Ratty2Austin

well, I always seem to follow in the footsteps of my hero- so heres my new mods! forester struts, and rally tires! and... best of all.. bling bling spray-on-gold!

ahh, but you see, the cost of kWhr for 240vac is cheaper than gas of any kind... not to mention, per 100ish miles that i dont even drive in a day except on longer trips, I have to recharge myself anyways! (sleeping) which means that if I use it as I intend it, (work commuter, grocery getter, etc) i will only have to charge it when I sleep or park it.. which is a lot of the time. so the charging part is not a big deal! not to mention the idea of dragging a small biodeisel generator with me might be a good idea too.. this company makes generators for this purpose! http://www.fisherelectric.com/f_electric_vehicle_tech.htm I also found some sweet fast-EV stuff here!! like an 12 second 1/4 mi RX7 using pure electric drive! http://www.suckamps.com/ more WA located EV parts!! with an online store! http://www.evparts.com/firstpage.php and no, this is NOT april fools.. I really am considering this.. in fact, if I can figure out the $$ issue, the gas engine would already be pulled out of the brat and it would be stripped for battery and wiring prep! and.. if I want the subaru sound, I could record my favorite subarus, and play them back on the stereo!

well, as an addition to the EV conversion, one popular thing is to tow a trailer behind (or use the bed of the brat!) and have a small generator "range extender" trailer... a small desiel/gas generator that keeps it chargin' while you drive!

well, the idea of my brat is not to offroad it, especially with 1000+lbs of batteries onboard...

I have been considering making an electric vehicle for a few years now, and didnt really consider it seriously untill now.. with fuel prices going the way they are.. and the price and availability of EA engine parts, the reliability and such.. it just makes more sense to have an electric powered car.. not to mention, electronics is what I would rather work with than a gas engine... no oil, no coolant no gas! only ohms law and math! (well, and a lot of Li-Ion/NiMH or Lead Acid batteries some high voltage controllers, and a wall plug!) I have been looking at the current available kits for EV conversions, some companys make generic kits for particular vehicle weights and power requirements. there is also DC or AC kits, regenerative braking (like compression braking, but it recharges the batteries when you slow down) there are also kits available for particular cars- like VW rabbits, or porche 914s... the AC kits are more expensive but are more efficient.. the DC kits are more affordable but less efficient. but still waaaayyyy more efficicent than gas engines... I have a few links for parts needed for the conversions, like electric motors and batteries.. and speed controls and chargers.... I am aiming for a 120V DC regenerative system, which will probably cost around 6 or 7 thousand for the parts needed... the good things once complete, the usability- approxametly 100 miles per charge range.. around 80 mph top speed! (thats faster than the EA81!!) no oil changes (except gear oil every 15k or 30k) no fuel! (unless I build a range extending trailer) no need to tune carbs/ clean parts! NO emissions testing ever!!! (zero emissions!!) i think there is some sort of tax break or legal benifit to use and EV? higher acceleration and top speed than an EA81 but... its expensive, and I will need to have an adaptor plate made to fit the tranny.. and a flywheel adaptor for the electric motor to accept the ea81 flywheel. how does this sound? would anyone else want to have an electric car made? (converted) i would like to do this, but funding is in short supply, but I think with enough people chipping in, if some people have the money but not the know-how, or..? (i could sell the brat all restored with the EA81 and use that money to buy a deceased ea82 with a nice body and make it electric!) I hope this is making sense, cause I feel like I am just rambling on and on! links to *some* (not many!) of the EV sites I have found this first one has a lot of parts to do the conversion- http://www.kta-ev.com/catalog/index.html http://www.electroauto.com/ http://www.ev-america.com/ http://www.uqm.com/ http://jerryrig.com/convert/step6.html this one is cool.. the fast stuff! http://www.acpropulsion.com/tzero_pages/tzero_home.htm here is the AC drive system... http://www.acpropulsion.com/Products/AC_150.htm (somewhere on this page, it states that the efficiency of a good running gas car is about 20% eff. where, the AC driven EV would run at about 86% eff. under load, and 91% peak eff.!!!) I have also considered doing this as collage material, but I dont know how it applys, or where to go to put this to good use..? any more ideas?

I got a set of 3.5 '98 forester struts.. (one of them was bad, so i only got the RR spring and strut top...) so what is it I need to do to them before I can bolt them onto my impreza L wagon? do I use my imps rear springs, or tops, or.. ? which also means I am looking for a RR forester strut (just the strut.. needs to be used but not broken!)

sounds like fun!! I will see if I can make it.. i just got my struts in the mail, so i need to install them now.. and i need to get a skid plate too.. :-\

also try looking on http://www.nasioc.com , which is specifically an impreza board! the conversion is a lot of work but its do-able... best thing to do if find a wrecked car with the internals you want, that way all your engine and electronic parts will match up and you will also have most of the parts needed.. finding a impreza wrx parts car rather than a legacy turbo would help too, all the parts will fit better seeming as how you have an impreza...

call the parts department at Carter Subaru (in Seattle,WA), and you could probably get them pretty cheap there too... I know they ship all around the world and gaskets should be pretty cheap to send to canada... just my 2¢

http://usmb.net/gallery/album318 some before and after pics in here of some of the progress on the imp..

of course I will be there... but who or what I bring is still in the works...

