back to the fuse box. he got a new hARNESS from the wreckers for 10$ AU he and his missus bro fitted it while i went back to the burdekin to visit my olds. He was lucky

Sweet as thanks