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Does 10:00am sound good to everyone for meeting up at the ***.M.?

Wish I could have gone. I haven't got my BRAT yet, but you should come out to Sand Lake with us in a couple weeks.

Good times, I just wish Bill would have made us some lunch

That's what I'm saying.

Well I dropped off the new motor today, but they didn't have the other one out yet. The guy I sold it to said that they had already stared pulling the motor. The shop was very snotty with me and said that they will not have it finished till the end of next week. I can't really figure out why it would take them so long, I could swap a motor in and out in a day. At this point I'm not sure if I'll get the old motor back or not, if I don't get it back then I smell something shady here. :-\

So the guy I sold the BRAT to blew up the motor on the way to the coast. :-\ I'm not sure what he did, but I felt bad for the guy and now I'm going over there to deliver on of the motors I had sitting in my garage. It sucks 'cause it's a hydro lift EA81 that I'm getting rid of. I had big plans for the motor, but I gots to help a brother out. I'm getting the motor out of the BRAT back so I can tear it down and see what the hell happened. What I think happened was that he was going over the pass and really rapping out the RPMs then the thing stated to over heat and he continued to limp the thing to the coast.

That works for me.

If I can have my hatch going by then I'll see you there.

I did the same thing with my 1998 Lagacy Outback, but I bought and cut the film myself (only 0.50 for the film & $4,500 for the plotter).

Obviously new to the board and didn't read your tag GD.

Hmmmm, I just got a call from the guy I sold it to and the BRAT overheated on him. He took it to a mechanic and they said the the passenger head gasket blew. Only one of 2 things could have happened, 1 I got a faulty head gasket or 2 my torque wrench is way off. Anyone else have any ideas?

Not as much as I though it was worth, $3,800

It's gone!! The guy just came and picked it up today. New home is Idaho.

Are we going to meet at Sand Lake or here in Portland and convoy to Sand Lake?

Good luck with that. I tried it once and didn't get very far.:-\ Maybe you can use the hippies like a Flintstones car, problem is you can't go very fast and you have to stop at every dunkin donuts (whether you want to or not).

Good luck with that. I tried it once and didn't get very far.:-\

where are you going to put the gas tank?

Any news on where and when the next WCSS will be? Never too early to start thinking about it.

I'd say 27th or 28th. I think I should have my BRAT by then. I would love to go with you guys. I've never been before and it looks like a blast.

Ya, I'm slowly making progress on them. I was waiting till my BRAT sold then I can fund the shirts. I'll let everyone know when they are made.

Wow, this thing should be a monster.

You could just get a set of 14" pugs, then mount your good tires on them. Then do a turbo rear brake conversion.

Ya, you can ether re-drill the hubs or the rims. Way easier to do then the 5 lug swap.

Hey Jibbs, You should talk to Bill (AKA "the beast I drive). He's going to build my axles for me just as soon as I buy them and ship them up to him. Great price and good work too. -earl

As far as I know you have to get custom axles built. I've done this same swap on my 1982 hatch and that's what I'm going to do. Right now I'm running in RWD.