Ratty2Austin

so I found a hook up on weber kits (DGAV 32/36) with the ea81 or ea82 adaptor, and air cleaner, with electric choke. I can get a better price (than normal) if I ordering in bulk (5 or more) he only gave me an approx price- its about $375 for the new kit, and the bulk discount would be about 50 bucks off each kit (so 325 or so each) and they take about a week to order, and they will come pre set to the type of car you order them for! so how many people would like to order them up if you would like to make this discount work? I have 3 sortof covered (one for sure) it would need to be paid in advance, (all at once) so that they can be ordered.... does this sound like a good deal to anyone else?

Carl, Dave and I have been working together, and we have decided to start rebuilding EA, and maybe even EJ engines... I have already done head work, and most evrything except rings and crank bearings (but will be done on next motor) so we have the experience and such.. what I am wondering, is would anyone want to buy a rebuilt engine? right now the ones we are working on a lot of, is ea81s.. and some ea82s... prices can vary, depending on if you have a good core, or parts for the rebuilt, or the level of rebuilt (just head work, just gaskets, or full rebuild.. ect.) or even things like the high compression ea81 mods and such.. we can also have them pre-installed with a weber too! (for carbed ea81/ea82) so what do you guys think? could I get some buyers if I do this? anyone have an engine that they would like repaired or rebuilt? (and keep in mind, they will be shiny clean too!) the pic attached, has a "before and after" style to it, its one head, half way thru cleaning.. (remember, this is inital cleaning)

one more pic... hey, how do I post pics so they load up onto the page direct, instead of the click link thingy!??

heres some pics of the brat! (and an excited Carl!)

haven't you seen the movie "Cannonball Run"?? Jackie Chan drives an '81 turbo 4wd hatch! (although it is a movie...) ive got it on DVD! wooohoo!

i think I missed the memo! when exactly? I dont know which car I will have ready to take... i know the impreza is ready for some bush action again! (it really needs a hatch patrol sticker, after all, it has gone on the hill climb with the rest of them! ) but I may be able to take the XT if I get the tabs renewed, and the Radiator replaced! or I could take the 80, if I get the weber tuned, tested and licensed by then! camping? for me I could do friday to sunday probably.. I have work on mondays of course! but is sounds like fun.. and now that I have a digital camera, I can get more shots!

he he he.. I was thinking the same thing! I think I am gonna go grab a few ignition coils from PAP, and wire them up to the body somehow! yeah, that does suck though, especially knowing that most of my subarus at home start or at least open with the same set of keys! (some of them anyways) I have found that a lot of the older (this includes high milage legacys and imprezas) keys and tumblers get worn out like he said, and random keys will work! it got so bad on my high school wagon, that I could start it with anything that would fit in the slot!

almost done.... all I need to do now is install the weber, the distributor, and do all the fluids and tune it! here is another pic of the progress- look! its shiny!! (he he.. i also got bored with some spreaypaint) I plugged up the EGR valve assembly with a piece of sheet aluminum, (cut it to fit like a gasket, but it has no holes...) so there is no EGR- is that a bad thing?? I would think not seince I am going to be using the weber, and NO emissions stuff... (note the little blue caps over the vacume outlets...) is the ea71's Y pipe narrower than the ea81's ?? I was having trouble with it lining up properly! hopefully when it heats up it will line up better, cause the pipe is being spread apart by the engine!

I have a 94 impreza L with about 125k on it, and it has the EJ18 engine with an AT, and I drive that thing hard (matter of speaking) but i do keep an eye on all the fluids, and parts that can cause trouble if I dont maintain them... but it is a very tough, durable and easy to work on car- weather its the 2.2 or the 1.8, (and if its not a 2.5RS, then it does not have the 2.5... so dont worry about that- good luck on your purchace Austin 94 Impreza L AWD 91 Legacy LS AWD 86 XT turbo 4WD 88 GL wagon 4WD 86 Brat 4WD 80 GL wagon 4WD

just go with the cheap, standard NGK plugs- about 2 bucks from the dealer! and they work great, and seem to last for a long time just my opinion... (from experience) Austin