I detect another road trip... although, I will be out there soon... maybe later this summer. (the east coast) dont know if I will fly or drive.. hopefully drive... road trips are fun! I would like to meet you guys out there too- anyone consider a central USA Subaru show? so that everyone is involved?

arg!! I cant play WMV files due to a microsoft retardation issue any chance you could save them in Mpeg or mov format? (pwease!??)

I could sell you my SPFI conversion stuff that I have collected for my EA81 spfi conversion- (manifold, ECU, wire miniharness (needs to be made into a harness and I have the diagram) and a disty (needs to be modified for ea81) i dont know if shipping would be too bad for an intake and things...

that sounds good corky, I am actually looking for some 15" wheels too, or any set of 4 that match (the ones on the car now are Ed's, when i bought it it came with a mis matched set of 14s steels (yes, the wheels didnt even match either, and the tires were ALL different) ) and if I get struts, I will need front and rear... I also need a few other minor things for the interior, headrests and a glove box would be a nice start.. and a sun visor for the drivers side tailights too? need both! yep, the brats wheels is my doing!!! long story, involving my first subaru - Zap should remember, its how I got into the whole USMB is because of those wheels on my white wagon! (parked at the hobby shop back in '00)

enjoy! http://usmb.net/gallery/album318

so what struts do I need to get and does anyone have some that I can buy? (for my 94 imp wagon) i guess I should start lookin for some parts!

and... some of the EJ cars were also 3.9, or 4.11 or ..... there are many different configs out there, so check the donor car you get the tranny from, and just make sure you get the matching diff! the 4EAT will not fit in any EA MT car without widening of the tunnel.. if you look at a 4EAT and a 5MT of any kind side by side, you will see why.. the 4EAT is huge! as for the engines, EJ22 and EJ18 first gen, will fit in both EA81 and EA82 bodys- I had an EJ22 in a 1980 body, mudrat has a EJ18 in a 86 ea81 hatchback, and corky made an RX (EA82T body) with an EJ20T and 5MT.... so it can be done, you just need to research all the things needed to be done and collect all your parts you need before the conversion

as far as opinions go, I like the EJ18 better than the EJ22, but i think gas milage has some things to do with my opinion.. and they do hold up very well too as far as not having many problems.. I have one in my 94 impreza!! go EJ18!!

well, I think I am going to go with the stock ECU and such, and if I cant get it to go, then I will use MS.... so now I just need to get the pinout for the specific ECU... the one in the USRM didnt have the correct color codes on the harness? the plugs were the same WxL and such, but the wires didnt seem to be in the same places as far as colors go.. so I want to verify with the specific year/ P/N in the 88 FSM...

I am tempted to do megasquirt, but i want to talk to someone who has done that before, so i can get an Idea of what needs to be done, or what I could do... I am good at soldering and such with small electronics, so the unassembled kit could be fine... i spent 8.50 on wires 10.00 on ECU 21.00 on disty so how hard , or what part is the hardest to do with megasquirt?

so from PAP today, i got a ECU, the attaching wires (about 8 inches from the ECU) and then i got the harness from the engine, cut off where it goes into the fender, the MAF (non flapper) wire cut to about 2 ft long, and the Disty with 2 ft of wire after the plug... the disty came from a 87.5 spfi wagon (same non flapper style) the rest came from a 88 spfi, both wagons, both MT. ECU part # is 22611AA392 I need to get the plug pin diagrams, so that I can hook up the harness to it. if anyone knows where I can get that, or could get it for me- that would be very helpful! Im gonna see if the FSM has that info at work.. hope it will... thanks!

well, i need to get a harness, ECU, fuel pump and a good disty... anyone have some they could sell me soon? my brat failed emissions again, and i dont want to bother with the carb anymore... im gonna go hit PAP this weekend.. see if I can gather parts there is the spfi/mpfi/turbo disty different from one another? or does it depend on the year?

i liked and hated that movie.. it was funny.. it was stupid.. but thats what made it funny! and i got very excited when i saw the brat! (before i watched the movie, i FFwd the DVD till i saw the brat scene, then I watched the movie...)

i just got back from a 1800 mile trip across WA, ID, MT, ND and MN... and we had no belt issues! but.. they were all new.. and I had extras with me! so do yourself a favor, and bring extra belts, and all the needed tools to change them if it happens!! you never know when you pop one, especialy when your 50+ miles from civilization in any direction! good luck!