ok, so I want to put an ea81 into my 88GL wagon... I am getting tired of this headgasket weakness, and SPFI... its not that I dont know how to work on it, but the reliablility and the ease-of-tuning is a little harder... not to mention, the EA82 thats in the car is toast.. it runs, but water is mixin' with the oil! so anyways, my question is about the motor mounts... I can do everything else about hooking up the ea81 to the ea82 tranny and fuel system, but I dont know exactly the measurments of the motormount mounting locations. when Noah88dl was trying to install his ea81 into his 88 wagon, he ran into that problem, the mounts seemed to not line up completly- but it seemed to work anyways... are they close enough? or should I worry about stressing the poor little tranny mounts (if the engine mounts line up when the tranny is pushed back a little, it would be continuously stressing the mounts on the tranny and the engine!) and then also, seince this is an SPFI car, the fuel pump needs to be rewired, or should I just bypass the undercar pump, and install an underhood pump with a return line? (for a weber carb) and I am assuming a ea81 ignition coil needs only batt. power and a signal generated by the disty to generate the needed HV pulse? thanks for any info! some of this I can figure out, but I need a second opinion! Austin

EA81 - 1800cc OHV - carbed or turbo EA71 - 1600cc OHV - carbed EA82 - 1800cc OHC - carbed, spfi, mpfi or turbo ER27 - 2700cc OHC 6cyl - mpfi - XT6 EG33 - 3300cc OHC 6cyl - mpfi - SVX EJ30 - 3000cc OHC 6cyl - mpfi used in outback H6 3.0 EJ16 - 1600cc OHC - mpfi (used in UK? impreza L) EJ18 - 1800cc OHC - mpfi (impreza L) EJ20 - 2000cc OHC or DOHC mpfi or turbo (wrx) EJ22 - 2200cc OHC (DOHC only in 22B impreza) Legacys and imprezas EJ25 - 2500cc OHC or DOHC (only turbo in STi) 2.5rs, and most new 'roos there are also earlier motors (like EA61 or EA 42 or something like that, used in early 70s and 60s modles) but I am not sure about what they were... and from what I have seen/heard, the trannys are cross compatible between certain modles with minor or no mods.. (bolt on mostly) with these modles- EA81, EA82 and ER27 trannys will interchange (depending on which clutch and flywheel is used) EJ18,EJ20,EJ22,EJ25,EJ30,EG33 trannys should interchange, but with some modles (like the WRX or STi), the clutch setup is sometimes different- the turbo's used a Hydraulic clutch when the non-turbo's used a cable driven clutch. and some of the ones listed above might not be completely accurate.. but thats what I have seen so far! add that to your "subaru lingo" database

so i have been collecting most of the things I need for my ea81 + d/r conversion for my '80 GL1600 wagon... so far I have gotten the tranny, the clutch stuff, and the longblock in the car. now its time for the intake and weber, and keeping all the emissions stuff out! one problem I have run into (besides bow-wow closing a minute before I pulled up to buy my weber, and they wont be open till tuesday!) is the metal hose things that come off teh exaust, and I cant unbolt them with the tools I have- the bolts are too rusty (i will probably strip them, or round them off) so I cant remove them that way... I was thinking about cutting the pipe, and smushing it flat, or stuffing a piece of scrap steel into it, and welding it shut! anyways, I am going to see if I can post a pic here- (a pic test)

I have a turbo XT, and a 88 GL wagon, and it seems that both of them have single rows, and the XT gets hot, but stays below overheating (just barley, with the heat on full blast) and the wagon killed itself due to a clogged single row!... where is a good place to get reman/new or good used dual rows?? anyone know? this swap sounds like a good plan! or maybe will a legacy (1990) aluminum radiator fit in the wagon? ive got a spare!! Austin

have you ever removed the GL wheel caps? if you didnt know... all the subarus pre-legacy use a 4x140 bolt pattern... so your choices of wheels are very limited... unless you do the 5 lug conversion! (some of these guys have done this here... look for the posts on how to do it!) and also fyi, the legacy and impreza and XT6 use 5x100 bolt pattern.. and the only other wheels that use the 4x140 lugs are peugot (spelling?) wheels-available in 14" and 15",and 390mm (dont get the metrics!) good luck! Austin

if those are the "new" ones Schucks carried for a short time, then I have tried them out... I bought one and used it for less than a week till it completely destroyed itself, when I was trying to turn my car around the DOJ came apart, and the axle came apart and fell out of the cup!!! so I took it back and got a re-man.. which lasted untill ... probably still, I dont think it has broken yet (you would have to ask the guy that has it now!! ) i wouldnt waste my money on those again.. but thats just me! Austin

I am actually going to pick up a weber for my 80 GL wagon, and a 86 Brat, and the "correct" one is the DGAV (or is it DGEV) 32/36 its the one with the electric choke (I am actually going to make it manual if I can!) at least thats the one the majority of subaru users have! good luck! and you will also need an adaptor plate for an ea81 Austin

I should know this... I just rebuilt an ea82 a week ago...~! the crank position should be so that all 4 pistons are at their center point (normally where the center of the 3 notches on the flywheel is marked) and then the non-disty cam (pass/right side) pully's timing mark is aligned with the mark pointing straight up, and the other side (drivers/left) with the disty is pointing down... (definate yes on the timing marks on the cams being opposite when lined up properly, the haynes manual (showing them to be both up) is wrong) I have done this now about 2 or 3 times within this year... and I have also just done a EJ22 timing belt! (I am getting better at it each time!!) good luck with your (whatever project it may be, sounds like a VW conversion?) ! Austin

as long as I am not under the car (when am I not?) I would like to come join in on the fun, meet and greet, maybe share pics and vids.. (the mobile video machine!) so anyways, someone give me a call if you guys figure out a meeting time and place! (if I dont post after its been figured out that is) thanks!! Austin

well, i know the timing belts are correct, cause it does run good sometimes, and revs up like its supposed to... but, there are 2 wires up there in the corner, but they are not green.... in fact, they dont even match in color, but they do plug into eachother, and when they are unplugged, the car runs worse.... so right now they are left plugged in! i am not sure what to think about that one! its messed up i think!

ok, so I am working on this 86 SPFI GL-10 sedan for someone, I have already lapped the valves in, and put new head gaskets and new timing belts on the thing... but when I put it all back together (it had to be repaired because it overheated and craked a head, and the valve seat came out of the head!) and now it runs, but it is hard to start, and it also sputters and stalls easily, and it also idles high sometimes... it has very odd, and intermittent problems, but the guy wants it to run good before I return it to him... anybody in the area a SPFI expert? I also have been having trouble setting the timing, I have a gun, but not sure if it is working properly, or if the engine is giving erratic responce... but anyways, I would like to get this car done, but cant seem to figure out whats causing it to run weird! !!! Austin

so I pulled the tranny out of the car (the ea71 4spd s/r) and some of the things are different... so I will need a shift lever set (the 4wd selector lever, the half thats under the car, and maybe the shift lever too... (with a rubber boot, cause I cant seem to get this one off the lever!) but anyways... the ea71 axles work on the ea81 tranny right? (its an ea81 body) and I am not sure what yearr the tranny is out of... I think its newer than 84... (out of a hatchback 4wd)

dude! so did anyone take any major damage? any big trucks humiliated? or do we have to wait and see the videos!?? Austin

I have the weber "techbook", by haynes... it covers most models of webers, SU, and other carbs... unfortunately, I am not selling it, cause I will have a weber on my car shortly, and I will need it for setting up the new jets and such, but if you want to get a new one- I got mine from Bow-Wow, (where you can also get webers, accessories and adaptor plates for subarus, VWs and such..) I dont know if there is one in your area, but if there is, its worth a shot! or if not, would you like someone to ship you a copy? (go get another from the store and send it)

I am installing a ea81 with a 4 spd d/r (from an ea81 hatch) into a 1980 ea71 wagon... I need to know which parts are compatible.... I was hoping to use the disty, and the coil and ignition stuff... (thats on the car) I am planning to put a weber on it, and eliminate all the emissions crap! I also need to get a ea81 clutch cable (the one on the car is for the goofy ea71 center-mount-starter tranny) and also a good ea81 flywheel, preferably the large diameter one so I can get the beefy clutch! I was also wondering what othe parts are compatible, cause if things like the H2O pump and mounts and stuff are compatible, I was going to save them for spare parts! thanks! Austin 80 GL1600 wagon 94 impreza L (F/S) 86 XT turbo (F/S) 91 Legacy LS wagon (moms) 86 Brat (sold, delivery soon) 88 GL wagon (needs headgaskets) and I still need to get a lift kit! (is PK on the rubicon?)